Week 21 Commentary

We battled the rain some kind of bad up at Pocono this weekend, with Jeff Gordon legitimately on point when the rains came.

The weather was real bad early in the day, and it certainly did not look like we would get the race going on Sunday.  We did, but it was shortened by a real bad storm that hit the speedway after the race.

Unfortunately, a race fan from Scranton was killed and several were injured by lightning.  The gentleman leaves a wife and three young children.  Pocono has set up a fund for the victims, and Carl Edwards spoke by phone with a hospitalized fan. Keep these families in your prayers.

With the win, Gordon gets closer to securing a Chase position, which seemed unlikely a few weeks back. 

Raising Cane took the CNL checkers, followed by RP5 Racing, Ratatack Racing and Budah.  Eight others tied for 5th, as many had the same drivers.  KDog was the only big gainer of the week, with Burke, Chief Racing and Team Wolf falling a few spots.

Among the topics covered at our mid season party was our intent to reduce the number of drivers in each box next year from 6 to 5, which will hopefully shake up instances of the high number of similar lineups, in addition to improving the box 7 and 8 situation.

For those that attended, including BMF Lugnuts, Lil Boy, Luckydog, The Gas Man, Chief Racing, Blind Squirrel Racing, Punch, WTF Racing and MMSH, it was a good time.

In case you missed it, Dodge announced they will end their participation in NASCAR at seasons end, which is a major blow for an already struggling NASCAR. No, the private sector is not doing well.

This week, we are up in Watkins Glen for The Finger Lakes 355 at Watkins Glen International Speedway.  This is the second and final road course race of the season.

Happy hour practice is appropriately at 4:10 on Friday, with qualifying on Saturday at 11AM.  The green flag drops at @1:18PM Sunday, with ESPN having the coverage.

Go get em!