NON-TEAM MEMBER MATT KENSETH HELPS JEFF GORDON CLEAN THE FRONT GRILL OF DEBRIS

If you weren’t able to tune into Sunday’s race at Michigan, you didn’t miss much at all.  It reminded me of a California or Pocono race.  Just a lot of left turns with not much action, although it did end up in a green white checker finish due to the one and only Kurt Busch nailing the wall and sending him to the garage.  Actually, that was about all of the action happening were drivers hitting the walls out of the corners.  And of course Carl Edwards having problems early on and knocking him out of the points lead.

The biggest thing that surprised me was Jeff Gordon was running good until he started overheating due to debris in his grill.  Which could have clearly taken him out of the race with engine failure.  Jeff keyed in on the mic and asked if Matt Kenseth would pass him so he could draft to remove the crowd trash from the grill.  As you know these two have had there problems in the past, so I was amazed Kenseth actually helped him out.  Teammate Mark Martin also helped Jeff out late in the race to clean yet more debris out of his grill, although Mark seemed a little less reluctant to help out.

Not much good stuff happening in Michigan this weekend and unfortunately, the other of the Busch brothers blues band took the win.

What did you think of race and what was your take?

Talk soon,

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NASCAR CORNER GOSSIP COLUMN HAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED

I have been a big fan of NASCAR since about 1993 and started following Jeff Gordon from the start.  You can find me every Sunday on the couch during the start of each race with laptop geared up with the in car scanner and generally a cold beverage while the guys make all left turns.

So I incorporated a little bit of my passion into my blog where I can do a little gossiping about what’s going on in the world of the sport and post a little summary of that weeks race.  You’ll get a little bit of Bush brothers bashing I can guarantee it.  And I’ll start with this past weeks race at Watkins Glen.

Everything seemed to be going just fine watching the drivers riding around the track being introduced, but strong storms came through and were unable to get the track dry in time to get the whole race in.  So it was postponed until the following Monday.  Unfortunately I was unable to catch the race, but what a finish at the end with the big wreck.  All and all, it was good to see Ambrose win over either one of the Bush brothers.  Although it would have been nice to see my boy, one of the best road course drivers, take the win.

Talk soon,

P.S. You would be amazed at the what both Bush brothers talk about during the race listening to their in car audios.  Bashing how bad the car is, pit crew and even the crew chief.  It amazes me how the team can put up with such shit.  And after the race, if you don’t get to listen in, they just smile for the camera’s and say how good their team and car is.  It’s like they don’t even know fans are listening in.

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