Hey there everyone! Hope all you Nascar junkies are having a great week. At least better than my week. They closed my store after 5 years of working for Hollywood Video without even a warning or 2 week notice. Nice huh? Anyways I am not stressing it at all. So lets get to it.
Well that was a wild ride for the Home Depot driver Joey Logano Sunday at the monster mile. I think it is probably truly one of the wildest crashes I have ever seen and thank goodness he was able to walk away. It certainly made for an exciting race!
Congratulations to race winner Jimmie Johnson. Well this is eerily reminiscent of the past 3 years of the chase. Once the chase starts, it seems Johnson can do no wrong and easily walks away with the championship. Well that may have been true the last 3 years but its still early in the chase, only 2 races down and 8 to go.
And dont forget that Mark Martin is still the chase leader going into Kansas this weekend. Mark who has had a phenomenal season thus far, is poised and ready and still very much in contention to win the championship. I hate to say it again but I gotta tell you, I am definitely pulling for Mark to win the championship. Go Mark!!!
Jimmie Johnson received a real honor recently when he was named the driver of the decade by Sporting News Magazine. He beat out Tony Stewart for the honor. Not only that but he also scored his 44th win of his career at Dover tying Bill Elliott on the all time wins list. Congratulations Jimmie for your win at Dover, the honor of being driver of the decade and for tying Elliott on the all time wins list. Whew, thats a mouthful.
David Gilliland will pilot a fourth car for JGR during the remaining chase races. He will drive a Toyota car for three races with Farm Bureau Insurance as his primary sponsor. They signed on to sponsor like 5 or 6 races this season and thus far only 2 races have had a Farm Bureau sponsored car.
David will drive the #02 Toyota at races in Charlotte in October, Texas on November 8, and finally at Homestead for the season finale and crowning of this years champion. Good luck David and have fun racing for Farm Bureau.
George Gillette whose family owns most of Richard Petty Motorsports, has entered into an agreement with a Saudi based firm that is owned by the Prince Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud. The firm known as F6, is a multidirectional sports company with interest in soccer as well as stock car racing. They are looking at options for developing a new team and possibly opening racing schools around the country and in the middle east as well. ‘
Well thats about it for now. I am going to go watch some tv and eat some dinner. Here’s looking forward to the race at Kansas. After the Kansas race we should have a good idea of who to watch and who is not a contender. Hopefully they will shake it up good. Have a great rest of the week Nascar fans.
Nascar Dude says
sucks about the job something will come along. great summary that was some crash young joey had