Interesting weekend of racing as NASCAR invades Kansas with a Truck Series and Cup Series double header and the controversial Formula 1 Grand Prix of Bahrain is run and in the record books.
Trucks in Kansas:
Yesterday it was James Buescher outdueling Cup driver Brad Keselowski (with the Brad Keselowski Checkered Flag Foundation on his truck) winning his first Truck Series race. It has been quite a year for Buescher has he also captured his first Nationwide win earlier this year at Daytona. Hats off to James Buescher who now sits 2nd in the Truck Series points.
Formula 1 GP of Bahrain:
Honestly, I really didn’t see this GP race going off at all in Bahrain with all of the unrest in the country, but it did. But putting politics aside, the race itself was better than I it has been in past years. There was plenty of passing all race long, however when the dust cleared, it was Vettel in his Red Bull F1 racecar in victory lane.
But I believe the headline story was Lotus getting a 2-3 finish with Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. To see another team besides Red Bull, McLaren-Mercedes and Ferrari contending for the win is great to see.
And a side note, TV crew vs. Pit crew sucks to watch and Williams F1 crew members playing games with a TV crew member by blocking him outside the garage in the closing laps of the race was useless to watch on TV. Just saying
NASCAR STP 400 in Kansas:
For most of this race that saw more excitement on track despite the long green flag runs than last weekends Texas race saw Martin Truex Jr. leading the most laps only to be outdueled when the sun came out by Denny Hamlin as Hamlin picked up his second win of 2012. Kansas was another fast paced race that saw the fastest cars make their way to the front and the fastest car at the end of the race won the race.
But hats of to Martn Truex Jr. and the entire MWR race team, its been a good 2012 so far for that organization and I believe Truex Jr. will win a race in 2012, ever so close today in Kansas.
With all that said, now I can’t wait to see what happens next weekend with the NASCAR double header in Richmond, a short track race under the lights on a Saturday night, what could be better. All I got to say is, come on Dale Eamhardt Jr. and Hendrick Motorsports at Richmond.
Trucks in Kansas:
Yesterday it was James Buescher outdueling Cup driver Brad Keselowski (with the Brad Keselowski Checkered Flag Foundation on his truck) winning his first Truck Series race. It has been quite a year for Buescher has he also captured his first Nationwide win earlier this year at Daytona. Hats off to James Buescher who now sits 2nd in the Truck Series points.
Formula 1 GP of Bahrain:
Honestly, I really didn’t see this GP race going off at all in Bahrain with all of the unrest in the country, but it did. But putting politics aside, the race itself was better than I it has been in past years. There was plenty of passing all race long, however when the dust cleared, it was Vettel in his Red Bull F1 racecar in victory lane.
But I believe the headline story was Lotus getting a 2-3 finish with Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. To see another team besides Red Bull, McLaren-Mercedes and Ferrari contending for the win is great to see.
And a side note, TV crew vs. Pit crew sucks to watch and Williams F1 crew members playing games with a TV crew member by blocking him outside the garage in the closing laps of the race was useless to watch on TV. Just saying
NASCAR STP 400 in Kansas:
For most of this race that saw more excitement on track despite the long green flag runs than last weekends Texas race saw Martin Truex Jr. leading the most laps only to be outdueled when the sun came out by Denny Hamlin as Hamlin picked up his second win of 2012. Kansas was another fast paced race that saw the fastest cars make their way to the front and the fastest car at the end of the race won the race.
But hats of to Martn Truex Jr. and the entire MWR race team, its been a good 2012 so far for that organization and I believe Truex Jr. will win a race in 2012, ever so close today in Kansas.
With all that said, now I can’t wait to see what happens next weekend with the NASCAR double header in Richmond, a short track race under the lights on a Saturday night, what could be better. All I got to say is, come on Dale Eamhardt Jr. and Hendrick Motorsports at Richmond.
