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Jimmie Johnson has captured the pole – his first career Texas pol. He starts the race 2 points ahead of Brad Keselowski in the championship race. Race day dawns sunny and bright, 68 degrees as race time draws near.

SpeedTV is doing a special on Hendrick Motorsports’ 200 NASCAR wins that will air November 11th. They’ve been airing small portions of it throughout the weekend. The drivers who contributed to those 200 wins get together and tell stories and share memories. SpeedTV is also airing a special on November 15th called ‘Kurt Busch: The Outlaw’. Seriously? Okay. It will help as the season draws to a close, but, Dude! Seriously? Continue reading “NASCAR 2012 Week 34 Texas Chase Race 8”

Race day is partly cloudy and cool in Martinsville. Dale Jr. is back so Jr. Nation is thrilled. Jimmie has qualified on the pole and Bradley K has qualified 32nd. Denny qualified somewhere in the top ten, around sixth I think. Continue reading “NASCAR 2012 Week 33 Martinsville Chase Race 7”

Race Day dawns sunny and bright. The temperature is apparently a bit warmer than it has been in Kansas the past few days. The drivers seem a bit concerned about what that will mean for track conditions. Kasey Kahne has the pole. On pit road before the race began Mr. Hendrick said Dale Jr. will be back at Martinsville. Continue reading “NASCAR 2012 Week 32 Kansas Chase Race 6”

Halfway through the Chase the Charlotte night race is on tap. It begins with a few crazy cautions, single car spins and the such, and ends with Clint Bowyer’s fuel mileage being better than Denny Hamlin’s. It was a sorry race – what has become the typical, boring, Charlotte night race. Brad ran it hard and fast and had to pit late for gas and ended up 11th and very disappointed. Denny played it safe, much to his chagrin and finished 2nd. Jimmie brought it home 3rd. Bunny was thrilled with Carl’s 7th place finish. Continue reading “NASCAR 2012 Week 31 Charlotte Chase Race 5”

Race Day dawns cloudy and breezy. The temperature has dropped a good 20-30 degrees. It’s ‘Dega Time!

Last night’s truck race was pretty good. I was surprised. The races have been so boring at my favorite track the past few years so I didn’t expect much. I was pleasantly surprised. There was action and surprises and in the end Parker Kligerman got his first truck series win! I was happy for him. Parker doesn’t have a grandfather who owns a NASCAR team, nor a father who works for the grandfather who owns a team. So it was quite a wonderful relief to have a driver who worked hard to get there get to victory lane on talent. Congrats Parker! Continue reading “NASCAR 2012 Week 30 Talladega Chase Race 4”