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August 10, 2008
Big wreck mars race at Watkins Glen
The race was going along fairly tame until the big wreck on lap 83, that collected nine cars. McDowell and Gilliland got together and caused the big wreck, obviously something had been going on previously with those two since NASCAR wants to see both of the in the trailer.
It took over a half an hour to clean up the track, many cars were badly mangled, it looked more like Bristol then Watkins Glen. Luckily for most of the drivers, they were checked out and released from the infield care center, all but Bobby Labonte who was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. Hope his injuries aren't too bad.
Once again, it took NASCAR officials a while to get to the cars, Bobby had already walked away from his car toward the pit area, it was obvious he was hurting. I just don't understand what took officials so long to get to the drivers after the wreck, Bobby wasn't the only driver to exit his car before officials arrived.
Kyle Busch won the race again, like it's any surprise to anyone, looks like it's definitely his championship year. Tony Stewart came in 2nd and Marcos Ambrose, who started 43rd, came home in 3rd, followed by Montoya and Truex.
Hopefully word will come down soon that Bobby is OK.
Your thoughts?
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Unfortunately, the 88 fell victim to poor pit strategy, i.e. not pitting with the rest of the leaders. There was no point whatsoever staying out to lead that late in the race. It's a tough time to be a serious 88 fan. Great race though....reaffirming the viability of at least The Glen's presence on the schedule.
FIRST!!!!
Posted by: Joe | Aug 10, 2008 5:55:51 PM
Kathy,
Ditto on your Bobby comments. I hope he's okay.
Not only were the officials late getting to the drivers after that terrible crash. But NASCAR waited until the danger to Newman was over before they threw the caution flag after his earlier spin. He was sitting with the driver's door facing on-coming traffic and it took forever for them to throw the yellow. There were several near misses. If I'm wrong and they did put out the caution, the drivers didn't know it.
Congrats. to KyB, 8 wins, amazing. Good jobs by Tony, Marcos, JPM, Allmendinger, etc.
Posted by: Diane | Aug 10, 2008 6:02:35 PM
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