Mother Nature Throws the Racing World a Curveball!

Two weeks ago, the world had to be woken up from its F1 induced slumber.

This week, just when F1 needed to look good, against all odds, the weather delivered a wakeup call.

To be fair the Australian GP is generally one of the better races, but this years was good!! Did I just say that?? Let me try that again... the GP was good!! See, I said it again... and I meant it.

Somebody in the F1 paddock must have performed a major rain dance, as the only way the race was going to be any good, if the first race and the drivers opinions were anything to go by, was for something to upset the balance. Thankfully the weather did just that. We had a first corner incident, overtaking, pit strategy, overtaking, late race drama, overtaking, and a surprise winner. WOW!!

Please, please, please let it rain again next time!!

While mother nature did F1 a favour, American auto racing was not so lucky as the top three racing events, NASCAR, IRL, and NHRA were all postponed to the Monday.

FoxSports are currently running a poll - Question, "Was Denny Hamlin too aggressive in Martinsville?" At the time of writing, with more than 7000 votes cast, over 60% said "Yes", with an even split of the rest voting for "No"  or "Thats Racing".

What do NASCAR fans want? I feel sorry for NASCAR. They let the drivers "Have at it boys", an attempt to reintroduce drama back into the Cup races, and now it is happening the fans think the driving is too aggressive. It wasn't just Hamlin at the end, the whole race was a bit physical, its Martinsville, what do you expect. Would you want it any other way??

The end of the race was great. Proper, hard, bump 'n' run, short track, "honest to god," edge of your seat NASCAR racing. The G-W-C rule and the 2 wide restarts did just what the racing Doctor ordered yet again, creating excitement.

NASCAR - More short tracks please!!

Also... Welcome back to the rear spoiler. As a self confessed COT fan from the start, even I must say again... the cars look better with the spoiler. Lets hope they race well come Texas.

Lastly... Well done to Paul Bonhomme who won the opening round of the 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship. What those guys do in the air is stunning!

See ya'll next time.