The Good, the Bad & The Ugly: The Gatorade Duels at Daytona
The Good: A strong performance by Jeff Gordon leading to his win in the first duel. Weather you like him or not, you have to respect his tallent and Jeff Gordon running strong is good for NASCAR. Kyle Busch winning the second race to show the end of last season was a fluke and that he will be running strong again this year. Like Gordon, Kyle Busch running well is good for NASCAR.
Also, Scott Riggs, driving for Tommy Baldwin, and Jeremy Mayfield, driving for his own team, racing their way into the Big Show. (Cudos also to A.J. Allmendinger). Neigther of these teams existed a month ago. These guys showed that its worth taking a chance and that it can pay off.
The Bad: Defending champion Ryan Newman wrecking his US Army car and having to start in the back. Both Stewart-Haas cars looked really strong. Seeing Joe Nemechek having to pack up and go home. Like Tommy Baldwin and Mayfield, he’s started his own deal and he came up just short. I hope he makes the field in California next week.
The Ugly: There was a lot written about Tony Stewart taking a chance on becoming a car owner, and while a lot has been positive, there has still been a lot of naysayers. Now that Tony has had some early success, coming in second in yesterdays Duel race and third in the Bud Shootout, commentators are minimizing the success by saying that he’s really just a fifth and sixth Hendrick team (along with teammate Ryan Newman). Well guess what, so was Haas-CNC, and they sucked. So what’s the difference? Tony Stewart.
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