Slip Sliding Away

Paul Simon once wrote...

“...She said a good day ain't got no rain

She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed

And I think of things that might have been”

“You know the nearer your destination, the more your slip sliding away”

These may well be the words Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer use to describe their life after they let a shot at a race win at the Monster Mile slip through their fingers.

If the last few races have produced rivalries between drivers, this week’s rivalry was between the drivers and the track! For good two-wide racing a track needs to be predictable, have grip and have a wide grippy predictable racing groove.

Dover, however, didn’t!

This unpredictability did make for a very intriguing race though! The crayon-like build up of rubber kept the drivers on their proverbial toes for the whole race.

I enjoyed watching the drivers fight their cars and the surface... oh and each other!

I especially enjoyed watching Marcos Ambrose drive to another third place finish on an oval! If a driver moves to America to try his hand at NASCAR he needs to adopt the NASCAR attitude and the NASCAR mentality to earn his respect. Ambrose is doing just that!

On a different issue I think it’s a shame that the ”All Star Race” is included in NASCAR probationary periods, imposed after a driver has done something untoward. The non-points scoring sprint race format is be the perfect arena for drivers to “have at it,” safe in the knowledge that their actions in the “All Star Race” would not affect the regular season.

Whatever happens I am sure it will be fun!!