Seacoast Patriot's Dock By The Bay: nascar 2009 <> after week #18

Sunday, July 5, 2009

nascar 2009 <> after week #18

i'll get to the points part of this post sometime sunday evening ... for now a couple of quick thoughts after tonite's 4th of july daytona extravaganza ... while fresh in my mind

congrats to tony stewart who was awesome fast all night ... and his pit stops were near flawless ... he deserved this win ... he earned this win ... he worked for this win
oh so many say he is the most talented race car driver on the track ... but all of kyle busch's considerable talent cannot overcome the laws of aerodynamics and stop a faster race car at the same time ... but when you're kyle busch you try ... if you don't try you're not kyle busch
the incredible safety of a sprint cup car was on full display again tonite ... kyle busch was hit 4 times ... and he was hit very hard ... tony stewart <> the wall <> kasey kahne <> joey logano ... he climbed from race car remnants and was not so willingly escorted by no less than 4 nascar officials to the mandatory medical wagon
wouldn't be much of a news flash to say mark martin ... essentially done after 13 laps ... still hates restrictor plate races
jeff gordon led lap 1 ... got himself into the sucker hole on lap 3 ... was 26th in a flash ... and never was a factor ... coincidentally, it was brad kesolowski who hit jeff behind one of the earlier cautions ... pretty much condemned both to middle of the pack finishes
the final laps of this race ... double file restart ... 4 dominant cars all night ... 14 <> 18 <> 48 <> 11 ... 4 great race car drivers ... stewart <> busch <> johnson <> hamlin ... then single file ... bumper to bumper ... a finish for the ages ... a finish for the new nascar hall of fame ... what daytona under the july lights is all about
historically this race has also been about pepsi ... this was the pepsi 400 ... now coke zero powered by coca cola 400 ... where oh where has pepsi gone?