Llinyn O ' r hyn mae llawer yn meddwl sydd ar goll o ddyddiau NASCAR

Mewn ras Phoenix wyllt a lythr, daeth Kevin Harvick yn cael ei ail-wneud am y tro cyntaf y tymor hwn. Enillodd wedid am y tro cyntaf yn y 44 ras ddiwethaf.

Ychydig o gasgliadau ar ôl yr Advocare 500 yn Phoenix:
Mae unrhyw obaith o gasgliad yn dramateiddio'r un sy'n codi i Cwpan NASCAR Chase Ar gyfer The Sprint 2012 wedi'i ddoli'n effeithiol – gan wahardd amgylchiadau, ansoddi, gyda llaw, yn Phoenix.
Fflasg Fflasg o'r hyn yr oedd NASCAR fod; enghraifft o'r dyddiau gwyllt a niwlog nad yw'n llawer ohonom wedi gweld wedi gweld wedi'i wneud, ac eto yr ydym wedi clywed wedi clywed cymaint amdanynt.
Ac i fod yn berffaith onesth, dyma'r math o rasio bare-knuckled y maer llawer wedi'i golli. Ychwanegant fod ei absenoldeb wedi gwneud NASCAR yn llawer llai deheol nag y gall fod – ac unwaith yr oedd.
Cyn i ni fynd ymhellach, dylid nodi bod Kevin Harvick wedi ennill y ras ar ôl cael ei ail-wneud o'r gwyn gwyrdd.
Anrhydeddus gyntaf Harvick o'r tymor a'i gyntaf mewn 44 ras, yn dyddio'n ôl i Richmond ym mis Medi 2011.
oedd Hwn ei 19^Bwydo gyrfa yn chwarae Cwpan Sprint a'i nuwch yn Phoenix. Rhoddodd ei 101 i Richard Childress Rasio^Sain ennill yng nghysylaeth y Cwpan a'r cyntaf ers 2011, yn Nhalladega, 38 ras yn ôl.
Yn wir, yr oedd yr oedd yn cael ei wneud yn ddatguddiad rhagorol i Harvick, a arweiniodd at ddim ond 15 o'r olaf olaf y ras.
Ond na fydd yn ennill yr hyn sy'n cael ei wneud o gael ei gofio fwyaf am y ras Phoenix hon.
Yn y cyfres syfrdanol o datblygu, mae Jimiie Johnson, a ddaeth i mewn i'r ras saith pwynt yn unig o flaen Brad Keselowski yn y frwydr deitl, nid yn unig wedi gwrthdrawiad ei arweiniad ond, mae'n debyg, mae wedi'i roi ar wrthdrawiad unrhyw obaith am y flwyddyn yn y batio gyrfa.
Ar lap 234 o 319, smacio'r wal yn y pedwerydd tro ar ôl i flinder blaen cywir ei Chevrolet ddioddef ffa blinder wedi'i doddi o wres gormodol.
Roedd y digwyddiad Jeff Gordon-Clint Bowyer ar y trac wedi rhoi mwy o ymhlith aelodau'r ddau dîm. Cafwyd sgrwn pwll byr ond fe'i daeth i ben yn gyflym.

