Week 16 Commentary

Gas mileage and spinning in the marbles ruled the day out in Sonoma as we put the Save Mart 300 in the books with Kasey Kahne of all people grabbing the checkers. Prior to Sunday, Kahne's best finish on a road course was 14th, and that was at Watkins Glen, where will be in August.

I am sure many of you are thinking the same thing I am, and that is I have got to re-evaluate these road course ringers. I usually pick Robby Gordon and although he should be a top five lock, he rarely backs that up. I pick Boris Said and his temper usually secures him a solid finish in the 30's. Ron Fellows is ok but he and PJ Jones have only two top fives between them in about 40 races. May as well take David Gilliand?

At Sonoma, it was Team Cuda as the only driver to score over 1000 points. A bucket for him at Wing Ding. Ricky Racer, Tippy Twister, Team Wolf and Danielle Hall, who is recently on fire, rounded out the top five. Slow Motion, Gas Man , Burke, GIRLS Racing*, RP5 and Brian Racing* are among those I think still runnin who lost the manifold on the turn 12. Oh, and Fraser.

The Blue Deuce hangs on to the lead but Brady Bunch* has pulled by URBANSGATORS for second. Ratatack and James Hall Racing* round out the top five.

Danielle Hall, who has driven up into the top ten, WTC Racing and Team Cuda were the top point gainers this week. RKDK*, Brian Racing*, Luckydog^, Pamela's Pistons (after a few good runs), Burke and The Gas Man lost ground this week.

Hope everyone is still in tact this week. We did lose two superstars in Michael Jackson and the lovely Farrah Fawcett (still got Thriller and THE Poster). Prayers out to Punch and his family as a family member remains in a battle of health.

This weekend, we run The Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway at Loudon, NH. This is a fun track with a lot of racing actually going on. Green flag drops at 2:16PM.

Next week; The High Banks at Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Firecracker 400. Tickets are posted for sale at the message box on Racescore if anyone is interested.