Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2011 Phoenix Fall Race Recap
At least the race wasn’t the wreck-fest we all feared. Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart kept their respective fans on their feet most of the afternoon.
At least the race wasn’t the wreck-fest we all feared. Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart kept their respective fans on their feet most of the afternoon.
If you were watching Sunday’s race as its own unique event, it was a long, tedious afternoon.
Motorized mechanical mayhem at Martinsville. Easily the best race of the year.
Well NASCAR’s plans to break up the tandem racing with a larger restrictor plate and lower pressure cooling systems didn’t work too well, did it?
Thank God for the SAFER barriers and the HANS device. Jimmie Johnson’s wreck looked horribly similar to a certain last-lap wreck in the 2001 Daytona 500.
Jimmie Johnson easily aced Kasey Kahne on the green-white-checkered restart to score the win.
Did the Chase just ruin the finish of another race? I’m left wondering if Jimmie Johnson gave it all he had on that final restart.
With two laps to go Clint Bowyer ran out of fuel, handing the lead and the win to Tony Stewart.
Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson battled until the crew chiefs screamed, “Save fuel!” and everyone ran like a cop was pointing a radar gun.
Kevin Harvick held off an assault by Cheez-It Crackers (err, Carl Edwards) to win one of the most bizarre short-track races in recent memory.
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