Bu y digwyddiad yn drychinebus i Johnson. Treuliodd 38 o'r cneuod yn y garej i'w mwmcio phan ddychwelodd i'r ras, y gorau y gall ei gyflawni 32^nd-lle'r lle.
Yn y cyfamser, gorffennodd Keselowski, a arweiniodd 10 o benyd ond a fod yn rhedeg yn gyson gysonhlith ym y top10, yn chweched, a allai fod wedi bod yn dda pe na bai wedi bod yn rhanedig â melin dadleuol olafol.
Ond, y canlyniad yw bod Keselowski i gyd ond yn sicr o'r un. Mae 20 pwynt ar y blaen i Johnson fynd i ras olaf y tymor yn Homestead.
Keselowski a Johnson yw'r unig ddau yrrwr sy'n gymwys i gael y teitl. Y cyfan y mae angen i Keselowski ei wneud yw gorffen 15^Bwydo yn Homestead a bydd yn ennill ei phendant gyntaf, y cyntaf i berchennog y tîm Roger Penske a'r cyntaf ers 1975 ar gyfer Dodge – a fydd, ynronig eironig, yn gadael NASCAR ar ben y tymor.
Fodd bynnag, nid yw Keselowski wedi gwarantu unrhyw beth. Galldd ar siglen 27 pwynt yn Phoenix a gallai'r un peth, neu'n waeth, gweithio yn ei erbyn yn Homestead.
Ond mae'n ninol iawn.
"Clywais ef (Johnson) yng ngwau tirion blaen dde ac bodwn yn meddwl pa farnau cynllwyn sy'n mynd i feddwl am hyn ac nad ydych chi yn cymryd y gallai'r un peth i ddigwydd chi," meddai Keselowski. "Ac felly rydych chi'n ceisio â gadael i hynny fynd i mewn i chi ormoda a ceisio canolbwyntio ar yr hyn a gawsoch a gwneud yn siŵr nad oes oes gench yr un dant.
"Yn amlwg mae'n lleihau gwarantau. Gallem fynd i Homestead a chael yr un o'r rhai sy'n cael ei wneud ac mae Jimiie, fe'i maech, yn cymryd y pwynt yn ôl o'r blaen.
"Dim gwarantau ond yn falch iawn o gael y pwyntiau hynny'n arwain yn yr wythnos nesaf."
Achoswyd cracup aml-gar ar lap 312 pan ddewisodd Jeff Gordon echdynnu ei droi'n ôl ar Clint Bowyer.
Mae Gordon yn calchu o amgylch y trac gyda blinder yn mynd i lawr a anhrefn ei fflolo'n ddu gan NASCAR, a bod am iddo roi'r pwll.
Ond, yn hytrach, arhosodd Gordon ar Bowyer, yr oedd yr oedd wedi cysylltu ag ef yn gynharach a oedd yn aredig ar flinder Gordon.
Casglodd Gordon spun Bowyer allan ac yn y broses Joey Logano ac Aric Almirola. Daeth hyn â'r wythfed cyfnod rhybudd, a'r cyfnod olaf, rhybudd.
Ar ôl i Gordon fynd allan o'i griw ceir o'i dîm Chwaraeon Moduro Hendrick ac eraill o Michael Waltrip Racing Bowyer, aeth i mewn i i sgringn sylweddol yn y pyllau.
Hynny, rhedodd Bowyer o'i gar i gludwr Gordon mewn ymdrech i ysgogi gwrthdaro, ac ni ddigwyddodd hynny.
Cafodd hyn i gyd ei ddal ar y teledu. Bydd yn rhan o bob un o'r faniau ar ESPN – neu unrhyw le arall, ar gyfer y mater hwnnw.
"Y cyfan yr oeddwn yn ei wneud yw marchogaeth o gwmpas yn gwneud cais am fy amser," meddai Bowyer. "Rwy'n meddwl, prin y cyffyrddais ag ef ac ef ac ef yw'n teimlo ei fod yn troi'n dri ac yn ceisio fy nhro ac fe fethodd.
"Y peth nesaf dwi'n gwybod mod i'n cael gwybod ar y radio ei fod e'n aros arna i. Mae'n eithaf ymadael i'r eryr pedwar tro – ac rwy'n ystyried ei fod yn un o'r goreuon a welwyd erioed mewn chwaraeon – i weithredu fel hynny yn cael ei frifo."
Bu y digwyddiad yn gorfodi Bowyer i'r 28ain lle ac o'r dolydd i'r olion mewn pwyntiau, 52 ar ei hôl hi. Mae'n cael ei ddisbyddu o'r pencampwriaeth.
"Prin fy mod wedi'i rwmo'n llythrennol ac yna'n sydyn rwy'n teimlo ei fod yn ceisio ail-roi," meddai Bowyer. "Collodd neu rywbeth a tharo'r wal a gwneud iddo'i hun edrych fel ffŵl."
A fydd Bowyer yn ail-roi yn Homestead?

