The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: The Shelby 427 at Las Vegas
The Good: Kyle Busch wins the pole, starts dead last because of an engine change, takes his time and works his way to the win. The driver a lot people love to hate (I’m sure Jeff Gordon loves not having the title anymore) is maturing into on of, if not the best driver on the circuit. He has already won at least one event in each of the three major touring series (Truck, N’wide and Cup), but is also showing the smarts that many have questioned. Kyle is establishing himself as the early favorite to win the cup, showing that he has learned from last years miserable chase.
It’s also great to see Bobby Lebonte run up front again, finishing fifth on Sunday and moving up to tenth in points. Bobby is a class act and was a great champion in his years at Gibbs. I hope he continues his strong runs.
The Bad: Cautions galore, in fact, a record 14 cautions, mostly caused by one car wrecks. Drivers were loosing it big time coming out of the turns.
The Ugly: Blown engines galore. Matt Kenseth’s shot at history never got off the ground, blowing up on lap six. Teammate David Ragan’s engine blew soon there after. Teammates Carl Edwards engine blew on the white flag lap. Mark Martin’s engine blew for the second week in a row, dropping him to 34th in points. These are two of, if not the two, best teams in racing. What’s going on if they’re blowin’ up like that?
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