Sweepsville, CA
Monday, February 26th, 2007 8:24am CST
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
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Or perhaps more fittingly it should be Kensethville, CA after Matt Kenseth cleaned house on Saturday and then again on Sunday. And weren’t there some fans worried about Roush?
With a year under their belt with the Fusion, Roush Racing (OK, Roush Fenway Racing) is pulling their act back together. Granted that’s what a few media folks tauted about Yates during Speedweeks, but we refrained from such comments stating that we’re going to give it until later this spring. Of course, that was a good move on our part as RYR didn’t look too good this week.
While Roush is far from the position RYR is in, they were noticeably off their dominant position of 2005 in 2006. Again, we attributed this to the switch to the Fusion. With California being on of the “specialty” tracks, of Roush, their strong runs on Sunday were an indication they were getting things at least rolling in the right direction. We’re still not going to call them “back to 2005″ stature yet, as they also ran well in this even a year ago, but it was a sign and a piece of the puzzle. Had they run poorly, their stability would have most assuredly come into question.
In what was perhaps “Revenge of the NASCAR gods”, Kevin Harvick was the only car late in the going that had a shot and was better than Kenseth. However when Greg Biffle and David Reutimann got together with just under 10 to go, with Harvick beating down the door of the path to Kenseth and a possible close finish, NASCAR put out the red (as is usual procedure in that instance). Coming down the back stretch to take the green for what would be the final time, Harvick’s front left tire went down. Be it from hitting debris or his loan from the 1st National Bank Of Luck running out, Kevin hit pit road from the second spot as the field came to the green. Leaving his teammate in 2nd followed by Jeff Gordon. Jeff got around Burton, but didn’t have anything for Kenseth.
Call it irony, or the “NASCAR gods” making things right (in some fans eyes), but Kenseth cruised unchallenged to the checkers to make for his 15th Cup win. With the drama of Speedweeks, it was an emotional victory for Matt. One that had water backing up in his eyes. Oh, that’s right, it was “debris” that was choking him up in his post race interview.
So now we head into an off weekend for Cup, while the Busch Series travels down south of the border for the third time, and we get ready around the Lounge for a “big” weekend of our own.
Filed Under: California, Drivers, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Nascar, Nextel Cup, Richard Childress Racing #29, Roush Racing #17, Teams, Tracks
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