Tråd: Kontroversielle Phoenix smager af hvad mange tror, mangler fra dagens NASCAR

Jeg er da vild og kontroversielle Phoenix race opstod Kevin Harvick sejrrig for den første gang i denne sæson. Han vandt også for første gang i de sidste 44 løb.

Et par konklusioner efter Advocare 500 headset Phoenix:
Ethvert håb om en dramatisk og spændende indgåelse til 2012 NASCAR Jage For Sprint Cup har udryddet effektivt - spærring uforudsete omstændigheder, der jeg i øvrigt sket headset Phoenix.
Vi så en smagsprøve headsettet hvad NASCAR plejede på at være; et eksempel headset de vilde og uldne dage som mange af os har aldrig set, men som vi har hørt så meget.
Og for at være på helt ærlig, det var typen af nøgne-opkrummede racing mange har savnet. De tilføjer, ved dens fravær har gjort NASCAR langt mindre tiltrækkende end det kunne være - og var engang.
Før vi går videre bemærkes, Kevin Harvick vandt løbet efter en kontroversiel grøn-hvid-ternet genstart.
Det var Harvicks første sejr jeg sæsonen og hans første jeg 44 løb, går tilbage til Richmond i September 2011.
Det var hans 19^th karriere Sprint Cup sejr og sidde tredje headset Phoenix. Han gav Richard Childress Racing synd 101^st vinde jeg Cup konkurrence og synd første siden 2011, headset Talladega, 38 løb.
Faktisk, det var en fremragende præstation for Harvick, der førte kun de sidste 15 omgange af løbet.
Mænd, som han vandt bliver ikke, hvad der sandsynligvis vil være mest husket om denne Phoenix race.
Jeg har en fantastisk række udviklinger, Jimmie Johnson, der kom ind i løbet da blot syv point foran Brad Keselowski jeg titlen kampen, ikke kun mistet synd føring mænd, tilsyneladende, har også mistet ethvert håb for en nutid karriere championship.
Headsettet skødet af 234 319 smækkede Johnson væggen i den fjerde tur efter synd Chevrolet højre forreste dæk lidt smeltet dæk perle fra overdreven varme.
Da Jeff Gordon-Clint Bowyer hændelse headset sporet udløste temperament og meget simpel blandt medlemmer af begge hold. Da kort pit slagsmål fulgte mænd blev hurtigt afsluttet.

Hændelsen var katastrofale for Johnson. Han tilbragte 38 omgange jeg garagen for og reparationer da han vendte tilbage til race, det bedste han kunne udrette var da 32^nd-Placer finish.
I mellemtiden, Keselowski, der førte 10 omgange, mænd konsekvent løb blandt top10 færdig nutid, som kunne have været bedre, hvis han ikke havde været involveret i en kontroversiel sidste omgange i nærkamp.
Resultatet er, på Keselowski er alle, mænd sikret af mesterskabet. Han er 20 point foran Johnson går ind i det sidste løb jeg sæsonen headset Homestead.
Keselowski og Johnson er de kun til drivere berettiget til titlen. Alle Keselowski skal gøre er at afslutte 15^th headsettet Homestead, og han vil tjene sit første mesterskab, først til team ejer Roger Penske og først siden 1975 til Dodge - der, ironisk nok, vil afvige NASCAR ved sæsonens afslutning.
Mænd Keselowski er ikke garanteret noget. Han nydt godt af en 27-punkt swing headset Phoenix og samme ting, eller værre, kunne arbejde mod ham headset Homestead.
Men det er højst usandsynligt.
"Jeg hørte han (Johnson) blæste da højre-front dæk og jeg tænkte, hvad konspirationsteoretikere vil komme med headsettet denne ene og derefter du indse, at det samme kunne ske for dig," sagde Keselowski. "Og så du forsøger ikke på at lade det komme ind til du og meget forsøge på blot fokusere headsettet hvad du og fik sørg for du har ikke det samme problem.
"Selvfølgelig er der ingen garantier. Vi kunne gå til gaarden og har det samme problem og Jimmie, du Danmarkskrønike, tager point forspring tilbage over.
"Ingen garantier mænd meget stolte af at have i punkt føre headset vej ind i næste uge."
Da multicar den sammenbrud er headsettet lap 312 var forårsaget når Jeff Gordon valgte på udtrække synd hævn headset Clint Bowyer.
Gordon var standse rundt headset banen med et dæk, gå ned og var black flag af NASCAR, som ville have ham til graven.
Mænd i stedet, Gordon ventede headset Bowyer, med hvem han havde gjort tidligere kontakt der resulterede jeg gordon ' s fladt dæk.
Gordon spundet Bowyer og jeg processen, gratis Joey Logano og Aric Almirola. 'dette bragte den ottende og sidste, forsigtighed periode.
Efter Gordon fik ud af kom synd bil besætningsmedlemmer fra hans Hendrick Motorsport team og fra andre Bowyer ' s Michael Waltrip Racing ind i en anselig slagsmål jeg pitten.
Så løb Bowyer fra synd bil til gordon ' s vognmanden i et forsøg headset på anspore en konfrontation, hvilket ikke skete.
Alt'dette blev fanget headset-tv. Det vil være en del af hver højdepunkt hjuls headset ESPN - eller andre steder, for den sags skyld.
Alt, hvad jeg gør rider rundt biding min tid," sagde Bowyer. "Jeg mener, jeg næppe rørt ham, og så jeg føler ham komme ind igen tre og prøve på at vende mig og han savnede.
"The jeg jeg ved næste ting har hørt jeg radioen, på han venter på mig. Det er temmelig pinligt for en fire-tiden mester-og hvem jeg overveje en af de bedste denne nogensinde sport's sæt-til på det øh som håndtag bare helt latterligt. "
Hændelsen tvunget Bowyer headset 28 plads, og fra tredje til fjerde jeg punkter, 52 taske. Han er elimineret fra championship påstand.
"Jeg bogstaveligt talt knap gned ham og så alle de pludselige jeg føler skinke forsøger på at gøre gengæld," sagde Bowyer. "Han savnede eller noget og ramte muren og gjorde sig ligne en nar."
Vil Bowyer gengælde headset Homestead?

