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Race Summary
Jeff Burton won Sunday's Pepsi 500 from the same place he won the spring race at Darlington: under a big tent. That's right, after countless rain delays and Ricky Rudd wrecks, NASCAR cut the race short. You don't get much less exciting than that, folks. Mayfield was having a great run, and I bet he would've won it if it had stayed green. Mark Martin's always a threat, but there's more and more talk of his back keeping him from being all he could be. Surprisingly, Nemecrash decided not to take advantage of the easy "there wuz water everywhere!" excuse to wreck, and he took a sixth place finish.
The best thing was that Jarrett finished poorly. So did Texas Thunder, so I'm not too too happy, but at least Jarrett didn't pull way ahead. Martin's only about 160 points behind DJ, so he could make it a real contest (if his back holds up). Gordon didn't do so hot, but the other Jeff has joined Bobby and Mark in the race to catch DJ. Could Burton do it? I doubt it.
After Dale Earnhardt wrecked Texas Terry in order to win a race, everyone realized what a jerk the nauseator is. I asked y'all what y'all thought of him. We have three insightful viewpoints, presented here for your edification.
Tim seems to be caught in the 80s with his "me me me" mentality:
NASCAR was absolutely right in not penalizing Earnhardt.
These guys rub fenders every race. Terry Labonte lost control of his car
after a little "love tap." The only thing that should have happened to
Dale last week is that the media should have congratulated him for a well
driven race instead of focusing on the "controversy." Texas Terry needs
to get out of the kitchen if he can't stand the heat.
Kevin is more on track, and you got to love the punishment he's devised:
Earnhardt has recently crossed the line between everyday villiany and a
more monstrous, cartoonish supervilliany.
His little experiment with vehicular homicide should surprise no one, at
least not any die-hard NASDRO fan. In an ideal world, the Incriminator
would've been strapped into a chair and forced to watch all 403 episodes
of "Mama's Family" until he begged his captors to put him out of his (and
our) misery.
But I'm sure NASCAR just felt it was one of them racin' things. Whatever.
Maybe Terry Labonte will be waiting fo a little payback, either at
Darlington or at the driveway to Dale's home. I'd pay to see *that*.
Nice work, Kevin. Finally, as is so often the case, Ryan has seen through the ambiguities to set everyone on the course of truth:
you said penalize -uhhhhehehuhhhhhhhh--you're cool--can I see you tatoo or something
You said it, Ryan.
What with the race being cut short, we had some interesting results on Sunday. Got to hand it to Tim for picking J Burton to win and W Burton as his surprise. Lots of us chose Mayfield as our surprise, so we scored on that one.
This week's points
|
Name |
Points |
|
1. Tim |
55 (what a showing) |
|
2. Kevin |
35 |
|
2. Duncan |
35 |
|
2. Sandro |
35 |
|
5. Dad |
20 |
|
6. Ryan |
20 |
|
6. Sean |
20 |
|
6. Sharon |
20 |
|
6. Nathan |
20 |
|
10. Neil |
10 |
The cumulative points
After months of trash talking, Tim has finally broken into the top three. Consistently strong performances have put him there, and he's showing no signs of slowing down. But can anyone catch Nathan?
|
Name & Pos. |
Total Points |
Position Last Week |
Number of Starts |
Average Points per Start |
|
1. Nathan |
1060 |
1 |
24 |
47.1 |
|
2. Sean |
1005 |
2 |
24 |
45 |
|
3. Tim |
1000 |
4 |
23 |
42.8 |
|
4. Kevin K. |
990 |
3 |
23 |
43.4 |
|
5. Sandro |
890 |
6 |
24 |
37.9 |
|
6. Sharon |
885 |
5 |
24 |
38.5 |
|
7. Dad |
850 |
7 |
24 |
36.5 |
|
8. Duncan |
830 |
8 |
19 |
47.1 |
|
9. Chris |
720 |
9 |
21 |
36.5 |
|
10. Will |
660 |
10 |
15 |
43.8 |
|
11. Neil |
610 |
11 |
17 |
40.1 |
|
12. Ryan |
560 |
12 |
9 |
40.1 |