May 11 2008
Kyle Busch—NASCAR’s Young Gun
Kyle Busch was the big winner at Darlington last night, overcoming some tough competition and the difficult track. He managed to get the “Darlington stripe” on the side of his Toyota a few times, and he even overcame a penalty lap for some stupid NASCAR infraction. But he’s the real deal. Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove a great race too and I predict that he’s going to win one soon. The bad luck guy in all of this was Martin Truex Jr. who managed to lead for 11 laps…something he hasn’t done for a long time. His only NASCAR win came almost one year ago. May 19, 2007 to be precise, when he won the Nextel Open in Concord, N.C. That race is now called the Coca Cola 600 and it’s coming up in two weeks. Keep an eye on Truex for a repeat win. But that’s not the big race. For me it’s open-wheel racing at the Indianapolis 500. The Indy 500 is the best of all racing worlds. I’ll be watching!
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I think the Kyle Busch drama will defiantly brings some people back to NASCAR, I am more of a road racing guy my self, but the story is still good, Check out more auto racing stories at Http://AutoRacing.Today.com
Question is whether Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start a big no-track rivalry like some of the old NASCAR drivers. Adds an interesting twist. We’ll see. I remember the rivalry between Al Unser Jr. and Emerson Fitipaldi at Indy. That was what I really call racing. The time their wheels touched on the final lap and Al Jr. spun out was classic and it came just a year after Al Jr. had knocked out Emerson in similar fashion. The Indianapolis 500 is nearly here again and I for one am looking forward to it. Speeds are up this year with qualifying for the pole at more than 225 miles per hour. Pole day on Saturday was exciting with Scott Dixon hanging on by the skin of his teeth.
You guys are right. Kyle Busch knows how to put the pedal to the floor. I’ve never seen him back off. Look for a lot of spinouts, but hopefully not any serious crashes when my boys get back on the track for the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte. By the way, keep an eye out for my favorite driver, Dave Blaney in the #22 car. He hasn’t won yet, but Toyotas are performing well right now and he’s way overdue.
I agree with you about Kyle Busch going all out. They probably don’t even need to put brakes on his car. I don’t agree with you about Dave Blaney though. Nice enough guy from Ohio, but he doesn’t have what it takes to be in the upper tier. But maybe he’ll prove me wrong.