That leads to a WAZZUP to Dwayne Bigger, a mechanic on the Reutimann team, who decided to contribute his two cents worth to the issue by getting in Stewart’s face. Later, during a live television interview, Stewart said “Then he’s, (Reutimann), got a bald crew guy down there who wants to jump up and be a Billy Bad Butt. Maybe he needs to ride in the car with him since they both seem to have it all figured out.” You can’t tell me that you don’t miss moments like that from Tony Stewart.
That leads to another HOORAH to Stewart for calling Reutimann Monday night to congratulate him on his first win. They also had a chance to air out Monday’s issue and everything appears to be just fine between them.
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HOORAH to Bill Elliot for his 800th career NASCAR Sprint Cup start at the Coca Cola 600. Elliot also delivered a great line during one of the rain delays when he said “I told them, (NASCAR), it sure was nice of them to throw in a few old man cautions in there with those red flags to let me get out of the car and rest for a few minutes.”
HOORAH to Ryan Newman and his Stewart-Haas Racing team for creating chicken salad out of chicken do do. Following a pit stop, Newman was ordered to return to pit road due to some loose lug nuts. The incident was devastating for the team’s track position. However some late in the race pit strategy led the team to a second place finish which elevated them to seventh in the Sprint Cup championship standings.
A similar HOORAH goes to owner-driver Robby Gordon who also used late in the race pit strategy to elevate a basic 20th place car to a third place finish. It marked Gordon’s first top five finish since 2007.
WAZZUP with Dale Earnhardt Jr and that #88 Hendrick Motorsports team? It’s not a secret that this team isn’t even close to living up to pre season expectations and a 40th place, two laps down, finish in the Coca Cola 600 is only going to increase the level of frustration they’re already feeling. Needless to say the rumor mill has hit overtime regarding a parting of the ways between Earnhardt and his crew chief-cousin Tony Eury Jr. The rumor mill is saying that even team owner Rick Hendrick is starting to rethink his position about keeping them together and a major change may be coming more sooner than later.
WAZZUP with Kevin Harvick and his Richard Childress Racing team? Harvick’s nickname is “Happy” but no dares to call him that these days. The team, now 23d in the championship standings, had another miserable race and finished 41st in the Coca Cola 600. This was due to contact with Sam Hornish Jr that cut down one of their tires. That was followed by Harvick hitting the wall. Here’s another pre season favorite to make the Chase For The Championship that needs to turn things around in a hurry.
HOORAH to Mike Bliss for winning Saturday’s rain shortened NASCAR Nationwide Series race. It marked his first Nationwide Series win since 2004.
But WAZZUP with Bliss and the team parking the car early, after only running 42 laps, during the Sprint Cup race? This was due to a reported vibration in the car. Generally this type of problem is resolved through some form of adjustments on pit road. Sometimes, especially if it’s late in the race, a driver will just ignore the problem and do the best he can to get a decent finish.
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HOORAH to NASCAR for making good use of their time during the red flag rain delays. They used the time to conduct drug tests and sent ten randomly selected crew members to the medical center to participate in a completely different type of “cup event.”
Finally this week a double HOORAH goes to NASCAR for throwing a red flag during the Monday portion of the race at exactly 3 pm eastern time. The cars were parked on pit road with their engines off in order to participate in a moment of silence. It was part of a national moment of remembrance in honor of Memorial Day. It was a very classy thing to do.
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