The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: The Kobalt Tools 500 from Atlanta
The Good: A dominate day by Kurt Busch. It was nice to see the Blue Deuce run up front like it did in the days it was driven by Rusty Wallace. Given how strong Kurt has been to start this season, look for the other Dodge teams to be switching to the new Dodge engine sooner than later. Another great run from Jeff Gordon, look for him in the winners circle at a track near you in the not so distant future. Also, great runs from the Childress duo of Harvick and Bowyer. Clint is now second in the standing, and may be the best driver in the RCR stables.
The Bad: A terrible day for Kyle Busch, but it also showed his maturity, hanging in for an 18th place finish. In the past he would have just wrecked. Also, more problems for Mark Martin keeps him in the Top-35 danger zone. This isn’t the type of season we were looking for from Hendrick’s 5 bunch.
The Ugly: Not only did a tire get loose on pit road, but the crewman tried to chase it down, putting himself in danger and completely changing the tone of the race. The resulting caution, in the middle of green flag stops, left only nine cars on the lead lap early in the race and left many contending cars one or two laps down.
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