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August 03, 2008
Rain and fuel strategy pay off for Edwards
The rain came again at Pocono and stirred things up, making pit and fuel strategy come into play. Twenty cars elected to stay out when the rain came, everyone else pitted, it paid off for some and not others.
Edwards was among one of the ones that pitted and it worked out for him and he won the race. It also paid off for Kevin Harvick, who looked like was going to have a horrendous day after getting spun by Joe Nemechek on lap one. He struggled with the cars handling off and on all day and they finally got it good enough to move up, he pitted along with Edwards and brought home a fourth place finish and moved up two spots in the standings.
The pit/fuel strategy didn't pay off for all, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Johnson and Gordon all ran out of fuel before the end of the race. Busch ran out with two laps to go, the trio of Jr., Johnson and Gordon all ran out on the final lap. For Johnson and Gordon it didn't hurt them too much, they still crossed the line before getting passed, but Jr. got passed before crossing the line and finished in twelfth.
Congrats to Edwards for the win and also a shout out to Kahne for his seventh place finish even though he was one of the ones to stay out when the rain came.
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Congrats to all of you whose driver had a good day. On to Watkins Glen.
I'll just tell what happened to my driver, Jeff Burton. I'm not sure if ESPN told it. On the last pit stop, Jeff came out of the pit behind the 29. The 31 team got a pass through penalty because they weren't in "control of a tire". The team, Childress, and the DirecTV people said the 31 would have gotten 4th or 5th if it hadn't been for the bad pit stop. Jeff would have been 5th if he had stayed behind Kevin, but his car was a little better so he probably would have finished 4h. The 31 team has a great pit crew, but as Jeff told DirecTV the only way to not ever make a mistake is to never do anything.
Posted by: Jo Ann | Aug 3, 2008 7:55:24 PM
I HATE BACKFLIPS.
Congratulations to Tony for a great finish.
Good comebacks by Harvick and Bowyer. Top tens for Ragan and McMurray. Good finishes by Raines and McCumbee.
Sorry that a tire got loose for Burton. He made a fantastic run from the back to the front.
Posted by: Diane | Aug 3, 2008 8:07:36 PM
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