katiek's Blog

Well race fans, today the boys are at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway. This is the modern day Roman Coliseum. The place holds 160,000 strong. This race and the Fall night race are sold out for years to come. This is one of the hardest tickets to get on the circuit, and for good reason. The action here is fast and non-stop. If you are not a veteran viewer of NASCAR... you probably will not like this race.... it is a litte difficult to keep up with the scoring. This is a 1/2 mile bullring style track with 36 degrees of banking. The leader of the race when he takes the green flag will be a 1/2 lap ahead of the last place car. Cars will go a lap down within the first 30-40 laps. Racing here is intense and is no fun if your car is not adjusted right.

Qualifying was rained out again this week an the field will be set by lat years owners points. Some of the cars up front will not be the fastest but will have track position. Hopefully the tire issues are behind us and this week will provide much better racing. If anything hopefully we won't have to hear Tony Stewart and Dale JR. whine after the race is over.

This weeks predictions:

Sam Hornish Jr. starts 7th but will finish at least 2 laps down.

Casey Mears starts 5th.. will end up outside the top15.

Chevy will get it's first win today..although Toyota has been strong during practice.

2 Rousch drivers will finish in the top15.

Last week 2-1....YTD 9-6...