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Gaynalysis – Epic Watkins Glen

The Gaynalysis is just one gay NASCAR fan’s take on the race weekend.  You can read the straight recap of the Finger Lakes 355 at the Glen by clicking here.

credit: Kevin R Tengesdal

If that last lap didn’t get you up out of your chair – quit watching NASCAR immediatly.  Much like Saturday’s Nationwide Race – the early part of this race had the field spread out like a naked Randy Travis on a rural highway in Texas.

But that last lap will go down in history as one of the best ever – that tape will be played more times than that terrible “Call Me Maybe” song.  Kyle Busch took the white flag and made a power move into turn 1 -  but he got into some oil on the track and spun at the entrance to turn two.  Every driver mentioned the oil on the track – but Kyle did have a little help from Brad on that spin.

After the race Keselowski tweeted:

— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) August 12, 2012

Brad Keselowski then took the lead and battled side by side with Marcos Ambrose who out drove Keselowski into the final turn and won the drag race with the Blue Deuce to take the checkers.

The road course was a test on driver and equipment.  There were 11 cars with mechanical problems .  Kurt Busch was involved in the most bizarre incident as the wheels literally fell off his career.

Credit: By Todd Warshaw, Getty Images for NASCAR

One of the scariest moment of the day came when something broke on Jamie McMurray’s car sending him into the barrier.  The “pattern” of the barrier was imprinted down the side of McMurray’s car…. a very hard hit.  It looked as if the #1 had been scuplted out of Play-Dough. Later, a similar fate fell to Jamie’ teammate Juan Pablo Montoya who started on the pole.  It wasn’t a great day for Chip Ganassi….. but least his kids didn’t pee on some ladies boots.

The weeks Q4G Shout-Out goes to Tony Stewart.  Heyyyyyyyyy Tony!  After an early penalty in the pits, Smoke drove the #14 back to the front.   They ran some laps under caution as a light rain fell.  While the track stayed dry – some of the painted curbs stayed at little wet and Tony spun and backed the #14 into the wall at the entrance of pit road.  The #14 team did a great job getting Tony back on the track – salvaging a top-20 finish.  Way to never give up!

I am sure the talk in the coming days will be from a ticked-off NASCAR nation thinking that NASCAR should have thrown a last lap caution for oil on the track.   If NASCAR had thrown the yellow flag, the ticked-off NASCAR nation would bitch about that.

I am glad the race finished under green – we got to see a battle that will be recreated by holograms decades from now at the NASCAR Hall of Fame

Category: NASCAR
  • Ford Malone says:

    I had to clean the kitchen following the race to overcome the adrenalin crash. The reference to Randy Travis seems appropriate. I hope I am around for the Futurama version of NASCAR HOF.

    August 12, 2012 at 3:17 pm