Layers Of Earth

Some notes from Sunday nights Sony HD 500 from California Speedway:

Young Kasey Kahne was certainly on it Sunday evening, as he was during Saturday’s Busch race. Come to think of it, it was an outstanding week for the driver of the Evernham Motorsports #9, with his charity events seeming to be quite successful as well. If you get the chance, you gotta see the NASCAR guys “drifting” at Irwindale Speedway last week for one of his charity events. You can probably find it on www.YouTube.com if you missed it. Greg Biffle looked to be having an absolute blast showing off his masterful car control…

If not for Reed Sorensen’s very desperate late-race fuel gamble and a high number of “debris” cautions, this would have been a real yawner. Who am I kidding, it was boring as hell! It was inconceivable that the #41 was going to make it that far, and try as they might, the guys in the booth weren’t biting either. Nice try, though…

Truth is Benny Parsons was at the race this weekend. See, the doctors told him he needed quality rest, and what better place to fall asleep than Fontana…

Another great race for Scott Riggs. He may be on the list of the next-time winners, joining Brian Vickers and Casey Mears. Who you betting on? Scott Riggs at Homestead looks like a pretty sharp bet…

I hate to say it again, but this move to California for the Labor Day Weekend thing really seems to be sucking wind. The start time is way late for the East Coast and with all of the opening day college football and real, meaningful baseball games going on, there is no room left for NASCAR on Sportscenter. A daylight race at California is hard enough to stay awake for, now moving it to night (on a holiday weekend, which may or may not include brewed beverages) makes for a sure cure for insomnia. Please guys, quit chasing markets and start making good races!

Funny thing about this week’s invocation was that it was in California. Whether it had anything to do with it or not, there was no mention of Jesus Christ by name, and the actual invocation itself was broadcast during the pre-race show, not the race broadcast itself as is usually the case. There was no broadcasted invocation for the Busch race at all. Hmmm. Methinks the west coast may be a bit more sensitive to issues of ideological diversity than the mountains of Tennessee…

This entry was posted on Monday, September 4th, 2006 at 1:12 pm and is filed under Racing.