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What a Busch Race!
By: Dennis Terry
I would have never guessed that I would be talking about exciting NASCAR racing on the weekend of Pocono. I also wouldn't have bet much money on an exciting outcome for a Busch race, a road course race or a Canadian race.
But, combine all of those and toss in a fired up Robby Gordon, an unheard of Canadian (Patrick Carpentier), a couple of rookies and Kevin "I'm gonna wreck the whole damn field" Harvick and you get yourself one of the best races of the year and the most exciting finish in recent memory.
The only thing missing in this mix was Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch blaming each other for not winning and trying to pronounce "Carpentier" in their post race interviews.
Congrat's to Harvick for the victory and congrat's to Canada for a great track and congrat's to NASCAR and ESPN for not screwing it up.
Now, if everyone can stay awake in Pocono long enough to make it to the end of the race, maybe NASCAR and ESPN can make it two in a row.
Too bad Carpentier isn't going to be in Pocono... but Gordon will (MAYBE?)!
DT
August 4, 2007 | Permalink
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I got a funny feeling we won't see Gordon in the #7 tomorrow. It might be some time before we see him in any race car. But then with Robby's respect for the rulings given by Nascar, he'll probably race anyway!
Posted by: ron | Aug 4, 2007 11:30:44 PM
Hey Dennis. What a race is right!!!! It was very slow going to start but once it started nearing the end all hell broke loose. It was quite funny having 3 cars doing burnouts. That's a first for me, I must say. This race will be talked about for awhile. I would have loved to see Carpentier win. He's really popular here in Canada. GO DENNY GO!!!!!
Posted by: Colleen | Aug 4, 2007 11:39:52 PM
well he should race, nascar @@@@@@ him over he won the race, and if anyone that knows anything about racing knows this.nascar has fixed the outcome of another race today.robbie was in first before the yellow came out and that means he should have been in first when the race started back.you might not like robbie but right is right.nascar you suck, they wanted a canada man to win.tony stewart was right when he said nascar fixed the out come of races
Posted by: larry | Aug 4, 2007 11:46:14 PM
Carpentier isn't unheard of unless you're one of those people that think that NASCAR is the only form of racing around. He won 5 races in Champ Cars. Sure he's no Sebastian Bourdais but he showed that he's no slouch either with a good run in his first ever Busch series race and only his second career stock car race.
Posted by: Ken | Aug 5, 2007 12:04:53 AM
patrick carpentier is an open wheel guy, but ken covered that.
years ago kyle petty was quoted in autoweek saying every week nascar gives one driver "the call."
i don't think kyle has hit his ass since that was published. but, he did get away with sayin the f word on national tv.
robby's just an ol' desert driver where you kinda do what you want out in the middle of BFE.
it must suck to get screwed out of a win and sat down in the hauler too. can you imagine an independent thinking driver like robby having to listen to hell ton go on about how you have to show respect for nascar and him??
and, if you don't like getting hosed you can go race somewhere else.
Posted by: exile | Aug 5, 2007 4:11:34 AM
I can't believe I had to run an errand for someone in the hospital and turned this race off with 10 laps left.
Crap, a beer can just crashed through my roof and flattened me like a bug.
Posted by: squished like a bug | Aug 5, 2007 4:20:15 AM
after that shithead spun him, robby couldn't get his car going because of the traffic and no room to turn his car.
i guess he shouldda just backed out into the line of cars and let the chips fall where they may.
tv showed the caution was out before robby got spun.
Posted by: robby rocks | Aug 5, 2007 4:44:38 AM
Hey Dennis, at least Robbie got a copy of the NASCAR rulebook. The way they make things up I was beginning to think it was a mythical being.
Posted by: Keith | Aug 5, 2007 8:26:27 AM
Just another "we are NASCAR and god to everbody and everything racing and what we say goes" call by CASHCAR. Robby got cheated out of a win, not matter how you look at it. We were cheering him on.
