Carolina Fast Laps Under the Lights
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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Ah, controversy. Where would NASCAR bloggers be without it? Thanks Tony. Muchos gracias Regan. And thank you so much NASCAR. The finish of the latest Talladega race wasn’t a finish at all - only a beginning.
Tony Stewart got the trophy. But as Luke told me in an email this morning, he has to know he didn’t really win the race. Regan Smith crossed the finish line first and ended up 18th. I would be more supportive of his claims that he believed he had made a legal pass, if his story about how he came to that conclusion hadn’t changed.
Mike Helton clarified the rules “moving forward”. But that didn’t un-muddy the race time perception that one of his officials had created earlier at Daytona. Maybe we need a do-over.
Onward to Charlotte and the autumn night race. Back home again in Carolina and some of the best looking televised Fast Laps on the schedule. Take your four warm up laps right here.
1: Did Carl Edward’s ill-timed bump draft of Greg Biffledeal a death blow to the Roush-Fenway trio’s title hopes?
2: Did Goodyear blow it again, or is there something else to blame for the tire problems at Dega?
3: Does the exciting racing and multiple lead changes outweigh the inevitable the big ones?
4: Did the inexperience of DEI drivers, Smith, Menard and Almirola lined up at the restart lead to Tony Stewart’s win?
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Whew, its been a while since I last posted here - been really busy. Here goes;
1: Did Carl Edward’s ill-timed bump draft of Greg Biffledeal a death blow to the Roush-Fenway trio’s title hopes?
I think it might have, especially if Jimmie doesn’t have any problems the rest of the way. In any event, it certianly didn’t help their chances.
2: Did Goodyear blow it again, or is there something else to blame for the tire problems at Dega?
Good question. The track isn’t rough anymore since its been repaved so it should be easier on the tires right? Maybe, since the track is smoother they came with a softer tire when they should have came with the old tire instead. I don’t know, but it certainly wasn’t as bad as The Brickyard.
3: Does the exciting racing and multiple lead changes outweigh the inevitable the big ones?
Yes … and no. It is the excting racing and multiple lead changes that lead to the big ones. You know, they could just sit there in line all day and get racing with 50 or so to go, but they don’t - it is just the nature of the beast.
4: Did the inexperience of DEI drivers, Smith, Menard and Almirola lined up at the restart lead to Tony Stewart’s win?
Yes, nothing more to say about this one.
1: Well it killed Matt Kenseth, that’s for sure. The other guys have lost any margin for error that they may have had, unless Johnson gives it back.
2: Goodyear - with NASCAR’s compisity - blew it at Indy. Ever since, the tire maker has taken a disproportionate share of the blame for the fact that the new car doesn’t handle well enough for the teams to not stretch the intelligence envelope with setups. It’s the car. It’s the car. It’s the car.
3: Yep, it does for me.
4: I would say that yes, it did.