DEGA

Okay, so the whole thing with Tony Stewart was blown out of proportion. It's good that NASCAR actually told him that they put out the caution for a reason. Okay...then Fox obeyed, by showing us ALL the debris during the cautions. GOOD!

I think that all this "Tony was wrong for saying that" stuff is just wrong. He had a reason for it at the time. He saw what everyone has been saying, including myself.

(Hey, maybe he saw my blog, I linked it to my Infield Parking page...HA! Yeah, right.)

The race was a snore for a while, because everyone was walking on egg shells, so they didn't 'slam draft' the person in front of them.

Then there was the unfortunate wrecking of Casey Mears, by his teammate, I think? Was it Gordon? He was pissed off and rightly so.

Hey, Jeff, it's not VICKERS in that car, okay? Lay off!

In Dega, blown motors a plenty. Looks like no team was immune, nor was any manufacturer, with the 15 of Menard and the 00 of Reutimann.

Drafting partners are also hard to come by, as they are when it comes down to the final laps. "The big push from behind" might as well be a kick in the ass for some drivers. Some even can't rely on their teammates.

And look...guess who's in the lead? I wonder how THAT happened. Not the WWE, my ass. Geeze. And NASCAR thought that Tony was wrong? Yeah, right!

They ADDED 3 laps to the race? WHAT?! So, Gordon can make sure he wins? What is up with this? I really don't get it.

Race is over with a final caution...the field better be locked up.

At the end, fans throwing trash and what not at Gordon. REAL classy. I'm proud to say that I would NEVER do that, even though the race was fixed, so he could pass Earnhardt to win 77 races.

CoT wasn't used this race, but it will be, in October. Can't imagine what will happen then. (An aside...does anyone have a schedule of when it's going to be used? I don't think the fans will ever know. If anyone has a link to any information on the net, please comment with that information.)

On to RICHMOND! MY favorite short track...on a Saturday night.

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Gordon wins Phoenix

Uh...yeah. He tied with Earnhardt Sr, with 76 wins now to his credit. He is now in company with Petty, Yarborough, Waltrip and others.

Then this idiot does a burn out with the 3 flag. Um...I'm sure that all the Dale Sr. fans appreciate the gesture.

It's just a slap in the face.

OH well.

Junior appreciated it, as he said on his radio...but I guess that's just me.

I think NASCAR gave him the win.

With the stuff they've been pulling, I wouldn't put it past them.

On to DEGA...where it should be even CRAZIER with the CoT.

OMG WTF?!

What is with some of these drivers? The 6 of Ragan gets into trouble more times than not. He spins out, and then gets plowed into.

Someone tries to get onto pit road and spins out and gets rammed into the wall.

NASCAR doesn't know when the hell to give violations on pit road.

Debris cautions with no debris to show for it.

All the while, screwing good drivers and cars out of a chance for the win.

I've been watching it all night and had my jaw wide open and couldn't make it to the keyboard.

That and dozing off because what I thought was going to be constant side by side racing, was nothing but what seemed to be like 'follow the leader' all the time.

Hopefully one of the Virginia natives will win it. They deserve it.

Well, I guess it wasn't as boring as I thought!

Passing like crazy, Jeff Burton was literally giving ME heartburn. I thought I'd have to use one of his sponsor's competitors to cure it!

He's a great guy and he's an awesome driver. It's great to see the streak at Texas broken with two by Burton.

He was voted Sportsmen of the Year, according to DW. I didn't hear anything about that.

Burton is a smart man...someone who knows about safety and has brought a lot to the sport. I'm SO happy he won.

Shout out to a friend of mine who works for a company of JB's. It's great to see a big win for them.

With 22 to go...

I'm done. I just can't see the usual players get their win. BUT, some of the regular players are in the 30s or above. So...

I guess my previous theory couldn't hold up, because there are some people in the top ten that haven't been there in a while: Biffle for one.

Phoenix next weekend. Maybe that flat track at night will be something to watch. Night races always seem to be more exciting. Although getting lost outside Lowe's is something that isn't. (I speak from personal experience...that's another story.)

Is this NASCAR or the WWE?

It seems like this is becoming "sports entertainment"...or is it?

I mean, we just had to have "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, (who isn't even IN the WWE anymore, is he?) give the command to start engines.

You have phantom debris...enough said.

Name calling and hostility on camera like with wrestling.

I guess I'm just being cynical. Around the end of the race, it seems like it was getting pretty spicy, with Montoya racing Stewart hard and spinning him out, getting into Johnson in the process.

It seems like everyone is content to ride around for three quarters of the race, then they have to kick it into HIGH gear, by making a show of drag racing everyone to get positions and sometimes making stupid mistakes.

I can't help but wonder if in the future, the people in the production trailer are giving cues to the crew chiefs, to get the driver to do something brave and/or stupid. Outrageous and conspiritorial...? I guess so. But you can't help but think anything but "this is just racing" sometimes.

Just as I'm writing this, Tony Stewart spins out and gets into Kyle Busch, who get into Earnhardt's back deck lid. Sheet metal and everything out of whack, a few pit stops need to get it all together, with 100 mile an hour tape. I don't know if that would do any good.

All this excitement is a surprise, since I was lulled into a comfortable snooze...I'm not sure what I saw after many points of view on TV and listening to the scanner.

And this was with 77 to go! (I think the script was written that way...or was it? Sorry, can't resist.)

Well, we'll see what the results are...