Good for them: Pocono/Nashville edition
Good for them:
Denny Hamlin, who joins a pretty long list of Guys Who Have Won Nextel Cup events. Good for him. Even better, he spins himself out while leading the race and still wins. Impressive.
Jeff Gordon, who loses his brakes, hits a wall at 190 mph, climbs out of his car and checks the wheel. Soccer players, meanwhile, are being carried off on stretchers after falling down while running. (For more on the World Cup, check out our Sports Extra blog - it's soccer 24/7 over there right now.)
Cale Gale, who ran Jason Keller's old car to a 20th place finish in his first Busch race. The back story about Gale's day job - he's a shock specialist for James Finch, which fields the No. 1 Busch car - was a little overplayed. It turns out Gale has some racing experience. I know that because he has his own Web site which say he's been racing since he was 5. Still, it's a good story because this kid came out of nowhere and finished just a lap down in his first Busch race at a tricky aero track.
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I saw that about Cale Gale. Now that's the type of driver development program I like to see.
John did you see our boy blow his motor on the pace lap? A new low.
Posted on June 12, 2006 2:03 PM
Yep, I sure did, Mark. Note that he didn't even get a 43rd place. It's like he was never there.
Posted on June 12, 2006 2:12 PM
That Gordon wreck was something else. It's just another reminder of how important that HANS device and the soft-wall have become in protecting drivers. It may have taken NASCAR a little while to come around to them, but I'm sure glad they did.
Posted on June 12, 2006 8:55 PM