Matt McLaughlin’s Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2010 World 600 Race Recap
Kurt Busch’s No. 2 team got him off pit road first after the final World 600 caution flag flew with 19 laps left to run.
Kurt Busch’s No. 2 team got him off pit road first after the final World 600 caution flag flew with 19 laps left to run.
The first All-Star Race back in 1985 was 70 laps long and concluded in just over 40 minutes. We need this bloated freak show to get back to its roots.
Jimmie Johnson had a dominant car, but a rare unforced error by the four-time champ (speeding on pit road) handed the win to Kyle Busch at Dover.
They’re racing 500 miles at Darlington, and for that I give thanks. But Saturday’s race might have been “A” Southern 500, but it’s not “The” Southern 500.
Whatever sealer the Sawyer family used to use at Richmond to ensure side-by-side racing in two lanes needs to be pulled out of storage.
Three green-white-checkered restarts at the end of Talladega? The No. 42 Tums sponsorship was perfect, because crew chiefs had to be gobbling the tablets.
Denny Hamlin muscled his way past Jeff Burton on the final restart at Texas and held off Jimmie Johnson to claim his second win in the last three races.
Because ISC purchased the speedway, Phoenix got a second date each year and attendance has been down ever since. Oh boy, we get to go back to Phoenix this fall!
Following Hamlin’s second consecutive win at Martinsville and third in 10 attempts, the potential stands that there might be an ABH Group forming shortly.
With all due respect to the incomparable Smokey Robinson, one of those things that’s sadder than the Tears of a Clown is rain at a racetrack.