O'Reilly Challenge - Texas Motor Speedway
RACE WINNER: KEVIN HARVICK
Our Boys Running Order:
15. Casey (started 24th)
18. David (started 1st)
To back up his win, David went out and got another #1 in qualifying at Texas! It was even more satisfying that it was Tony Stewart who he knocked aside. But, in what’s seeming to become a trend, SPEED, who was airing qualifying, switched over to Trackside before it was even over and we missed David actually getting the pole! I was so upset. It took them ten minutes to give him an interview. I’m just sick of this “who cares about Reutimann” attitude the broadcasting stations have.
Casey qualified decently, but was sent to the back of the pack before the race when NASCAR discovered the threads on their lugnuts were altered in order to make pit stops faster.
The race began kind of like how I expected it to. Stewart was all congratulatory-friendly after David knocked him off the pole, but I knew that was a freaking act. When the green flag dropped, he laid back and shot off, nosing in front of David just after they crossed the line. Then he raced David like a sucker – forcing him down the track, pinching him off and giving him no room whatsoever. David never even got to lead a lap due to Stewart’s typical greediness and “take” personality.
It kind of went downhill from the start. The car didn’t seem to be as good as the pole suggested and David fell to the edge of the top-10. Not horrible, right? Then he had a right front tire go flat and had to pit under green flag racing. From then on it was a struggle for the free pass – a battle David never won. Casey was next in line to get on the lead lap when the checkers fell.
To make the race even more irritating, we got Carl Edwards shoved down our throats every five minutes or so. The booth acted like every moment was the last lap of the last race and Carl was only a point in front of the guy 2nd in the standings (because they hardly ever mention that it’s David). When enough cars were out of the race, he clinched the championship. What a battle. So exciting. And the celebration afterward was just so full of energy. Not.
Another experienced Cup driver with a fully-supported Cup car under a successful Cup team banner winning a Busch Championship. Something to be proud of, I guess.
David’s Points:
1. Carl Edwards --
2. David -552 behind leader
3. Jason Leffler -209 behind David
Our Boys Running Order:
15. Casey (started 24th)
18. David (started 1st)
To back up his win, David went out and got another #1 in qualifying at Texas! It was even more satisfying that it was Tony Stewart who he knocked aside. But, in what’s seeming to become a trend, SPEED, who was airing qualifying, switched over to Trackside before it was even over and we missed David actually getting the pole! I was so upset. It took them ten minutes to give him an interview. I’m just sick of this “who cares about Reutimann” attitude the broadcasting stations have.
Casey qualified decently, but was sent to the back of the pack before the race when NASCAR discovered the threads on their lugnuts were altered in order to make pit stops faster.
The race began kind of like how I expected it to. Stewart was all congratulatory-friendly after David knocked him off the pole, but I knew that was a freaking act. When the green flag dropped, he laid back and shot off, nosing in front of David just after they crossed the line. Then he raced David like a sucker – forcing him down the track, pinching him off and giving him no room whatsoever. David never even got to lead a lap due to Stewart’s typical greediness and “take” personality.
It kind of went downhill from the start. The car didn’t seem to be as good as the pole suggested and David fell to the edge of the top-10. Not horrible, right? Then he had a right front tire go flat and had to pit under green flag racing. From then on it was a struggle for the free pass – a battle David never won. Casey was next in line to get on the lead lap when the checkers fell.
To make the race even more irritating, we got Carl Edwards shoved down our throats every five minutes or so. The booth acted like every moment was the last lap of the last race and Carl was only a point in front of the guy 2nd in the standings (because they hardly ever mention that it’s David). When enough cars were out of the race, he clinched the championship. What a battle. So exciting. And the celebration afterward was just so full of energy. Not.
Another experienced Cup driver with a fully-supported Cup car under a successful Cup team banner winning a Busch Championship. Something to be proud of, I guess.
David’s Points:
1. Carl Edwards --
2. David -552 behind leader
3. Jason Leffler -209 behind David