"Mae'n rhaid i ni aros i weld," meddai. Meddai Gordon: "Mae pethau wedi cael ei gynnwys dros y flwyddyn ac rwyf newydd ei gael. Mae Clint wedi rhedeg i mewn i mi droeon, wedi fy dinistrio ac aeth i mewn i mi ar y cefn ar unwaith, yn ffada ein diwrnod i raddau eithaf.
"Rwyf wedi'i gael, wedi cael llond bol arno a'i gael yn ôl."
Nid oedd y tân gwyllt ar ben.
Roedd y digwyddiad yn sefydlu yn panio gwyn gwyn gwyrdd ac roedd Harvick, yr arweinydd ar y pryd, yn dal ei dir yn hawdd.
Wrth i'r faner wen ffoi, cysylltodd Danica Patrick a Jeff Burton. Mae Patrick yn gallu calchu ymlaen ond tybiwyd bod hylif ar y trac.
Nid yw NASCAR, sy'n cael ei ganfod yn ddiweddarach na allai gael ei ganfod unrhyw beth ar y trac a bod Patrick ymhell allan o'r ffordd, yn galw am losgi.
Ar y lap olaf mae sawl car yn sbwng. Yn eu plith bu rhai Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Paul Menard a Mark Martin. Cafodd Keselowski ei daro ondodd i aredig drwodd i'r rhai sy'n cael eu rhoi ar ben ffordd.
Bod dial ar y trac; bod sibrydion yn y pyllau a bod un gyrrwr wedi'i ddifrthwynio i iogwrt un arall yn yr ymaith yn bethau nad ydynt yn gyffredin yn NASCAR – er maif y ffaith nad rhyw ywfaint o rasio ceir stoc yn cloch o rasio proffesiynol (ysgubor anhygoel o bobi).
Ond maen nhw'n digwydd.
Mae'r ffaith bod damwain aml-gar olaf wedi'i gynnwys, ym marn llawer, y gellid bod wedi'i hosgoi pe bai NASCAR wedi taflu'r faner felen, yn brin.
Ond mae ad-daliadau trac, gwrthdaro ac anhwylder ddyfalu NASCAR bob amser wedi bod yn rhan o'r gamp.
Yn y dadansoddiad terfynol, mae'r hyn a ddigwyddodd yn Phoenix yn taro'r hyn y mae llawer yn ei ddweud ar goll yn NASCAR – sy'n rasio caled, gwrthdrawiadol ac emosiynol sy'n arwain yn ddadlau.
Dywedodd Dywedodd Keselowski yn lliwgar fod yr hyn sy'n anhwylder-enw ei fod wedi brifo.
Mae ganddo hawl i'w farn ond, gyda phob dyledus barch, nid yw wedi bod o gwmpas yn ddigon hir i wybod beth oedd ail-enw, a pha mor aml y digwyddodd, yn NASCAR.
Bydd y farn yn ystod yr oes, ond bod y math o rasio yn Phoenix yn y fan a'r lle, yn y byd sy'n cael ei wneud yn y byd.
Rwy'n credu y byddai cefnogwyr wrth eu bodd yn gweld mwy.
Ac a byddai NASCAR, fydd yn glynu wrth ei benderfyniadau ac yn ôl yn o roi dim cosbau o gwbl.
A bod yn onest, ar ôl Phoenix, wedi'n meddwl bod yn rhaid i NASCAR fod wrth ei borthiant – yn dawel, wrth gwrs.

Attachment 3371In a wild and controversial Phoenix race, Kevin Harvick emerged victorious for the first time this season. He also won for the first time in the last 44 races.

A couple of conclusions after the Advocare 500 at Phoenix:
Any hope of a dramatic, exciting conclusion to the 2012 NASCAR Chase For The Sprint Cup has been effectively eradicated – barring unforeseen circumstances, which, incidentally, happened at Phoenix.
We saw a taste of what NASCAR used to be; an example of the wild and wooly days of which many of us have never seen, yet about which we have heard so much.
And to be perfectly honest, it was the type of bare-knuckled racing many have missed. They add that its absence has made NASCAR far less appealing than it could be – and once was.
Before we go any further it should be noted that Kevin Harvick won the race after a controversial green-white-checkered restart.
It was Harvick’s first win of the season and his first in 44 races, dating back to Richmond in September of 2011.
It was his 19^th career Sprint Cup victory and his third at Phoenix. He gave Richard Childress Racing its 101^st win in Cup competition and its first since 2011, at Talladega, 38 races ago.
Indeed, it was an excellent achievement for Harvick, who led only the last 15 laps of the race.
But that he won will not be what is likely to be most remembered about this Phoenix race.
In a stunning series of developments Jimmie Johnson, who came into the race a mere seven points ahead of Brad Keselowski in the title fight, not only lost his lead but, apparently, has also lost any hope for a sixth career championship.
On lap 234 of 319, Johnson smacked the wall in the fourth turn after his Chevrolet’s right front tire suffered a melted tire bead from excessive heat.
Attachment 3372A Jeff Gordon-Clint Bowyer incident on the track sparked tempers and more among members of both teams. A brief pit scuffle ensued but was quickly ended.

