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Words like unbelievable and incredible come to mind. Jeff Gordon has done it again, winning his tenth race in the season, three years in a row, tying Darrell Waltrip and Richard Petty in the NASCAR history books. Lets not forget another No Bull Winston million dollar bonus, on top of the $134, 000 purse for winning the Southern 500, and lets not forget that he has won it four times in a row. It seems like the "Track Too Tough To Tame" is a piece of cake for Gordon. Winning is one thing, but winning amongst all of the controversy and accusations levied by the Jack Roush led Roush Motorsports, must really be sweet. As Jeff crossed the finish line with the checkered flags waving, I wondered what Jack Roush must be thinking now. The jury still isn't in on the tire test deal. They should get the results later this week, before the Richmond race Saturday night. NASCAR is making a big deal over the tire situation, probably to placate Roush, and others that think that there is something amiss in Gordon's late race charges. The fact of the matter is, it's the last few laps that count. Jeff Burton kind of proved that by using up his car to lead during the race, and then didn't have anything for Gordon at the finish. You can bet the Roush camp will contend that if Jeff Butron hadn't had the flu, he would have won. Burton said that due to the fact that he was sick, he couldn't "feel the car," and relate to the crew what needed to be done to get it right. Personally, I think that's a pretty lame excuse. What could be wrong with the car? He led most of the race, and pulled away from everyone who challenged him, except for Jeff Gordon, in the final twenty laps or so. If you can't win, whine. One of my favorite drivers, Mark Martin, lost an engine late in the race, raising his points deficit from -67 to -199. I'm kind of baffled about the engine miss being initially blamed on a faulty spark plug or spark plug wire. Why didn't Mark just switch to the back-up ignition box? It seems to me that switching ignition systems would have told him if it was an electrical or engine problem. It's not very likely that both systems will go out at the same time. They made pit stops to change a distributor, spark plug, and a spark plug wire. Am I missing something here? Each cylinder has two spark plugs, wires, etc. That was really weird. |
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