DG Best Buy At Bristol

Matt Kenseth, driving the Dollar General number 20 Toyota, was able to hold off Kasey Kahne in the closing laps to win the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol. Kahne did everything he could to pass him, short of knocking him out of the way, but to no avail. It was Kenseth's series leading fifth victory of the 2013 NASCAR season.

It was a pretty good race to watch on T.V. Hamlin's and Harvick's tempers flared a bit after the race.

 

Apparently Harvick was not happy with Hamlin and after the finish of the race, Harvick parked his car in Hamlin's pit stall. Kevin just wanted to have a little talk about the race. Hamlin didn't take this too lightly. He simply used his car to push the 29 out of the way. After a bit of shouting and pushing with the pit crew, Harvick made his way to window of the 11. I thought "oh here we go" but the drivers seemd to work it out and none was the worse for wear. It's a good thing. Harvick is a skinny little shit and Hamlin would have killed him. The only problem I had with the race is that the timing of the ABC coverage seemed to be a bit off. Every time that there was a commercial during a caution, ABC missed the beginning of the restarts. Hopefully they will fix that problem or find a new director.

This week's race moves to Hotlanta on Sunday night. This is a 1.54 mile quad oval, boring kind of track. This track proves that bigger is not always better. Now the Fords are usually good at Michigan but not so in Atlanta. In last year's race, Greg Biffle was the only Ford to finish in the top 15. The tracks at Charlotte and Texas are damn near identical to Atlanta and in the races held there this season, the 99 of Carl Edwards and the 22 of Joey Logano were the only two Fords that showed anything. This race was expanded from 400 to 500 miles this year and the engine manufacturers will be sweating bullets. This track was already hard on the engines, and the extended length and hot weather will take a toll. The 48 lost an engine at Michigan a couple of weeks ago and the Toyotas have had troubles off and on all year. So your guess as to who will win is good as mine.

Coors Light Qualifying is Friday evening and I will need your picks by 5:30 P.M. on Friday. There are two races left in the third segment.

I am sure these two Coors Light girls could give any man a pole.

Here are the race results and current standings.

Week-Jim 194, Toby 170, PT 156, Dennis 156, Freddy 150, Joe 136, Neil 136, Chuck 134, Terry 131, Michael 124, Norb 116, Brent 111

Segment-PT 1065, Freddy 1063, Chuck 1021, Toby 990, Joe 976, Dennis 960, Jim 956, Brent 954, Norb 942, Terry 907, Neil 905, Michael 900

Overall-Chuck 4082, PT 4052, Freddy 4020, Michael 3992, Dennis 3918, Joe 3885, Brent 3806, Neil 3772, Jim 3755, Toby 3740, Terry 3600, Norb 3530

As you know, Juan Pablo Montoya finished third at Bristol on Saturday, and I am sure you are aware that Montoya will be released from his contract with Earnhardt/Ganassi racing following the end of the season. So hear is a tribute to one crazy Columbian, Juan Pablo Montoya. Did you know that "Montoya" is Spanish for crash and burn?