Daytona Int'l Speedway - Winn-Dixie 250
RACE WINNER: KYLE BUSCH
Casey Mears: 8th (started 7th)
- Another great finish for Casey’s Busch team, though I’m sure he’s wanting a win pretty badly.
Brian Vickers: 13th (started 12th)
- Pretty good for his first run with Braun Racing!
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 14th (started 35th)
- Not exactly the run Junior wanted after firing Shane Huffman! He never led a lap or got even close, which is very odd considering it was Daytona. He also smacked the wall (although that isn’t surprising since he’s been running the high groove at many tracks this season). It’s just interesting because it seems like the cars are some of the problem at JR Motorsports.
Scott Wimmer: 31st (started 8th)
- I don’t think Scott could have had much more bad luck. First the Holiday Inn Chevy stalled on pit road during the competition caution and the team had to push the car to get it refired. He picked his way back through the pack and made it to 14th by Lap 87, when he was hit from behind by Marcos Ambrose, causing him to smack the wall. A flat tire and body damage was the result, and luckily a caution flew a couple laps later. Unfortunately, the car stalled again on pit road after the team pulled the fenders out, relegating Scott to a poor finish.
David Reutimann: 40th (started 11th)
- Poor David got his day cut short by something he couldn’t control. The field was spread out as it usually gets, and Steven Wallace had hit the wall a couple laps before. Ignorantly, he assumed since Dale Jr. had done the same and not gotten a flat tire that he was safe. When his tire did blow, he didn’t adequately slow and spun across the track, right into David’s path. With no time to react, David slammed his Camry into Wallace’s driver side door, causing a horrific-looking wreck. I held my breath and waited for David to move – it looked that bad. Now, I like Steve Wallace as a person; he seems like a nice kid – a little spoiled, but a nice kid. But when he’s strapped into a racecar, I don’t know what happens. He just does some dumb stuff. I know a cut tire can be hard to deal with but I feel like he could have kept it near the wall instead of flying across traffic.
- Quotes:
“I saw him [Wallace] starting to spin, and I knew that he was going to come to the bottom because of the way this place is with the banking. I had already committed to the bottom and I just couldn't get away from him.”
Other Notes:
- Way to go Kyle!
- All quotes from Race2Win
Casey Mears: 8th (started 7th)
- Another great finish for Casey’s Busch team, though I’m sure he’s wanting a win pretty badly.
Brian Vickers: 13th (started 12th)
- Pretty good for his first run with Braun Racing!
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 14th (started 35th)
- Not exactly the run Junior wanted after firing Shane Huffman! He never led a lap or got even close, which is very odd considering it was Daytona. He also smacked the wall (although that isn’t surprising since he’s been running the high groove at many tracks this season). It’s just interesting because it seems like the cars are some of the problem at JR Motorsports.
Scott Wimmer: 31st (started 8th)
- I don’t think Scott could have had much more bad luck. First the Holiday Inn Chevy stalled on pit road during the competition caution and the team had to push the car to get it refired. He picked his way back through the pack and made it to 14th by Lap 87, when he was hit from behind by Marcos Ambrose, causing him to smack the wall. A flat tire and body damage was the result, and luckily a caution flew a couple laps later. Unfortunately, the car stalled again on pit road after the team pulled the fenders out, relegating Scott to a poor finish.
David Reutimann: 40th (started 11th)
- Poor David got his day cut short by something he couldn’t control. The field was spread out as it usually gets, and Steven Wallace had hit the wall a couple laps before. Ignorantly, he assumed since Dale Jr. had done the same and not gotten a flat tire that he was safe. When his tire did blow, he didn’t adequately slow and spun across the track, right into David’s path. With no time to react, David slammed his Camry into Wallace’s driver side door, causing a horrific-looking wreck. I held my breath and waited for David to move – it looked that bad. Now, I like Steve Wallace as a person; he seems like a nice kid – a little spoiled, but a nice kid. But when he’s strapped into a racecar, I don’t know what happens. He just does some dumb stuff. I know a cut tire can be hard to deal with but I feel like he could have kept it near the wall instead of flying across traffic.
- Quotes:
“I saw him [Wallace] starting to spin, and I knew that he was going to come to the bottom because of the way this place is with the banking. I had already committed to the bottom and I just couldn't get away from him.”
Other Notes:
- Way to go Kyle!
- All quotes from Race2Win
