Martinsville

Well, as I stated on the Facebook Fan Page I wasn't really sure what I would write about this week, considering I'm not fond of Monday's winner or Martinsville Speedway for that matter. I usually will write out a blog after each race and state my opinions, this week I don't have that much to say. I do have a few things though.

I was honestly surprised when Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch pitted towards the end of the race, their wasn't much time left, I thought they blew their good runs they had going. Boy, was I wrong! Denny Hamlin came like a bat out of hell and ended up winning and he re started quite a ways back for being at Martinsville. I thought Jeff Gordon had that race in the bag, I figured if anyone was to beat Jeff at the end it would have been Matt Kenseth or possibly Ryan Newman...not Hamlin. I knew Hamlin would do whatever it took towards the final laps to win, since he had dominated a majority of the race on Monday.

I don't like Martinsville, it's not as exciting of a short track to me as say Bristol is, Martinsville is like speed up, slow down, don't crash around that turn and repeat what I just said about 499 other times lol. I'm very disappointed that Jeff Burton didn't win, he had a great car all day until that tire issue towards the end, and he is from Virgina so it would have been awesome to see him win, considering it's been a while. I was surprised at how much Marcos Ambrose was getting into people through out the race, that seems very unlike him, you don't hear of him wrecking people or causing problems on the track every week. Who knows what his problem was or maybe he just wasn't having luck with his car handling well, I'm not sure.

I'm sorry this isn't the most exciting blog I've written but there just isn't much to say, since this weekend is an off weekend there most likely won't be a blog the following week unless a few major things happen news wise in the sport or I have some opinions to state about things going on. I hate that this is the second off weekend already this season, let's just race!! I hope everyone who celebrates Easter has a great weekend and a great Easter.

Update!

Hello everyone!

How was your weekend? Mine was alright, nothing too exciting happened. Well, if you haven't heard the Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville was postponed today due to some major rain in Virgina. They are suppose to be racing tomorrow at 12pm Eastern Time, that's if the rain can stop for long enough, it looked like they'd be getting quite a bit of the nasty stuff.

I didn't get a chance to watch the Truck Series race yesterday at Martinsville but I heard they got quite racey towards the end of it, which always is great for the fans. Martinsville isn't my favorite track so I hadn't really planned on tuning in but of course I wish I had now. I heard that Ron Hornaday and Johnny Sauter had quite a feud going on yesterday and I would have loved too see it as I'm a Johnny fan lol, I heard Sauter bit his tongue though and didn't say anything bad on camera which is always good. 

I'd like to congratulate Kevin Harvick on his win, Kevin always does well in the Truck and Nationwide Series races, he just needs to win some Cup races this year but he seems as if he's on his way with the way he's been running this year (Knock On Wood! lol).

Well, I guess that's it for now, just a quick update and a few thoughts. I'd love to hear who everyone has picked to win at Martinsville whenever the race does happen, so either leave a comment on here or one on the Facebook page! Also, do you like Martinsville, and tell me why or why you do or don't like it, I always am up to hearing people's opinions. As always after the race concludes I will work on a new blog entry, so you can all look forward to that and I'm posting a new poll right after this entry is published.

Have a great night and a great week everyone!

Jimmie Johnson Wins 50th Cup Race, 1st Win at Bristol

Hi Everyone!!

Well, Sunday's race started out with Joey Logano, driver of the #20 Home Depot Chevrolet on the pole and it ended with Jimmie Johnson driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet winning the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway! We've all heard that for the 3rd time this year...Johnson wins! It was actually quite an exciting race in my opinion, great side by side racing, lead changes, a fairly "big one" at one point and a driver winning at Bristol who had never won at that track previously. I thought for sure Kurt Busch had Sunday's race in the bag, considering how much he lead through out the day and the car he had but once again by boy didn't fail to disappoint, you can never count out the 48 car until it's over and done with.

I was quite impressed on Sunday with how a few drivers ran including  Paul Menard, Martin Truex Jr and Scott Speed to name a few. If you didn't notice Menard sites 8th in the Cup standings heading into Martinsville next Sunday, that's awesome! He has proven he can drive a race car and run a clean race, when someone was faster than him on a number of occasions on Sunday he didn't push the issue, he let them pass...the way it should be if you know you can't hold your line and maintain that position any further. I'm surprised Truex had such a great run, finishing 12th at Bristol...but than I'm not considering Michael Waltrip Racing has shown they can build and bring quality race cars to each race, David Reutimann was up front and having a decent day and than before you knew it he was out...I missed what happened to him but it must have been something mechanical because I never saw him out on the track for the rest of the day. And finally on to Scott Speed, he sits in the top 15 in points heading into next weekend's race and has only not run 1 lap I believe they said of competition all year so far...that's impressive!! His team mate Brian Vickers in the 83 car finished 15th so a great run for both Red Bull guys! It's nice to see some guys up front and running well that normall you would think wouldn't, it makes for a better race!

I know many people are sick of Johnson winning but they need to get use too it, he has proven week and in week out he has a car capable of winning! I've heard rumors of how Knaus should be put with Dale Jr and how any driver could win a race as long as they had Chad Knaus as their crew chief...I highly disagree with these opinions that I hear. Having a winning crew chief isn't all about how many wins that crew chief had with another driver or a team, it's about communication and chemistry! Certain drivers get along with certain crew chiefs better than someone else might, it's just the way the sport works.

