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Select Date: August 2006
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AUGUST 28, 2006
# 24 OF THE 26…ONLY A DEUCE
LEFT…TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS
THE…CUP RACE AT BRISTOL SATURDAY NIGHT…WAS PRETTY TAME STUFF…WITH TEMPERS MOSTLY IN CHECK…AND THE ACTION…WHAT THERE WAS…PRETTY MUCH…STAYED ON THE TRACK…
FOR THE 3RD…CONSECUTIVE…NASCAR RACE…AND THE 2ND CUP RACE IN A ROW…IT WAS RR-AZ ALUM…MATT KENSETH… COLLECTING THE WIN…AS HE FINALLY MADE HIS WAY TO THE LEAD…FOR GOOD…IN THE FINAL 60 LAPS…AND WAS… ESSENTIALLY UNCHALLENGED FOR THE WIN…
KENSETH’S…FELLOW CHEESEHEAD…CREW CHIEF…JIMMY FENNIG GAVE HIM THE DOMINANT RIDE…IN SATURDAY’S BUSCH RACE…AND IT WAS…HIS…CHEESHEAD…CUP CREW CHIEF… ROBBIE REISER… PROVIDING THE DOMINANT CAR FOR…KENSETH …ON SATURDAY… AS THIS ROUSH TEAM…HAS IT ALL TOGETHER …HEADING INTO THE…CHASE FOR THE TITLE…
KYLE BUSCH…CONTINUES TO IMPRESS…AS HE BATTLED ADVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE RACE…FINALLY MOVING INTO THE 2ND SPOT…AND IF THE RACE HAD BEEN 25 LAPS LONGER HE PROBABLY HAD ENOUGH CAR TO GET AROUND…KENSETH…AND …TAKE THE WIN…
DALE EARNHARDT, JR…REBOUNDED FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS…DISASTERS… AND FINISHED 3RD…THANKS TO…GOOD PIT STRATEGY…AND TIMELY ADJUSTMENTS…TO THE CAR TO KEEP HIM IN CONTENTION FOR THE WIN…AND MORE IMPORTANTLY …THE…CHASE…FOR THE TITLE
A PRETTY GOOD…BUT NOT GREAT…BRISTOL RACE…
THE CUPPERS HEAD TO…MICHIGAN SPEEDWAY "WEST"…NEXT SUNDAY…TO ALLOW T.V. VIEWERS…TO CATCH UP ON SOME MUCH NEEDED…AFTERNOON SLEEP…
AUGUST 21, 2006
- "FUEL ECONOMY 400"…AT MICHIGAN
# 23 OF THE 26…ONLY 3 SHOTS LEFT…TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS
THE CUP RACE AT MICHIGAN WAS PRETTY TAME STUFF…WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE POTENTIAL DYNAMICS PRESENT…
WOULD…CARL EDWARDS…DECIDE TO REPAY...JUNIOR…FOR WRECKING HIM ON SATURDAY AND RETURN THE FAVOR ON SUNDAY…AND…KNOCK…JUNIOR…OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS?
AT THE END OF THE RACE…WITH…JEFF GORDON…CLOSING ON HIM WOULD KENSETH ELECT TO WRECK THEM BOTH… INSTEAD OF GIVING…GORDON…ANOTHER SHOT AT HIM…AND IN EFFECT…KNOCK…GORDON…OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS?
THESE SCENARIOS HAD TO BE CONSIDERED…GIVEN…NASCAR’S UNEVEN APPLICATION OF THEIR..."SO CALLED"…RULES…BUT FORTUNATELY…EDWARDS…HAS A LOT MORE CLASS THAN… JUNIOR…AND...KENSETH…HAS A LOT MORE CLASS THAN… GORDON…AND NEITHER SCENARIO OCCURRED…
THAT BEING SAID…THIS RACE WAS…TEPID…AT BEST…AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS TRACK IS DONE FOR THE YEAR…
ALL IN ALL…ANOTHER 2 MILE…"COOKIE CUTTER"…SPEEDWAY … "SNOOZEFEST"…THAT SAW VERY LITTLE RACING…BUT IN THE END…IT WAS…RR-AZ ALUM…MATT KENSETH PICKING UP HIS 3RD WIN OF THE SEASON AHEAD OF…FELLOW ALUM…GORDON …2ND WITH MONKEY OWNER…TONY STEWART…3RD…
BOTTOM LINE…THIS RACE…LIKE SO MANY CUP RACES…FLAT OUT…"SUCKED"…
