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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

By Natalie Anthony

 

 

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen

August 9, 2009 (Sunday) 2:00 pm – ESPN

 

 

 

 

 

            It could have been anybody’s win last Monday at Pocono, but NASCAR Nation is sure glad that it happened for Denny Hamlin.  Denny lost his Grandmother and wanted nothing more than to take home a trophy in honor of her.  Besides the emotional win, the entire race proved to be constantly changing.  Denny may not get another win this weekend, but he will surely see himself with a Top 10 like he did last season.  How did Jimmie Johnson go three laps down and still finish in 13^th?  Pocono Raceway is two and a half miles long and it takes a long while to go a lap down.  Talk about luck.  Jimmie will not need any luck this race since he walked away last year with a Top 10 and usually ends up contending for the win at Watkins Glen. 

            Watkins Glen is the second road course that is visited by the Sprint Cup Series each season and one of the many tracks that seems to elude several drivers.  Michael Waltrip has even replaced himself with Patrick Carpentier in order to ensure that his #55 car will do better than with him at the wheel.  There are other drivers on the roster for this Sunday’s race who thrive whenever you put them on a track with multiple left and right turns.  Juan Pablo Montoya is targeted to get a win.  Juan has been getting closer and closer to Victory Lane every weekend and this weekend is the one for him.  Marcos Ambrose is also going to put on a good show for the race since he is very familiar with road course and high rates of speed.  Other drivers that are not full time for the Sprint Cup series usually show up for the road course races, but none of them have really been a threat to competition.  Road course ringers need to step up their game. 

            Kyle Busch needs a repeat of his last performance at Watkins Glen in order to put him back into the race for the chase.  Kyle needs to transfer his success from the Nationwide series to the Cup series since he is matching records and the leader in points.  I understand why Kyle races a much as he can in whatever series will have him, but I think it would be in the best interest of himself and Joe Gibbs Racing if he cut out some of the unneeded races and focus more on the races that pays his bills.

 

 

Centurion Boats at the Glen

 

(August 10, 2008)       

Top 10 Results  

1.  Kyle Busch

2.  Tony Stewart

3.  Marcos Ambrose

4.  Juan Pablo Montoya

5.  Martin Truex Jr.

6.  Kevin Harvick

7.  Jimmie Johnson

8.  Denny Hamlin

9.  Carl Edwards

10.Kurt Busch

                                                                        

 

 

Track Stats

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

(Indianapolis, IN)

 

 

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