Monday, March 03, 2008
And He does it Again
Carl Edwards was able to do his signature back flip for a second week in a row, even though Kyle Bush looked like the guy to beat. During the first part of this week’s Cup race, Kyle was either leading or hanging out in the top five. Kyle’s Toyota was, to put it simply, fast! In the earlier part of the week, Jack Roush complained that the Toyota’s had too much horsepower. It is definitely true, after watching Kyle, that his Toyota was strong, but Jack Roush has been the winning car owner for two weeks in a row now. What does he have to worry about? It sure seems that power is not an issue for Carl Edwards’ Ford. He drove straight to the finish line after multiple restarts, pulling far away from second place Dale Jr., who had a strong car, but cold tires. The power of this weekend’s race was divided between the Ford of Carl Edwards, the Toyota of Kyle Bush and the Chevy of Dale Jr. Jimmie Johnson, on the other hand, could have used some power. From the very beginning of the race, the 48 car was off, really off. The team even pitted before pit road was open during an early caution to spend time adjusting the car. They were never able to get it right and Jimmie ended up settling for a 29th place finish. Las Vegas was the weekend of power issues. As we move further into the season, it will be interesting to see which make of car has the most power and why this is so. Roush believes it is Toyota and the amount of money they are spending, but we will discover whether money really does make the difference.