Richmond wrapup
Best weekend development: Kasey Kahne's first win. (Stories here and here, if you missed them in print.) Now maybe people will ask him what it's like to always finish second.
Second best weekend development: Jimmie Johnson's early crash. (And here, too. You did register for the Richmond site last week, right? And what exactly was Johnson doing trying to make it three wide?) That tightens up the points race and let a few more drivers climb back within the magic 400-point Chase window.
Third best weekend development: Someone other than a Hendrick and Roush driver won. 'Course, it had to be an Evernham guy, so we got all the hoo-ha about how Kahne is farther along than that other Ray Evernham protege was at this point in his career. I might start to believe it when Kahne wins a few more races.
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It's still gonna be a 10-man chase. No way 11th place sniffs 400.
Posted on May 16, 2005 11:02 PM
You're probably right, Matt. I sure hope not, though. I'd love to see 12-14 drivers in the Chase. It'll kee p things interesting.
Posted on May 17, 2005 12:52 AM
Kahne better than Gordon at the same point in their careers??? I guess by 1 race since Gordon's first win was the 600.
I guess an interesting stat would be how many front & rear clips Everham replaced for Gordon and then Kahne.
Remind me about this after the Brickyard since that was Gordon's 2nd win. Didn't Elliot win the Brickyard a couple of years ago in the 9 car?
Posted on May 17, 2005 11:38 AM
Bill sure did. That 9 car seems to always be set up to run well at the big tracks.
Posted on May 17, 2005 3:34 PM