Two too many laps proved to be another disappointing result at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Tony Stewart ,Greg Zippedelli and Stock Car racing fans of the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing team.
For the second year in a row Stewart was snake-bitten by NASCAR's longest race of the season during the annual Memorial Day 600 mile marathon event. With just two laps remaining in the 400 lap race , Tony Stewart flattened a right front tire at the head of the pack and ended up finishing in the 20th position .
Stewart and team began the race from the 32nd starting position and methodically moved the #20 Stock Car through the competitive field throughout the day with great pit stops and obviously the correct chassis adjustments to lead the nearest competition of race cars (Kasey Kahne's # 9 ) by more than six seconds only to end up with a disappointing finish again .
Last season Tony had to stop for fuel while leading with five laps remaining in the race which allowed Casey Mears to capture his first ever Nascar race win by stretching his gas mileage at the one and a half mile speedway in North Carolina .
What's it going to take to get Tony Stewart into victory lane at Charlotte ?
Will he be able to get this Memorial Day Monkey off his back ?
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Kyle Busch vs Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Richmond Speedway
FOX Sports commentator Darrell Waltrip let slip a little bias saturday night as Stock Car Racing fans witnessed a turn three crash between Kyle Busch #18 Toyota and the # 88 Chevrolet of Dale Earnhardt jr. at Richmond Virginia's 3/4 mile speedway.
" He turned him" meaning Busch was the comment made by Waltrip about an incident between Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. but from my perspective Waltrip got it wrong and fellow television commentator Mike Joy got it right.
Dale Earnhardt turned down in corner number three in an attempt to pinch Kyle Buschs' race car and slow his momentum. Busch was more than half way up the door panel on the inside of Jr's car in the backstretch and Jr knew that he would have been beat on the exit of turn four if he gave Kyle the room he needed to get by.
For those Earnhardt fans who might question my comment, Watch how early Jr's race car crosses the white lane lines as the two competitors approach the third turn at the track.
Did Kyle Busch get too deep into the corner and get his stock car loose ? Sure ...but that's his job.
Go fast and win races.
What racing fans saw was the type of good hard stock car racing that we should expect to see at every NASCAR weekend event.
I look forward to your comments.
" He turned him" meaning Busch was the comment made by Waltrip about an incident between Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. but from my perspective Waltrip got it wrong and fellow television commentator Mike Joy got it right.
Dale Earnhardt turned down in corner number three in an attempt to pinch Kyle Buschs' race car and slow his momentum. Busch was more than half way up the door panel on the inside of Jr's car in the backstretch and Jr knew that he would have been beat on the exit of turn four if he gave Kyle the room he needed to get by.
For those Earnhardt fans who might question my comment, Watch how early Jr's race car crosses the white lane lines as the two competitors approach the third turn at the track.
Did Kyle Busch get too deep into the corner and get his stock car loose ? Sure ...but that's his job.
Go fast and win races.
What racing fans saw was the type of good hard stock car racing that we should expect to see at every NASCAR weekend event.
I look forward to your comments.
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