MARCH 26, 2007 - BRISTOL
- WRECKIN’ ‘EM ON…SATURDAY
ROUND # 6 OF 35…(17.142% IS…BYE-BYE)
FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE RACE…KYLE BUSCH…HAD THE CAR TO BEAT…AND
FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE RACE…KYLE BUSCH…DID NOT TAKE THE CAR TO
VICTORY LANE…BUT RATHER "BACK FLIPPER"…AND JOURNEYMAN SERIES POINT LEADER…CARL
EDWARDS…HEADED TO VICTORY LANE…FOR THE 1ST TIME THIS SEASON…
FOR…SEEMINGLY…MOST OF THE RACE…KYLE BUSCH…WAS THE CAR TO BEAT…BUT HE WAS
SLOWED BY A NASCAR ADMITTED…BELIEVE IT OR NOT…PIT LANE "ERROR"…AND A
PAIR OF "SPINS"…THE LAST OF WHICH…WHICH HAD…RACE LEADER…KYLE BUSCH…ENDING UP
AS THE FINAL CAR ON THE LEAD LAP…AND TRYING TO RUN DOWN THE LEADERS …WITH LESS
THAN 20 LAPS REMAINING BUT IT WAS…NOT TO BE…AND THE "KID" ENDED UP RUNNING …3RD
A TYPICAL…WRECKING BRISTOL RACE…AND… NOT A BAD WATCH… EXCEPT FOR THE EXTRA
CRAPPY…ESPN ANNOUNCING BUNCH (WALLACE…MUSBURGER …PETREE…PUNCH…AND OTHERS)…
ONCE AGAIN A RACE DOMINATED BY "CUP MERCENARIES" WHO SWEPT THE TOP…9
FINISHING SPOTS…AND MADE IT…6 CONSECUTIVE "CUPPER" WINS…IN 6 OUTINGS…THIS
SEASON…
LET THE…"CUP GUYS…RUNNIN’ IN BUSCH"… DEBATE…CONTINUE…
THE SERIES…TAKES A WEEK OFF…BEFORE GETTIN’ AFTER IT AGAIN…IN…NASHVILLE…ON
APRIL 7TH…
MARCH 19, 2007 - ATLANTA
ROUND # 5 OF 35…(14.285% OF THE SEASON) IS…"SMOTED"
FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE WEEK…KYLE BUSCH…"OWNED" THE JOURNEYMAN
SERIES RACE AND FOR THE 2ND CONSECUTIVE WEEK …KYLE BUSCH…WITH THE
BEST CAR IN THE FIELD DID NOT WIN THE RACE…BUT RATHER…JEFF
BURTON…THE…"BURTON BROTHER"…THAT SPEAKS ENGLISH… RETURNED TO VICTORY LANE…FOR
THE 2ND WEEK IN A ROW…AND THE 2ND…YEAR IN A ROW…AT
ATLANTA…ON SATURDAY…
FOR…SEEMINGLY…MOST OF THE RACE…143 LAPS ANYWAY…JEFF BURTON…ALONG WITH MATT
KENSETH…KASEY KAHANE AND A CAST NUMBERING IN THE FORTIES…WAS FOLLOWING
YOUNG…BUSCH…BUT A…MISSING…LUGNUT…FROM THE FINAL PIT STOP RESULTED IN…
BUSCH…STARTING DEAD LAST…ON THE LEAD LAP…AND THERE JUST WASN’T ENOUGH TIME TO
RUN DOWN THE WINNER…JEFF BURTON… OR…THE RACE BRIDESMAID…KEVIN HARVICK…
BOTTOM LINE…BURTON…GETS THE ATLANTA…JOURNEYMAN SERIES… WIN…AND IF YOU’LL
RECALL…HIS BUSCH WIN AT THE TRACK…LAST YEAR…TURNED HIS CAREER AROUND…AFTER A 3
½ YEAR DROUGHT WITHOUT ANY…KIND OF WIN…AND HIS PERFORMANCE SINCE THEN
HAS…ARGUABLY…BEEN THE BEST IN ALL OF NASCAR…LAST YEAR…AND NOW…THIS YEAR AS
WELL…
LOOKING BACK IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD RACE BUT ONCE AGAIN A RACE DOMINATED BY
"CUP MERCENARIES" WHO SWEPT THE TOP…16 FINISHING SPOTS AND MADE IT…5
CONSECUTIVE "CUPPER" WINS…IN 5 OUTINGS…THIS SEASON…
LET THE…"CUP GUYS…RUNNIN’ IN BUSCH"… DEBATE…CONTINUE…
THE SERIES DRAGS IT TO BRISTOL… NEXT WEEK… WHERE WE FULLY EXPECT…TO SEE
