In this, my first post on my blog, I am going to discuss the racing at Bristol Motor Speedway this past weekend as well as the Chief Appellate Officer (CAO) of NASCAR, John Middlebrook, overturning most of Jimmie Johnson and the 48 teams penalties from Daytona.
Please bare with me untill i get used to this, I am new to all of this : )
NASCAR's Nationwide and Sprint Cup series' rolled into Bristol, but to me is just didn't seem to be the same Bristol. Elliot Sadler won the Nationwide race Saturday, his second win of the season, followed by Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt Jr.. It was a rather uneventful race only 4 cautions for 26 laps not your typical Bristol. Sadler maintained the Nationwide points lead with the win.
The Sprint Cup series Food city 500 left a little on the plate too. The 500 lap event only contained one multi car pile up early on when Kasey Kahne earns my bonehead move of the race. Kasey changes lanes in front of Regan Smith making contact causing him to spin out. Took out some good cars in Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Marcos Ambrose and damaged Kevin Harvicks. Please don't get me wrong and say I am not a "real" racing fan. At a 1.5 mile track I like to see 2 and 3 wide racing, but at a half mile track I want to see some beating and banging, a little action if you will
Brad Keselowski was the eventual winner beating Matt Kenseth by 7/10ths of a second. Michael Waltrip Racing scored a 3-4-5 finish with Martin Truex Jr., Clint Bowyer and Brian Vickers respectively.
Lots of side by side green flag action but not your typical beating and banging short track racing Bristol is known for. So much so that track Owner Bruton Smith said in an article that he was considering a $1 Million Reconfiguration to change the track back to the way it was before its 2007 reconfiguration. Could we get the old Bristol back? Only time will tell. Greg Biffle continues to lead the series points followed by Kevin Harvick, Kenseth, Truex and Denny Hamlin rounds out the top five.
Also on Tuesday of this week NASCAR's Chief Appellate Officer (CAO) heard the final appeal of Rick Hendrick, Chad Knaus and the rest of the #48 team. After the first step of the appeal process had Hendrick and company leaving unsatisfied with the result, they vowed to take the final step. That was held at NASCAR R&D center in North Carolina with CAO John Middlebrook. By overturning the six week suspensions of Knaus and Car chief Ron Malec, also overturning the 25 point penalty the team faced he made history. But the confusing part to me is that the $100,000 fine stayed intact, by definition meaning that there was indeed a rules infraction in Daytona. Why overturn 2 parts of a 3 part penalty and leave one part. Questions I myself cannot answer, but hopefully we can have answered at some point. Just confuses this racing fan and leaves me wondering about the creditability of the system, especially with no insight into the situation and no explanation of the decision.
Untill next week ... Smitty OUT.
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