Tight in Turn Two at Bristol Motor Speedway
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I guess you can only be Loose in Turn 3 for so long.Ā Sooner or later, you have to make adjustments.
Bruce, from NASCAR Bits, Tim of Do You NASCAR? and the Bench Racing blog have been playing with this NASCAR round robin that we called Loose in Turn 3.Ā Tim is moving to other things, but Bruce and I are too dumb to stop.Ā Hence, we are now Tight in Turn 2.Ā Here goes.
It looks like the Ford teams will have, maybe, nine cars for 2009 - Roush-4, Yates-3, Wood Brothers-1 and JTG-1. Who will fill the seats?
Charlie: Roush-Fenway is easy with Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl EdwardsĀ and David Ragan.Ā I think Yates RacingĀ will be David Gilliland, Travis Kvapil and Roush developement driver Eric Darnell.Ā We know thatĀ Marcos Ambrose will drive for JTG Racing. Ā But who will the Wood Brothers have, Jon Wood? And what about Colin Braun and Jamie McMurray?Ā The Cup seats are filling fast. Ā Colin Braun willĀ likely run in the Nationwide Series, but Ricky Stenhouse JrĀ will be pushing for thatĀ seat by 2009ās end. Ā If the Ford Racing folks havenāt soured on Jamie, I look forĀ him in the No. 21.
Bruce: Ā Of available drivers who will be floating around, Iām not sure I can disagree with you on this one as far a Jamie McMurray goes, but with how the 21 shop has been doing of late, this season and last, would Jamie go for it? The only other angle Iād be worried about is how dedicated the 21 shop
has seemed to be towards Jon Wood. I can only hope logic and / or reason pans out in this one, no matter who they go with!
Thatās what we think.Ā What do you think?Ā Let us know in the comments section.
Then head on over to NASCAR Bits for Bruceās discussion on this topicā¦
Several staff on the Gibbs Nationwide team felt it necessary to try this stunt.Ā Or as DW calls it, reverse cheating, seeing as how the cars had to run with less power available to them through the entire race. Ā How does this make people feel about Joe Gibbs Racing, or the sport in general?
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