Daytona

Just finished the Daytona 500. I'm a little behind but I had a softball meeting today and had to watch the last 2 hours via TIVO. There were 2 things that really stood out, and one was Jamie MacMurray in the #26 Ford Crown Royal car. The way he drove that race you’d have thought he had a late night with Canada's finest. This guy spent the entire race running into the rear of every car in front of him. And, you know, I realize that in plate racing you have to "bump draft", but bump drafting is different than running through the car in front of you. That little SOB needs to calm down. Speaking of calming down Tony Stewart should revisit his comments of the previous Sunday. This guy made the bold statement that in another 5 years they'd be commemorating another death with the way guys are driving at Daytona. Of course he was referencing the death of Dale Earnhardt, but in the race, the guy tried to wreck two different guys on the track and had a close call with a third. To be honest, I like Tony. He's won me over the past few years with his honesty and if you ask me was positioning himself to be that rough around the edges winner that everyone respected and fear, not unlike Dale Sr. However when he had the opportunity to man up, to say and do the right things, he tried to pass the buck; be a leader Tony. In the post race interview this guy totally pulled a Payton tossing all the blame darts at other people.

Jr. had a pretty good race. He led the most laps, and after the running order shook out from a wreck on the last lap he wound up 8th. With his bonus points from leading a lap and leading the most laps (5+5) he'll be 6th over all in the points. What pisses me off is that you have arguably the best restrictor plate driver on the track, and with 2 laps left he jumps out of line and tries to win and no one will go with him for draft help. This situation sucks because this is the biggest race of the year, and he and those behind him had a run. However, all of theses fucking sissies sit in line content to go home in 6th, 7th or 8th. If NASCAR wants better racing they should penalize these drivers for being a bunch of pussies. I mean if this is the way the rest of season is going to play out I might as well watch baseball and those prima donnas that go on the IR for 3 weeks because of a hang nail.

Quote of the race goes to Dale Jr. With 2 laps left he's talking on his scanner to his crew about the engine.

"This thing is like an old man. Every once in a while it'll wake up and want to run."

Keep trying to win Jr., it's only a matter of time.