{"id":575,"date":"2012-10-07T19:28:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T23:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2012-10-15T21:07:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T01:07:16","slug":"nascar-2012-week-30-talladega-chase-race-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2012\/10\/nascar-2012-week-30-talladega-chase-race-4\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR 2012 Week 30 Talladega Chase Race 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Race Day dawns cloudy and breezy. The temperature has dropped a good 20-30 degrees. It’s ‘Dega Time!<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

The drivers seem nervous about the upcoming race; more so than usual. The usual suspects are making the usual predictions and everybody is trying to make Jimmie choose the hanging in the rear strategy. Kasey has the pole. He’s so thrilled. He feels his super speedway program is one of his weaknesses. One of the things he hoped his move to Hendrick would allow him is improvement in that area. I think we can safely say he improved.<\/p>\n

Lots of surprises spins that don’t take out many cars, though Carl Edwards was a casualty of the first wreck ruining the race for Bunny D for a while (though the Krystal commercial with the Burger King, Wendy and Ronald McDonald hitting the drive-thru on two wheels cheered her up immensely). I don’t think anyone was surprised by Kurt Busch’s spin. He was his usual maniacal self. This is his last week in the 51. Next week he’s in the 78. As it turns out Regan Smith is going to be in the 51 next week. The surprising part was when he got back into the car and drove away with the Safety Crew’s gear falling off the roof and without wearing his helmet. Since he wasn’t wearing his helmet he, of course, couldn’t hear them tell him to stop the car immediately. NASCAR told the team to just “put the car on the trailer” – their day is over. He just can’t help himself. He finds amazing ways to get into more and more trouble.<\/p>\n

Jamie Mc was being a maniac, at the front and trying desperately to stay there. BooBoo had a pit road penalty and had to make a return visit putting him down a lap which he spent most of the rest of the race trying to recover. There were the usual loads of lead changes. Jimmie hung around the back a while, led a few laps, and basically played it safe. Denny Hamlin did whatever Jimmie did more often than not. Bradley K was showing off as usual trying to run with the pack up front. Smoke was tooling around in the back with Jimmie. The action was hot and heavy toward the front, mostly due to the crazy folks up there like Jamie Mc and Regan Smith and Jeff Burton and Aric Afterburner. Really can’t expect anything other than craziness when the back of the pack is leading.<\/p>\n

After a spin by Jamie Mc and topping off for fuel the pack got going for a green, white, checkered finish. The drivers went all out jockeying for position and shoving their way to the front. It was wild and wooly and then Casey Mears got behind Michael Waltrip and made a run to the front. Smoke had gotten past Kenseth for the lead as the 13 and the 55 roared to the front. Smoke, the guy who has been complaining all season about people blocking, the driver who said he didn’t drive that way and wouldn’t drive that way, moved down to block Mikey and all hell broke loose. A 20 car pile up resulted with Smoke’s car on its side and its wheel in Clint Bowyer’s window net. Jimmie and Kasey were both caught up in the melee, while Kenseth, Jeff Gordon and KyBu escaped the carnage and finished 1, 2, 3. The wreck was mesmerizing and no one got hurt. Jimmie drove his burning, wrecked car across the finish line for 17th place. Denny, dawdling in the back throughout the day, finished 14th after spinning while trying to avoid the wreck and had the nerve to argue about his finishing position. Brad skated through and finished 7th.<\/p>\n

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Next week: Charlotte<\/h3>\n

GO 48!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … <\/p>\n

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