Martinsville Speedway is known as the Paperclip since it is a flat half mile track that from above looks like a paperclip. In Martinsville, beating and banging will earn you a checkered flag. With the new car design, it has replaced Bristol as the track where if you don't finish with torn up sheet metal and donuts on the side of your car, you didn't try. Since qualifying and most of practice was rained out, it is hard to judge who looks good here today and who's pretending. Points leader, Jeff Gordon, will start on the pole and, by virtue of leading the points, got to choose his pit stall first. The pits here in Martinsville are as tight as any on the circuit, therefore, there is only one good pitbox...pitbox number one. You can shoot straight out without having to turn to miss the guy in front of you. There will be many mishaps and fender benders in the pits today, so Jeff may have a huge advantage with the rainout of qualifying. I think the short track specialists will rise and shine today, so my predictions are:
3). Denny Hamlin
2). Jimmie Johnson
1). Jeff Gordon
Yesterday, Andy and Alex competed in the AAU National Wrestling Tournament in Kingsport, TN. Andy had an uphill battle all day and finished 8th in the nation. Alex marched through his competition and won the national tournament!!!! I am so proud of both of them. It may be a bit premature, but I smell scholarships!!!!
Have a great raceday!
3 comments:
Congrats to both boys!
Brad wants to know what comes after nationals? Is there a worldwide tournament?
There are other national tournaments for AAU and USA wrestling. They will be going to a couple of other big tournaments in the next few weeks.
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