Wow! What a race! A wreck fest indeed. Chris Buescher barrel rolls, Matt Kenseth gets airborne and Danica hard into the wall. Junior and Amelia maybe parting ways (we can only hope). Gary will get $10 this season (just barely). James' back-up driver scores as many points as his whole team did... wow! New leader (for now).... ME! If you don't love plate racing, there is something wrong with you. 3 to 4 wide racing for much of the race at those speeds has me on the edge of the couch. Just announced, next year Talladega will be in the Chase. How well is that going to work out for some of these guys?
Now, the half pool. Putting the numbers in, I kept laughing. We all sucked, except for Woody, who must have had a magic eight ball or something. He was the only one remotely good, and that could be a game changer for him. He jumped up 6 spots and is now in 6th. So I calculated for us losers, the average finish for all 17 picks this race was a whopping 30. Ouch!
Saturday night race this weekend, Kansas 7:30 on FS1.
Also, just an idea of the banking at Talladega:
Wild!