NNS Chicagoland Speedway - Dollar General 300
Jess
RESULTS
1. Kyle Busch
4. Brian
5. David
41. Brandon (DNF - driveshaft)
Please ESPN...we need Dale Jarrett back. Rusty Wallace is starting to get on my last freaking nerve with his big mouth!!
He went on a complete rant about how NASCAR needs to do something because Toyota has an advantage and makes twenty-two more horsepower than Chevrolet (he had a piece of paper telling him this - okay, now where did this paper come from I wonder?). Of course this riot against Toyota is created mainly by the #20 car and more specifically Kyle Busch winning six races already this season. I understand that it's frustrating, especially to the Nationwide teams that have a hard enough time competing against Cup-funded cars to begin with and now they have to deal with the best driver in NASCAR right now driving the best cars in NASCAR. However, it's completely unfair for Rusty to lump all the Toyotas together! If all the engines have so much more horsepower than the other manufacturers, why isn't his brother Mike Wallace winning all these races? Jason Leffler? Heck, David Reutimann? This is where Rusty flounders but that's never stopped him from opening his mouth. He wants NASCAR to level the playing field aka. take horsepower away from Toyota. I'm sorry, but that would be ridiculous and unjust to all the Toyotas that aren't under the Joe Gibbs Racing banner. Because you see, that makes all the difference. Joe Gibbs Racing builds amazing engines! Yes it's frustrating to see them dominate, but it's their hard work paying off. I think because it's Toyota people (or the closed-minded and/or racist/xenophobic people, rather) have a big problem with it (the same ones that laughed at Toyota last year, too). No doubt Rusty has something against it because he can't figure out how to get his own organization running well - he acts like Toyota is the only thing holding him back from dominating! He just needs to be quiet, stop letting his bias show in the booth and realize that this is NASCAR, not some kiddie sport where everything is easy.
There.
The last time Tony Stewart started on the outside row next to David I was incredibly pissed off by the time they made one lap, since Stewart pinched David down like an asshole and took the air off him, snatching the lead away. Maybe I'm just cynical regarding Stewart because I don't trust him, but it looked like he was thinking about attempting the same thing this time around as well, but luckily for David he got the jump and Stewart missed a shift and nearly caused a pileup when Kevin Harvick rear-ended him. David sailed away (oh that feels so good!
) and kept on sailing. No one could touch him!! It was wonderful and lovely and boy did I bask in the glow of seeing that little Aaron's Dream Machine out front!
Sadly my joy faded a little when Brandon quickly fell off the lead lap and was in the garage shortly afterward.
The official reason for being out of the race was a driveshaft, but was that just an excuse for a start-and-park? Brandon is far too talented to have to put up with start-and-park organizations (I realize that a lot of teams do it to save up money to race again, since they don't have sponsorship) and equipment that fails twenty laps into the race. There is no race report up on his site or Specialty Racing's site so I have no idea what happened. This just wasn't what I'd hoped for being his first race in a long time...
David led the field through the start of green-flag pit stops, where unfortunately Brian sped big-time coming onto pit road (he had to pit early as a result of a loose wheel). When he was caught by NASCAR he didn't put up a fight because he knew that he hadn't gotten the #10 slowed down enough. Chicagoland actually appears to have a very tricky entrance to pit road under green conditions. David was one of the last cars to pit and then the caution came out for Jason Leffler's spin while he was still on pit lane. Thankfully he had enough of a gap on the other cars and wouldn't lose any positions. He was the technically the leader on the restart but visually he had a lot of cars in front of him since it was a tail-end of the lead lap restart (always very frightening!
). For a short time he methodically worked his way through traffic but Matt Kenseth was spun by Bobby Hamilton Jr. (both cars trying to stay ahead of David), bringing out the caution and giving David clear vision on the next restart.
Jeff Burton would take over the top spot on lap 88. The rest of the night for the #99 team would be a battle to keep up with the changing racetrack (he became very tight and brushed the wall a bit) and get the best finish they could obtain. Brian would make an impressive recovery from two laps down and in the closing laps raced David for the 4th spot. In his post-race interview David looked a little bummed but remarked that it's a good day when you're disappointed with a top 5.
Kyle Busch won. Yet again. As always, as much as I wish someone else would get a chance I love his burnouts and how he never fails to bow to the grandstands!
