Denny Hamlin won for the fourth time in just nine career races at Pocono Raceway.  The driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing #11 FedEx Toyota Camry dominated the second half of the race after Clint Bowyer dominted the first half of the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 this Sunday afternoon.

With 22 laps to . . . → Read More: Hamlin Prevails Again At Pocono]]>

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Denny Hamlin won for the fourth time in just nine career races at Pocono Raceway.  The driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing #11 FedEx Toyota Camry dominated the second half of the race after Clint Bowyer dominted the first half of the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 this Sunday afternoon.

With 22 laps to go, Hamlin restarted in 9th place and had to slice through eight very strong race cars.  Nevertheless, he did just that and Hamlin took the lead for the final time with just 12 laps to go in the race when he passed Sam Hornish, Jr.  Additionally, Hamlin had to survive one green-white-checkered  restart.  That green-white-checkered was the results of Kevin Harvick getting into the left rear bumper of Joey Logano in the tunnel turn and causing the JGR #20 Home Depot Toyota to spin.  However, Logano was able to keep his race car off of the retaining wall and finish the race.

There was no damage to his car, however, “Logano had blown a head gasket” from his anger!  This was not the first time that Harvick appeared to “dump Logano” during a race.  After the race ended, Logano drove his car up to Harvick’s parked car and appeared to quite possibly discuss Kevin’s heritage, or quite possibly offered a dinner invitation!!

On the last lap of the race there was a huge crash on the Long Pond Straight involving Richard Petty Motorsports team mates Kasey Kahne and A.J. Almendinger.  Kahne had a huge run on “The Dinger” and that group of cars, so he maneuvered his car to the inside to pass the group.  Unfortunately, Dinger  moved further left to block his team mate’s pass, and thereby, putting Kahne into the grass at 190 mph.  As Kahne corrected the car’s path, it shot back up on the track heading directly for the retaining wall, and was T-boned on the passenger side by both Mark Martin and Greg Biffle.  That sent Kahne airborne head-on into the outside retaining wall and collected many of the cars that was behind him.  Some of those cars were Jeff Gordon, Marcos Ambrose,Ryan Newman, and Elliott Sadler to name  a few.

Kahne blamed Richard Petty Motorsports teammate Allmendinger for forcing him off the race track.

“I don’t know what A.J. was doing there,” Kahne said. “I don’t ever really talk to him much, but you can bet I’ll be talking to him this week.”

Allmendinger took responsibility for the incident.

“I’m not really sure what happened,” Allmendinger said. “Kasey had such a run on me, and I went to defend. By the time I defended, he was in the grass. That’s my bad. I feel bad about that — I really do. It is what it is, though.”

Pocono was a very good race and the dominate car won the race, which as we all know does not always happen.  Even though the Poconos are generally a “honeymoon” destination for East Coasters, for many drivers Pocono was no “honeymoon” Sunday!

P.S. One question for “The Dinger”.  When you go to “defend”, is that the same as blocking?  What exactly is your definition of “defending”?

What is your take on “The Dinger’s” word defend?

TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!

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Things overlooked in Atlanta Sunday in light of “The Wreck”:

1. Kurt Busch wins the Kobalt Tools 500 for Penske Racing.

2. Matt Kenseth finished second for Roush-Fenway Racing.

3. Kasey Kahne led the most laps, but finished fourth for Richard  Petty Motorsports.

4. Paul Menard, also an RPM driver finished fifth!

5. A. J. Almendinger,(THE DINGER), . . . → Read More: Atlanta Refections]]>

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Things overlooked in Atlanta Sunday in light of “The Wreck”:

1. Kurt Busch wins the Kobalt Tools 500 for Penske Racing.

2. Matt Kenseth finished second for Roush-Fenway Racing.

3. Kasey Kahne led the most laps, but finished fourth for Richard  Petty Motorsports.

4. Paul Menard, also an RPM driver finished fifth!

5. A. J. Almendinger,(THE DINGER), finished sixth, again an RPM driver!

6. Scott Speed finished 10th for Red Bull Racing

7. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started on the pole and finished 15th!

Most interesting quote from the race:

8. Steve Addington, the crew chief no longer good enough for Kyle Busch at Joe Gibbs Racing, took the older Busch, Kurt, back to Victory Lane at the same track where he got his first victory in 2008 with Kyle Busch.  “It is a good feeling to know that your driver wants you to go to work for him,” Addington said in a statement that showed a lot of class but made a strong point.

9. The Atlanta Motor Speedway folks were probably extremely pleased that the amount of empty seats was not a big topic of conversation with the media!

10.  Brad Keselowski is probably glad to have an off week to recuperate from the Edwards “Cheap Shot”!  He also will need to reload and prepare for some of the other drivers who, no doubt, are lining up for their shot at him!

NOTE TO ROGER PENSKE:

Have plenty of haulers at the tracks with back cars onboard for the #12 for the remainder of the the 2010 season, you may need them!

TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!