Monday, June 27, 2005

Today's Motorsports News and Notes:

What an interesting weekend, including yesterday with the Dodge/Save Mart 350 in Somona were Tony Stewart not only picked up his first win of the season, but his 20th career Nextel Cup Victory after a late race pass with Ricky Rudd finishing second. but wasn't just the race, but me trying to watch the races. Yesterday was a bad day in many ways with trying to watch the champ car race were Paul Tracy won from the pole, but I didn't get to see the entire race, my town was one minute with power and the next without power and that happen for a couple of hours each of 3 times and I only got to see the first half of the Champ Car race and the last 42 laps the the Infineon race, but from what I read and watched on TV, both races were good to watch.

Interesting note from yesterday's Champ Car World Series race in Cleveland, any race fan that went to the race with a ticket stub from the Formula 1: US Grand Prix race last week at Indianapolis, got in free of charge, over 1,000 racing fans took advantage of that offer.

Friday & Saturday in Motorsports was simple, Dennis Setzer won the truck race, Johnny Sauter won the busch race in a rough driving type way and Helio Castroneves won the IRL race at Richmond.

Well, that's a wrap, next weekend we go to Daytona for the Pepsi 400 for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race and goodbye to FOX broadcast that put on a good show and hello to NBC & TNT broadcasting team...... enjoy.