SOME BIG TIME… "HAVIN’ AT IT"…
MARCH 12, 2007 - LAS VEGAS 300
ROUND #4 OF 35…(11.428% OF THE SEASON) IS…"BUSTED"
JEFF BURTON’S…COME FROM BEHIND…SQUEEZIN’
BETWEEN…RACE LEADER…KYLE BUSCH’S CHEVY AND THE WALL LATE RACE CHARGE…MADE YOU
FORGET ABOUT ALL THE WHINING ABOUT THE…RE-TOOLED…RE-CONFIGURED…RE-PAVED…LAS
VEGAS SPEEDWAY…WE HAD HEARD ALL WEEK LONG…
WHETHER IT WAS…GREG BIFFLE…OR…TONY STEWART…DOING THE
COMPLAINING…ABOUT THE TRACK…AT THE END OF THE DAY…IF YOU’RE A RACER…YOU STILL
GOTTA’ RACE ‘EM AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT …JEFF BURTON…DID…AS HE…RAN DOWN
THE…LAS VEGAS "HOMIE" …AND SAID…"WHAT THE HELL"…AND WENT FOR THE WIN…AND
SQUEEZED BY RACE DOMINATOR…KYLE BUSCH…FOR THE BEST FINISH…NOT…UNDER
A…GREEN-WHITE-CHECKER…IN MEMORY…
WITH THE EXCITING FINISH ADDRESSED…THE OTHER STORY
WAS THE… DIFFICULTY THAT MANY…MANY…DRIVERS…HAD MASTERING THE NEW SURFACE…AND
TIRE COMBINATION INCLUDING…EARLY BRAIN FADER’S …LIKE…MATT KENSETH …WHO DUMPED
IT…ONLY 12 LAPS IN…AND THEN…KASEY KAHNE…WHO…KEPT HIS FOCUS…UNTIL…JUST 11 LAPS
REMAINING…
BOTTOM LINE…WITH A NEW TRACK…AND NEW TIRES…YA’ GOTTA’
PAY ATTENTION…AND WAY TO MANY DRIVERS…FORGOT…THAT BASIC LESSON…
THE SERIES AIMS FOR ATLANTA…NEXT WEEK… WHERE WE
FULLY EXPECT RACING TO "BREAK OUT"…BIG TIME…
MARCH 5, 2007 - BUSCH "JOURNEY-AMIGO" SERIES – RUNNIN’…LEFTY-RIGHTY…
AND…ALL DIRECTIONS…IN…MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
ROUND #3 OF 35…(8.571% OF THE SEASON) IS…"TOASTADA"
BY THE NUMBERS…THE NASCAR JOURNEYMAN SERIES PUT ON A 2ND RATE
RACE…IN A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY…BROADCAST BY A…4TH RATE
NETWORK AND BROADCAST TEAM…AND ALL THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED WAS A WASTE OF A
SUNDAY AFTERNOON…
F-1 REFUGEE…JUAN MONTOYA WITH THE FRESHEST TIRES ON THE TRACK SITTING IN
THE 2ND SPOT…WITH 8 ROAD RACE LAPS REMAINING …ELECTED TO…WRECK HIS
TEAMMATE RACE LEADER…SCOTT PRUETT…WHEN HE DIDN’T NEED TO…JUST TO WIN
A…JOURNEYMAN RACE…
WHAT AN…EL SPINC-TOR-I-O-GRANDE…
SCOTT PRUETT…MONTOYA’S…ALLEGED…TEAMMATE…SUMMED IT UP BEST…IN A POST RACE
INTERVIEW…SAYING IT WAS A…"NO GOOD… DIRTY…NASTY…JOB OF DRIVING…TO GET TAKEN
OUT BY YOUR TEAMMATE"…
ENOUGH SAID…
MONTOYA…GETS THE CHECKERED FLAG…RACE COMMENTATORS… JERRY PUNCH…ANDY PETREE…AND...KRUSTY
WALLACE…ARE STILL …PROBABLY…PEEING THEIR PANTS…AND ANYONE WHO ISN’T SUFFERING
FROM…MONTEZUMA’S REVENGE…IS BACK IN THIS COUNTRY …AND LOOKING TO…LAS VEGAS…AND
RACE # 4…OF 35…AND PREPARING…NOT…TO TURN THEIR BACK ON…MONTOYA…
BOTTOM LINE…THOSE TEAMS LUCKY ENOUGH TO MAKE IT OUT OF MEXICO…WITH ALL THE
STUFF THEY TOOK DOWN THERE…WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE…TO LOSE IT ALL…WHEN THEY
DRAG IT TO LAS VEGAS …NEXT WEEKEND…FOR A 300 MILER…