NASCAR at Martinsville: The Pilgrimage To The Paperclip

Eh, I'll take Hamlin over Harvick or Logano.

On the other hand, Truex 6th

Congrats to Danica Patrick on being the best SHR finisher!

Lucstar88 wrote:What the hell Brad.... not even tried -___-

You're kidding, right? Brad got into Denny coming off of turn 4. Not sure what you saw, but I'd say he was trying to win there.

Anywho, my review of the STP 500 @ Martinsville:

Finally, a good race without any bullshit. It's a miracle!

As usual, Martinsville delivers on being a damn good race, despite the fact that Jr. got taken out early on, although the silver lining for me is that Johnson was a non-factor. Also, the streak of top 2 finishes FINALLY comes to an end for Harvick, which I'm fine with because that was seriously getting old from my point of view.

How about Danica? Coming home in P7 at Martinsville is pretty damn impressive. She's always seemed to run well here for whatever reason.

Sucks for Gordon, but that's the way it's been for him this season. Been in position to win, but something always happens to take him out of it.

Great battle between Hamlin and Brad K on that final stint, and Brad gave Hamlin everything he could handle up to the finish. Great stuff heading into the Easter break.

My final rating for the STP 500 @ Martinsville:

I can finally give NASCAR a good rating, and it feels nice.  I'll give this race a very solid 8.0/10. Definitely the best race of the season thus far.

Unfortunately, the next race after the Easter break is... Texas.

God help us all.

PackerMan71 wrote:

Lucstar88 wrote:What the hell Brad.... not even tried -___-

You're kidding, right? Brad got into Denny coming off of turn 4. Not sure what you saw, but I'd say he was trying to win there.

My bad I'm just butt-hurt because Dale got involved XD

Hamlin had the best car. Good runs for Truex (Again) and Danica getting a P7

It's that time of the year again.



GW Dennis. I wasn't able to watch this one live but it sounded like a classic Martinsville race with an exciting run to the end. Blows for guys like Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch who got nabbed right at the end there though.

Oh, and gj spedhouse.

Entertaining race. Kind of long but hey it was to be expected.

Awesome racing today. I'll give it to Hamlin though. Its better than Logano and Johnson winning. Kez did absolutely his damnedest to get to Hamlin. An 8.5/10.

Got fucked in the butt by Fox Sports with the replay (fyi, because of work I can't watch Sunday races live anymore, and need to watch the replay later that day). Because of all the racing on this weekend, they needed to replay it all in like a 12 hour slot, so this race only got a 2 hour slot, and instead of condensing it properly, they skipped over laps 40-270, and missed 9 cautions including the big one.

Fun Fact : Danica was the highest SHR car in the field... wot

That's something I'll likely never post again

And she tied Janet Guthrie's record for most top-10 runs by a female driver.......

.......with 5.

Martinsville almost always hosts a good race with a fun fail factor. Solid race overall.

Ryan Newman docked 75 points
Luke Lambert suspended for 6 races for altering tires.

Michael29Shell wrote:Ryan Newman docked 75 points
Luke Lambert suspended for 6 races for altering tires.

Harvick and Busch's tire were legal...

RCR according to Jeff Gluck will look at their options (including appeals)

Michael29Shell wrote:Ryan Newman docked 75 points
Luke Lambert suspended for 6 races for altering tires.

Also drops Newman from 6th to 27th in points.

Michael29Shell wrote:Ryan Newman docked 75 points
Luke Lambert suspended for 6 races for altering tires.

The Curse of Second Place continues!