Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Snow Angels in Bristol

I have to admit that I loved Kurt Busch's Finish Line Snow Angels. Very appropriate and unique celebration. Several of the weekend's events were cancelled due to snow. I laughed when he dropped on the Finish line and proceeded to create a snow angel. Watching him in the Blue Deuce at Bristol was almost like watching Rusty. That car with Rusty and Kurt Busch in his old ride have both been very successful there. Putting the most dominate driver at Bristol in the most dominate car at Bristol almost didn't seem fair to the competitors. Busch got into trouble early when he cut a tire, going a lap down. He made up the deficit, getting back on the lead lap and eventually began to challenge for the lead. He had to punt Matt Kenseth for the pass but all's fair. As the saying goes, rubbin is racin. The rub on Matt's back bumper was enough to move him up the track but not spin him out. Kurt took over the lead and won the race. The battles didn't end with the wave of the checkered flag. Kenseth showed Kurt what he thought of the rub. He drove up next to Kurt's car and showed his appreciation by swerving towards him. Jeff Gordon then shared his thoughts with Matt. Matt wanted to apologize to Jeff for spinning him out. Jeff let Matt know what he thought of the apology by shoving Matt. The emotions that spill out off the track is the icing on the cake. The speed, the cars, the smells, the skill of the drivers as they regain control of the car, is the actual cake. That's why I love NASCAR.

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