Last Sunday in Los Vagus NASCAR Sprint Cup was in town and had all the makings of a great race.
Pole sitter Casey Kahane had a fast car when he was out by himself, but when he got back into traffic, that was a different story. Kyle Bush had the second spot locked in until a wreck in practice caused him to go to a back up car, and move to the back of the pack. This was good news for Dale Jr who was fourth, but due to this got moved to the front row.
Jr took off from the start and lead a lot of laps to begin with. Jr had a fast car all day, but like Kahane was only fast when he was in clean air. Jr with some troubles in the pits ended up with a top 20 finish and is still on track to contend for another Sprint Cup Championship.
The real star in Sundays race was that of Tony Stewart. Stewart had the fastest car on the track all day, and made sure he flexed his mussels to show everyone that last year was not a fluke.
The last 20 laps of the race was the most exciting. In that span of time there was 4 wrecks, 4 cautions, and 1 lead change. Stewart was not going to go away without a fight. He had 5 time in a row Sprint Cup Champion Jimmy Johnson coming, and coming fast. The last 3 laps Johnson gave Stewart a run for his money, but Stewart's spotters and all around amazing driving gave Stewart the edge to hold off the surging Johnson and pick up his first win of the season.
All around this was an exciting race from start to finish. In the end cooler heads prevailed and smoke walked away with a win. There wasn't the fireworks of a jet drier blowing up, but the excitement of great fast racing. The only thing that will probably trump this race, is short track racing at Bristol this Sunday. I can't wait to see the outcome of this race, and will keep you up to date as it happens.
Until next time,
You keep doing what you do, and I'll keep you up to date with everything sports.
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