Charlotte Motor Speedway - Dollar General 300
Jess
RESULTS
1. Kyle Busch
3. Brian
21. Brandon (3LD)
24. David (6LD)
The start of the race had both David and Brian moving forward, for Brian was in a backup car when he took the green for the race and David was fighting to enter the top 10. While Brian had a wonderful night, leading laps and finishing well into the top 5, David would be faced with trouble not of his own doing.
On a restart, Kyle Busch led the field off slowly, which usually bunches things up farther down in the pack. An accordion effect commenced when Busch took off and cars began to run into each other and eventually some wrecked. David was lucky enough to keep the Dream Machine going straight, but it sustained damage on its nose that the #99 crew had to repair.
Sometimes getting into a tangle strangle enough causes your car to run better and it certainly seemed to do that for David. He set to picking through his competitors and then settled into 11th behind Steve Wallace, David Ragan and Jeff Green. Wallace was attempting to get by Green (who was laps down, very slow and had already gotten run over once that night), while Ragan was on Green's right, trying to complete the pass. Watching David following Wallace, I said, "Wrong line!" and then all hell broke loose.
Green wiggled and just about stopped in front of Wallace, who hit him (what else could he do?). This resulted in a rather frightening crash involving Justin Allgaier - who thankfully was okay - and David got a piece of it that would end his chances of finishing where he deserved. 
Seriously, can he just get some luck?
Of course Green blamed everything on Wallace. Give me a break and watch the replay - that was not Steve's fault.
Brandon hung on for a pretty decent finish - I'm happy to see that the team is improving enough to where it can finish races and finish them well. However, I often think about the future of the #61...they don't have sponsorship and a while ago the owner was being sued by Kevin Lepage. So...Brandon's future is still up in the air as far as I know. His website, as beautiful as it is, hasn't been updated since it launched...
Great job Brian!!
He runs so well in the #32 when nothing silly happens and I would love to see him in victory lane sometime! I just hope Kyle Busch doesn't race so much next year - I understand that he just loves to race, but it gets frustrating seeing the same guys finish second or third every week because no one can catch the #18.
POINT STANDINGS
1. Clint Bowyer
7. David -670
1. Kyle Busch
3. Brian
21. Brandon (3LD)
24. David (6LD)
The start of the race had both David and Brian moving forward, for Brian was in a backup car when he took the green for the race and David was fighting to enter the top 10. While Brian had a wonderful night, leading laps and finishing well into the top 5, David would be faced with trouble not of his own doing.
On a restart, Kyle Busch led the field off slowly, which usually bunches things up farther down in the pack. An accordion effect commenced when Busch took off and cars began to run into each other and eventually some wrecked. David was lucky enough to keep the Dream Machine going straight, but it sustained damage on its nose that the #99 crew had to repair.
Sometimes getting into a tangle strangle enough causes your car to run better and it certainly seemed to do that for David. He set to picking through his competitors and then settled into 11th behind Steve Wallace, David Ragan and Jeff Green. Wallace was attempting to get by Green (who was laps down, very slow and had already gotten run over once that night), while Ragan was on Green's right, trying to complete the pass. Watching David following Wallace, I said, "Wrong line!" and then all hell broke loose.
Green wiggled and just about stopped in front of Wallace, who hit him (what else could he do?). This resulted in a rather frightening crash involving Justin Allgaier - who thankfully was okay - and David got a piece of it that would end his chances of finishing where he deserved. Seriously, can he just get some luck?Of course Green blamed everything on Wallace. Give me a break and watch the replay - that was not Steve's fault.
Brandon hung on for a pretty decent finish - I'm happy to see that the team is improving enough to where it can finish races and finish them well. However, I often think about the future of the #61...they don't have sponsorship and a while ago the owner was being sued by Kevin Lepage. So...Brandon's future is still up in the air as far as I know. His website, as beautiful as it is, hasn't been updated since it launched...
Great job Brian!!
He runs so well in the #32 when nothing silly happens and I would love to see him in victory lane sometime! I just hope Kyle Busch doesn't race so much next year - I understand that he just loves to race, but it gets frustrating seeing the same guys finish second or third every week because no one can catch the #18. POINT STANDINGS
1. Clint Bowyer
7. David -670
