Although many believe Tony Stewart had best car in the race and had prepared impeccably for the race but sometimes that just is not enough. When the storm came with 17 laps to go, just the right time for the drivers who stayed on the track during the last caution. Stewart was not one of them. He was out front most of the day and fighting to keep Jimmie Johnson behind him when a crash brought out a caution with 30 laps to go. Then the chess match began: Seven lead-lap cars did not pit, seven drivers that had no chance to win before the caution, while the contending cars all came to pit road. Most of them did a gas-and-go. Greg Zipadelli, Stewart's crew chief, opted to take right-side tires. That dropped Stewart to 14th on the restart with 23 laps remaining. Bad decision. Even if the race had gone the distance, it's unlikely Stewart would have worked his way through traffic to get back to the front, but it didn’t matter as “divine intervention” came to pass and Kurt Busch happened to be in the right position when the wheel went round.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Divine Intervention gives Busch the edge in victory
Posted by Smacchat at 12:50 AM
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Oh wow, where do I start with you smacchat guys? First, the race was rain shortened, in no means did Stewart choke because his strategy was to get tires and run down the guys with gas and go's. The seven that stayed on the track got lucky, Stewart didn't joke. As for the Kyle Busch incident, I agree his attitude has just had him asking for trouble. But I mean, he was racing tough, at the end of a race... And then to get hit under caution? That's a bit over the top in my opinion. As for McMurray hitting Junior, maybe you should have listened up a bit more. McMurray's spotter was never told that Junior was pitting, he was racing on the inside, at full speed and came around the corner to find Junior coming in front of him. I'm pretty sure McMurray wasn't think, "Hell, lets just pop Dale Jr one real quick, I'll be fine, I'm only going about 50 MPH faster than him right now." Seriously people, grow up and watch racing...
Anyway, I fee bad for Tony, kind of wish the fuel mileage deal hadn't been there, then Denny would have been in first after the Pits, but oh well, good points day, no complaints here.
"All I have to say is.....Kyle Busch got what he deserved today. That guy has enough bad karma to fill a football stadium. If he keeps up the attitude, More drivers are going to have short fuses with him."
Let them have short fuses, the NASCAR trailer is that-a-way. I do respect JPM for sticking to his guns, I consider him my 2nd favorite driver, but you just can't do that.
i agree it was jr's fault. he was two lanes up the track then all of a sudden darted to the apron to pit. he should have been on the apron the whole time and let the other cars go around him on the outside. no excuses for this blunder.
While I'd rather have seen someone other than Montoya (see: other big ego) do it, the act itself was fantastic. He deserved every bit of it.
As far as the race goes, I have no comment. Nearly all of the best cars were screwed out of a good finish. Is that a good thing? Who knows.
Jr is OVE88ATED he causes yet another wreck. Hey Jr how about waving your hand next time you pit. geez takes out cars. Poor Jamie never has any luck
I don't know if Dale was at fault himself, but more so possibly of his spotter not telling Jamie's that he was pitting. The way Jamie put it, his spotter never told him Dale was pitting. Should he have received communication, I don't think anything would of happened...
And you want to talk about bad luck, how about David Ragan? Runs a clean race all race and then gets clipped by his teammate at the end of the wreck. Poor guy.
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