The Best Allstar race in Years

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What a race! I believe it was the best in a few years. Often times the All Star events in Charlotte have been run aways. There is always plenty of drama that unfolds at Charlotte during these events. I am glad that rain was not part of the event, as one of the best finishes occured Saturday night. "Wyld Kyle" was as entertaining as ever, playing peek-aboo with a strong Matt Kenseth on restarts. Jeff Gordon needed no extra help from a T-rex to fly around the 1.5 mile dog-leg and dominate a little of the race. "Rocket Man" showed how strong upstart Stewart-Hass-HENDRICKS has been lately, fixing a broken race car to fight for the lead in the last segment. In the end, it was the D.W. tabbed "bottom feeder" Tony Stewart who had his car on a rail, blowing by Kenseth in the final 2 laps to pick up his first AllStar event win, 1 mil plus purse, and FIRST win for his upstart team.

Kyle Busch had the car to beat late in the race, but a duel in turn 4 with Newman and Gordon proved to be two much for the M&M'S Camary. It also took out Gordon, who back in the late 90's won the race after a similar accident took out D.W. and Earnhardt in a late race turn 4 inncident. He was not so lucky last night, bouncing off the Kyle Busch sandwich and spinning through the infield only to pucker up the front end of his Impala on the frontstretch wall. It also ended the night for Newman, who came from behind after having to make pit stops to repair his Army Chevy. In the end, Kenseth didn't have enough Dewalt tools in his belt to hold of the hard charging "SMOKE" from blasting by him on the white line for the lead and the win in the AllStar event. I really hope that they decide to to leave the format alone for next years event, because they nailed it with the 100 lap event on Saturday night.

Way to go Tony, great race man, get them again in the World 600!!!
 
Great post G A R F! My only disappointment was Carl Long finishing dead LAST in the Winston Open. What a shame.
 
I think the '92 race was the best one so far. But this year's has to be #2 or #3.
 
I had to look it up to see who won that one. It's not as special as it was at the time.
 
It was a great race, no doubt...... but I think there have been a few that were better......... The 92 one was awesome....... as was the 98 one, but those are so high on my list because I was there AND they were great.....lol ( Still think for my money 98 was best, but, hey Mark won that one, and I had a Gordon fan next to me...... and we razzed each other all race, but I got the last laugh.....he he he he......
Would have to rate this one in the top 5 though....... even though I watched it at a local eatin joint on the way back from our rained out race......lol. But hey, it was a killer hamburger, and my wife and dad was there.....
 
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