Kathy's Pit Stop

Dega starts off with a bang

Everyone expects wrecks to happen at Dega, but who would have thought they would have a 9 car wreck on lap 7?  The day really went down hill from there for me since my favorite was involved, along with some other drivers I like.  Still, there were still others I could root for.

Nice saves by Kurt Busch and Michael Waltrip when it looked like they were headed for the wall, granted they were separate incidents, but both did some nice driving to stay off the wall.

The yellow line rule seems to be getting a little blurry with NASCAR's calls lately, more than one below the yellow and some get "to the back of the field" and others get a warning and some get nothing?  Way to be consistent.

From the replays, it looks like Hamlin started the big one with contact with Montoya, taking out a whole bunch of cars.  That's just my take on it, your view may have been different.

One mess of an end, glad Edwards is ok. 

Congrats to Keslowski for the win.

Your thoughts?

Martin shows, even at 50, he can still win

If anyone had any questions on whether Mark Martin should still be racing at age 50, he answered those questions with a win from the pole and the answer was a resounds yes.

A lot of people questioned whether he should have come out of his semi-retirement to run full-time in the Cup series this season, he wanted one more run at the title that's been elusive and Hendrick gave him that opportunity.  Some say he should have stayed semi-retired or just retired fully, but he's got racing in his blood and that's hard to ignore and it also showed that age is just a number for some.

It was nice to see the number of drivers that came into Victory Lane to congratulate Mark, shows the kind of respect he has among the drivers.  They talked to Tony Stewart, who finished second behind Martin, and I think he said it best...

"That tells you how much respect we all have for him. There is nobody that dislikes Mark -- and Mark was responsible for so many of us learning what it took to be a Cup driver and to be that caliber of a driver.  Mark has taught us all a lot about what it takes to be not only a good driver in this series, but a good competitor and somebody that everybody respects."

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In Loving Memory of Diane

Words cannot express enough our sadness at the loss of Diane.  She was a regular and popular poster on this blog and her comments will surely be missed.

While a lot of us never met her in person, we knew her through her words on this blog, her likes, dislikes, etc., we felt as though she were family, since that's what this blog has become, one big family.

She was never one to mince words, she'd tell it like it is or how she saw it, whether you agreed or not...that's what I remember most about her, other than her caring nature.  If she loved something or really believed in it, she'd defend that something 100% now matter what was said to her, she never backed down from an argument and there have been many argumentss on this blog.

Diane and her words will surely be missed and I express my deep condolences to her family. 

To show her family how much she meant to us, please post one of your favorite times with Diane on the blog, if you can pick one.

To Diane's family...you guys are in my thoughts and prayers during this tough time.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all my blog readers!

Congrats to Logano for his Nashville will.

Where's the racing?

Well...I know this isn't one of the most exciting tracks for racing, but come on, I think this was the most boring Texas race.

It seems like a lot of the teams missed the setup or the track changed that much from practice, but it seemed like there were only a few teams that didn't have trouble with the handling of the car.  Then add in that this is one of the "follow the leader" tracks and it makes for a rather boring race.  Maybe the gusty winds and cooler temperature had more of an effect on the handling of the cars as compared to practice on Friday and Saturday than what was anticipated.  Hopefully the next time they go to Texas it'll be a better race.

Congrats to Gordon for his first Texas win.

NASCAR Banquet to move to Las Vegas?

It's all over the place now and supposedly a done deal except for the crossing of the t's and dotting of the it's, NASCAR's Awards Banquet will move from New York City to Las Vegas.

I never thought New York City was a good fit and I'm not sure how Vegas will turn out, but I'm looking forward to the change.  Vegas is rumored to be paying from $500,000 to $1 mil for each year if this actually goes through, but they'll be getting lots of money from the gambling alone in return.

Your thoughts?