I have to say the race was actually a very entertaining one. Denny Hamlin won at Texas Motor Speedway for his second win of the year and held off a charging Jimmie Johnson in the final laps. Hamlin didn't lead a lap all day until the final run of the race. It looked all day as if Jeff Gordon would be the one to win but Gordon was involved in a huge wreck which involved Tony Stewart and others, to me it looked like it all started when everyone got jumbled up and Jeff went a little high towards Tony but than Carl Edwards got into the back of Tony and than it was all over, a ton of very good cars were involved. It changed the outcome of the race as it gave Jimmie Johnson a huge break since he had had a tire go down earlier in the race and it had put him 1 lap down in 19th position.
I honestly thought Jeff Gordon had this win in the bag as he seemed to have the best car out of any but yet again he lost it due to something stupid and out of his control. I'm personally not a huge fan of Denny Hamlin's but I'd rather he win than Kyle Busch who I can't stand at all. I'm very impressed with the day Dale Earnhardt Jr had, he finished 8th and actually led up front for a while and it was on more than one occasion. There still needs work to be done, I agree with Jr after seeing his post race interview but he always seems so miserable, he could of at least smiled some!! I understand though because they haven't run great all season so to finally have a great fun must feel great but they need to keep the work up so they can pull off a win soon, the #88 team definitely needs a win as does Jr, he is long over due. Jeff Burton was another one who had had a great day up until the end, he really came back from that penalty and recovered well and than I don't know if he hit the wall or what happened.
Did you all enjoy the race? I'm going to try to tune into the Nationwide race which should be on now or just about now. I'm very impressed with Denny Hamlin though after having knee surgery and than he toughed it out last week at Phoenix and finished, he might have finished 30th but he finished and that's all that matters. I know a lot of people thought he should switch drivers when they changed the battery since Casey Mears was on stand by. I feel bad Casey didn't get to race but it has to be a tough position to be in as it's not actually your car either.
I will try to write a quick one up for the Nationwide race if I get it on my laptop, I can't watch it at home since no one else is into NASCAR and it will just cause problems lol but I should be able to whip something up! You all have a great night and let's look forward to Talladega, that always makes for great racing and I can't wait, it's one of my favorite tracks.
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