When you race at the Superspeedway tracks, particularly at Talladega, any car on the starting grid can win the race. On Sunday, David Ragan, followed by David Gilliland, brought home a one two finish for underfunded Front Row Motorsports.
Many found the Davids upsetting Goliath at the White Knuckle Highway most refreshing. Ragan, a good guy, had previously won a Coke Zero 400 in Jack Roush's #6 UPS Ford.
For our racers who had Ragan or Gilliland, or even Stremme for that matter, did very well. Those who were on the outside of these selections, positioned themselves to have a rough scoring afternoon.
Tempers flared, as Kurt Busch went upside down, and Ryan Newman had yet another car land in his windshield. Newman was incensed about the second big wreck, which took out several contenders, inclusive of Danica Patrick. She was all sorts of angry, failing to recognize it was her newfound boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse caused the wreck by attempting to create a fourth lane on landscape JJ Yeley was traveling. It must have been a noce evening for Partick and Stenhouse.
Ricky Racer took the CNL checkers, followed by Glynn, Smokes Fury, Chevy Intimidators and Team Cuda. Each had David Ragan.
Several drivers, most on the back of Ragan's finish, moved up several spots. The list included Smokes Fury, Ricky Racer, Chevy Intimidators, BAHL, Eagles Nest, Little Circle Burner, Punch, Chief Racing and Osteen Racing.
Among those with crumpled sheet metal were Team Taser, Team Wolf, Blind Squirrel Racing, ME Racing, Kingpin, Pup N Suds and Offshore Gamester.
Glynn has retaken the lead, followed by Man In Black Racing, 88AMPs, Team Cuda, and BMF Lugnuts.
I missed the big party Saturday night, but we had a handfull of drivers scrambling to get picks in after the lockout. As we have mentioned dozens of times, make your selections early in the week and then come back on raceday for adjustments. That way, if something happens, you have your picks already made. No, we cannot and will not allow picks to be made after the green flag waves.
The penalties assessed Matt Kenseth and Joe Gibbs Racing have been reduced, and indications are the #51 James Finch team may be closing shop after the Brickyard.
It is Mothers Day weekend, so there will be no racing on Sunday. But, we will race with The Lady in Black at Darlington Raceway on Saturday night as when the green flag drops on the Bojangles' Southern 500. Darlington is the oldest track on the circuit, and a favorite among many.
They will get going a bit early, with the green flag set to fly at 7PM.
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