"Rumble Strips Junior!"
Not only has it been a bumpy road for Dale Jr. this year, Pocono's rumble strips made sure Jr wasn't going correct his 'fall from grace'this weekend.
Rumble strips placed inside of turns two and three tore up a several teams left front tires, and also tore up Jr's hopes for a half-way decent finish, he blew the first of two left front tires within ten laps of each other. The first one went flat on lap 57. He then nursed the 8# car about 2 miles back to get some fresh rubber losing a lap in the process.
Ten laps later, it happened again, this time a piece of rubber locked up the wheel and by the time he got to the pits, it looked like the whole left front of his car was on fire. You could almost hear the moans and groans of Earnhardt nation.
What was weird and just maybe, an indication that the 8# and 15# crews are starting to help each other out, and since Dale Jr's day was all shot to hell, two member's of the brew crew went over and started changing tires for Michael's pit stops. In other words, swapping out crew members.
Michael starting from the pole for the first time in 14 years, led the field by almost 8 seconds until the first caution, then it seemed like he'd keep going backwards with each pit stop afterwards. So, they brought in some faster tire changers. Michael battled back with a 6th place finish.
Nemecheck gave the Army (his sponsor) a nice 3rd place finish to honor their 230th birthday. But no one noticed! Here's why:....his car was painted camouflage......get it camouflage!
Carl Edwards, threw Roush Racing their first Pocono win. Edwards had never been to Pocono in his 25 years of living. In the winner's circle, Edwards thanked the company that makes those Nascar racing video games!....hey, wait a minute...you mean to tell me, he learned how to get around the Superspeedway that drives like a roadcourse...by playing a freakin' video game?....Yep!
Somebody send Junior an X-Box!
Mark
www.NascarStcokCar.com
Rumble strips placed inside of turns two and three tore up a several teams left front tires, and also tore up Jr's hopes for a half-way decent finish, he blew the first of two left front tires within ten laps of each other. The first one went flat on lap 57. He then nursed the 8# car about 2 miles back to get some fresh rubber losing a lap in the process.
Ten laps later, it happened again, this time a piece of rubber locked up the wheel and by the time he got to the pits, it looked like the whole left front of his car was on fire. You could almost hear the moans and groans of Earnhardt nation.
What was weird and just maybe, an indication that the 8# and 15# crews are starting to help each other out, and since Dale Jr's day was all shot to hell, two member's of the brew crew went over and started changing tires for Michael's pit stops. In other words, swapping out crew members.
Michael starting from the pole for the first time in 14 years, led the field by almost 8 seconds until the first caution, then it seemed like he'd keep going backwards with each pit stop afterwards. So, they brought in some faster tire changers. Michael battled back with a 6th place finish.
Nemecheck gave the Army (his sponsor) a nice 3rd place finish to honor their 230th birthday. But no one noticed! Here's why:....his car was painted camouflage......get it camouflage!
Carl Edwards, threw Roush Racing their first Pocono win. Edwards had never been to Pocono in his 25 years of living. In the winner's circle, Edwards thanked the company that makes those Nascar racing video games!....hey, wait a minute...you mean to tell me, he learned how to get around the Superspeedway that drives like a roadcourse...by playing a freakin' video game?....Yep!
Somebody send Junior an X-Box!
Mark
www.NascarStcokCar.com
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