CAA Flagship wrote:BDKJMU wrote:
I said in earlier post was going.

Turns out we weren't parked or sitting anywhere close to you'all though..
Smallest crowd of the 3 races I've been to. Might not have been more than 50k there. We got back to my truck 1/2 hr+ after race ended and unlike the previous races I've been to, traffic was already moving. Short tailgate after race and were pulling out about an hr and a half after the race ended. Abou 45 min to go the about 1st 20 miles on Rt 106/I393/I93. Not as bad as the past leaving 2+ hrs after the race ended..
Yeah, 1st 250 laps was boring outside of some good racing between Truex and Kyle Busch for the lead. Only 7 cautions, but 4 in the last 40. Sept 14 race I was at had 15 cautions.
Unbelieveable for Truex- now the 4th race he has led the most laps, and the 5th or 6th race where he had the best car, yet only 1 win to to show for it.
Bowman did well subbing for Jr- was running 9th when he wrecked on lap 265 with a cut tire..
The man is jinxed.

Yeah, said to my brother when Truex took the lead for the last time watch something break or some screwup happen on pit road... Sure enough..

I mean how hard can it be to making a f'ing durable shifter..

Jr had one break not once, but twice last year, and I think a couple of other drivers over the last year or 2 have had the issue as well. With today's technology they should be able to make one strong enough that has zero % chance of breaking for 1 race..
If Truex bought a pumpkin farm they'd cancel Halloween...
-Dominates Texas, leads the most laps, but is a sitting duck on a late caution on tire strategy, Kyle Busch wins.
-Dominates Kansas, leads the most laps, but last caution has a head bolt breaking off the brake caliper and lodging behind one of his front wheels. Analyst/former crew chief Larry McReynolds said he has never seen it happen in his 35 years in catches between the wheel & hub, Kyle Busch wins.
-One of the best cars at Dover. On last pit stop lets Edwards pass him so Truex can restart 4th on the outside behind leader Johnson & Edwards has to restart 3rd on the inside. Johnson's transmission locks up and won't go, takes out a double digit # of cars, including Truex. Johnson said that was the 1st time it ever happened in his career on a restart. Edwards doesn't get taken out, Kenseth wins
-The best car at Kentucky, leading on the last pit stop, & gets called for passing on pit lane, something that is almost never called.
-Best car at Loudon yesterday, led the most laps, late pit stop suffers broken shifter and clutch failure..Kenseth wins.