Phoenix Cup Race: Racing under the lights in Phoenix makes for great racing, what a change from a couple of years again when the Nextel Cup Series raced during the day, the racing was interesting, but night racing is just better and it sure brings out the action. Phoenix under the lights makes the racing like a Martinsville short track.
The 500 itself was short track racing at its finest and I have never descripted Phoenix as a short track before, let along full of action. I passing was better and more drivers took risk going below the white line and some made it and other spun out. I didn't quite know what happened with Tony stewart and sending him to the back, but never the less, Smoke in all of strengh craved his way to front in no time and took the lead with eass, but not even the dominate Greg Biffle could over come the long green flag runs and the needed fuel economy. In the final laps, it was a huge domino effect with almost every driver dropping like flys into the pits for that splash of gas, but a few rolled the dice and for Harvick, he and his RCR team came up victories in a fuel economy victory to cap of his double dip after Harvick picked up his second victory in a row in the Busch Series or as some now call it the "Cup Lites".
Next up for the Busch Series and Nextel Cup Series is Talladega or my headline from last years spring race "Demotion Derby at Talladega.... for NASCAR" and it was not any better in the fall race either. One interesting change to this years Cup race at Talladega is the softer bumpers will be in place for the Cup cars, I don't know what effect that will make, bump drafting, no bumper and a hole in the radiator, think about it, its a wait and see.
Update: (from NASCAR.com Article) No penaltiy for Busch, Officials said the five-lap penalty Busch was given when he returned to the track after missing about 45 laps for repairs and reprimand later in the NASCAR hauler would suffice. What's Next?
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