After watching yesterday’s NASCAR Cup race in Kansas City, it finally occurred to me that I am seeing a season much like was the norm in the “good old days” of seasons past. Excellent racing. Drivers trying to out drive and out think their opponents. I am sure that means that many “race fans” will be leaving NASCAR. While there is much wheel to wheel racing, with cars sideways and often three abreast, they aren’t crashing every five laps. Few green/white/checkereds. It is not the driver who can find his way through the smoke and metal that is winning. It is crews that do a good job in the pits. It is drivers that show skill and endurance. It is the fastest cars that are winning. What a silly way to race. Hurry up and rebuild these tracks.
As an aside the blown engine was a thing of the past. It is back. They are blowing engines like the "good old days" too, except that it is all top of the engine stuff. Valves etc. With no cranks and rods breaking, the cars are not oiling the track. Very strange. Every manufacturer except Ford broke a motor or two on Sunday.
Seriously, all of us enjoy a wheel to wheel finish. It is just nice when they occur naturally and not because of “needless crashes” and at times “needless yellows”. Crashing and yellows are a part of racing, but not all of the time.
Congratulations to Denny Hamlin, and a great effort by Martin Truex.
Richmond under the lights comes next for Cup.
For The Outsider....maybe World of Outlaws....sprints and late models?
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