{"id":272,"date":"2010-02-28T21:25:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T02:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/?p=272"},"modified":"2010-02-28T23:01:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T04:01:01","slug":"spring-vegas-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/spring-vegas-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Vegas Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather folks said sunshine and sunshine it was. \u00c2\u00a0It was a beautiful day in Vegas. \u00c2\u00a0All that sun made the track hot and slippery though. \u00c2\u00a0\"\"<\/a>The race was kinda uneventful overall. \u00c2\u00a0Occasions of good racing, mixed with Big Daddy just running away with it with almost three second leads. \u00c2\u00a0A few wrecks, all of which seemed to be a result of people getting loose. \u00c2\u00a0Kevin Conway had a couple. \u00c2\u00a0Jamie Mc hit Juan Pablo (who was very, very upset with his teammate). \u00c2\u00a0Robby Gordon hit the wall. \u00c2\u00a0AJ Allmendinger mowed the lawn a bit. \u00c2\u00a0Kurt Busch hit JPM also when Jamie Mc was t-boning him. \u00c2\u00a0Okay racing, but not that exciting. \u00c2\u00a0The finish – JIMMIE JOHNSON WINS!!!<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0Jimmie finally passed Big Daddy with about fifteen laps to go and held on to win. \u00c2\u00a0Big Daddy got two tires when Jimmie got four and that seemed to be the call of the race.<\/p>\n

From what some of the announcers were saying Jimmie and Chadley were having words, though Jimmie said he needed to vent apparently. \u00c2\u00a0\"Vegas<\/a>I’m guessing Jimmie is still a bit unhappy with Chad for dismissing his complaints about restarts last week. \u00c2\u00a0Apparently that was the subject of the rants this week also. \u00c2\u00a0I understand what Jimmie is saying. \u00c2\u00a0He just hasn’t had the power and speed on restarts that will guarantee him the lead and that will become a problem. \u00c2\u00a0 NASCAR has changed the green, white, checker rule for this year. \u00c2\u00a0Now they will have up to three attempts to finish a race on green. \u00c2\u00a0It’s been tested once – at Daytona. \u00c2\u00a0Jimmie wasn’t remotely in contention for the win at that time (he wasn’t even on the track), but I’m sure he’s thinking ahead and also remembering how many races ended last season with a green, white, checker finish, or with a late race restart that made the difference in the outcome. \u00c2\u00a0I agree with his thinking and I know Chadley has to focus on the race they’re currently running, but their restart performance is something he has to also fix – soon. \u00c2\u00a0If he doesn’t (and continues to poo-poo what Jimmie says like he did at the beginning of last year) the 48 team will be playing catch-up with their fingers crossed this summer.<\/p>\n

\"Carl<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Carl and Dr. Kate had baby Anne this past Wednesday. \u00c2\u00a0She weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces. \u00c2\u00a0Carl says he’s already been changing diapers. \u00c2\u00a0Still to come, new arrivals for Jimmie & Chani Johnson, Jeff & Ingrid Gordon, and Juan Pablo and Connie Montoya. \u00c2\u00a0Kate wanted the baby to have a simple name, so Annie it is.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spank Boy led a lap or two under caution. \u00c2\u00a0One of the guys on tv said today that it was known that his job would be in jeopardy if he didn’t start well this year. \u00c2\u00a0For goodness sakes this is just his second full year in Sprint Cup and he’s shown so much improvement. \u00c2\u00a0He was bad at the start of last year and didn’t seem to take it seriously enough, but as the season progressed his frustration seemed to push him forward and he learned a lot fast. \u00c2\u00a0He made some mistakes trying to get too much too soon, but his effort is showing and the number of laps led so far this year seems to indicate he should be given a shot. \u00c2\u00a0He’s so much better week-in and week-out than Sideways Sam Hornish and “My Daddy Owns The World” Paul Menard. \u00c2\u00a0It frustrates me to think his career will be cut short by shortsightedness.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The hives are better today. \u00c2\u00a0No problems this morning, but the itching started this afternoon and has been getting worst as the evening progresses. \u00c2\u00a0I took some benadryl and that seems to have helped earlier, though not quite as much right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The weather folks said sunshine and sunshine it was. \u00c2\u00a0It was a beautiful day in Vegas. \u00c2\u00a0All that sun made the track hot and slippery though. \u00c2\u00a0The race was kinda uneventful overall. \u00c2\u00a0Occasions of good racing, mixed with Big Daddy just running away with it with almost three second leads. \u00c2\u00a0A few wrecks, all of … <\/p>\n

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