What we learned
Typical Martinsville weekend: A lot of beating and banging, and a pretty good race.
So what did we learn?
* Never ever count out Jeff Gordon. And never ever get in his way. Hear that, Kurt Busch?
* A loose race car might be fine for qualifying, but it can be junk in a race. Just ask Scott Riggs, who learned that driving loose in traffic at the start of a race is a whole lot different than driving loose by himself during qualifying.
* Kyle Petty ain't dead yet. He ran close to the front until he spun late in the race, and he still managed to salvage a top 20 finish. (He was 18th.) And teammate Jeff Green was only four spots despite spinning three times. Guess there's something to those Evernham engines.
* Dale Earnhardt Jr. likes liver mush. (Yuck.) Also, there's some woman out there who would rather hang with her friends than go on a date with Junior.
* The Chase might be the thing that saves NASCAR. Jimmie Johnson had his worst race since sometime last fall, but the points leader is already 160 points up (!) on second place Greg Biffle. If this were, say, 2003, NASCAR already would have engraved the points champion's trophy with Johnson's name.
* Martinsville should never, ever lose a Cup date. That tiny little track is too much fun.
Comments (4)
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Busch got taken out by Gordon, plain and simple. Gordon can't stand someone beat his little protege Jimmie for the Championship and has it in for Busch. The only thing that made me madder was the drunk Junior fans cheering when Busch's car came by. I felt like I was in Chapel Hill.
Posted on April 11, 2005 2:18 PM
I figured this post would attract our resident Kurt Busch fan. ;)
Sorry, Matt, but your guy got moved out of the way by a guy who's not worried about using his fenders every once in a while. I'm surprised Gordon didn't take himself out -- that wasn't exactly a love tap.
Posted on April 11, 2005 2:44 PM
Yeah I came home and saw the replays... Gordon really nailed him. But Busch won't forget. He has matured but won't be so helpful to the Hendrick boys at the plate races.
Posted on April 11, 2005 11:13 PM
That is correct, MARTINSVILLE SHOULD NEVER LOSE A CUP DATE.
I wish rather than adding the 1.5 mile tracks over the past 4 or 5 years that more Bristols and Richmonds were added.
Posted on April 13, 2005 8:41 PM