Posted by: 9fanatic | Aug 5, 2007 9:16:15 AM
It is past time to return "racing" to the sport. I am totally tired of the WWF appearance and trend of the sport. F1 has gone to hell and NASCAR is well on the way. IRL and Champ car is in the abyss. Guess its time to go back to football, somebody turn off the lights on the racing scene willya? Robby should be permanently banned from the sport period! This is no less of a scandal than the "Blacksox" in baseball. Clean up the sport or get out of the business! I have participated in the sport for more than 40 years and have never felt this bad about my chosen career.
Posted by: car6 | Aug 5, 2007 9:53:33 AM
nascar will not let robbie appeal the rule, becouse nascar owns the judges and nascar knows they are wrong.and ESPN will knott tell the real story nascar owns ESPN too.Tony Stewart has done more than Robbie has but Tony has more money.nascar are a bunch of SOB.remember Tim Richmand nascar tryed to bend him over but the real court took Tims side, and told nascar they was wrong.i hope that nascar will stick JR and Jeff and Jimmie and Tony up there A@@ so far the sun will shine and dont forget GM to
Posted by: larry | Aug 5, 2007 11:04:03 AM
Great race, but NASCAR showed itself to be a fraud. Gordon was the winner of that race. If his first name was Jeff it would be a different story.
Posted by: Rob | Aug 5, 2007 11:29:18 AM
Robby was totally right on and got shanked as NASCAR showed off its weather vane ruling system.
The caution was out and he was ahead for wherever the loop might have been. He was hit during the caution. He should have gotten his position back.
So the new precedent is set. If you're in second and the caution is out late, just punt the guy ahead of you into the wall and you can win the race.
He might have quite a few friends out there(Jimmie Johnson, I know), but aside from himself and Tony Stewart theres not anybody with balls out there anymore. Lets see if anybody takes his side today...
Posted by: Astrozac | Aug 5, 2007 12:54:22 PM
WATCHING HARVICK WRECK ALL THOSE CARS AND DOESN'T GET CALLED TO THE TRUCK IS A JOKE.HE WHINES LIKE A BABY AT INDY ABOUT STEWART AND THEN HE WRECKS ALL THOSE CARS TO GET THE WIN.WHEN IS NASCAR GOING TO BE FAIR.HE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO RACE AT POCONO.INSTEAD THEY ROB ROBBY GORDON OF THE WIN.
Posted by: packdon | Aug 5, 2007 1:21:54 PM
NASCAR IS WELL ON ITS WAY TO DESTROYING THIS ONCE GREAT SPORT. DIFFERENT RULES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT CHANGE EVERY WEEK. ALSO THE TV COVERAGE HAS GONE DOWN HILL IN THE LAST 3 YEARS. WHERE DO THEY GET THESE ESPN PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO BUSINESS IN THE RACING BOOTH. WHAT A BUNCH OF IDIOTS
Posted by: DAVE | Aug 5, 2007 1:36:08 PM
I am becoming a big fan of Robby Gordon !!
Posted by: Kasey | Aug 5, 2007 1:42:27 PM
final score robbie gordon--won nascar--0000
Posted by: spknb4thkn | Aug 5, 2007 1:57:39 PM
I was at the race and sitting right in front of all the action that happened in those last few laps. First: Hard to understand that Kevin Harvick did not stop or slow down instead of taking out Pruett. Had he been a rookie I would have said "Ah heck...Rookie mistake" but given Kevin's experience (and unfortunately his past) I doubt that was a mistake on his part. Second: The Robby gordon scene was a disgrace for Nascar and all motorsports. Whether Robby was right or not is not the point, he reaction was totally uncalled for. This was a very highly visible race, being a first in Canada trying to bring new fans on board, and he should have left his emotions aside for two more laps. I believe Nascar was wrong on the call, but hey, it happens in all sports (even in football, where they have instant replay).
Third: The great part of it all: Best race I saw in 7 years of seeing many Nascar races. Wow, alot of action in both the Busch Series and CASCAR series races. Ah jeez what can I say "I love the crashes and mad dashes to the finish line". Nascar is Nascar... what else do you expect!
