Gordon dominates Dega

Congrats to Jeff Gordon.  He dominated the race today and was able to stay out of trouble.  He led 139 of the 194 laps and his car was by far the strongest out there, even when he was ganged up on and passed, he was able to gather himself again and pass for the lead all by himself. 

While Gordon was dominating, the luckiest driver had to be Tony Stewart, who managed to avoid the 25 car pile up.  He was able to slow down to avoid hitting anyone in front of him and ended up having to stop on the bottom of the track because it was blocked and barely avoided getting hit from behind.  He ended up finishing second.

The big one involved 25 cars, some of which got back out on the track, albeit laps down, but some were able to finish the race.  There's a lot of controversy about that wreck, some saying it was Johnson's fault and others blaming Earnhardt Jr.  After seeing the wreck, I was ready to blame Jr. at first, then I saw the numerous replays.  Yes, Jr. was bump drafting Mike Wallace, but what caused the melee that followed was Johnson's contact with Wallace, when Johnson moved up the track a little bit.  I can understand Johnson fans trying to defend him, after all he's their driver, but don't doubt I'd be blaming Jr. if I thought it was him fault.  My husband has heard enough of my complaints about Jr. and some of his antics, so I'm not pro Jr.

The second wreck that took out Jr., Johnson and Harvick and a few others was harder to place blame.  With all the replays, they never really had a good angle, all I saw was Johnson bounce off the wall into Harvick, now whether he was hit into the wall first, I don't know.  Others say it was Johnson's fault and maybe it was, but by the replays, I can't tell who's fault that was.

Congrats to Gordon and all who made it through the wrecks and on to night racing at Darlington next week.