This week, the Crappafoni Pictures crew is in the backyard of the Big 3, Michigan, to bring you this week's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, midwestern-style, complete with BBQ beef and all the fixin's, washed down with plenty of Captain and Coke. Enjoy!
THE GOOD
Denny Hamlin: as race winner, he gets first billing. He was stout, and it didn't take him long to get to the point. Once at the point, he pretty much stayed there the rest of the race. Everyone else was battling for second place.
Kasey Kahne: he was at the point for a little while. He was strong throughout, but like everyone else, he had nothing for Hamlin. Now he heads to the track where he won at last year.
Kurt Busch: he had one of the three best cars but it was all about Hamlin.
Jeff Gordon: steady and consistent. He gained a little ground on Four-Time aka Jimmie Johnson in the points.
Tony Stewart: this is Smoke's time of year. All but four of his career wins have come after the Coca-Cola 600. As the weather heats up, so does Smoke. He is now in the top 12 in the points, moving Clint Bowyer to 13th.
Dale Earnhardt Jr: this was his best run in some time. He moved up two positions in the standings, and making the Chase is a realistic possibility now.
Honorable Mention: Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle, Joey Logano.
THE BAD
Max Papis: he drew the short stick at the start and parkers' meeting and ran a grand total of eight laps before declaring himself done for the day.
Casey Mears: it was bad enough that he wrecked his teammate Scott Speed, but on pit road, he wrecked David Ragan, ending Ragan's chances of a top 10 finish.
THE UGLY
Casey Mears: see above.
Those are my nominees for the race. Feel free to come in with yours!
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5 comments:
Was there actually a race on? It was like it was over in a few minutes. I guess time flies when you're having fun!lol
Good to Junyer and Tony!
The Bad...that track! Two boring races a year, every year.
Too bad for our midwestern fans that the closest tracks for them to see live Cup racing are,Indy, Chicagoland, or MIS. Yuck.
I thought some of the racing was good at Michigan - they just get too strung out and the leader just pulls away like nearly every track.
I'd give a Good to Marcos for coming back after that spin...
Ugly how about that start yer engines call by those too doofuses!
So Junior gets everyone excited this week that maybe he has a chance. Wait until after this week when he struggles to maintain the top 25 and then the mood will revert back to how it's been the last several years. Nice recap.
Bev, you didn't miss much!
Gene, I hear ya! That, and Pocono. Now for the life of me WHY does Michigan AND Pocono have TWO races a year? Ditto with Fontana!
Kristen, that was a good rally by Marcos. Perhaps it's what the team needed.
JM, thanks. At least for this week, he ran well. Sonoma is the perfect anti-Junior track--he's never run well there, and in the only time he's had to go to the hospital, he was running in an ALMS race at Sonoma on a NASCAR off-week in 2004.
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