Usually a boring gas mileage affair, the Pure Michigan 400 had many interesting twists. For starters, Hendrick Motorsports engines had issue through out the day, finding Tony Stewart first, then Jeff Gordon, then Jimmie Johnson as his engine blew leading he race with 5 to go.
Then there was the wild crash Mark Martin had, which got started when Juan Taco took the air off Bobby Labonte, causing the three time Michigan winner to spin. Martin spun in order to miss the crash, then slammed into the edge of an inside retaining wall on pit road. Could have been real bad, but thankfully tragedy was avoided. NASCAR is reviewing the crash.
Greg Biffle took the checkers at Michigan. CosmoD and Blue 7 Racing tied for the win in the Conway NASCAR League, followed by ten other racers. We have seen this occasion in road races, but rarely at a track like MIR. It was a tight leaderboard for sure.
CosmoD and Blue 7 jumped the most spots, while Cane Racing, Lucky Penny, Pamela's Pistons, No Ones Beatch and GBR88^ lost ground.
The Big Lebowski continues to run point, with Team Taser tucked off the back bumper. Lil Boy, Big Boy and WTC Racing round out the top five.
This week we run what used to be the favorite of many, the Bristol night race. Recent changes to the track hurt the racing, but Bruton Smith has taken additional steps to regain the magic. We shall see.
The Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway goes green at 7:43PM on Saturday night. The Camping World Truck Series goes green on Wednesday Night on Speed TV, the Nationwide Series Food City 250 on Friday night gives us a full weekend at Bristol, racing the way it ought to be. The cup cars qualify Friday afternoon at 5:10PM.
Rubbin is racin; keep your fenders clean!
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