Back at the South Point Hotel and Casino after the Nationwide Race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday and I'm trying to collect my thoughts about that crazy crashfest of a race.
The carnage started early with Kyle Busch losing it and collecting pole-sitter Scott Speed and several others. Jeff Burton and Kevin Harvick tangled later on. Denny Hamlin had a right-side tire fail and he slammed the Turn 1 wall hard with a little help from Mike Bliss. And those were the more memorable wrecks.
I was listening to several drivers on my FanView scanner, but the most animated was Brendan Gaughan. I think he spun and sustained minimal damage as a part of two different accidents and then spun out by himself entering pit road trying to slow down without a penalty. All that and he still finished seventh. Dale Jr. made Steve Wallace mad in the early stages of the race when the two came together (two he said-he said stories on this one) and Wallace spun. He called Junior an idiot on the national radio broadcast. Wow.
Greg Biffle survived the melee to win the race, which featured two red-flag period and supposedly went an hour longer than the TV folks anticipated. I know the sun was setting when we were walking to our car in the parking lot. A decent race, with an entertaining ending. Glad no one was hurt in any of the wrecks. Hope the Cup race isn't another crash party. Could make for a long day.
Remember folks, Sunday's race is 427 miles (it's the Shelby 427) instead of 400 like in past years. You should see the event pin for this one. The Shelby Cobra looks really cool.
Check out the Nationwide Series results here.
-- Michele Vincze
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