The STP 500 at Martinsville

[Retroram52]

Jeffy goes to 22nd spot.

 

[Retroram52]

Stewart had the lead for a lap or two. Then Kenseth. Now its Hamlin.

 

[Retroram52]

Getting down to it. 25 to go.

 

[Retroram52]

Danica is running in sixth. Changed CCs.

 

[Retroram52]

Hamlin wins it with Keselowski racing him clean. Keso could have bumped him out of the way but that would not have gone over very well in the garage where Keso is already disliked. What a day for the JGR cars. Jeffy made it back into the top ten. My boy Almirola came home 12th. Not too bad again.

 

[Retroram52]

Danica comes home in the top ten. Maybe Stenhouse will get a post-race celebratory something.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Pretty good race. Expected Harvick's streak to end today, but I'm pleased that he was a contender most of the race, leading a lot of laps and coming home 8th definitely better than expected.

I think today's race proved once again that staying out when the rest of the field pits is definitely the wrong move.

And while I'm not a Hamlin fan by any means, I was so relieved when Gordon was busted for speeding on pit road that I didn't care who won at that point.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Pretty piss poor day for my fantasy team.

Truex and Ragan did decent. Kurt Busch struggled and Ryan Newman fell off the map today.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea, Newman's car just drove off the reservation and never came back.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Had Stewart had just pits, he probably comes away with a top 15 finish, which isn't great, but another step in the right direction. Instead he finishes around 20th, but he did lead a few laps.