Full Throttle

In keeping with the theme started yesterday in Japan, when Lewis “Secret Agent Man” Hamilton “surfed” his way to a win in dreadfully wet conditions, Chaac the Rain God didn’t smile kindly on Kansas or those Chasing the Cup.

And if there is a God of Irony he/she smiled on Greg Biffle as he rode home a winner (despite being the fourth across the line and out of gas) carrying that silly Aflac Duck across the line on such a wet and soggy day in the Heartland.

I sense a pattern developing, that’s two Kansas winners in secession that took the checkered flag while out of gas, Tony Stewart pulled the same trick during last years Chase event.

If that controversial finish doesn’t provide blog fodder this week nothing will. And even more if somehow NASCAR reverses the decision and gives the win to Bowyer. (FAT chance!)

Back to the God of Irony for a moment. Earlier this year Dale Jr. punted Kyle Busch out of his ride at Hendrick Motorsports. Fast forward to this week and we find the same Dale Jr. laying the Graphite Bumper to Baby Busch and for all intents and purposes out of Chase contention.

“It was a stupid move on his part, said Busch. Obviously, I’m sure these guys he’s going to be working with next year don’t really appreciate this, because they’ve got a championship they can win this year and he doesn’t. I don’t know what he was thinking, really, or what the problem was. It’s very, very unfortunate.”

At minus 142 you can pretty much count the #5 out.

Kyle adds to a growing list, I wrote off brother Kurt and Denny Hamlin’s chances after Dover, and Kenseth, Burton and Truex Jr. all have a fork stuck in their backs this week.

If one looks a history you could make the argument Talladega next week will turn everything on its head again. But history is just that, history and the CORN makes it’s first superspeedway appearance.

I have a feeling with the topsy-turvy results of the last two weeks plus the CORN will provide a Talladega event that provides a lot calmer scenario than expected or history dictates.

Of course history also indicates all is not lost for some teams, Jimmie Johnson was 165 points out after Kansas last year, and still came back to win.

But I like standing on thin limbs, the Busch brothers, Hamlin, Kenseth, Burton and Truex are out and will stay out in my book. (unless I print another edition)

AS AN ASIDE: I notice the PC Police have decided not to wash Tony Stewart’s mouth out with soap after he told a cameraman to… ahemm.. get out of the way. But I have to wonder, just how long has the job description of a reporter included scampering off to tattle-tail to NASCAR when the incident occurred?