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Not a terrible race for Texas where the second groove may be working in following the resurfacing of a couple years ago........Time will tell.
The Good -
-------------Two tire call for the Alltel team, a call practically everyone deemed unwise. When Jr got past on the restart it appeared that indeed it would not work out. Ryan's car came in a few laps later and no one had anything for the Dodge.
--------------Jeff Gordon and Dale Jr's run for second place. A nice battle between using two different grooves effectively.
--------------Mark Martin's run from way back in the starting field. Mark was consistently among the fastest cars on the track, expecially late in a tire run.
--------------Jeff Green finished on the lead lap. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but I do believe that is the first time a RCR car has managed it since Daytona.
The Bad -
--------------NASCAR had a questionable call on the Jeff Gordon - Matt Kenseth deal when Busch got back onto the lead lap (not to mention Saturday's black flag). But there are some things which make me wonder if it was as out of line as some claim. We can talk about it if ya'll want.
--------------Dale Jarrett's continuing luck. Seems DJ gets involved in any mess that happens within a quarter mile of him.
--------------Several engine failures for good cars. Bill Elliott, Tony Stewart and Johnny Benson all seemed to have good runs going, Bill an expceptional one, and the engine failures put an effective end to it.
--------------Elliott Sadler gets a bad set of tires or something and greets the wall. He was also among the strongest of the strong up to that point.
The Ugly -
--------------It came out all right, but the photographer up by the concrete barriers who came way too close to being a big story when Skinner crashed hard into them. That came too close to being real bad. Might nee to rethink where those folks can be.
--------------Pit road incident, again. Ward apparently got a late decision call from the CC and dove into the pits at the last second. Not cleanly and two other cars pay a part of the price.
--------------Hate to say it but Steve Park. Twice his car spun with no contact. Either the car is simply so bad it won't hold the track or Steve is just getting behind on his wheel work. Seems to be too common of an occurence to continue writing it off to "one of those deals".
We can only hope that next week the "Ugly" list contains no more that past weeks.
The Good -
-------------Two tire call for the Alltel team, a call practically everyone deemed unwise. When Jr got past on the restart it appeared that indeed it would not work out. Ryan's car came in a few laps later and no one had anything for the Dodge.
--------------Jeff Gordon and Dale Jr's run for second place. A nice battle between using two different grooves effectively.
--------------Mark Martin's run from way back in the starting field. Mark was consistently among the fastest cars on the track, expecially late in a tire run.
--------------Jeff Green finished on the lead lap. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but I do believe that is the first time a RCR car has managed it since Daytona.
The Bad -
--------------NASCAR had a questionable call on the Jeff Gordon - Matt Kenseth deal when Busch got back onto the lead lap (not to mention Saturday's black flag). But there are some things which make me wonder if it was as out of line as some claim. We can talk about it if ya'll want.
--------------Dale Jarrett's continuing luck. Seems DJ gets involved in any mess that happens within a quarter mile of him.
--------------Several engine failures for good cars. Bill Elliott, Tony Stewart and Johnny Benson all seemed to have good runs going, Bill an expceptional one, and the engine failures put an effective end to it.
--------------Elliott Sadler gets a bad set of tires or something and greets the wall. He was also among the strongest of the strong up to that point.
The Ugly -
--------------It came out all right, but the photographer up by the concrete barriers who came way too close to being a big story when Skinner crashed hard into them. That came too close to being real bad. Might nee to rethink where those folks can be.
--------------Pit road incident, again. Ward apparently got a late decision call from the CC and dove into the pits at the last second. Not cleanly and two other cars pay a part of the price.
--------------Hate to say it but Steve Park. Twice his car spun with no contact. Either the car is simply so bad it won't hold the track or Steve is just getting behind on his wheel work. Seems to be too common of an occurence to continue writing it off to "one of those deals".
We can only hope that next week the "Ugly" list contains no more that past weeks.