This week, the Crappafoni Pictures crew presents this week's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, BBQ-style, complete with all the fixin's that only Saturday night racing can deliver. Enjoy!
THE GOOD
Kyle Busch: as the race winner, he gets first billing. He had the dominant car for the first half of the race; at one point, only nine cars were on the lead lap. He led the entire first half of the race, but had to scramble late in the race and beat Jeff Gordon on the final restart. He led a total of 226 laps. Good job Kyle!
Jeff Gordon: he had a stout car in the second half of the race but was snakebit yet again. He was the victim of a great Kyle Busch restart. He'll get that win soon--I'm predicting at Sonoma.
Kevin Harvick: he started sixth and quickly moved his way forwards. He was in the top 5 for much of the race, and overcame a bad pit stop. He led a couple of laps during green flag pit stops. With his third place finish, and Jimmie Johnson's 10th place finish, Harvick takes over the points lead by 10 points over Johnson.
Jeff Burton: not to be outdone, Harvick's RCR teammate got stronger as the race went on. The #31 crew was on top of the changing track conditions, and made the correct adjustments. He led a few laps, which was popular among the fans.
Carl Edwards: I think this is the first time I've put Cousin Carl in this category this year. He started way back in the pack (28th) and slowly worked his way towards the front. He led his first laps OF THE SEASON. Hopefully for Edwards and the #99 crew, this race will turn around their season.
Honorable Mention: Juan Pablo Montoya, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman, Marcos Ambrose, and Jimmie Johnson.
THE BAD
Tony Raines: normally, I would put the last place driver (READ: start and parker) in this position, but Joe Nemechek's day ended due to an accident before he started and parked. Raines was officially the first start and parker.
Scott Speed: he went backwards from the drop of the green flag. If not for the wave around, he'd have finished double digit laps down.
Tony Stewart: he was another beneficiary of the wave around rule. His finishing position isn't an indicator of how bad he really was tonight. It was a very un-Smoke like performance. He missed big-time on the setup and had his hands full. A sub-Good FOR finishing on the lead lap.
THE UGLY
Dale Earnhardt Jr: he cut a tire under green and had to pit, going several laps down in the process. Then he had a speeding penalty on pit road. All in all, a bad day for Jr. He drops five positions in the standings, to 13th, out of Chase contention for now.
Those are my nominees for the race. Feel free to come in with yours!
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13 comments:
"Hopefully for Edwards and the #99 crew, this race will turn around their season."
NOt as long as Katie has her voodoo duck :o)
LOL SB! Keep in mind that I DETEST Edwards with a PASSION. Hopefully Katie has an extra stash of Aflac voodoo ducks. :)
Well...DW put me to sleep about the 100th time he said "There is blue smoke coming out of the back of Kyle's car and that's not good!" Then I woke up and Kyle had won!
DETEST and PASSION in the same sentence - calm down!lol
JON:
FOR SOME RESON I THINK WE ARE WATHIGN THESE RACES THRUT HE SAME PAIR OF EYES.
VERY GOOD POST AND CAN'T DISAGREE WITH ONE THING YOU SAID.
GUNAQUAT
NOW IF I WOULD JUST SLOW DOWN MY TYPING SO MY SPELLING DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A PRE -K KID'S I'D BE OK
Beverly, I heard DW shilling for Toyota as usual. Even though I detest Edwards, he ran a good solid race and earned a spot in the Good category.
Gunaquat, thanks. Maybe we should replace DW and Rusty!
Great GBU, Jon.
It's been a long wait for that top billing. The other categories seem dead on, too.
Good race results. Can any one tell me why Sam Hornish is still driving in NASCAR?
Gene, Kyle's spot at the top was well-earned. For some reason his crew missed on the setup at the halfway point and Kyle had to scramble. He certainly drove the wheels off! He benefitted from those late cautions and the subsequent restarts.
Photogr, that's a good question! He may not be if sponsorship can't be found for the #77. Rumor has it if Verizon comes in with sponsorship for the #12, Justin Allgaier will get that ride.
Good - my move into the new apartment went well.
Bad - that there are no regionfree DVD players that I could find in town :(
Ugly - not getting my TV and stuff hooked up until Thursday!
oh, you meant the race...well, from the little I did catch of it online, it wasn't the best Richmond race. So, given the amount of flak its predecessor copped, I'm blaming it all on the spoiler!
Finally got to finish the race - Kyle might have his mojo back! Look out Gene might be winning more trifectas in the near future!
Could not believe that was first lap led by Carl...shocking. Kurt had crap race as did fore mentioned Junebug...so I was kinda bored! LOL
Dont be picking on Slidin' Sam Photo...! =)
Another good recap. Although Edwards led a lap, the Fords still struggled as a whole Saturday. I'm kinda shocked it has taken this long to get their short track program turned around.
Tez, Kyle MADE it a snoozefest for the first half of the race. I agree, I've seen better Richmond races. And glad that your move into your new apartment went well!
Kristen, I think you may be right. When Kyle has his mojo, he can win anywhere. Wouldn't surprise me to see him win at Sonoma! It is shocking that start and park teams have led more laps than Edwards.
jmayer, thanks. I can see the Fords struggling all season. While I think there will be at least two Fords in the Chase (Biffle and Kenseth), I don't see them being a factor in the Chase.
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