I was lucky to get a day off today and watch the race. It was kicked off with some interesting news per NASCAR this Morning. Kurt Busch was
pulled over outside Phoenix raceway Friday night for reckless driving. Today, Jack Roush suspends Kurt indefinitely for the rest of the season. Kurt was very sad and he looked like he was going to cry in the interview.
This looks bad for Kurt in many ways. First, he was NASCAR's 2004 champion. Two, Crown Royal is a sponsor for the #97 car and promoted safe driving for NASCAR fans. He even did a segment with Crown Royal and drove fans home in a Ford Taurus with Crown Royal stickers and all. And, Kurt is released to drive the #2 car next year for Penske. The sponsor is Miller Light. And, the kicker of it all, his younger brother wins the race. All I have to say is: HAHAHAHA!!!!!
Junior didn't do so well. He hit the wall with a blown right front tire. Mickey had two of those already. Must of been a DEI problem. Robby Gordon ran a DEI engine because Menard's [who made his engines before and sponsor for DEI] engines weren't really holding up well. He finished 7th. *scratches head*
Martin didn't have a great day but I hope *crosses fingers* he clinches at Homestead. GO MARTIN!!!
Thursday is Ford Fan Fest and I got a Elliott Sadler car for him to sign. Wouldn't be cool if Kurt showed up since he was scheduled? OMG the humor in that!
In other racing news…
Talk about silly season. Look at all the driver changes in ‘06.
[* means rookie contender. ** means look out for him in ‘06.]
#07-Clint Bowyer in for Dave Blaney *
#0-Jeff Green in for Mike Bliss
#1-Martin Truex Jr. goes full-time for DEI **
#2-Kurt Busch in for retiring Rusty Wallace
#10-Scott Riggs to Evernham Motorsports new 3rd team
#11-Denny Hamlin **
#14-Sterling Marlin in for Scott Riggs [was #10]
#15-Paul Menard in for Michael Waltrip [part-time]
#18-J.J. Yeley in for Bobby Labonte *
#21-Ken Schrader in for retiring Ricky Rudd
#40-David Stremme in for Sterling Marlin *
#41-Reed Sorenson in for Casey Mears *
#42-Casey Mears in for Jamie McMurray
#43-Bobby Labonte in for Jeff Green
#55-Michael Waltrip, 2nd Bill Davis Racing team
#96-Terry Labonte (1st 5 races + road), Tony Raines in new HOF Racing
#97-Jamie McMurray in for Kurt Busch
