This week, the Crappafoni Pictures crew is deep in the heart of Texas for this week's serving of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, served up BBQ-style with grilled corn and all the fixin's. Enjoy!
THE GOOD
Kurt Busch: he gets first billing as the race winner. Between him and his brother Kyle, they led most of the laps in the race. He was able to save fuel due to a great pit stop on Lap 267. Kudos go out to the Blue Crew for consistent pit stops.
Kyle Busch: he led the most laps in the race and had the best car, but fuel mileage bit him in the rear. He was trying to win the Texas Trifecta but came up short, finishing in 11th.
Denny Hamlin: was that the quietest second place finish I've seen in a long time? I think it was, because he was in downtown Dallas (or so it seemed) when Kurt Busch crossed the finish line. Although he gained two positions in the points, it's too little too late.
Matt Kenseth: he had a strong car all race long, and was in the top 10 for most of the race. He may have made the move of the race when he recognized he would be short on his original estimate and pitted with 20 laps to go. That move gave him a third place finish.
Mark Martin: he hung out in the top 10 for the whole race. He was able to stretch his fuel mileage to a fourth place finish and gain HUGE ground on teammate and points leader Jimmie Johnson. Martin took full advantage of the opening left by Johnson.
Kevin Harvick: although he never led a lap, he kept moving up slowly at the drop of the green flag. The #29 kept gaining spots with each pit stop. He ran out of fuel at the end, but had enough to finish fifth.
Honorable Mention: Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle, AJ Allmendinger.
THE BAD
Start and Parkers: you people know who you are. You're a blight on the NASCAR landscape. Perhaps NASCAR should consider reducing the field from 43 to 38 or even 36 cars. But even then, you may get one that qualifies well, then parks after 10 laps. The record to my knowledge is held by P.J. Jones, who parked after TWO laps at Sonoma. I'm waiting for the day when someone parks just before taking the green flag.
ABC's coverage: it was downright HORRID. That's all I'll say about it. I lay the blame on the director or directors for the putrid coverage.
THE UGLY
Jimmie Johnson: he was involved in a three-car accident with Sam Hornish Jr and David Reutimann on Lap 3. Reutimann made incidental contact with Hornish, who then made contact with Johnson. Johnson nearly saved it, then cut across the track and made contact with Hornish. Needless to say, the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet suffered heavy damage. Johnson took a major hit in the points, losing over 100 points to Mark Martin.
Those are my nominees for the race. Feel free to come in with yours.
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7 comments:
good - Marcos Ambrose....he was easily a top 5 car and got let down on fuel mileage at the end, lol
What a great race...now was that as boring as JJ leading the whole time b/c it was pretty much the Busch bro's leading the whole time but far more enjoyable for me anyway!!
So impressed they won that with a new car and a CC only in the shop one day a week. They rocked today!!
I'll give a shout out to the rest of Team Penske who finally listened to team orders to take out HMS!
Marcos and Dale were good, but the decision to pit so late for gas was ugly.
Harvick sure was GOOD!
BTW, Sam and Brad are great teammates.LOL
Oh, Kyle avoiding the press again was ugly. Honestly, he has a problem and needs to grow the he....up. We all have bad days and have to face adversity.
That was a great race! With a dramatic ending.
Reutimann and Ambrose deserve at least an honorable mention.
Tez, Marcos had a car that could challenge the Busch Brothers; too bad fuel mileage bit him in the end.
Kristen, I was thinking of ya and the time all of us had hanging out with the Brew Crew! It was good to see Kurt win and the Brew Crew sharing in that win! Now as a result of JJ's 39th place finish, the Chase got a LOT more interesting.
Volfan, that's the beauty of races like that! Harvick was either going to win or run out of gas; he ran out on the backstretch and coasted to fifth. But he was moving up on the track throughout the race.
Gene, my bad for overlooking Ambrose and Reutimann. Both were stout and it bodes well for them next year.
Where can I send a donation to Hornish for taking out Johnson?
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