If you didn't catch today's race at Dega, you missed one helluva race! I'm still trying to breathe and my hands are still shaking! It's not how I wanted it to end but everyone is a OK. The first caution was when Gordon bobbled next to Kenseth and took out a bunch of good cars like Mark Martin, Kasey and Harvick. The other good semi wreck was Shrub spinning himself out for blocking too damn much. Paybacks a bitch, baby!! Anywho, Mikey saved his car from a potential wreck and kept it straight. But the last five laps I was on the edge of the couch and holding my breath. Jr is pushing Newman who is in the lead. Suddenly, Carl and Brad [Jr's driver in the Nationwide series, future driver of the #5 in '10] are moving from the outside together. One lap to go and they are now ahead of Newman and Jr. Now they are pulling away and Jr isn't pushing Newman hard enough and know that Jr is not going to win. Then, Carl tried to block Brad from going on the outside, got spun, flipped over by Newman, knocking out the fence [like Allison did back in the day, same spot] and Brad wins! OMG! Carl is okay after all of that but Brad was like sorry Carl but you tried to block me and hope that you're okay.
Crazy thing about that, I told Dad how crazy that would be if Brad won during the race. Cause he was running up there the whole time and kept his nose clean. Jr finished 2nd and the only Hendrick driver to finish the race.
Oh and another thing, Cody Ross, right fielder for the Marlins, pitched the 9th inning. He didn't give up any runs and kept the ball over the plate! Shockingly, he was better than out bullpen combined!
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The timeline of Carl's flip
Labels: dale jr, marlins, nascar