THE CUPPERS HEAD SOUTH TO…BRISTOL…FOR SOME ACTUAL…RACING ACTION…NEXT WEEK…
AUGUST
14, 2006 - WATKINS GLEN…ROAD COURSE
# 22…OF THE 26 RACE TO THE PLAYOFFS
ONLY A…FOURPLE…OF CHANCES LEFT TO AVOID…ELIMINATION…
IF YOU BUY INTO THE NOTION THAT…’RUBBIN’ IS RACIN"…THEN WHAT YOU SAW FROM THE…WATKINS GLEN ROAD COURSE…ON SUNDAY…WAS A …WHOLE BUNCH OF RACIN’…
RR-AZ ALUM…KEVIN HARVICK…WON FOR THE 2ND TIME THIS SEASON …AND FOR THE 1ST TIME ON A ROAD COURSE…AFTER HE RE-PASSED …TONY STEWART…WITH A TRIO OF LAPS REMAINING IN THE 90 LAPPER…
STEWART…WHO APPEARED TO HAVE A BETTER CAR…AT TIMES…WISELY OPTED…NOT TO BATTLE TO HARD FOR THE WIN…AS HE IS STILL IN THE MIDST OF SECURING A SPOT IN THE 10 RACE CHASE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP…
WITH A COLLECTION OF…ROAD RACERS…THROWN INTO THE MIX…THE DRIVING STYLES WERE CONSTANTLY DOING BATTLE…AND ON THIS DAY ANYWAY… THE ACCOMPLISHED ROAD RACERS…FARED WELL…
SURPRISE OF THE RACE HAD TO BE…JAMIE MAC MURRAY…WHO HAS PRETTY MUCH…DONE NOTHING…SINCE REPLACING…FORMER SERIES CHAMP...KURT BUSCH…AT ROUSH RACING BUT MAC MURRAY … REDEEMED HIMSELF…AT LEAST FOR THE WEEKEND…WITH A SURPRISING …3RD PLACE RUN…
JIMMIE JOHNSON & MATT KENSETH…THE LEADERS IN THE RACE TO THE CHASE…HAD LESS THAN CHAMPIONSHIP DAYS AS…KENSETH…LABORED TO A 21ST PLACE FINISH WHILE JOHNSON…WASN’T MUCH BETTER… BRINGING IT HOME…17TH…
NOW…BACK TO THE LEFT TURNIN’…FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHEDULE…
THE CUPPERS...HEAD TO…25 LANE WIDE…MICHIGAN...NEXT WEEK…
AUGUST 7,
2006 - GETTIN’ BACK TO WORK…AT
THE…"BRICKYARD"
# 21…OF THE 26 RACE TO THE PLAYOFFS…
ONLY A…HANDFUL…OF CHANCES LEFT TO AVOID…ELIMINATION…
NASCAR’S…SELF PROCLAIMED…2ND "BIGGEST" RACE OF THE SCHEDULE …COULD ALSO BE DEFINED AS THE…"2ND BIGGEST…"BUST"…OF THE SCHEDULE…AS NASCAR…CLUMSILY MANAGED…YET ANOTHER… CONTRIVED…FINISH…
WITH A…PAIR…OF…MANDATORY…CAUTION PERIODS…SUCKING UP MORE THAN 10 OF THE RACE’S 40 OPENING LAPS…AND COMPLETELY …TAKING THE "RACING…OUT OF THE RACE THIS TURKEY…FINALLY …BEGAN ON LAP 41…AND WAS…BORING AS HELL…UNLESS YOU COUNT THE 4 OTHER CAUTIONS…ATTRIBUTED TO "DEBRIS…WHICH SUCKED UP ANOTHER…5 LAPS EACH…
SO LET’S SEE…WE’VE GOT A 400 MILE RACE…AND…ALMOST 25% OF IT …IS TAKEN UP BY CAUTIONS…NOT…INVOLVING…CRASHES…
YOU FIGURE IT OUT…
ANYHOW…JIMMIE JOHNSON…OVERCOMES…EARLY TIRE PROBLEMS …AND…NASCAR…TO COLLECT HIS 4TH WIN OF THE SEASON…WHILE HIS CLOSEST PURSUER…MATT KENSETH RUNS…2ND…
A FAR LESS THAN…"RIVETING" RACE…AND ONE WHICH MADE US THANKFUL THAT WE COULD "FLIP" TO THE F-1- PARADE…DURING THE MANY NASCAR COMMERCIALS…AND ACTUALLY WATCH SOME…PSUEDO-RACING…WHICH WAS BETTER THAN WHAT …NASCAR WAS…"PUMPING OUT"
ALSO…BEFORE WE END THE CUP STUFF…WE’RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT…NBC ANNOUNCER AND…SEVERE…NASCAR "ASS KISSER"…BILL WEBBER…AS THIS GUY IS SEVERELY…"NASCAR GAY"…AND GETTING WUSSIER…BY THE WEEK…
HERE’S THE…INDY…FINISH & POINTS…AS THE CUPPERS...HEAD TO… WATKINS GLEN...NEXT WEEK…