Apparently, folks in Montreal love their NASCAR. They turned out in droves to watch the NASCAR Nationwide series qualifying on Saturday in the rain and again on Sunday for the race, partly in the rain.
But the race faithful in Canada got to see a great race, lots of caution flags fly, and our hometown representative in the NNS show a good finish.
Yeah. Let native sons of Canada lead lap after lap, then in the end, cars slide all helter skelter into each other, only to have an Australian and a guy from the US Heartland battle it out for the win.
And Jacques Villeneuve - son of the man for whom the track is named - finishes fourth.
If sentimentality won races, surely Villeneuve would have appeared in Victory Lane. Of course, if sentimentality counted for anything, Mark Martin would have a championship by now.
Actually, watching the waning laps of the caution-riddled race reminded of sitting in NASCAR simulators at Lowes Motor Speedway with two friends, squealing and laughing while we hit the walls, hit each other, drove over pretty much everything and proved we should never be allowed behind the wheel of a race car. As for me, well I may have come in last among the 10 simulators, but I protected the equipment. I drove most of the race through the grassy infield.
But, back to racing in the real world.
We in the Tri-State should be fairly proud of "our" car in the Nationwide race. After qualifying 37th, Herd Racing and driver Brett Rowe not only finished the race and protected the car, but came in 21st. Not bad for a Barboursville boy! Yay Brett.
He beat out my buddy Boris Said, the road course ringer, some say. I was pulling for both, but I was wearing my SaidHead shirt and earrings. Sorry, Brett and Crew Chief Dana Tomes. Tear at my loyalties, will you?
I've kind of joked about him driving a road course for a week or so. Think about it. Roads around Cabell County aren't exactly wide and straight now, are they?
Actually, I have a friend from Georgia that the first time she visited Wayne County to meet her future husband's parents, it was so twisty she got car sick.
So if a guy from this area is going to be a racecar driver, doesn't narrow with lots of turns make sense to you? It did to me.
Hey, I just like seeing a local fella do well and our Herd make a good showing - anywhere, anytime, in any sport. (Did the guys at Joan C. Edwards Stadium hear that?)
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Darn, lost the original reply from me, but if I remember, here we go.
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