Talladega: Fast Laps and Big Wrecks
by Charlie Turner
I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.
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That three car battle for the Chase to the Cup that many - including me - were predicting seems to be shaping up. Jimmy Johnson got his first 2008 Chase win. Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle each grabbed another top three finish. Throw a blanket on those three with the pack over ninety points back already.
And the pack doesn’t include any Toyotas at all. The Joe Gibbs Racing gang is falling farther behind with each poor showing. Wait until next year coach. Oh, and Kyle, the pressure’s off now. Go ahead and win some races.
Kansas was a pretty predictably dull race other that Carl Edwards’ banzai pass attempt at the end and Juan Pablo Montoya’s cheating penalty in qualifying. My guess is, that Talladega will be a different story.
Want to spice up the race interest at the office? Start a big-one pool and try to pick what lap the semi-annual wreck will occur. I say 155. But there will be plenty of Fast Laps before that. Try the next four, restrictor-plated, four-wide, warm-ups for the weekend.
1: Was the penalty to Juan Pablo Montoya for over-filled shocks during qualifying appropriate?
2: Should Kansas get a second Cup date, in part because a casino is being built next to the track?
3: Can Joe Gibbs Racing return to respectability during the Chase?
4: Paul Newman?
That’s it. That’s the Talladega 2 edition of ON PIT ROW’s Fast Lap. Steve and I will kick these things around on Tuesday’s show. Listen live right here and call us between 5 and 7 PM EDT at 877-502-8255 and give us your take on any or all of the above. And, of course, leave your thoughts here in the comment section. Just be nice to your friends.
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1. Yep. I know that Steve proabably thinks that Juan Pablo should be shot and his crew pit on display in the stocks for a week, but it was a no-harm no-advantage violation athat hurt the no. 42 team more than anything. Move along.
2. The Frances own the Series, the track and will be part of the new casino-resort. If they want to take a date away from someplace and add one at Kansas, it’s their choice. The KC races sell out every year. There are not many NASCAR events in the middle of the country. There are reasons to have additional races in that region beyond the new resort developement.
3. I predict that the no.18 will win a couple races before the Chase is done. That would be more than respectable. Hamlin could win at Talladega. Stewart - I just get the feeling that he has moved on, just enough, mentally, to be out of it.
4. Favorite actor. Helluva racer. I had forgotten about his charitable stuff. Particularly his “Hole in the Wall Gang” camps that were the pre-cursor to the Victory Junction Gang camps. He will be missed.
1- If there was no advantage; then why was there a penalty? Cheating is cheating, whether its intentional or not. Intent is the wrong reason to vary punishment. There are cars that went through the qualifying process that weren’t cheating and they are penalized for following the rules. Now that is not fair.
2– There are better places to put races that would be more enjoyable to watch than at another cookie-cutter. Just because there is going to be a casino on the property is no reason to give them another race. Racing there usually sucks.
3– They can win races–did today. Or did they? look to next weeks Fast Lap for that fight.
4– One of the classiest guys around and the amount of work he did for charities was never fully appreciated. He liked it that way. As far as a race driver is concerned, you need to look no further than winning the 24 hours of Daytona at age seventy. God’s speed Paul Newman.