Tony Stewart is still the
\n"tiger" where it counts the most; victory lane! The turmoil and
\nsadness surrounding the driver of the number 20 car this past week, was abated
\nfor at least a little while as Stewart picked up the win in Sunday\u2019s
\n"Sirius Satellite at The Glen" held at Watkins Glen in Upstate New
\nYork.<\/p>\n
Ryan Newman, his first time at this track,
\nran one heck of a race, finishing in second place. What was even more impressive
\nwas the fact that it was reported that he had lost his power steering. That
\nelusive first point race win is bound to happen soon.<\/p>\n
Robby Gordon managed to hang onto third
\nplace after trading paint with Stewart earlier and almost going off course a
\ncouple of times. P.J. Jones in the Conseco #14 Pontiac finished fourth, giving
\nthat team their best finish ever!<\/p>\n
Rounding out the top ten; Ricky Rudd 5th<\/sup>, Many complain they don\u2019t like the road Matt Kenseth, who was strong in practice The points race has definitely heated up. Just about any one of the drivers Finally, a race to the finish!<\/p>\n <\/u><\/p>\n Food for Thought:<\/p>\n Code of conduct or as a relatively new Tony has a problem with anger; no doubt. It was tough to admit that you have a <\/u><\/p>\n Other Notes:<\/p>\n I spent the weekend working with the folks The ARCA RE\/MAX Series race ended with At the end of the day, Frank Kimmel was In the truck series; Mike Bliss came home This past weekend was the last major event <\/u><\/p>\n It\u2019s official now; they are going to the Busch Series and Winston Cup are off to That\u2019s it for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tony Stewart is still the "tiger" where it counts the most; victory lane! The turmoil and sadness surrounding the driver of the number 20 car this past week, was abated for at least a little while as Stewart picked up the win in Sunday\u2019s "Sirius Satellite at The Glen" held at Watkins Glen in Upstate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racindeals.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nScott Pruett 6th<\/sup>, Jeff Burton 7th<\/sup>, Todd Bodine 8th<\/sup>,
\nMichael Waltrip 9th<\/sup>, Mark Martin 10th.<\/p>\n
\ncourse races; but for some of us it\u2019s an opportunity to see a different type
\nof racing; where other skills are needed. Some fare well, others not so good.
\nDale Jr. seems to struggle with this type of race, and this weekend\u2019s event
\nwas no exception. He landed on the "beach" on lap 73, ending his day,
\nand winding up with a 35th<\/sup> finish as a result.<\/p>\n
\nsessions, went off into the sand trap on lap ten, and basically had no chance to
\nrebound, finishing 33rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n
\nThe leader, Sterling Marlin, lost some ground this week when early in the race,
\nthe #40 lost a cylinder and the order of the day became to finish as best as
\npossible, without losing too much ground. Marlin finished in 30th<\/sup>
\nposition. Mark Martin is now just 53 points behind with Jimmie Johnson just
\nthree points behind him.<\/p>\n
\ncurrently in the top ten could pull it off; guess I\u2019m going to do another
\nturnabout and go back to sticking with my original prediction; Tony Stewart. He
\nis now just 104 points out of the lead, although, Jeff Gordon is only two points
\nbehind Stewart. And then there\u2019s Rusty, Ricky, Bill Elliott, Ryan; all closing
\nin.<\/p>\n
\n
\nfriend phrased it; "the ethics" of racing. I\u2019ve always somewhat
\nreserved comment on the behavior of certain drivers in the pits, but I guess
\nthere is no reasonable excuse for taking a swing at or kicking someone just for
\ntrying to do their job.<\/p>\n
\nBut, he also has a responsibility to conduct himself in a manner that is
\nrespectful to the sport and everyone involved. Don\u2019t get me wrong; I like the
\n"fiery" Tony; the one who speaks what\u2019s on his mind as long as he
\nfeels it\u2019s the truth. But, throwing a temper tantrum because things didn\u2019t
\ngo your way is not the type of behavior we want fans, and especially our
\nchildren to see. Let\u2019s face it, you are out there in front of a lot of people;
\nyou need to remember that and act accordingly.<\/p>\n
\nproblem, no doubt. The saving grace may be that we sometimes have to hit bottom
\nbefore we can pick ourselves back up. Recognizing that is a start, and a
\nbeginning toward climbing the ladder toward personal peace and happiness in your
\nlife. You live long enough; some of these "life lessons" actually
\nbegin to sink in. You become a better person.<\/p>\n
\n
\nat Nashville Superspeedway this past weekend \u2013 we work hard, but it\u2019s always
\na great time as well.<\/p>\n
\nsparks flying between the crews of Chad Blount and Frank Kimmel following a late
\nrace incident where the two collided which sent Blount hard into the first turn
\nwall completely demolishing the number 77 in the process. Tension was running
\nhigh between the two teams; and it took a combination of ARCA RE\/MAX officials
\nand track security to ensure a "cooling-off" period following the
\nrace.<\/p>\n
\nthe winner; Blount lost not only the race, but a good car and took huge hit in
\npoints in the race for the championship.<\/p>\n
\na winner for the 4th<\/sup> time this season. Even though I heard he doesn\u2019t
\nplay guitar, he was so excited to win. A one-of-a-kind, Sam Bass hand-painted
\nGibson guitar was the trophy; everyone wants one! Second place finisher, Rick
\nCrawford, says he\u2019s not going to retire until he wins one.<\/p>\n
\nfor the season at the Superspeedway. As usual, I had a great time; it\u2019s more
\nfun than work, and hopefully will be back in some capacity next season!<\/p>\n
\n
\n12.5 gall fuel cell at Talladega in an effort to stagger pit stops, break up the
\n"pack" of cars; trying to prevent the big one. Okay, does anyone
\nbesides me think this won\u2019t work; that they will all wind up pitting at the
\nsame time, for the very reason that they don\u2019t want to get split up? If you
\nget too far behind at that track, there is no way to catch up, so I\u2019m thinking
\nif the leader goes down pit road, everyone will follow. I do think some cars
\nwill get spread out; no doubt, but I think the majority will hang together
\nanyway \u2013 there will just be more pit stops. Someone; please enlighten me as to
\nhow this is going to work\u2026<\/p>\n
\nMichigan International Speedway this week; the ARCA RE\/MAX Series if off to the
\nIllinois State Fair in Springfield on Sunday.<\/p>\n