Which driver was guilty of a last-lap violation of racing etiquette?
A. Robby Gordon - Watkins Glen Busch Race
B. Paul Tracy - Denver Champ Car Race
C. Mike Skinner - Nashville Truck Series Race
D. Todd Bodine - Nashville Truck Series Race
Answer: C. (Note: Removed B.)
For the Watkins Glen Busch race, the last-lap racing for the victory between Kurt Busch and Robby Gordon met at a head in the interloop when Robby Gordon made a bonsi move through the grass into the leader Busch which led to the both of them looking for control coming out of the interloop. If Kurt Busch had went into the wall, it would have been called a penality, but looking at the outcome, it was just simply hard racing and nothing else.
The Denver Champ Car race was guilty as charged, because there is no way that move was going to work and Paul Tracy just took out the McDonald's car, resulting in Paul Tracy docked 3 championship points, $25,000 fine and three-race probation.
Update: Its 4 days later and I have thought about this Denver race and that replay many times and after viewing the replay several more times, I am wrong, I admit it, I'm wrong...this was a racing deal and nothing more, they both went in hard for position and Tracy got loss and thats that.
The Nashville truck race - the setup for yet another Green-White-Checkered finish with Mike Skinner leading was a showdown that turned from a bump and run to pure payback. Going into turn 1 Mike Skinner blocked Bodine which resulted in contact with Skinner putting him up the track and into second behind the new lead Bodine, but on the last-lap, this was simply payback with Skinner's bonsi move into turn 1 and into Bodine's back bumper putting both of them into the wall, yes 1st and 2nd wrecked with 3rd place Johnny Benson being in the right place and the right time going on to victory and Bodine finished 8th and Skinner finished 17th. The both of them could have handed this better and for Skinner, he could have taking the lead in turn 3 and 4, but we will never know.
Now the one bad deal was for Kurt Busch during the Nextel Cup race at Watkins Glen, the green flag pitstop turns into him going to the back of longest line because he pitted under caution.. this is a problem, Busch saw green light, but the yellow came out just before he got to the light, a bad luck deal that now needs to be addressed with better communications to the team and drivers. The pitroad light needs to be both at drivers eye level and at spotters level.
Looking ahead to Michigan, the Nextel Cup Points chase is heating up with just four-races to go, 13-14 drivers in the battle to be in the top 10 after Richmond. Its all in were you finish.
Elliott Sadler will be driving the #19 Dodge for EMS. No comfirmation on the #38 yet.
(Credit for photo: FoxSports.com/Allwaltrip.com/Mountain Dew)
Straight from AllWaltrip.com: During a Michigan Busch race, Brian Vickers goes back to the future with a retro ride reminiscent of Darrell Waltrip's No. 11 Mountain Dew 1981 championship-winning car.
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