This week, the Crappafoni Pictures crew is in the nation's heartland, Kansas, for this week's serving of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, BBQ-style. It's been said that Kansas has the nation's best BBQ, so we're serving it with all the fixin's. Enjoy!
THE GOOD
Tony Stewart: as the race winner, he gets first billing this week. He used a two-tire stop on his last pit stop to get him out in front and he made it stand. The #14 got stronger as the race went on, and through good pit stops, the crew put Smoke in position to win. Good job Tony!
Jeff Gordon: although he never led a lap, he was strong all day and was gaining on Stewart but ran out of laps.
Greg Biffle: not bad considering he started 31st. He led the most laps in the race, and that was huge. Great run for the Biff, plus he gained a position in the points.
Juan Pablo Montoya: like Gordon, he never led a lap, but hung out in the top 10 pretty much the whole race. The fourth-place finish was huge for the #42, as he gained ground on both Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson. He was stout on the restarts and at the beginning of runs.
Denny Hamlin: he bounced back from a pedestrian run at Dover for a solid fifth place finish. It may have been the quietest fifth place finish ever, as he wasn't mentioned much.
Honorable Mention: Kasey Kahne, Mark Martin, David Reutimann, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards.
THE BAD
Brian Vickers: he battled an ill-handling race car to start, even BEING the caution at one point. A blown engine then put him out of his misery at Lap 208. He lost two positions in the Chase and is over 200 points in arrears. His Chase chances are done. Stick a fork in him. He can use this as a learning tool for future Chases.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: for awhile, he had one of the best cars. Then after a pit stop, he was caught speeding on pit road and had to serve a pass through penalty that put him a lap down and he never really recovered. His day ended at Lap 262 when he blew an engine.
THE UGLY
Brian Vickers: see above.
Those are my nominees for the race. Feel free to come in with yours.
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7 comments:
personally, I'd have had Biffle as first, then Tony....then again, I love the drama with fuel mileage races so I swore a lot when the caution ruined it :(
Tez, you can thank Dale Jr for removing all the drama from the race. Did Teresa or one of her minions sneak over to the track and put some sugar in his gas tank while no one was looking?
It was a bit of a cliff hanger with Stewart and Gordon the last few laps. Might have been a different race if there was the usual mystery caution with 10 or less laps to go. Any way, Stewart won so that was good.
I thought Jr's crew dropped a lug, not that he was speeding...but I wasnt really watching to close, I was packing!
Cant complain about any of your picks...wish Vickers didnt have an Ugly - would have really liked to see him in the mix.
I have to agree with your Good, bad and ugly at Kansas 100%.
I can't remember feeling so sorry for one driver as did for Jr. when they left that lug nut off.
This guy can't buy a good race finish here lately.
Sorry I have taken so long to respond.
Photogr, I'm pulling for Smoke in my heart, even though I picked JJ to win the title before the season began.
Kristen, Vickers was horrid. I had him on my fantasy team.
Tsfan, Dale Jr needs a good break.
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