Gonna
try a little different format for the Kansas Cup & Busch page this year,
trying to capture the whole busy weekend! Race Fest kicked the whole thing
off - then we had Lakeside on Friday night - Tailgating at The Woodlands -
Busch Race Saturday - more Lakeside Saturday night - Tailgating - then the
Cup Race on Sunday... So, we'll start with some Lakeside pictures, move on
to Saturday for the Busch Race, little more Lakeside Saturday night - and
the Grand Finale - Sunday Cup Races!
Plenty of Cup drivers showed up on the dirt, not as many
finished the night with cars intact - but boy-oh-boy did we get a show! Clint
Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Kenny Wallace raced, while we hear Carl Edwards was
there watching little brother. Richard Childress' Grandson drove the #3 Late
Model, do you think we now have a heads-up on who will sit with that car #
when he reaches the Cup level???
OK,
first rain delay is over - time to take the covers off those cars, start 'em
up and roll 'em out boys! Hurry up, we hear there's another storm rolling
across the prairie! Tony Stewart was leading, although on fumes, which is
exactly how he won the race last year...
"old
school" after his victory, drove very slowly to Victory Lane, lame! Tony
Stewart ran out of gas last year, couldn't do his signature climb up the fence.
The Biff made some half ass effort to celebrate his "win", claims
he got stuck in the grass, but was he out of gas? Apparently NASCAR thought
he had maintained a fast enough speed under caution, but it was a dubious
decision at best. I'm honestly glad they got the race started again, not only
because Jeff was stuck in 30th, but because I want to see racing! You have
to applaud the track and it's jet dryers. Many people left, and I was sure
that they wouldn't restart the race after the 2nd rain delay. NASCAR toughed
it out though, along with 75% of us crazy Kansas fans. Lights would have been
nice. Maybe next year? They are there, apparently just not hooked up. I really
don't like to complain, because I appreciate the fact that we even have a
race at Kansas. But I want to see the whole race. I really wanted to see a
green-white-checkered. What do you want to bet that The Biff would have ran
out of gas? People just assumed that Clint Bowyer would have won, but my Dad
thinks Jimmie had the fastest car. And I agree with him. Heck, Jeff might
even of won. It didn't really seem that dark at the track, but like I said,
sometimes when you are there, things aren't always what they seem. Jimmie
and Clint were talking that they couldn't see, in hindsight they probably
wish they would have kept their mouths shut! - by Judy Kay
It was
bound to happen, sooner or later. We've dodged raindrops at Kansas before,
but this time the weather was not to be denied. And the storm swirling around
Kansas Speedway was mild compared to the havoc it created INSIDE the speedway.
When that last caution came out, and Greg Biffle was leading, I just assumed
he had won. Sometimes when you're at the track, it's hard to know exactly
what's going on. I didn't realize the controversy over The Biff not crossing
the finish line first. All I knew is that for the third year in a row, we
got screwed concerning a victory celebration. Mark Martin said he was