Posted by: James | Aug 5, 2007 4:23:12 PM
i am glad james brought out harvick, bcuz he was acting like a bone-head rookie! But, at least he took out two of HIS cars in the process! Wonder how momma delana felt about that one?? Nights could be cold for a while Kev!
Posted by: richard delong | Aug 5, 2007 4:54:36 PM
i am glad james brought up harvick, bcuz he was acting like a bone-head rookie! But, at least he took out two of HIS cars in the process! Wonder how momma delana felt about that one?? Nights could be cold for a while Kev!
Posted by: richard delong | Aug 5, 2007 4:55:25 PM
Was an interesting race to say the least, there was lots of action going on!!! I know when Robby was spun, the caution was out, but we didn't see who was in the lead when the caution first came out? Had he passed him at that point? Couldn't tell, the were focused on the pile up.... It doesn't matter if Robby was right or wrong about where he should start, he was told to move to 13th, he didn't, then told to park, he didn't, all this was done under caution! My deal is Why did Nascar go ahead with the race? Why did they allow it to go back green, when they'd told a driver to park? It should have been red flagged and that all sorted out and taken care of before they ever went green again! But it was an awesome race!
Posted by: darlene | Aug 5, 2007 6:40:49 PM
Are you serious? Pruett ran Harvick into the grass and he has his brakes locked up trying to avoid him. Watch the replay.
Posted by: Derek | Aug 5, 2007 8:18:42 PM
DT, have to disagree with you on a couple of things. I'll assume you're just kidding around with the remarks about Canada and road racing and Patrick Carpentier, but that kind of joking around sure contributes to the "ignorant redneck" image that a lot of people have when it comes to NASCAR.
NASCAR itself does enough to perpetuate that stereotype, which leads me to my second point of disagreement -- your statement that NASCAR didn't "screw it up." We've had plenty of commentary about the bull-in-a-china-shop way in which Harvick won, and then they blew the call on the incident with Gordon and Ambrose.
Gordon was wrong to defy the black flag, despite NASCAR's incompetence, and he was wrong to dump Ambrose, but there was no NASCAR official convenient for him to spin out, so he took it out on ol' Marcos.
Posted by: David Green | Aug 5, 2007 8:51:08 PM
Yes! Harvick booted Pruett. It was payback for him running him into the grass and off the racing surface. Pruett got what he deserved. Too bad about the collateral damage.
Anybody remember Montoya and Pruett's "get-together" in Mexico? Same deal. Pruett was blocking. It was Pruett's fault and then he whined like a baby afterwards. I don't think Pruett's got what it takes to race with the "good-old-boys."
All of you would have done the same thing if you were behind the wheel. In the heat of the battle, it's like waving a red flag in front of a bull. The result is inevitable.
C'mon.....rubbin' is racin'.
Posted by: bobhawg | Aug 5, 2007 9:47:38 PM
This race again points out one of my pet peeves, NA$CAR officiating. Darlene has it right - the green flag should not have been waved until the issue(s) with Robbie Gordon had been resolved. It really doesn't matter whether NA$CAR was right or wrong regarding where they told Robbie to line up for the restart, you just don't restart the race with a car clearly in the wrong place and knowing that if he can get to the leader, the leader is going to get dumped. If it required stopping the field and sending a tow truck out to move RG out of second place, so be it, just don't restart until the issue is resolved. And for restarting as they did, the lion's share of the blame should be directed toward NA$CAR, IMHO.
The way this was handled is akin to a pitcher throwing at a batter and the umpire throws the pitcher out of the game per the rule book. The pitcher refuses to leave and the umpire says okay, go ahead and pitch to the next batter so the pitcher hits that batter also. Now that ain't gonna happen in MLB 'cause the umps are just not going to resume the game until the pitcher is removed...by security if necessary. Likewise, NA$CAR should have not allowed the restart.
In my opinion, the one who got the really raw deal was Ambrose. The outcome should have been decided between him and Harvick and we could all argue from now until then as to where Robbie should have restarted.
Oh well, another great officiating call by the totally neutral, non-conflict-of-interest group from Daytona.
Posted by: TheBoy | Aug 6, 2007 12:25:44 AM
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