"Vi bare nødt til på vente og se," han sagde. Gordon Sagde: "ting har fået eskalerede jeg løbet af året og jeg har haft det lige. Clint har talrige mig ind løbe gange, ødelagt mig og han kom ind jeg mig på ryggen med det samme, temmelig meget ødelagt vores dag.
"Jeg har selvklæbende det blev fodret med det og fik ham tilbage."
Fyrværkeriet var ikke over.
Hændelsen opretter en grøn-hvid-ternet genstart og Harvick, leder headset tidspunktet, lad holdt hans jord.
Som det hvide flag fløj, Danica Patrick og Jeff Burton kontakt. Patrick var i stand til at halte videre men det blev antaget at der var væske headset banen.
NASCAR, som sagde senere det ikke kunne opdage noget headset banen og på Patrick var meget godt ud af de måde, har ikke krævet en forsigtighed.
Headsettet den sidste lap spundet flere Knapp vis jeg lilleputthammer. Blandt dem var af de Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Paul Menard og Mark Martin. Keselowski blev ramt, mænd formår på pløje igennem til slut.
I der var gengældelse headset banen; der var da rumlen jeg pitten og på én driver drønede vredt konfrontere en anden ting, der ikke er udbredt jeg NASCAR - selv om nogle hævder stock car racing ikke er langt fra professionel racing (da utrolig latterlig udtalelse).
Mænd de ske.
I der var en sidste-lap multicar ulykke, jeg udtalelsen fra mange, inklusiv mig selv, der kunne være undgået, hvis NASCAR havde smidt den gule flag, er også sjældent.
Mænd spor tilbagebetalinger, slagsmål, konfrontationer og forudsige NASCAR har altid været en del af sporten.
Jeg sidste slut smager hvad der skete headset Phoenix af, hvad mange siger mangler jeg NASCAR - der er hård, konfronterende, og følelsesmæssige racing, der fører til kontrovers.
Keselowski sagde farverigt på hvad er gengældelse i dag er latterligt.
Han har ret til sin mening, mænd med på al, og han har ikke været rundt længe nok til at vide hvad gengældelse var, og hvor ofte det skete, jeg NASCAR.
Udtalelser vil variere, mænd typen af racing headset Phoenix var dramatiske, spændende og mindeværdige.
Jeg tror fans ville elske at se blotte.
Og ville NASCAR, som vil stå ved sine beslutninger og sandsynligvis udstede nogen sanktioner overhovedet.
Helt ærligt, efter Phoenix, jeg tror NASCAR har på glæde sig - tavst, selvfølgelig.

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.