(By Greg Engle)
Posted: Tuesday,July 28th, 2009
(By Greg Engle, NDN Editor, NASCAR Examiner)
Take away the history that seems to ooze from every crevice of the place, cover up the yard of bricks and what you’re left with is an old narrow, flat 2.5 mile race track.
Indy is a place, that while important to the history of motorsports, more often then not delivers less then exciting races won most often on fuel mileage and pit strategy.
INDIANAPOLIS - JULY 26: (R) Mark Martin, driver of the #5 CARQUEST/Kellogg?s Chevrolet, and (L) Juan Pablo Montoya, driver of the #42 Target Chevrolet, lead the pack during the first ever double-file re-start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on lap four of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on July 26, 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Sometimes the hype leading up to the Brickyard 400 sometimes seems more thrilling then the actual race itself.
Witness Sunday. Once Juan Pablo’s drama ended, Jimmie Johnson took control and despite a few feeble attempts from Mark Martin to wrest the lead away, Johnson cruised to his second straight Brickyard 400… with an emphasis on ‘cruise’.
Let’s face it, once a driver has the lead at Indy the show is pretty much over. As long as the teams fuel strategy is right, the outcome usually isn’t in doubt. Oh wait we’re talking about Michigan, no California…sorry I meant Kansas. MORE–>>
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