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July 20, 2008
Benson and Edwards get the wins
Benson pulled out the win in the truck race, once he got out front in the end, there was no stopping him.
The biggest incident/tussle came when Sprague and Chrissy Wallace got caught up in a wreck. It was really hard racing and Sprague was being true to how he usually races and wasn't giving Wallace much room when she was under him. They raced for a few laps side by side until the wreck happened. It was hard racing, but that didn't stop her from being upset about the whole incident and the fact that she thought he was pinching her down on the bottom of the track. I'm sure Sprague has a different view of the incident, but "that's racin", still, it was nice to see some fire and know that even though she may make some mistakes, as all newcomers do, she's not afraid to go toe to toe with the big boys.
Hometown native Carl Edwards won the Nationwide race, as with most races he's won, once he got out front there in the end, he just kept extending his lead.
The big wreck in the race came with only 84 laps to go, but delayed the race for almost a half hour as it brought out the red flag to clean up the mess on the track. Cassill got into Wimmer and then that brought about a chain reaction. Cassill was able to continue on with no problems at all, the other four drivers involved weren't so lucky, the only other one that actually was able to get the car back out onto the track was Steve Wallace, unfortunately Wimmer, Bliss and Sorenson were out with too much damage. I was surprised with Wallace's attitude when they interviewed him, he didn't seem mad as he has been in the past over wrecks and just seemed more relaxed. Could it be that Dad wasn't at the track that made the difference? Could his Dad really stress him out that much? Or is he just starting to mature?
The other talked about incident was between Reutimann and Keselowski. Obviously Reutimann thought he was clear (or his spotter told him he was) and he moved up to apparantly block Keselowski, but the nose of Keselowski's car was there and he came across it. It took Reutimann out and although Keselowski had considerable damage to the nose, the taped it up and he came back to finish fifth.
Your thoughts?
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Kathy,
I thought the NNS race was quite entertaining, except when Reutimann pull his boneheaded move and nearly ended Keselowski race (regardless of if it was his spotter or not) and almost ruined his day. Fortunately the #88 team made quick repairs to the nose of his car and he fought his way back to 5th despite having to fight with his teammate (Cassil)for the position.
Great overall race and it proves that we don't need to have a large number of Cup drivers in the race to have a exciting race. Not that I am fan of Edwards, but I was glad to see him win instead of the who ever is driving the #20 JGR Toyota.
As far as the Truck race goes, it was pretty much the usual beatin and banging hard racing. I was hoping for a better finish for Ron Hornaday, but congrats to the #23 truck team and Johnny Benson on the win.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 20, 2008 11:59:03 AM
Jon,
This is a reply to your post on the last thread. I posted on it before I saw Kathy had a new one going.
I agree with you about the #20, since Tony wasn't driving it. LOL. That's why I mentioned the Buescher boy.
Too bad about David R. & Brad K., though I do like Reut. He seems like such a nice family man & a sweet guy. He had a great car & I wish he had had a good finish. IMO Cassill was the one who got away with causing a big crash. Maybe Wimmer slowed a bit. I couldn't tell from the replays.
It was a fun race to watch, just wish someone else had won.
Kathy,
I loved the way Chrissy Wallace raced the big guys. She's a hard racer.
Posted by: Diane | Jul 20, 2008 12:30:14 PM
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