Watching Talladega

Today, NASCAR visited the monster of a track that is Talladega. At 2.66 miles around, the high banked track is the largest on the circuit. Similar in basic geometry to Daytona, a meaningful twist was added when the start-finish line was moved beyond the end of pit road. As I understand it, the motivation was to make the seats normally beyond the finish line more attractive. It has made for some exciting finishes as the cars thunder past the stands.

Today, my team pretty well knocked itself out in one fell swoop. Tony Raines and Jimmie Johnson got into one another. Jimmie swerved a bit leading to a chain of events that put Kyle Busch into the inside fence and then into Jeff Burton. One little thing and my team was down to one car running. Oh well... it's just one o' them racin' things, I guess.

Jimmie Johnson finished second, Jeff Burton finished thirty fourth, and Kyle Busch finished 37th. Juan Pablo Montoya actually finished thirty-first, ahead of two of my starters. He still has some learning to do but he's well on his way.

#2 Overdue 242 vs. 445 #5 Blue Bayou
#3 Desert Denny 444 vs. 231 #4 halffastracing
#6 Red Neck Racing Academy 414 vs. 293 #1 Bear Down Racing

#4 halffastracing was 7-1; lost; now 7-2
#1 Bear Down Racing was 6-2; lost; now 6-3
#5 Blue Bayou was 5-3; won; now 6-3
#6 Red Neck Racing Academy was 4-4; won; now 5-4
#3 Desert Denny was 1-7; won; now 2-7
#2 Overdue was 1-7; lost; now 1-8