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RESULTS
1. Tony Stewart
3. David
What a great night for David and the Dream Machine team!
I'll admit I wasn't expecting a top 3, especially because I learned during the prerace that David had actually crashed the primary car in practice. But leave it to David's talent and determination to prove me wrong!
Darlington lashed out quickly when she decided Carl Edwards was going to be her first victim. As the polesitter, Edwards chose to start on the high groove - a move that led to the early demise of his night when he spun out and crashed. I felt awful for him because he looked upset, but it gave me hope that David could start to reel him in in points.
It didn't take long for David to move forward and he snuck into the top 10 by lap 52!
He and Shawn did an awesome job slipping by accidents, like this one when Kyle Busch got wrecked trying to pass David Ragan. Brad Keselowski (who was two laps down after wrecking early on) didn't yield to lead lap cars and drove down on Kyle, forcing him onto the apron...and at really high speeds that doesn't work out too well. Kyle was displeased, of course...but when he said "SOB" I had to laugh.
(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
It was a game of survival and skill from then on, avoiding wrecks and sitting through red flags. Nothing fazed our hero, even when 2nd-place Mark Martin ran out of fuel on a restart with four laps to go and took out five other cars along with him - this happened directly in front of the #99! On the last restart of the race David was running 4th but that wasn't good enough for him. He drag-raced Todd Bodine down the frontstretch on the white flag to come home 3rd!
Not too bad for a guy who's never finished in the top 20 at Darlington!!
POINT STANDINGS
1. Clint Bowyer
4. David -168
1. Tony Stewart
3. David
What a great night for David and the Dream Machine team!
I'll admit I wasn't expecting a top 3, especially because I learned during the prerace that David had actually crashed the primary car in practice. But leave it to David's talent and determination to prove me wrong!Darlington lashed out quickly when she decided Carl Edwards was going to be her first victim. As the polesitter, Edwards chose to start on the high groove - a move that led to the early demise of his night when he spun out and crashed. I felt awful for him because he looked upset, but it gave me hope that David could start to reel him in in points.
It didn't take long for David to move forward and he snuck into the top 10 by lap 52!
He and Shawn did an awesome job slipping by accidents, like this one when Kyle Busch got wrecked trying to pass David Ragan. Brad Keselowski (who was two laps down after wrecking early on) didn't yield to lead lap cars and drove down on Kyle, forcing him onto the apron...and at really high speeds that doesn't work out too well. Kyle was displeased, of course...but when he said "SOB" I had to laugh.(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
It was a game of survival and skill from then on, avoiding wrecks and sitting through red flags. Nothing fazed our hero, even when 2nd-place Mark Martin ran out of fuel on a restart with four laps to go and took out five other cars along with him - this happened directly in front of the #99! On the last restart of the race David was running 4th but that wasn't good enough for him. He drag-raced Todd Bodine down the frontstretch on the white flag to come home 3rd!
Not too bad for a guy who's never finished in the top 20 at Darlington!!
POINT STANDINGS
1. Clint Bowyer
4. David -168