YELLOW,YELLOW,YELLOW ...and blue skies
Well, probably better that we had a sunny race so we could see the yellow better. It seemed to be the usual race for the season so far --- good racing early, then the boring bits, then a pretty exciting chance to see which Hendrick car would be the victor.
Boy, talk about your potential 'black helicopter' theory --- what is it with the COT and Hendrick?! Are they that good? Well apparently so.
Overall, well done Richmond
BTW: Let's give some kudos to others who aren't getting much air time -- such as Ryan Newman and Dave Blaney.
On another note...
A few columns back I called for a "return to yesterday" with regards to tracks. Of course next Saturday night the COT will meet the Lady in Black and if the cars are as hard to turn there as they were here you will need a dayglo yellow flag.
Now, it's time to show some respect for the drivers and to drop some rules. Let's do away with --right now -- both the champions provisional AND setting the starting grid by owners points. While our race commentators noted who didn't make the JSCR 400 (wow, that must be awfully tough for DW), they failed to mention the actual qualifying speeds of those cars. Personally if I were 40th fastest and was bumped by a slower car having higher 'owners points' I would be, well ... I would not be happy. For that matter why not tell only 43 cars to show up or better yet take the several who don't make it and tell them if they don't make it six races in a row then they should just come back next year.
Hey, at least NASCAR's carbon footprint would shrink ...
That's the view from here.
Michael