Streak To The Finish...Just The Bare Facts at Kansas

The Chasewhackers Prevail...

Okay, we know about the Buschwhackers in the Busch series with the Cup drivers who come to race but how about those Chasewhackers of the Nextel Cup Series at Kansas? Yes, we have another nickname, well NBC didn't come up with this one. My good friend Dennis over at StockCar Pit Pass coined this phrase on his internet radio talk show called Doin' Donuts. You can listen to his radio show with his co-host Lori Munro, the owner of the website War-Wagon, every Sunday night at 7pm CST. You can visit Doin' Donuts at Doin' Donuts

It just goes to show that these drivers, who are not in the Chase, are not afraid to go out there and drive for the win.

Congratulations to Tony Stewart on his "coast" to the checkers today at Kansas. Fantastic job by Casey Mears gliding in for a 2nd place finish and how can I forget my man, Dale Jarrett, finishing 4th.

I am not one for this fuel mileage racing but whatever it takes to win a race, my hats off to these guys. Most of the Chasers at Kansas are probably glad to be leaving this track. Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson really took the brunt of the tornado that hit those teams.

Did anyone else see the pouty lip by Jimmie Johnson? Come on Jimmie, you waited too long to pit, you balked on coming down pit road when Kahne spun and then you get a speeding penality. Those factors will kill your race. Maybe the 48 Team should of followed suit when the #8 and #31 made their pit stops. Hey Jeff Burton finished 5th, what does that tell you.

What happened to Elliott Sadler? He was running up front and then he disappeared off the radar. NBC failed to show us what caused him to drop to the back of the field and 36 laps down. During the first pit stops, Jamie McMurray spun and Elliott had nowhere to go and ended up T-boning McMurray causing serious damage to the #19 car. Several other cars dropped back in the field but if you are not a Chaser, you probably will not be featured in the broadcast. NBC does their through the field on lap 220 and make it up to the 13th position and then jumps to the chasers that are way back in the field. What happened to the 14th and 15th place drivers? Ahh yes, they were not chasers! The 14th place driver at that time was Dale Jarrett and the 15th was Casey Mears. Great job NBC, you forgot about the two drivers that ended up finishing 2nd and 4th...hats off to Bill Weber and Wally Dallenbach, just another great broadcasting job done by this team. Glad to hear Benny will be back at Talladega.

The race at Kansas did have its fair share of excitement and with this track showing two and three wide racing, future races ought to be more exciting.

A final note. Why was Mayfields crew pushing Kasey Kahne's car down pit road when he ran out of gas near the end of the race. Did Evernham hire him back and failed to tell us? NOT!!! NBC strikes again!!!

Next up....TALLADEGA!!! Let's Go Racin' Boys!!!