HIGH SIDE, LOW SIDE
| The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Jeff Wolf and Ron Kantowski each week select five highlights (Winner’s Circle) and five lowlights (Backmarkers) from the previous weekend in motor sports. | ||
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| WINNER’S CIRCLE | ||
| Wolf says… 1. Sam’s Town 300 crowd: Attendance might have been down about half from the 100,000 of recent years but those who were at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday are dedicated. 50 degrees, windy and a few sprinkles. I wouldn’t endure that if George Harrison and John Lennon were resurrected and the Beatles performed live in these conditions. 2. Kurt Busch’s emotions: Tearful, joyous memories of growing up at LVMS after winning the pole Friday for the Shelby American Cup race deserved reward on than getting crashed out by someone else. 3. Geoff Bodine: The 1986 winner of the Daytona 500 has worked since 1992 to design an American-made bobsled. The USA four-man team rode one to a gold medal at Vancouver for first gold in class since 1962. And a two-woman team won bronze. 4. World of Outlaws: Great race, great crowd on Friday night at LVMS. Hope the Outlaws come back when it’s the main attraction. 5. Off-road stadium track: It’s new to LVMS. Check it out Saturday and Sunday for season-opener of the Lucas Oil Off Road Series. |
Kantowski says … 1. Jimmie Come Lately: Not only did Jimmie Johnson do his usual Las Vegas victory burnout, he gave NASCAR an earful for asking drivers to play paintball to sell tickets, gave the other teams an earful for saying he was lucky, and gave the sport of stock car racing an earful for saying his dominance was not in its best interests. This is the guy despised for blandness? 2. The Swiss Miss: Simona De Silvestro of Switzerland finished ahead of fellow female driver Danica Patrick during an Indy Racing League test in Alabama last week. (The IRL? In Alabama?) But it doesn’t count because nobody was there to offer her a magazine photo shoot or a NASCAR ride. 3. Juan Pablo Montoya: First he Tweeted that Las Vegas Motor Speedway screwed him and gave him a (expletive) parking spot for his bus. Then he called teammate Jamie McMurray an “ass” for wrecking him. I’m not sure this is what NASCAR had in mind when it told the drivers to show some personality but it sure is refreshing. 4. Kevin Harvick: For showing Danica Patrick the fast way around Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the Sam’s Town 300. Follow me to the high side, girl. She did, until somebody got in her way. 5. AMA Supercross: The dirt bike racers attracted 69,182 fans to the Georgia Dome on Saturday night. That’s more than the Falcons (68,173) averaged for eight home games. |
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| Wolf says … 1. NHRA I: Turns out a bumpy track wasn’t the only problem at Firebird International Raceway during the Feb. 19-21 Half Throttle series race. The traction compound used was for oval tracks and not dragstrips. 2. NHRA II: Because of the above stupidity, last weekend’s divisional race was canceled at Firebird on Friday afternoon when it was to have begun. Gee, wonder who will reimburse hundreds of Sportsman racers the hundreds of thousands of dollars they blew to show up for a non-race? 3. (tie) Danica Patrick: She has never met a crash that was partially her fault. 3. (tie) Juan Pablo Montoya: He has never met a crash that was partially his fault. 5. Kim Car-crashian: Mike Bliss is a good guy but no one complained when his pink car sponsored by Kim Kardashian Fragrance crashed on Lap 39. The odd couple of the day was Kardashian posing with legend Carroll Shelby as co-grand marshals. |
Kantowski says … 1. Rubber match: The Shelby American would have been way more interesting had teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson both been able to race on four fresh Goodyears at the end. But this isn’t the NFL. You can’t call timeout or discuss strategy during the two-minute warning. 2. US F1: The new American-based Formula 1 team based in Charlotte has asked to put off entry into the series for another year. It’s still doubtful whether anybody in Charlotte will care. 3. Those little Coors Light flags they give to NASCAR polesitters: They are too small. They look like doilies on my grandma’s sofa. 4. Junebug: Sixty and counting. 5. Danica Sue: Three and out, see ya’ later alligator. |
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