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Originally Posted by MattR
I have to agree entirely with Dean, I really enjoyed the race, there was a lot going on that carried over from the week's preliminary races too. Interesting to me was the fact that the Dodge cars flew under the radar all week, while the media focused on the "overpowered" Toyotas and Dale Jr...Then, comes raceday, and ther are 6 Dodges in the top 8! (Including my man Robby Gordon  ). I embrace the fact that Cup is pretty much a spec series now, and I enjoy the racing. The teams that finish in the top 10 are working hard to outpace the other 33 cars, it's not just luck. Daytona is not the test of what the series is, the restrictor plates still change the racing a lot. Watch the race next week at Fontana and we'll see what's in store. I like ALL racing, I can appreciate the differences in all the series. |
The biggest thing that's bothering me is that if NASCAR is "basically a spec series" these days, why doesn't it act like a spec series? i.e. In a spec series, the point is the drivers, and the best driver should be winning. Do you think Ryan Newman is the best driver in NASCAR? Of those top 10 cars at the end of the race, did he really shine as the guy that earned the winning spot at the finish?
IMO, the race should have been won by Kyle or Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart, or even Kahne or Junior. Hell even Bowyer was putting in a nice drive until JPM punted him. I dunno, maybe Ryan Newman is just invisible to me, but I didn't see him doing much all race long other than just waiting out the laps in the draft, then suddenly he's the winner. If that's the proper winning strategy, then NASCAR's lost its mo-jo.