Toyota Milestone!

First off, congratulations to Toyota for winning its first Sprint Cup race last Sunday in Atlanta. It took them four races into their second season to find victory lane, but it seems like the off-season testing is paying off in '08. I wish I had nicer things to write about the driver who got Toyota their first victory. Kyle Busch had such a large lead heading into the last lap, he could have coasted to the win. Instead, he decided to push the envelop. In Tony Stewart fashion, Busch gets a run on fellow Toyota driver Dale Jarrett, bump drafts him through the corner getting his car out of shape and nearly into the wall. Clearly, there was no need for Busch to make that dangerous of a move with that big of a lead. It was selfish and stupid. Part of me wanted to see Busch wreck himself. But then I would have had to listen to him whine in the post-race interview about how Jarrett didn't get out of his way. Any way, at least it provided for a little excitement to an otherwise ho-hum finish. Onto this weekend's Food City 500 in Bristol! This is one of the best stops NASCAR makes all year. 160,000 fans, plenty of action, a ton of wrecks and the occasional fist fight. Not that I promote fighting, I mean, they wear helmets. How dangerous can it be? Qualifying is never more important than at Bristol Motor Speedway. Ninety four Sprint Cup races have been held at the .533 mile track, and of those 94 winners, 60% started in the top five, and 82% coming out of the top 10. Think of qualifying this week as the race before the race!