This week, the Crappafoni Pictures crew is in the mid-South for this week's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, complete with crab cakes from neighboring Maryland and washed down with copious amounts of Coke Zero. Enjoy!
THE GOOD
Denny Hamlin/Joe Gibbs Racing: as the race winner, the Hamster gets first billing. He led the most laps en route to the win. As good as the Hamster is at Pocono, he's even better at Richmond. He's already led over 1,000 laps at RIR. With the win, he clinches the first seed in the Chase. Not to be outdone, Kyle Busch started 32nd and finished second. Busch gave it all he had in the closing laps but didn't have enough for Hamlin. And what about Joey Logano finishing a very solid fourth? Logano, in fact, had the best car and might have won had a late caution came out. For one organization to finish 1-2-4 is OUTSTANDING.
Jimmie Johnson: it's been awhile since he's been in this category. He was at the point for awhile and had a stout car on short runs, but faded a bit on long runs. A much-needed third place finish was what the 48 needed going into the Chase.
Marcos Ambrose: gotta give props to him. He started 13th and started moving towards the front in the second half of the race to a fifth place finish.
Clint Bowyer: with a solid sixth place finish, he was able to clinch the final Chase spot. He got five bonus points for leading a lap, which was HUGE.
Kevin Harvick: he started somewhere around downtown Richmond. (Actually, he started 20th, not conducive to a potential race winner.) He dropped back to 26th at one point before he slowly started working his way towards the front, moving up to sixth at one point. While he had a solid car, nobody was going to beat the Gibbs cars tonight.
Carl Edwards: he started from the pole and led the most laps in a race in two years. He was stout at the beginning, but he began to fade in the second half of the race, eventually finishing tenth.
Honorable Mention: Juan Pablo Montoya, AJ Allmendinger, and Ryan Newman.
THE BAD
Dale Earnhardt Jr: I normally put the first start and parker in this spot, but I'm making an exception tonight. He started towards the front and quickly went backwards. And kept going backwards. And kept going backwards. You get my point. I think it was when he realized he had a bad car, he got discouraged and his driving showed it. Normally, when a driver has a bad car, he usually finishes a couple of laps down. He finished SIX LAPS DOWN. It's partly due to Hamlin having a stout car and very few cautions (three, to be exact) coming out.
Greg Biffle: he was like Dale Jr--once the green flag dropped, he went backwards. He finished five laps down, not what you want going into the Chase.
THE UGLY
ABC's coverage: enough said. And we have TEN more races of this?
Those are my nominees for the week. Feel free to come in with yours!
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9 comments:
woohoo, yeah Marcos, that's how it's done! :D
Tez, for once, Marcos DIDN'T have bad racing luck!
I have a question for the experts...How can Jamie McMurray's winnings be more than anyone else's so far?
1 Denny Hamlin $4,292,228
2 Jimmie Johnson $5,338,436
3 Kyle Busch $4,861,478
4 Kevin Harvick $5,164,351
5 Kurt Busch $5,464,010
6 Greg Biffle $3,734,487
7 Tony Stewart $4,269,900
8 Carl Edwards $4,096,479
9 Jeff Gordon $4,379,398
10 Matt Kenseth $4,091,273
11 Jeff Burton $3,943,397
12 Clint Bowyer $3,402,729
13 Ryan Newman $3,710,251
14 Jamie McMurray $5,466,976
My information came from:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/standings;_ylt=Aqdquc8M7PPmqmkn39bs0a_Tv7YF
Bev, I'd say it's due to him winning the two biggest races of the year....I assume they'd also be the two highest paying as well right?
hmm, Speed got 24th and 2 laps down while our favourite Swede was 31st and 4 laps down....that actually isn't bad for a first oval run to be honest, at least Gordon didn't punt him this time.
Hey jon!
Let me stir the pot a little bit here... Where's the brew crew number 2? Sure looked like Kurt had his way with David Reutimann. I'd put him in the UGLY category!
Thanks for the run down!
Ah Dwindy is just trying to evoke my wrath! =) Kurt was just trying out his punting moves for later use on JJ.
Bev - Tez's answer to your ?? is correct...as you'll notice Kurt's is only 2k less than Cupcakes from winning the 600 and All Star also very lucrative races.
Was it me was the entire race just kinda boring...whats wrong with me!! I cant get excited about nascar anymore...better go see my shrink.
I'd give a Good to Ekstrom. To only be down 4, out of 400, laps on your first oval start is pretty good. Especially with only 3 cautions.
D-1... I'd bet that Reuty brought that on himself. Holding up a Chaser like that...LOL
Hey Dwindy!
I wasn't really focused on Kurt and Reuty. I'll take your word for it! But I'll go with Kristen's reasoning: he's practicing for punting JJ.
Gene, Eckstrom WAS actually pretty good in his first oval race. I'd sign him for a full season in Nationwide or ARCA and a couple of road course Cup races. He needs that seat time, and Nationwide or ARCA would give him that.
Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting. Keep those comments coming!
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