At the Track

We'll note happenings at the national and local levels of racing.

Monday, March 19, 2007

Tires, walls and other thoughts

Well, Goodyear tried to spin the tire issue their way Saturday during the Busch race in Atlanta.

Didn’t work in my book. Everyone had problems with tires, everyone complained about tires and car chiefs really weren’t happy with tire performance – or lack thereof.

And those complaints carried over to the Cup race Sunday.

Weren’t the final few laps of the Cup race good? Some seriously good racing between Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson. Yeah, Tony whined about getting squeezed into the wall, but wow, good, hard racing and hat’s off to Jimmie, who said it wasn't his intentionn to put Tony into the wall. Not my choice for the winner, but hey, that’s just me. He had the chance to pass, did it and won and that’s what matters.

And you gotta love the commercial for the Cup Jimmie and Elliott Sadler have out. Elliott gives advice, but Jimmie calls in the Cup and stands there.

He has it for a reason, and Sunday was just another cog in the wheel as to why.

Congrats, Jimmie.

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