I usually tend to find Pocono one of those races where I mainly listen, except for when I attended a race there myself in June of 2006, it tends to be a little bit more fun and exciting in person. However, I'm glad I decided to watch most of yesterday's instead of listening too it. The end was thrilling and had me on the edge of my seat to say the least which doesn't usually happen at a track like the tricky triangle. I personally wasn't surprised to see Denny Hamlin win, he won his first Sprint Cup race at Pocono when I attended in 2006 and has pretty much dominated the track ever since his Rookie Year...it can basically be re-named Hamlin Speedway haha but he said in his post race interview that he prefers Pocono as the name. He is now tied with Jeff Gordon for 4 wins at Pocono which is amazing considering it's not the easiest track to race on since every corner is different. I thought for a while there yesterday Clint Bowyer was going to win his first race in 2010 as he had such a dominant car at the beginning of the race and than I missed what happened to Clint but I heard he got some sort of quarter panel damage. We had some great finishers yesterday though with Tony Stewart finishing 3rd and Jimmie Johnson finishing 5th, both of those guys deserved and needed a great finish with how both their seasons have been going so far.
The biggest drama of Pocono was the incident between Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick on lap 198. I believe Harvick is to blame for what happened, yes they we're two guys racing for position but Harvick got right into Joey's left rear panel and turned him. This is one reason I'm not a Kevin Harvick fan and never will be, in my eyes he races very dirty!! Kevin Harvick is quoted as saying the following “a 20-year-old move”, “he just races without giving people any respect and not much room. So, we just wound up getting together. It’s unfortunate, but that’s the way it goes."
I was so happy to see Joey stand up for himself and confront Harvick but of course Harvick's crew had to protect him because he's nothing but a wuss outside of his race car. After the race Joey said the following and this is all direct quotes. “It‘s disappointing to be honest with you,” “We had a top-five run going. I was pretty pumped up about it. Racing (Harvick), and he let me go in the middle of the straightaway and decided to dump me on the next lap.“I don’t know what his problem is with me, but it's probably not his fault. His wife wears the firesuit in the family, tells him what to do, so it's probably not his fault ... I don't know what I ever did to piss him off, but he's obviously stupid." I think these quotes made my night and of course have still made me smile today, it's so nice to see someone finally tell the truth when it comes to Harvick's wife haha, I mean she looks like a moron, she is the only wife to wear a fire suit every single race. I mean c'mon, is it necessary to wear one?? Kevin is so whipped by Delana it's not even funny.
That huge wreck at the end wasn't very nice to see either considering it took out half the field and a number of drivers I like, not that their are many I don't like lol, if you know me than you know I can't stand Harvick, Montoya and Kyle Busch, besides that I have my favorites and others I am fine with. There has been a lot of run in's as far as teammates go this season so I shouldn't have been too surprised to hear how Kasey Kahne and AJ Allmendinger most likely won't be discussing what happened on the track. It was AJ who ran Kasey basically into the grass and Kasey couldn't turn the way he wanted so he ended up wrecking and than everyone else had nowhere to go including drivers such as Martin Truex Jr, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Mark Martin and many more. Apparently, Kahne and Allmendinger aren't "friends" to begin with, it was clearly stated by Kahne that he doesn't talk to AJ so he probably won't be talking to him about that incident! YIKES! I guess it's good that Triple K is going to another team next year lol, they aren't what I would call best friends, it sure doesn't sound like they even like being associated as "team mates" lol
What do you all think about yesterday's race at Pocono? How did your favorite driver finish? and who's side are you on when it comes to the incident between Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano? I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts so please feel free to comment below, it would be great to start a nice debate among fans. I will be posting a new poll on the side as well so please vote!!
As always, it's great to be back and I plan on trying to write one or two blogs a week, I know their more of my opinions and quotes but I'm not a professional reporter so I can't actually view the races in person and interview the drivers, crew chiefs and so fourth but I enjoy working on this and the fan page as well. I hope everyone has a great week and on to Michigan we go!!!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Wild finish at Pocono, Hamlin win's.
Posted by Sarah Handy at 11:40 AM
Labels: Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, NASCAR, Pocono, Racing, Sports
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1 comments:
Excellent post!
And I LOVE Joey and I love him even more for getting into Harvick's face!!! He deserved it for driving dirty!!
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