Week 19 Commentary

So much for all the whining about David Reutimann winning at Chalotte last year primarily due to rain. At Chicagoland, Reutimann drove past everyone and collected a well deserved victory as he took the checkers at the Lifelock 400, and no asterisk needed. Among the top drives who had a bad night were Greg Biffle and Kevin Harvick.

Chicagoland is usually a safe race for potential chase contenders as there is usually not much mixing it up up there. And that held true in the Conway NASCAR League, as there was not a lot of movement in the standings.

For the week, Punch wins for the second week in a row. Speedway Princess and Fuller's Fast Track tied for second followed by Smoke's Fury and Flat Tires.

Among those in the garage were Fitz, Team Monkey, Blood or Tears, Raising Cane and Shake & Bake Racing.

Ricky Racer continues to show the way, with Captain Schwab now second followed by Team Taser^, Blue & Racing and Team Wolf.

Moving up were Burke, Oiler^, Fuller's Fast Track and Glynn^. S&T Racing, Ratatack, Blood or Tears, Wiseguy and Raising Cane (U) fell hard.

After a week off, we head to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the running of the Brickyard 400, Recently, we hit the 25th anniversary of Live Aid and I remember what an anticipated event it was when the cup cars ran Indy for the first time.

Certainly, even now this is a big race and one where many drivers covet a victory. Only six active drivers have won here, and those six are Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte, Bill Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson.

The green flag is scheduled to drop at 1:19PM EST over on ESPN.