Who else watched last night's Subway Fresh Fit 600 from Phoenix? It wasn't the most exciting race I've seen but I'm so happy that Ryan Newman won! Here is a quote via NASCAR.com made by Newman after the win. "I've got to throw Gibson under the bus -- he wanted to go four, and I said, 'Just give me two,' Newman said. "I liked the track position. I'd rather block than have to boot. I was in a good position there, obviously.
"I had restarted on the bottom side earlier tonight and could not get going. On two tires, I was kind of impressed -- but there were a lot of cars behind us with two tires. It was a good situation to be in. It was just the right time, right place." He hadn't won since the 2008 Daytona 500 so this win was a long time coming.
I thought Jeff Gordon had the win, just like I thought he'd win at Martinsville but Jeff stated in his interview after the race that he spun the tires and Ryan just got out ahead of him and that was it. I feel bad that Jeff hasn't won yet this year but I'm sure he will, he just hasn't come out on top in the final laps in the past couple of races like he should have. If it wasn't for that final caution, I'm sure that Kyle Busch who I can't stand would have had the win in the bag and Jimmie would have finished second but JJ did finish 3rd and I'm happy with that and he was as well so all in all a good night for the 48 Team. I was very disappointed to see that Kasey Kahne didn't have a good night as it was his birthday and the poor guy hasn't had any luck so far this year, what is up with that? What's everyone's thoughts on how the 9 team has been running so far in 2010? Paul Menard was another driver that I thought would have yet another great run but he did say that Phoenix isn't one of his best tracks and that certainly showed last night. However, he did finish well in the Nationwide Series race and is still in the top 10 in that points so congrats so far to Paul this year, he's made a lot of progress in his racing career.
On another note...Dale Earnhardt Jr finished 12th and that's a decent run for Jr, but where and when is this win going to happen? It's been a long time coming, I saw the poll on FoxSports about who do you think will end their win less steak first and most people voted Gordon and than Jr and I agree with this. I sure hope Jr can pull off a win in 2010, if not than who knows if he'll be with HMS in 2011 but Rick seems to be standing by him. Other drivers who finished well and I was surprised by was Marcos Ambrose who finished 11th, Robby Gordon 14th, and AJ Allmendinger 15th.
Was everyone happy that Newman won or are you not a fan? It was nice to see someone else win, I might be a huge Jimmie fan and of course everyone wants their driver to win each week but it wouldn't be a sport without others winning sometimes and Newman deserved the win. I have mixed feelings about them racing at Texas next week since it's not a real favorite track of mine, I'm looking forward to Talladega since I love plate racing and that is one of my favorite tracks to watch them race at...I hope to be able to attend a race at Dega one day but it can get expensive. Is anyone going to a race anytime soon? If so which race and have you been before??
I have a question for all those racing fans out there, if there was one track you could remove from the schedule which one would it be and why? Which track would you add in place of the one removed and why? I hope everyone had a great weekend, I did for the most part and I truly enjoyed seeing Newman win last night, it made my night to see him in Victory Lane again, I'm sure Tony Stewart was ecstatic as well.
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