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July 06, 2008
Kyle Busch gets the win over Edwards in a green-white-checkered/caution finish
Nascar had to go to video coverage and scoring loops to see who won and Kyle Busch came out the victor over Carl Edwards.
It seemed like Jeff Burton and Ryan Newman both had targets on their backs last night. Both drivers were caught in separate incidents, not by their own making, not once, but twice. The second incidents for both, killed their chances at a decent finish and they both dropped in the standings. Newman dropped two spots to 17th in the standings, making his Chase chances slimmer and Burton lost 2nd in points because of his last incident.
There were some surprise finishes by some drivers, ones we're not use to seeing up there, one in particular was Robby Gordon with a 6th place finish, way to go Robby. Once again. other than a Gibbs car, Vickers got another decent finish, coming in 11th.
One driver that finished well, David Ragan, was a complete menace in the turns, just ask Kevin Harvick who was running up in 5th before being bump drafted through the turn and dropped down to like 14th. He ended up finished 12th, but with Kenseths 3rd place finish, he dropped to 13th in the standings, two points out of 12th. I was listening to the scanner and Harvick had a few choice words for the way Ragan was driving. Funny how NASCAR said nothing to anyone who was bump drafting in the turns like they've done before.
I was surprised to see Tony get out of the car, he really must have not felt well. I read they gave him like five bags of fluid after he got out of the car in the infield care center. He supposedly hasn't been feeling well for a couple of weeks, but it hadn't impacted him until now. Hope he gets well soon.
I have to say I was impressed with Jeff Gordon's post-race interview with him not lashing out at Edwards for dumping him, Gordon admitted to blocking Edwards so he wasn't really surprised that he got spun. Still, I was expecting him to be mad about it, but he surprised me with his interview and I have to give him credit for that.
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NASCAR got the winner correct, Kyle was definitely in front of Edwards at the time the caution was thrown. I was surprised that there wasn't nearly as much bump drafting or slam drafting last night as there has been in the pat at Daytona.
I will make one observation that I have seen this year, there is a lot more me/I/my racing goin on then in years past. Maybe it is the by-product of "what have done foe me lately" attitude of owners and sponsors.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 6, 2008 11:44:37 AM
Great race, but Tony, Tony, Tony! Get better dude, and focus on the 20 car instead of whatever other plans you're cooking up. Your legions of supporters need us a Win!
Posted by: JWSmoke | Jul 6, 2008 11:45:41 AM
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