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Impressive/Unimpressive: The Kurt Busch Show

 

August 6, 2007

Joe Jacobs - SCR

 

Impressive:

 

Kurt Busch - Busch's total domination, which was completely unexpected. Busch has taken 12th in points and could be a contender in the chase. I have not seen that kind of domination from a Penske car since the early 1990's.

 

Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Bad shocks, a spin out, and coming back to finish second, that was a great day for the 8 team. Just a few short years ago, this team would have lost their composure and finished in the back of the field. Today they held it together and they caught lucky breaks all weekend, from the rain on Friday to capture the pole to spinning out Sunday and not hitting anything.

 

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Marcos Ambrose - Ambrose led most of the Busch race Saturday and had a win stole from him. Spun out and still finishing in the top ten and after it all he still had a positive attitude after the race and was smiling through the pain of defeat, and that is what’s impressive.

 

Jimmie Johnson - Johnson finished in the top five and possibly stopped the bleeding and the free fall. The team needed that to regain their momentum before they fell out of the chase. They get their leader back in two weeks so look for the 48 team to try to hold their position and wait for their leader to return them to glory.

 

Unimpressive:

 

Robby Gordon - Gordon not listening to NASCAR, taking out the leader of the race after being black flagged. Doing a burnout and trying to go to victory lane was a bone head move. You can not tell me he actually thought he won after he was black flagged.

 

I have supported Robby Gordon for what he does as an owner/driver. And in all honesty Gordon probably should have restarted second, he was second from what I could tell when the caution came out. But that does not fix the race he stole from Marcos Ambrose.

 

ESPN Draft Track - It is probably the worst feature there has ever been on an auto racing broadcast. It’s not real; it makes the cars look like they are on fire. They are pushing it like it’s the greatest thing ever, and they force it in to the conversation.

Ford - Ford has had a miserable year, three wins, and Sunday their highest finishing car was the No. 88 driven by Ricky Rudd in 13th. Ford has great drivers and great engines, but the problem is that there are only eight Ford cars among four Ford teams (Roush Racing, Robert Yates Racing the Wood Brothers and Robby Gordon Motorsports). An even bigger problem is Ford has only one engine package, the Roush/Yates package. They need to spread the love around and get more Ford teams for support.

 

No Respect for the Anthem - Week after week NASCAR does their best to show support for our troops stationed around the world. With all that NASCAR does it seems every team on the starting grid should do the same. But on any giving race weekend you can look up and down pit road and see drivers and teams talking and not doing something as simple as putting their hand on their heart. Come on guys what you do every week should be a pleasure, but what our troops are doing mean so much more… why not give them that simple two to three minutes of respect?

 

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