Kyle Busch was able to avoid the mayhem and win the NASCAR race at Fontana this past weekend. As Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin played bumper cars, Busch swerved to avoid contact and cruised to victory. As you know, Hamlin slammed head first into the inside retaining wall and suffered a broken vertebrae in the lumbar region of his back. It is estimated to be at least a 6 to 10 week recovery process. Even then, who is to say if he will be able to drive. I would think that sitting in a hot race care for 3 to 4 hours and fighting the G forces that are exerted on the drivers, will be hard to face.
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Now the question is who will drive the 11 car for the foreseeable future? The most obvious answer would be Elliott Sadler. He already drives for Joe Gibbs in the Nationwide Series and has plenty of Sprint Cup experience. The other possibility would be for Brian Vickers to drive the 11 car. He too like Sadler has plenty of experience, but he is already committed to run some Sprint Cup races with Michael Waltrip racing. Needless to say, Denny Hamlin's hopes to win the championship is lost.
The other excitement was the confrontation between Tony Stewart and Logano after the race.
Stewart was upset because Joey Logano blocked him on the final restart. Now I am a Stewart fan, but wasn't it just 6 months ago that Stewart caused a 20 car wreck at the end of the Talladega race while putting a block on someone? Here is a compilation of the best of Tony Stewart.
There are dozens of other examples but I think you get the picture.
Okay there is no race this weekend. NASCAR is off for Easter. The next race will be at Martinsville a week from Sunday. I will let you know later when I need your picks. Here are the results and standings.
Chuck 195, Freddy 181, Michael 169, Brent 164, Joe 162, Jim 161, Toby 149, Neil 142, Dennis 142, PT 141, Norb 138, Terry 127
Chuck 861, Jim 827, Brent 825, Michael 805, Freddy 792, Joe 784, Neil 780, Dennis 759, PT 758, Norb 756, Toby 731, Terry 727