GBU: The Southern 500!
The Good: Hendrick-mania. Hendrick and Hendrick affiliated cars dominated the late stages of the race, taking six of the first seven spots. The final shoot-out between Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson was fun to watch, but how weird was it to actually hear JJ throw in the towel. And speaking of Johnson, just the fact that he was up there shows that he’s still a championship contender and that Chad Knauss is still one of the, if not the best, crew chief in the biz.
And how about a great run from Joey Logano. He’s starting to show all of the promise that we heard of.
Great racing action all night, as the top 10 kept changing. Cars that were a lap down were all of a sudden in the top 10, and then vice versa. Great action, however . . .
The Bad: Too many cautions, and some that probably should have been. I couldn’t believe how many cars were in the wall where NASCAR didn’t throw a caution. Their had to be car parts everywhere.
The Ugly: Jeremy Mayfield getting suspended for substance abuse. I was always a big fan of his, but this is unacceptable, as NASCAR showed. Baseball and other sports, steroids and other “banned” substances are almost taken for granted, but those sports aren’t litterly life and death as it can be in racing. NASCAR has done such a good job with safety, as we saw at Talledega, that we take it for granted, but competitors never do. Which is why Mayfield should not be aloud back in the sports. It’s also ironic that earlier in the year he fired one of his crew members for the same thing. While we don’t know the whole story, and we might never know it, it’s really just a shame that such a good career should end this way.
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