Tony Stewart looked like he had the race well-in-hand last weekend during the Coca Cola 600, but as we know, a blown tire kept him out of Victory Lane for the first time in the Sprint Cup Series this season, which will be the highlight of our weekly “Loose in Turn Three” discussion over at www.doyounascar.com on Friday morning.
As we all know, this is just one more thing to add to the laundry list of headlines revolving around Smoke so far in 2008, the majority of which have been in regards to Tony’s current contract situation over at Joe Gibbs Racing. With the highly anticipated debut of 18-year old Joey Logano in the Nationwide Series this weekend at Dover, I thought it appropriate to make the Stewart/Logano situation the subject of my DYN Imposes post this week … Gibbs Says Logano Not Replacing Stewart At JGR.
Of course, last weekend’s Coca Cola 600 provided plenty of other storylines as well, including the continuing woes of both Brian Vickers and Kurt Busch, both of which were covered as well over at Do You NASCAR (access by clicking the links). NASCAR has also handed out their largest penalties to-date as a result of infractions incurred by Haas CNC Racing over the course of the weekend at Charlotte.
Oh, and incase some of you had forgotten, the Coca Cola 600 wasn’t the only racing that took place last weekend. In addition to the Ohio 250 at Mansfield and the Carquest Auto Parts 300, the IndyCar Series put on a spectacle of their own with the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500. But, we all know how that turned out as Danica threw off the gloves and was ready to rumble.
Hope you enjoyed the crash course on the week’s events. Be sure to reference my Fantasy Preview for this weekend prior to setting your team lineups for the weekend, and of course, don’t forget to read this week’s “Loose in Turn Three” tomorrow morning. Other than that, I’ll be looking forward to bringing you more racing results and breakdowns throughout the NASCAR weekend!
