* NASCAR, for not throwing
a debris caution with 25 laps to go and after one car blew an engine and another hit the fence. The final ten laps trying
to figure out whose going to make it on gas and whose going to run out of gas was more exciting than a green-white-checker
finish.
* Toyota had strong showings
with Brian Vickers; he led a lot of the race and looked like Toyota maybe finally
turning the corner.
* Hendrick Motorsports,
all four of its drivers have now won this season, and they have won 9 out of the 12 races this season including the last five.
Unimpressive:
* NASCAR’s longest
night was extra long this season, four hours and thirty-six minutes to be exact as the early portion of the race was marred
by cautions. Most of the cautions could be attributed to early aggression and hard tires on a new surface. But an accident
should never be caused by a wrong choice in tire compound.
* The tire is too hard and
should be softer, running the first 100 plus laps on the same tires is ridiculous and takes away from the over all excitement
and competitiveness of the race.
2006 StockCar Review.
