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June 04, 2007
Martin Truex Jr. tames the Monster and ends Hendrick's dominance
Martin Truex Jr. got his first career Cup win at Dover, while his teammate struggled with tire problems.
Truex definitely had the car to beat today, every time he took the lead, he was able to drive away. While others struggled with ill-handling cars, tire problems and speeds falling off halfway through a run, Truex's car just seemed to stay consistent throughout the whole run.
Teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. had nothing but tire problems, finishing two laps down in 22nd. He had a tire go down twice, keeping him behind even though he had a decent car.
It seemed like the race was going to continue without anyone getting too mad at anyone else until Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart got together as Busch was trying to clear Stewart. Busch then slid up right next to Stewart in the pits and I guess had some words through the window net or something. NASCAR didn't like that and parked Busch for the rest of the day, it didn't matter if they could get the car fixed or not, plus they called everyone to the NASCAR hauler. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall in there.
Oh, and we can't forget Montoya. While he was never a threat for the win, it looked like he made a bunch of new friends out there battling the cars on the lead lap as if he was still on the lead lap himself instead of laps down.
Congrats to Martin Truex Jr. on his first win.
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Congrats to Truex JR. He finally had a car that showed what he can do. He was the class of the field, which unfortunately made for a boring race. Busch and Stewart showed their asses and wrecked each other. I think both were to blame. Busch needs to wait until he gets out of the car if he wants to confront another driver and not do it on pit road where pitcrew members could get hurt.
Posted by: NC Expat in Hong Kong | Jun 4, 2007 9:03:47 PM
Im glad Truex finally got a win, hes a great guy.
Busch and Stewart need to go race modifieds for a few years and learn hot to eat without a bib.
Posted by: another joe | Jun 4, 2007 9:42:51 PM
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