Your top 10 at Bristol was as follows race winner Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth round out your top five. Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch, and Jeff Burton rounds out your top 10. Next week their on to Martinsville, so that's two short tracks in a week, I prefer Bristol over Martinsville for some reason but of course I'll be tuning in! Watch out once again for Mr. Jimmie Johnson as he's won the last 5 out of 7 races at the short track.

What's everyone's thoughts on Bristol, we had a first time Nationwide winner in Justin Allgaier on Saturday and than Jimmie Johnson win's at Bristol for the first time in his career, making it 50 Sprint Cup wins now. If you haven't, please check out the blog I posted about Saturday's Nationwide race, it came out quite well if I do say so myself. Any input or comments on the races this past weekend, please share in the comments below or on the Facebook Fan Page!!

Take Care everyone and have a great week!

Justin Allgaier Wins 1st Career Nationwide Race At Bristol

Wow! What a race that was, but than again isn't Bristol always entertaining? I'm so happy I tuned in earlier to watch the Nationwide Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, not only did Allgaier win his 1st Nationwide race, it finally wasn't a Cup guy winning in Nationwide. I've been saying for a long time that these Nationwide regulars need a chance to shine, win races and compete for the Championship, it's hard to do when their are so many cup drivers entering the race week in and week out. The long debate has it that the cup guys help boost ticket sales, so maybe they do but let's take a look at the truck series, they seem to be doing perfectly fine without cup drivers entering each of their races, a few is fine but 10 or more, please...let's not.

If you missed the race Allgaier  passed Keselowski on a restart with 27 laps remaining in the race. The finish gave  Penske Racing it's first 1-2 finish in the Nationwide Series...it amazes me this is the first one for Penske but than there is a first time for everything, right? Not a whole lot happened through out today's Nationwide race except at the end when Joey Logano was battling with Kevin Harvick for position when Harvick spun Logano on the final lap to finish 5th, Logano finished 14th. This bothered me, Harvick is battling Logano as if it's for the win, it was for one position higher than he was running...on the final lap...he clearly races very dirty from time to time. I could understand if it was a bump and run for the win but for 5th place? C'mon now, that's not common sense too me.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's Sprint Cup race at Bristol, hopefully it doesn't rain as their saying it's suppose to be cloudy and it could rain. I want to see how Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski race against each other, they did have that meeting with NASCAR today and Edwards has a 3 race probation to abide by but sometimes that doesn't mean anything in the sport of racing. Joey Logano has the pole for tomorrow's race,  his first career pole so it's been a great weekend in racing so far when two young guns are showing their stuff...first Logano winning his first Cup pole and than a young Justin Allgaier winning his first Nationwide race.

Who's everyone's pick for tomorrow's race? Jimmie Johnson looked strong in practice but if you look at the past two races at Bristol the winner was none other than Kyle Busch...so we'll just have to wait and see what happens but I wouldn't mind seeing a first time winner this year or a driver win their first cup series race, that's always exciting! I will be adding a new poll in the side bar, I'm thinking of having it to do with Edwards and Keselowski, how's that sound? If anyone has an idea for a poll, please by all means let me know, I'd love to use one that a fan of this blog/facebook fan page comes up with!

Jimmie Johnson wins at Vegas for his second win in a row

Well, Jimmie Johnson did it again Sunday when he won his second race in a row this season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon who dominated the race and seemed as if he was on the verge of winning his first race of the season ended up finishing 3rd. Kevin Harvick finished 2nd behind Jimmie Johnson for yet another great finish so far this year. I have to say that Harvick and Richard Childress Racing for that matter has surprised me a lot this year with how they've been running, I know it's only going to be the 4th race of the season this weekend at Atlanta but all of their cars are in the top 10 in points!

I wouldn't say a whole lot happened through out the weekend as far as racing is concerned, Kevin Harvick won the Nationwide Race and of course I had to hear all the people who bash Jimmie Johnson for winning yet again and insist he is cheating...not true. JJ has proven he can win on any track and can win Championships, he has won four in a row which has never been done before and he's going to go for a fifth this season. I hear from many people that NASCAR has gotten boring, if that's the case than don't watch it but I love it and will continue to watch it each and every week! Jimmie is my favorite so of course I don't mind seeing him win, I was a little sad Gordon didn't pull off the win at Vegas since he was my pick to win even before the race started and dominated the race. That two tire call on his last pit stop is what I believe made Jeff lose the race, if he had taken four tires like JJ than he might have won it, he might not have...but we will never know.

Who's everyone's pick to win at Atlanta this weekend? Bobby Labonte has always done well at Atlanta but I'm not sure he could pull off the win with the equipment he has, Carl Edwards is strong at the track but than again so is Jimmie Johnson. I apologize for posing this so late but I've been a little busy and than I wasn't feeling the best, I'm sure it's not my best blog as I feel my previous two we're two of my best but I'll try and make Atlanta's blog much more interesting and better writing and thought put into it.

Have a great weekend everyone!! I will be changing the poll to a new one for this weekend, I just have to think of a great question to put up and I hope everyone will vote on it as I only had 3 or 4 people vote on last weeks with Dale Jr being the winner of the poll, although we all know that Jr didn't end up winning, at least he finished on the lead lap lol.