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StumblePublished Sunday, July 13, 2008 | 10:42 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 | 10:15 a.m.
Does Toyota have an unfair advantage over other manufacturers in this sport as some people claim? Yes. And its name is Kyle Busch.
Kyle Petty was exactly right in stating that Kyle Busch’s dramatic pass at the end was “all driver.”
It took about 6 or 7 laps after the green flag for the cars to fall into a single-file formation. It usually took about the same number of laps after each caution flag for the field to fan out once again. NASCAR can sing the praises of the COT all it wants, but the new car still hasn’t done a lot to change the complexion of the racing on the cookie-cutter tracks. It’s a good thing this race was only 400 miles.
What was TNT thinking? Even though most of the racing wasn’t that exciting, I would still rather watch Kyle Busch lead every lap than have to sit through another one of Larry McReynolds’ feeble attempts at doing a David Copperfield impersonation. Keep your day job, Larry.
Kevin Harvick had to drive the entire race with a steering wheel that was too close for comfort. Seems his crew made an improper adjustment after Harvick had requested the steering wheel be moved a little farther away from his chest. Despite this, he finished third and didn’t mention anything about the steering wheel in his post race interview. But I’m sure it bothered him. Heck, I don’t even like driving around the block with the seat and the steering wheel in the wrong positions.
I think it was Kyle Petty who wondered if people were getting tired of watching Kyle Busch run out front almost every week. That’s a good question? I’d like to hear from some of this blog’s readers as to whether or not Kyle Busch’s dominance is turning you off.
Finally, why was there a picture of Bozo the Clown behind Bill Weber and Wally Dallenbach in the broadcast booth? If anyone has the answer to this please clue me in.
The original Bozo the clown died recently. I;m sure it was their way of honoring the man but it was bizarre!
I like Kyle but any time a driver dominates, it's probably not good for the sport. I remember when Jeff Gordon was winning all the time, I sometimes lost interest. But it is interesting waiting to see if Junior will win again or if Tony will finally win so it hasn't been boring with Kyle winning all the time.
Your probably right about Bozo. I just wish they would have said why his picture was there. It was bizarre.
007 is correct (Oh God, again we agree!), Larry Harman, who made millions playing Bozo, died in LA on July 3rd.What that has to do with NASCAR I haven't a clue.
As for Larry Mac making a fool of himself ... I don't have a clue about that either! TNT seems to be falling all over itself trying to be clever. But Larry should have refused to do it. 'Race Buddy', what's that crap all about? Give it up TNT!
Go Kyle, go!!!
The racing has been boring all year. The COT has completely failed to make for side by side racing, especially at the larger tracks. And yeah, I'm getting tired of seeing one driver dominate things. Last year when HMS was doing the same thing, it was all over the media about how bad it was for the sport, but with little Busch doing the same thing, the media seems to be all about how great that is. Not in my opinion -- I want to see passing and side by side racing, not this "the car out front leads by 3 or 4 seconds" and no one else can catch up, that's NOT racing, it's a high speed parade.
GinaV24, I hope you did see the last couple of laps!
In my opinion, certain tracks just seem to facilitate lackluster racing action like the Chicagoland track (what was the deal with the giant spacing between cars). Talladega and Daytona had great side by side racing with actual passing.
There is no problem having someone dominate – it just forces the other teams and drivers to improve so they can compete.
"Kyle Petty was exactly right in stating that Kyle Busch’s dramatic pass at the end was “all driver.”
Yeah....right...it is obvious that Kyle Busch's car has extra horsepower that other cars do not have. He is a very good driver but there is no way that somebody can win this many races without a horsepower advantage.
In the Nationwide races, NASCAR is already investigating the extra horsepower. http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headline...
I wish they do the same in the Sprint arena.
Jfnance32, you must be a HMS fan cause all I hear from you is whining. If it was your driver winning all these races, you'd be pissed that NASCAR was looking into the whole "more horse power" thing.
If Toyota has a horsepower advantage then the other makes should step up their games, not whine and moan because Toyota is doing a better job.
BTW, I have NEVER heard of NASCAR placing a limit on the amount of horsepower an engine can produce -- except for restrictor plate races -- only the amount of revs (RPM) an engine can turn. If Toyota is producing more horsepower under the same RPMs as other makes, more power to them! That's what racing is all about. If you've followed NASCAR for any length of time, you'll know that there always has been a disparity in horsepower and other technology between the top team(s) and the also-rans.
Get over it!
Lets see, last year Chevy won 26 of 36 races, of which Hendricks took 18 of them. Where were all the HP whiners then. Maybe they all belong to the HMS crowd, because all of the 'icons' of NASCAR are employed there ......... and they're not winning, so oh yes, something has to be wrong!
The one person that works for HMS that I enjoy listening to is Chad Knaus, and I haven't heard a whimper out of him so far, have you?
I was actually at the race. I didn't have to listen to bill weber and swinish voice, or see bozo the clown as a back drop. But i did see great racing! Reutiman and Blaney were side by side for about five laps, beating and banging on eachother, until they came off of turn 4 half sideways! Paul Menard (my fav!) made it four wide in turn 2!!! The last couple of laps were awesome, Jimmie had the lead and everyone was cheering him on, then kyle took it and the booing and profanity began! The electric excitement was great! I guess tv broadcasts the race with a boring perspective, but to be there, it is an unbeleivable experience!