Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Nationwide: Scotts Turf Builder 300 at Bristol

The Nationwide Series race at Bristol this past weekend was quite entertaining. Though there were less wrecks than what seems to be normal at this track, it still had an interesting result.I thought Kyle Busch pretty much had the thing won until his crew made that mistake of not catching the tire. It's kind of sad too; two of Kyle's crew behind the wall plus an official were trying to get Crew Chief, Steve Addington's attention that a tire had been missed, but alas, it just didn't get noticed in time, sending Kyle to the end of the longest line. (Video)

I've heard many people complain that Kyle acted like a baby after the race, throwing his HANS device when he stepped out of his car, but I disagree. I think he showed maturity by walking away at the end of the race and not giving an interview while he was pissed off. Yes, I know that he told his pit crew that "you all suck" over the radio, but you have to understand just how frustrated Kyle must have been and that by now, he has probably apologized to his crew.

But answer me this: If you had the fastest car on the track and you lost a race you should have won, due to a lousy mistake by your pit crew, would you not be upset by it? My guess is that you probably would be.

Joey Logano showed me a lot this weekend. Finishing 9th at a track where you only raced once before is pretty impressive. He jumped eleven spots in the point standings, placing him at thirteenth. If he keeps up this pace, he could very well be on his way to a championship (well, I can dream, can't I?).

Congrats to Kevin Harvick for getting his first win in Nationwide in his own equipment. It was well deserved and made for a fascinating race.

There's no Nationwide racing this coming weekend. Nationwide will be back full throttle on April 4th.


Official Results:

FIN ST CAR DRIVER


LAPS

11333 Kevin Harvick


300

2260 Carl Edwards


300

3729 Clint Bowyer


300

4616 Matt Kenseth


300

51412 Justin Allgaier *


300

6418 Kyle Busch


300

73066 Steve Wallace


300

81999 Scott Speed


300

92320 Joey Logano


300

10938 Jason Leffler


300

1111198 Paul Menard


300

121588 Brad Keselowski


300

132011 Scott Lagasse Jr. *


300

143428 Kenny Wallace


300

151632 Burney Lamar


300

161209 John Wes Townley *


299

174007 David Green


298

183387 Joe Nemechek


298

1986 David Ragan


298

202115 Michael Annett *


297

21162 Brendan Gaughan *


297

222940 Scott Wimmer


296

232652 Trevor Bayne


296

244161 Brandon Whitt


295

253705 Casey Atwood


295

262824 Eric McClure


294

2727136 Marc Davis *


293

28327 Jason Keller


292

293623 Robert Richardson Jr.


289

301042 Kenny Hendrick


288

314247 Michael McDowell *


283

3232234 Tony Raines


283

333981 Kevin Hamlin


280

343889 Morgan Shepherd


254

35221 Mike Bliss


254

3618173 Kevin Lepage


96

371701 Danny O'Quinn Jr.


81

3835196 Dennis Setzer


55

3924102 Andy Ponstein


22

403191 Terry Cook


20

412590 Johnny Chapman


10

42510 Kelly Bires


5

43430 Steve Grissom


2



Current Standings:

Rank +/-
Driver Points Behind






1--
Carl Edwards690Leader





2+5
Kevin Harvick576-114





3+2
Kyle Busch566-124





4--
Brendan Gaughan*512-178





5+1
David Ragan493-197





6+2
Jason Leffler488-202





7-5
Brian Vickers467-223





8+3
Justin Allgaier*466-224





9+3
Kenny Wallace437-253





10+5
Scott Lagasse Jr.*423-267





11-2
Jason Keller422-268





12-9
Greg Biffle416-274





13+11
Joey Logano406-284





14+4
Joe Nemechek399-291





15+7
Brad Keselowski398-292





16-6
Michael McDowell*396-294





17+11
Steve Wallace390-300





18+9
David Green364-326





19-6
Mike Bliss363-327





20+1
Eric McClure358-332





21-4
Tony Raines355-335





22+8
Michael Annett*348-342





23+13
Clint Bowyer345-345





24-5
Morgan Shepherd337-353





25+6
Brandon Whitt328-362





26--
Kenny Hendrick325-365





27-13
Dale Earnhardt Jr.301-389





28+11
Matt Kenseth299-391





29+5
Scott Wimmer294-396





30-1
Danny O'Quinn Jr.294-396





31-15
Jeff Burton289-401





32-12
David Reutimann273-417





33-10
Brian Keselowski270-420





34-9
D.J. Kennington267-423





35+3
John Wes Townley*261-429





36-4
Ken Butler III*215-475





37-4
Michael Waltrip209-481





38+4
Robert Richardson Jr.198-492





39-4
Tony Stewart190-500





40+16
Scott Speed190-500





41+5
Casey Atwood189-501





42-5
Stanton Barrett158-532





43+4
Andy Ponstein140-550





44-4
Kertus Davis137-553





45+3
Terry Cook135-555





46--
Paul Menard130-560





47+2
Johnny Chapman123-567





48-7
Scott Gaylord122-568





49+2
Dennis Setzer120-570





50--
Burney Lamar118-572





51-8
Mark Green109-581





52-8
Mike Wallace106-584





53-8
Denny Hamlin105-585





54--
Trevor Bayne94-596





55-3
Kelly Bires94-596





56-6
Jeff Green82-608





57--
Marc Davis*82-608





58--
Kevin Hamlin64-626





59-6
Donnie Neuenberger55-635





60--
Kevin Lepage55-635





61-7
Mike Harmon51-639





62-7
J C Stout49-641





63-6
Justin Ashburn40-650





64-6
Derrike Cope34-656





65--
Steve Grissom34-656





66-7
Larry Foyt0-690





67-7
John Borneman III0-690





68--
Brad Teague0-690





69--
Benny Gordon0-690

0 comments: