Some fans miss the close quarters, heavy hitting, physical nature of the old track but to me the track now, with its multi-angled banking, produces some great racing.
Two or three grooves of real racing room, two wide restarts, Edwards and Keselowski (after their trip to the NASCAR hauler) going side by side. JJ and Busch hard at it. Other drivers having their moment in the spot light - JPM, Biffle, Earnhardt. All this made for great entertainment. Throw in some tire gambling which paid off for Keselowski for most of the race but faded at the end, and worked for Stewart the other way round, added to the excitement.NASCAR go to some tracks that fans complain the drivers can't race at, but I must mention Marcos Ambrose who proved single handed that Bristol is not one of those tracks. It would be great for NASCAR if Ambrose or JPM stayed at the front and could turn the occasional good run into consistently good finishes and preferably wins.
It would also be good for NASCAR if someone; anyone in fact, could actually beat JJ to the chequered. Like it or not JJ is good! While Busch lead the most laps, and JJ just hung around for most of the race waiting for his moment, it was inevitable. We knew early on that JJ had a good car for the short runs, and Busch was better at the long runs. But this was Bristol, and what were the chances of having a long, yellow free run to the finish? Saying that it was a shame that Busch couldn't stick with JJ after the last GWC to see whether JJ's high groove setup could beat Busch's low groove car.
Now somebody please introduce the other drivers front bumpers to JJ's rear and let Martinsville commence!!
One last thing - RIP wing, worth a try, now re-welcome the spoiler!!
No comments:
Post a Comment
What do you think?