Monday, May 19, 2008
A Spectacular Weekend of Events
Lowe’s Motor Speedway put on an exciting and especially fun
weekend. The Cup weekend began with a slightly altered qualifying method in
which each driver made one lap, pitted and then returned for another lap. Kyle Busch won the Pole. The annual Pit Crew Challange was won by the team of Brian Vickers' 83 Toyota. Lowe’s also hosted a burn out competition. NASCAR appeared to be the only one
who knew the rules for this new competition. The five drivers competing and the
news crews had a very vague idea of what to do. This confusion made it quite
funny to watch and Gregg Biffle won with the best time. On top of all this fun,
the Showdown and All-Star races were spectacular. Allmendinger and Hornish Jr.
pushed to the front in the Showdown and stayed there to take their two spots in
the All-Star event. The All-Star race had many strong leaders. Kyle Busch
smoked the field during first segment and it appeared he would be tough to
beat, but did not return to the second segment due to an unknown engine
problem. Carl Edwards then took the role of Kyle during the second segment, but
after not touching his car during the break, the other teams caught up and he
never returned to domination. Dale Jr. and Gregg Biffle proved strong during
the third segment, but Biffle prevailed. Who took home the trophy? Non other
that Kasey Kahne. The fan vote! This exciting race was completed without any
cautions others than the mandatory ones. Saturday’s race was truly an All-Star
event filled with many dominate drivers competing at their best.
Posted by Meridith on 05/19 at 02:56 PM
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