#11 FedEx Brings Bristol Win For Hamlin

The 11 car of Denny Hamlin was able to pass the 99 car with about 20 lap to go and held on to win the Bristol night race. In 2007 progressive banking was added to the track at Bristol to create a upper groove. This would allow for cleaner racing and cut down on the bump and run passes that had made Bristol one of the most exciting tracks in racing. The drivers loved the new surface but the fans hated it. Bristol had been one of the hardest tracks to get tickets for, but after the chnges to the track, ticket sales steadily declined. So in an attempt to bring back the fans, the track owner decided to grind down the upper groove and get rid of the progressive banking. Most drivers were not happy with that decision. The drivers need to remember that ticket sales help to pay their salaries. If you watched the race last night, you could see that the results were mixed. The race was better than it had been but not as good as it used to be. One of the best moment of the night was the incident between the 14 and 17.

In conclusion, I have one piece of advice to racetrack owners. If it ain't broke don't fix it.



Now back to the FedEx team. As you can see from my pictures of the week, FedEx brings it but UPS really delivers.                                          

 



Here are the results for the week and the current standings:

 

 

Week-Dennis 197, Norb 174, Joe 170, Matt 163, Neil 162, Brent 149, Chuck 148, Freddy, Toby and Jim 147, Al 143, PT 138, Terry 137, Brian 134, Michael and Jeff 126, Bauman 119

 

Segment-Dennis 1029, Freddy 997, PT 986, Chuck 979, Brian 975, Brent 971, Michael 964, Matt 951, Norb 940, Joe 928, Neil 924, Jim 917, Toby 916, Terry 905, Al 888, Bauman 849, Jeff 833

 



Overall-PT 4265, Freddy 4237, Dennis 4220, Chuck 4044, Michael 4028, Brent 3970, Matt 3923, Joe 3919, Toby 3918, Terry 3821, Al 3815, Jim 3787, Norb 3769, Brian 3763, Bauman 3736, Neil 3626, Jeff 3582

This weeks race is Sunday night in Atlanta. I need your picks by 4 P.M. on Friday. There are only two race left in the third segment. Below is an updated wildcard pick list.

 PT 5-1, 39-2, 24-2, 88-2, 9-1, 55-1, 20-1, 17-2, 48-1, 15-1, 29-2, 2-2, 16-2, 11-1, 99-1, 14-1, 18-1

Dennis 24-1, 11-3, 17-3, 15-3, 88-1, 9-2, 55-2, 56-3, 29-2, 39-1, 99-1, 14-1, 48-1

Toby 14-2, 29-3, 11-3, 88-3, 18-1, 42-1, 17-2, 48-2, 16-1, 24-1, 99-2, 2-2, 55-1

Al 16-3, 17-3, 14-3, 99-3, 48-3, 18-1, 2-1, 11-1, 29-1, 15-3, 9-2

Matt 5-1, 48-3, 17-2, 14-2, 9-1, 16-2, 11-2, 99-1, 39-1, 15-1, 88-3, 24-2, 18-1, 2-2

Freddy 16-2, 14-2, 88-2, 17-3, 9-2, 14-1, 48-2, 11-2, 18-1, 24-1, 5-2, 99-1, 29-1, 20-1, 2-1

Chuck 16-2, 18-3, 20-1, 11-2, 22-1, 55-1, 17-3, 2-1, 88-2, 48-1, 29-2, 14-1, 99-2, 24-1, 9-1

Neil 17-2, 14-3, 11-2, 2-1, 15-1, 42-2, 55-1, 9-1, 88-1, 29-1, 99-1, 18-2, 48-1, 24-2, 31-1, 1-1, 16-1

Jim 16-2, 2-3, 24-3, 29-3, 39-1, 15-2, 9-2, 18-1, 99-2, 17-1, 29-2, 88-1, 48-1

Brian 88-3, 11-3, 48-3, 29-3, 15-2, 17-2, 16-2, 56-1, 24-1, 99-1, 2-2, 14-1

Norb 11-3, 17-3, 18-3, 2-2, 14-2, 16-2, 99-2, 56-1, 29-2, 39-1, 24-1, 88-1, 9-1

Bauman 16-3, 14-3, 18-3, 88-3, 15-1, 11-2, 24-2, 48-2, 29-1, 99-3, 17-1

Brent 14-2, 2-1, 88-2, 17-2, 9-2, 55-1, 11-2, 56-2, 29-1, 20-1, 18-2, 16-2, 24-2, 48-2

Terry 16-2, 48-3, 99-3, 14-3, 39-2, 5-1, 42-1, 24-2, 17-1, 2-2, 22-1, 88-2, 18-1

Jeff 29-2, 88-3, 99-3, 17-3, 16-2, 24-1, 9-1, 15-1, 1-2, 11-1, 5-1, 2-1, 55-2, 18-1

Michael 5-1, 48-3, 14-3, 99-3, 11-3, 88-3, 29-1, 9-1, 24-1, 15-1, 18-1, 2-2, 16-1

Joe 20-1, 39-1, 17-2, 2-2, 15-1, 11-2, 99-1, 88-2, 29-2, 14-2, 16-2, 24-1, 48-1, 18-1, 42-1, 55-2