The incident was disastrous for Johnson. He spent 38 laps in the garage for repairs and when he returned to the race, the best he could accomplish was a 32^nd-place finish.
Meanwhile, Keselowski, who led 10 laps but consistently ran among the top10, finished sixth, which could have been better had he not been involved in a controversial last-lap melee.
Still, the result is that Keselowski is all but assured of the championship. He is 20 points ahead of Johnson going into the final race of the season at Homestead.
Keselowski and Johnson are the only two drivers eligible for the title. All Keselowski needs to do is finish 15^th at Homestead and he will earn his first championship, the first for team owner Roger Penske and the first since 1975 for Dodge – which, ironically, will depart NASCAR at season’s end.
However, Keselowski is not guaranteed anything. He benefitted from a 27-point swing at Phoenix and the same thing, or worse, could work against him at Homestead.
But it’s highly unlikely.
“I heard he (Johnson) blew a right-front tire and I was thinking what conspiracy theorists are going to come up with on this one and then you realize that the same thing could happen to you,” Keselowski said. “And so you try not to let that get into you too much and try to just focus on what you got and make sure you don’t have the same problem.
“Obviously there are no guarantees.We could go to Homestead and have the same problem and Jimmie, you know, takes the point lead back over.
“No guarantees but very proud to have that points lead heading into next week.”
A multicar crackup on lap 312 was caused when Jeff Gordon chose to extract his revenge on Clint Bowyer.
Gordon was limping around the track with a tire going down and was black-flagged by NASCAR, which wanted him to pit.
But, instead, Gordon waited on Bowyer, with whom he had made earlier contact that resulted in Gordon’s flat tire.
Gordon spun Bowyer out and in the process collected Joey Logano and Aric Almirola. This brought out the eighth, and final, caution period.
After Gordon got out of his car crewmen from his Hendrick Motorsports team and others from Bowyer’s Michael Waltrip Racing got into a sizable scuffle in the pits.
Then Bowyer ran from his car to Gordon’s hauler in an effort to spur a confrontation, which did not happen.
All of this was caught on television. It will be part of every highlight reel on ESPN – or anywhere else, for that matter.
“All I was doing is riding around biding my time,” Bowyer said. “I mean, I barely touched him and then I feel him get into turn three and try to turn me and he missed.
“The next thing I know I’m told on the radio that he’s waiting on me. It’s pretty embarrassing for a four-time champion – and whom I consider one of the best this sport’s ever seen – to act like that is just completely ridiculous.”
The incident forced Bowyer into 28th place and from third to fourth in points, 52 behind. He is eliminated from championship contention.
“I literally barely rubbed him and then all the sudden I feel him trying to retaliate,” Bowyer said. “He missed or something and hit the wall and made himself look like a fool.”
Will Bowyer retaliate at Homestead?

“We just have to wait and see,” he said.Said Gordon: “Things have gotten escalated over the year and I have just had it.Clint has run into me numerous times, wrecked me and he got into me on the back straightaway, pretty much ruined our day.
“I have had it, was fed up with it and got him back.”
The fireworks were not over.
The incident set up a green-white-checkered restart and Harvick, the leader at the time, easily held his ground.
As the white flag flew, Danica Patrick and Jeff Burton made contact. Patrick was able to limp onward but it was assumed there was fluid on the track.
NASCAR, which said later it couldn’t detect anything on the track and that Patrick was well out of the way, did not call for a caution.
On the last lap several cars spun. Among them were those of Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Paul Menard and Mark Martin. Keselowski was hit but manage to plow through to the finish.
That there was retaliation on the track; that there was a rumble in the pits and that one driver sped to angrily confront another are things that are not prevalent in NASCAR – despite the fact some claim stock car racing is not far removed from professional racing (an incredibly ludicrous opinion).
But they do happen.
That there was a last-lap multicar accident that, in the opinion of many, myself included, that could have been avoided if NASCAR had thrown the yellow flag, is also rare.
But track paybacks, fights, confrontations and second-guessing NASCAR have always been a part of the sport.
In the final analysis what happened at Phoenix smacks of what many say is missing in NASCAR – which is hard, confrontational, and emotional racing that leads to controversy.
Keselowski colorfully said that what is retaliation today is ridiculous.
He’s entitled to his opinion but, with all due respect, he hasn’t been around long enough to know what retaliation was, and how often it happened, in NASCAR.
Opinions will vary, but the type of racing at Phoenix was dramatic, exciting and memorable.
I think fans would love to see more.
And would NASCAR, which will stand by its decisions and likely issue no penalties whatsoever.
Frankly, after Phoenix, I think NASCAR has to be delighted – silently, of course.