Out of a loop for about a month. Sorry to all of my faithful readers! :) Even in the offseason, I should be able to write about something each week...Anyways on to 'Dega.
Talladega is always an exciting race to watch, especially in the final laps and the positions shuffle like a deck of cards on poker night. And this years fall race was no different. We got to see Dale leads some laps, we got to see Johnson not lead many laps and there was no huge wreck that took out many people. My biggest gripe has to be with the finish. The rules are that if the leader has taken the white flag that the race is final if the caution comes out. Fine that's cool, but my deal is with the call that was made (or not made) at the end of the race.
I like to compare the sport to other sports and here is another example of this. How many sports is there not a call for several minutes while they decide who is the winner? None that I can think of. They at least make a call and then review the play if it is deemed necessary. However, I stared at the tv in disbelief because they would not make a call on who won the race for several minutes. You have to make a call.
At least Bowyer did something for his case by doing a burnout while Harvick sat and watched him. Harvick should have been burning donuts at the same time and acting like he won the race. One two finish for RCR was great, it should have been a 1, 2 3 if Burton wouldn't have been ran over by JR. All we can do from here is watch next week at TEXAS.