POINT STANDINGS
1. Clint Bowyer
3. David -217
1. Kyle Busch
4. Brian
5. David
41. Brandon (DNF - driveshaft)
Please ESPN...we need Dale Jarrett back. Rusty Wallace is starting to get on my last freaking nerve with his big mouth!!
He went on a complete rant about how NASCAR needs to do something because Toyota has an advantage and makes twenty-two more horsepower than Chevrolet (he had a piece of paper telling him this - okay, now where did this paper come from I wonder?). Of course this riot against Toyota is created mainly by the #20 car and more specifically Kyle Busch winning six races already this season. I understand that it's frustrating, especially to the Nationwide teams that have a hard enough time competing against Cup-funded cars to begin with and now they have to deal with the best driver in NASCAR right now driving the best cars in NASCAR. However, it's completely unfair for Rusty to lump all the Toyotas together! If all the engines have so much more horsepower than the other manufacturers, why isn't his brother Mike Wallace winning all these races? Jason Leffler? Heck, David Reutimann? This is where Rusty flounders but that's never stopped him from opening his mouth. He wants NASCAR to level the playing field aka. take horsepower away from Toyota. I'm sorry, but that would be ridiculous and unjust to all the Toyotas that aren't under the Joe Gibbs Racing banner. Because you see, that makes all the difference. Joe Gibbs Racing builds amazing engines! Yes it's frustrating to see them dominate, but it's their hard work paying off. I think because it's Toyota people (or the closed-minded and/or racist/xenophobic people, rather) have a big problem with it (the same ones that laughed at Toyota last year, too). No doubt Rusty has something against it because he can't figure out how to get his own organization running well - he acts like Toyota is the only thing holding him back from dominating! He just needs to be quiet, stop letting his bias show in the booth and realize that this is NASCAR, not some kiddie sport where everything is easy.There.
The last time Tony Stewart started on the outside row next to David I was incredibly pissed off by the time they made one lap, since Stewart pinched David down like an asshole and took the air off him, snatching the lead away. Maybe I'm just cynical regarding Stewart because I don't trust him, but it looked like he was thinking about attempting the same thing this time around as well, but luckily for David he got the jump and Stewart missed a shift and nearly caused a pileup when Kevin Harvick rear-ended him. David sailed away (oh that feels so good!
) and kept on sailing. No one could touch him!! It was wonderful and lovely and boy did I bask in the glow of seeing that little Aaron's Dream Machine out front!Sadly my joy faded a little when Brandon quickly fell off the lead lap and was in the garage shortly afterward.
The official reason for being out of the race was a driveshaft, but was that just an excuse for a start-and-park? Brandon is far too talented to have to put up with start-and-park organizations (I realize that a lot of teams do it to save up money to race again, since they don't have sponsorship) and equipment that fails twenty laps into the race. There is no race report up on his site or Specialty Racing's site so I have no idea what happened. This just wasn't what I'd hoped for being his first race in a long time...David led the field through the start of green-flag pit stops, where unfortunately Brian sped big-time coming onto pit road (he had to pit early as a result of a loose wheel). When he was caught by NASCAR he didn't put up a fight because he knew that he hadn't gotten the #10 slowed down enough. Chicagoland actually appears to have a very tricky entrance to pit road under green conditions. David was one of the last cars to pit and then the caution came out for Jason Leffler's spin while he was still on pit lane. Thankfully he had enough of a gap on the other cars and wouldn't lose any positions. He was the technically the leader on the restart but visually he had a lot of cars in front of him since it was a tail-end of the lead lap restart (always very frightening!
). For a short time he methodically worked his way through traffic but Matt Kenseth was spun by Bobby Hamilton Jr. (both cars trying to stay ahead of David), bringing out the caution and giving David clear vision on the next restart.Jeff Burton would take over the top spot on lap 88. The rest of the night for the #99 team would be a battle to keep up with the changing racetrack (he became very tight and brushed the wall a bit) and get the best finish they could obtain. Brian would make an impressive recovery from two laps down and in the closing laps raced David for the 4th spot. In his post-race interview David looked a little bummed but remarked that it's a good day when you're disappointed with a top 5.
Kyle Busch won. Yet again. As always, as much as I wish someone else would get a chance I love his burnouts and how he never fails to bow to the grandstands!
POINT STANDINGS
1. Clint Bowyer
3. David -217
