Five Biggest Surprises Of The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season

[dpkimmel2001]

Per sbnation.

Here's their five.....

Trevor Bayne Wins Daytona 500

Kentucky Speedway Traffic Fiasco

Joe Gibbs Racing Engine Woes

Kyle Busch-Richard Childress Racing Feud

13 Different Winners In 19 Races

Mine.....

1) I have to go with the first time winners of Trevor Bayne, Regan Smith and David Ragan. It great to see some new drivers in victory lane.

2) The no, or very little, reduction in the cost of a ticket to some of my favorite venues. Bruton seems to be holding on tight to the cost of my Bristol tickets while I see less and less in the stands.

3) I'll agree in the 13 different winners in 19 races. That's very cool IMO. Great to see so many teams getting to the line.

4) Finally a network has done something right in placing Bestwick back into the booth! I swore for the longest time that he must have killed some network executive's puppy or something.

5) Last but not least is that Andy made it through more than a third of the season without trashing every broadcast of every race.

 

[MRM]

There are a few of those I wouldn't call surprises. Kyle Busch or Kevin Harvick being in a fued with anybody should come as no surprise.

 

[wilson89]

1. Tervor Bayne, Regan Smith, and David Ragan 3 guys I doubted could win in cup all visited victory lane. Even Kesolowski getting another win was a suprise.

2. Lack of wins from Hendrick. Gordon is right on track but Martin and JR have two gosse eggs in that category. And Johnson only has 1 victory half way through the season.

3. Nationwide series points race. Im kind of torn on this one. Cause when there is limited cup drivers the top 4 guys end up right at the top but when the field is cup heavy it becomes lamost laughable at the differance.

4. My growing displeasure with Tnt's coverage. When Nbc and Tnt worked together there coverage was supperior to Fox. Now that Benny is gone and Bestwick went to Espn all we get is Wally (who to me is only entertaining when he covers the Indycar Series or a road course race) and then we have twiddle dee and twiddle dumb in the both with him.

5. The brief side by side coverage they did at the very end of the last couple races on fox. I can only hope Espn does this conisidering they were the original ones to do this with the Indycar series.

 

[DJ Rossi]

1. Trevor Bayne Winning the Daytona 500.

2. Childress Beating Up Skrub.

3. Kezlowski Winning Again Already.

4. Logano still in the 20

5.Jr. not Winning yet.

 

[FenderBumper]

1) Jeremy Mayfield's garage sale was such a failure.

2) Tony Stewart hasn't nailed Danica yet.

3) Keselowski hasn't opted for a more WASPy name.

4) Tony hasn't worn a white beard and wig while handing out late Christmas presents on pit road.

5) Joey Logano hasn't brushed his iPhone against another drivers shirt, and Tom Logano hasn't forced him to do it.

 

[VaDirt]

1. Trevor Bayne Winning the Daytona 500.

2. Childress Beating Up Skrub.

3. Kezlowski Winning Again Already.

4. Logano still in the 20

5.Jr. not Winning yet.

I think!!! You forgot!!! A few exclamation point!!!

 

[Restrictor Plate King!]

Bayne & Ragan winning Daytona are about all i'm surprised about.
I knew R.Smith would visit victorylane sooner or later.
Keselowski's only gotta keep that car outta trouble to win, it's a good racecar, i'd have been surprised had he not won.
Guess i'm a little surprised that JMac hasn't run worth a damn all year, whats changed from last year to now with that team?