This week, the Crappafoni Pictures crew is in SoCal for this week's version of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, served up with sushi and fish tacos, SoCal-style. Enjoy!
THE GOOD
Jimmie Johnson: as the race winner, he gets first billing. He led the most laps en route to the win. He now has the points lead going into Charlotte next Saturday night. While any win is good, it was particuarly sweet at his home track in front of his home fans. He is the man to beat, in more ways than one. He's like Tiger Woods, you're going to have to put forth a superhuman effort to beat him, and you only end up beating yourself.
Jeff Gordon: the Vallejo, CA native looked like he had enough late in the race to win. If not for the late rash of cautions and a red flag, he might have.
Juan Pablo Montoya: he remains the only driver in the Chase to finish in the top 5 of every race, finishing third. Now if he can only get into Victory Lane, he would have a chance, considering how well JJ is running. He stays within striking distance of JJ, with two of his very best tracks (Talladega and Martinsville) coming up.
Mark Martin: he hung out in the top 5 much of the day, and he was at the point for several laps. While his car was stout, he didn't quite have enough for JJ.
Tony Stewart: Smoke went a lap down when he was caught speeding off pit road during a round of green flag pit stops. Then when a caution came out, he stayed out while the rest of the leaders pitted, gambling on a quick caution. He won the gamble when Denny Hamlin made contact with Montoya and brought out that quick caution. He even led late in the race after making up that lap.
David Ragan: he was a classic case of Tortoise vs. Hare, in which he played the role of the Tortoise. He started 31st and through a series of adjustments, some crashes by others in the field, and very quick pit stops, he steadily moved up the leaderboard. He was the beneficiary of the Big One, SoCal-style; he moved up several positions, eventually finishing 7th. Good job, David!
David Gilliland: I HAVE to mention him here. After parking the #71 due to lack of funding, he stepped in for an ailing Kyle Busch and piloted the #18 as admirably as he could, considering he had ZERO practice in the car.
Honorable Mention: Carl Edwards, Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, and Casey Mears.
THE BAD
Brian Vickers: this is the second straight race that he has struggled. You can safely say he's done. Stick a fork in him.
THE UGLY
The Big One: this doozy of a crash took out all four of Richard Petty Motorsports' cars: Kasey Kahne, Elliott Sadler, AJ Allmendinger, and Reed Sorenson, along with several others, most notably Dale Earnhardt Jr. Kevin Harvick NARROWLY escaped The Big One by INCHES.
Those are my nominees for the race. Feel free to come in with yours.
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I'd like to add another "U" to the GBU- The Unforgiveable. The honor of that title goes to Jesse McCartney whose rendition of the National Anthem went something like this:
"O say can you see by the dawn's early light
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming"
Jesse- did you even look at the words anytime during this past week? You forgot one entire line of a song that should be as ingrained on your mind as your last single.
I can guarantee you that there are tens of thousands of newly sworn in citizens who can sing the National Anthem without a mistake. Why can't you?
It was a good race for the last 60 or so laps, but it still had the Jimmie and Chad show feeling though.Can any one beat Johnson now ?
SB, SOMEONE should have YANKED his sorry butt out of there as soon as it happened! WTH was he THINKING? It's a good thing he's a well-known and successful singer!
Photogr, it WAS the Jimmie and Chad show. It's going to be like that at all the other tracks except for Dega and M'ville.
Nice run down Jon,, How was Brian Vickers aloud to drive his car with out a shock, when they are NASCAR shocks and manatory and then pass post inspection?? lol
Cheers2You
I heard the last half on the radio driving home from Rockingham. Probably more exciting than watching it on TV.
Didn't hear about Vickers' shock.... wonder if the car's height passed post race inspection... ala Kyle's with the broken shock?
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