Kathy's Pit Stop

Hornaday and Busch win

Congrats to Hornaday and Busch on their wins.  I thought it was possibly going to be a KHI weekend until Harvick and crew (not sure who made the call) decided to try and stretch the fuel mileage.  They had said he had to go in on a certain lap, that they were going to pit on that lap, they didn't and Harvick ran out of fuel a lap later.  What could have been a great finish, turned out to be a horrible one.

I just don't get Lagasse, I think he needs to look at replays before opening his mouth and says something is "payback".  He apparently thought that when he came down (as replays show) and clipped the nose of the 62 of Gaughan that it was payback for the incident earlier in the race with the 66.  Both were racing deals and I think he needs to stop spouting off nonsense at least until he saw a replay.

Double file restarts definitely made it more interesting for the fans, I understand the drivers are not too thrilled with this, but it does make it more exciting for the fans.

Your thoughts?

Martin wins Chicagoland

Congrats to Mark Martin for the win, he definitely had a stout car and deserved the win.

The other story is the contact of Johnson and Busch.  Can Johnson ever admit anything is his fault or partially his fault?  I don't think so.  When he was talked to after the race he acted as if it was no big deal, Busch on the other hand was pretty mad and had some not so nice comments to say about Johnson.

To hear Johnson explain the situation, it makes anyone but him be the villain.  According to him, Gordon got three-wide with them, he "touched" Busch and then Busch "body-slammed" him.  So, it wasn't his fault, it was Gordon and Busch's fault basically, at least in Johnson's eyes.

The way I saw it was Gordon didn't get on the inside of them until the incident happened, when Gordon went basically down on the apron to avoid the situation. 

Busch just thinks it's a continuation of Johnson not racing like the former champion he is.  Yes, Busch was mad, it ruined his finishing position in the race. 

Yes, the car on the inside can get loose in side by side racing deals like this and I could have passed this off as one of those, as it did look like Johnson got loose, but, the same thing almost happened a few laps later with Johnson and Kahne.  Kahne got by Johnson, Johnson raced back and Johnson almost forced Kahne into the wall while they were racing, kind of make you go hmmm.

But, I have to say it was nice to see some fire from Busch, at least until his PR guy whisked him away.  Yes, I use to complain he went overboard in the past with his temper, but he's calmed down way too much, Penske made him too PC.  It's nice to see some fire from the drivers and not the PC drivel we see most of the time.

Your thoughts?

Stewart wins Daytona in a wild finish

For most of the race it seemed like Tony was going to win it, but being Daytona, we know anything can happen and it did.  With the last lap pass that Kyle Busch made on Tony, I thought for sure that Kyle was gonna win...Tony led for most of the race and gets beat on the last lap.  What I didn't expect was the run Tony got and I'm sure Kyle didn't expect it either. 

Both drivers did what they were suppose to do, yes some may say it's Tony's fault and others may say it's Kyle's fault, but both were just trying to win the race and I doubt the plan was to wreck anyone.  Kyle just went to block, what any other driver would have done in his position, unfortunately for Kyle, Tony was already there and he went across the nose of the car.  That was one horrific wreck and I'm glad no one was seriously injured, either Kyle or any of the others caught up in it.

I'm sure all the Busch haters will come out and say he deserved it, but he did what any other driver would have done in that position.  While I may not be a fan of his, I ask you to look at it objectively, would you think he deserved it if it had been your driver pulling the block?  Probably not, but I guess that's what makes race fans unique.

Your thoughts?