The Valley of the Sun...Phoenix, Arizona. There are two races remaining in the 2009 race for the Sprint Cup. After last weekend's incredible outcome, there is now a points chase again. When Jimmie Johnson was spun out by Sam Hornish on the 3rd lap of last week's race in Texas, the damage done to Jimmie's number 48 cost him 111 points in the chase. So now, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon are within distance and Kurt Busch, coming of the win at Texas, has an outside chance. Jimmie didn't qualify well in Texas, so he started the race in the wrong place. Had he not been in the middle of the pack, he wouldn't have been near any of the marginal drivers who weekly cause accidents. He rectified that with a great qualifying session on Friday. He will start 3rd and, I imagine, will quickly get himself to the front to lead a bunch of laps. He does very well in Phoenix. Mark Martin won the spring race here, so if he can get the season sweep, things could be very interesting in Homestead next weekend.
Today's race is called the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500. You may be thinking, "Hmmm...since this is a 1 mile track and they are only running 312 laps today, how could it be the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500?" Great question. The 500 is kilometers. Why, you ask? I guess that's what Google is for. Today's race will be a pit strategy race, and no one is better than Chad Knaus...so.....
Predictions for today:
3). Jeff Gordon
2). Mark Martin
1). Jimmie Johnson
And I think this is how the Chase will finish next week in Homestead.
Have a great Raceday!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment