It seems that when there is a big race on the line the go to driver is Jamie McMurray. He won the Daytona 500 and now the Brickyard 400, both in the same year. It is a very hard thing to do. With this win it gives car owner Chip Ganassi a trifecta of sorts winning the Daytona 500, the Indy 500 and the Brickyard 400.
Jamie held off Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle for the win. I was surprised that Greg Biffle didn’t catch him as he has 4 fresher tires, I guess only taking two was the way to go today. The race was lead by a strong car in Juan Pablo Montoya but he blew a tire late and took out Dale Earnhardt Jr in the process. The race started off strange with team making early pit stops due to debris getting caught in the radiators and over heating.
Jimmie Johnson had a bad car most of the day, Jimmie and his teammate Jeff Gordon finished in the back of the lead lap.
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
With an odd beginning, seeing about a quarter of the field experiencing either on track contact or overheating thanks to the aftermath, a not too long green flag stint allowing for green flag stops, and watching history be made, this was an awesome event… poor attendance or not.
The excitment and build up of Juan Montoya’s revenge on the yard of bricks was given an interesting dramatic twist after the late race caution that set up his teammate to claim the victory for Mr. Floyd “Chip” Ganassi, who in addtion to making history with the Daytona/Indy/Indy trifecta also claimed victory with Scott Dixon in the IndyCar Series at Edmonton. One could say that Helio Castroneves got screwed, with Dixon and Ganassi being given the gift of the win, but who is spliting hairs?
On top of all of that, F1 team Ferrari won the German Gran Prix in race that once again saw the use of team orders. All and all, this has to have been the most dramatic race weekend of the summer.
I didn’t watch any of the Indy or the F1 at all, after the NASCAR race I was done with racing for the day.