Hey there Nascar fans. Its been a busy busy week down here in Florida. Kids go back to school tomorrow and I start back Wednesday so I am looking forward to another great semester of learning. It’s been an interesting week all the way around but definitely a busy one for me and for the guys in the chase, so let’s cut to it.
Well I cant say enough bad things about Kyle Busch on an average day and although I found what happened with him last night, coming from behind after not having lead at all during the race and winning, strangely reminiscent of what happened a week or two ago with him when he got passed on the outside and lost the race to Brad Keselowski I think it was when Brad hadn’t really been a contender all race long.
I sort of feel that way about Mark Martin’s second place finish last night. Although Mark is a gentleman and would never stoop to such childish behavior as was displayed by Busch after that loss to Brad. I will say to Busch’s favor that he raced Mark clean and didn’t try to wreck him out or anything during those crucial last few laps. In fact, he gave Mark an oppurtunity to pass and take the lead back and Mark stuck his nose in there but wasnt able to pull it off and so the win went to Busch.
I will say that Busch was respectful and decent in his post race comments about the race and the last laps that he battled with Mark with for the win. I will however say that I think he should apply said good behavior and use it as a tool going forward to help deal with other drivers. This is by no means any way of conceding to anything regarding Kyle Busch. I do not like him and think that he is a spoiled brat that really needs to grow up and learn to be a man.
His antics post race on several occassions have proven his need to mature as a person. Destroying trophies, yelling at other drivers for racing, and just his in general bad attitude has shown us what he is really all about. Hopefully he will learn from his mistakes and use them to better improve his image because as a friend of mine said, his television image leaves a lot to be desired. Take a page from Mark Martin’s book Kyle, you could learn alot from a class act like Mark Martin.
There are reports over the last few days that Brad Keselowski will ride full time next year for Penske Racing. Brad, who said he was not in a position to speak about it, is reportedly going to join Penske Racing and drive the #12 Dodge replacing current driver David Stremme. Brad currently drives the Nationwide car for Jr. Motorsports which is owned by Rick Hendrick and Dale Jr..
Rick Hendricks has said that no matter where Brad goes for this coming season to break into the Sprint Cup level, he wont be so far away that Hendricks cant bring him back to HMS in a flash. Brad was originally marked to take over the #5 car of Mark Martin next season but with the stellar season he is having Mark has decided to come back next season again so that left Brad without a ride for his Sprint Cup debut full time. Brad has been a hot commodity since winning his first race last April in Talladega in a surprise victory for the team.
Nascar has been considering a move to fuel injected engines for the Sprint cars. They have been in talks to possibly switch to fuel injected motors as a way to possibly reduce cost and increase the potential audience of the already huge sport. If they do decide to change over to fuel injection, the move wont come before at least 2011.
I bet Marcos Ambrose is breathing a little easier this week. It has been announced by Kimberly-Clark, makers of Kleenex tissue, Scott Towels, and Cottonelle Toilet Paper, that they will be primary sponsors on the car for 5 races next season including the Daytona 500 in February. They will also remain as a sponsor on the car for all the other races next season as well. That’s pretty cool for Marcos, I love Australia and I think his accent is awesome!! G’day mate!! haha. Congratulations to Marcos, he seems like a really nice guy.
Team owner for Marcos Ambrose, Tad Geschickter, has said that all together Marcos will have as many as seven primary sponsors all sharing space on his car next year. We have some great Blue chip sponsors around us, Marcos stated. He carries not only the Kimberly-Clark sponsorship but also sponsorship for Clorox, Little Debbie, and Kingsford Charcoal. Now all they have to do is go out and win races for them Ambrose said. Good luck to you Marcos.
With only 2 races left before the chase contenders are locked in their positions going into the final 10 races this season, there were some shaking up of the rankings last night at Bristol. Points leader Tony Stewart had a terrible time last night and was never a threat to win at any time during the race.
Despite his dismal and uncharacteristic performance, points leader Stewart managed to maintain his lead over Gordon and Johnson by some 250 points between the 3 of them. Mark with his most laps led last night moved up to 10th position in the points standings. Busch managed to move up to 13th and is on the outside looking in going towards these last 2 races. Here is the breakdown of the 12 drivers contending for positions in the race for the chase.
Tony Stewart 3564 points leader
Jimmy Johnson 3344
Jeff Gordon 3310
Denny Hamlin 3141
Carl Edwards 3110
Kurt Busch 3103
Ryan Newman 2995
Greg Biffle 2986
Juan Pablo Montoya 2975
Mark Martin 2971
Kasey Kahne 2963
Matt Kenseth 2945
Kyle Busch is sitting in 13th position with 2911 points going into these last 2 races. If Mark Martin continues with the trend he is on, he should have no problem locking in his spot for the chase. Now once they are locked in, the lineup goes by most wins this season and that would put Mark squarely at the top I believe. At any rate I think it would be between Johnson and Mark who will wind up seated first when the time comes here in 3 weeks, but I am sure that he and Johnson and Tony Stewart will be up there for sure.
Well thats all for now Nascar friends. I am going to close this out before I have to rewrite it a third time. I hate when you are writing and lose all your information by accident. It is just horrible. Have a great week Nascar friends. See you next week!
