Závit: Kontroverzný Phoenix zaváňa to, čo mnohí myslia chýba dnešné NASCAR

Divoké Phoenix kontroverzné závod, Kevin Harvick objavil víťazný prvýkrát v tejto sezóne. Na tiež vyhral prvýkrát za posledných preteky 44.

Niekoľko záverov po 500 na Advocare Phoenix:
Všetky nádeje na dramatické, vzrušujúce záver 2012 NASCAR Chase pre Sprint Cup bola účinne odstránená-blokovanie nepredvídané okolnosti, ktoré, mimochodom, stalo v Phoenix.
Videli sme chuť, čo NASCAR býval; Divoké Príklad vlnený hodnoty, ktoré mnohí z nás nikdy nevidel, ale o tom, ktoré sme počuli toľko.
(A) ak chcete úprimný, byť na bol nahnevaní bare-knuckled mnohé závodné vynechal. Dodávajú, že... svojou neprítomnosťou urobila NASCAR oveľa menej ako, aby mohlo byť atraktívne sa kedysi.
Pôjdeme ďalej Než je potrebné poznamenať, Kevin Harvick... vyhral preteky po kontroverznej zelená-biela-kockované reštart.
Bolo na Harvick víťazstvo v prvé na sezóne jeho pretekov 44, prvý siahajúce až do Richmond v septembri 2011.
Aby bola jeho 19^th Kariéra Sprint Cup víťazstvom jeho tretí v Phoenix. Na Richard Childress Racing dal jeho 101^St pohára vyhrávať prvého od roku 2011, v Talladega, 38 min.
V skutočnosti bolo vynikajúci úspech vopred Harvick, ktore viedol iba posledných kôl závodu 15.
Ale že... vyhral čo je bude pravdepodobne spomínať o tomto závode najviac Phoenix.
V rad ohromujúci vývoj Jimmie Johnson, ktore prišiel do závodu samotná sedem bodov pred Brad Keselowski v titul bojovať, ľan nie vedenie stratil, ale tiež zrejme stratil všetky nádeje na šiesty kariéry šampionátu.
Na lone 234319, Johnson plácl Sement v štvrtom po jeho delvada Chevrolet pravej prednej pneumatiky utrpel pneumatiku rozpustenej korálek z nadmerného tepla.
Jeff Gordon a Clint Bowyer incidente na trati vyvolala vášne príslušníkmi oboch tímov medzi viac. Stručný jamy rvačky nasledovala ale bol rýchlo skončil.

Incident bol vopred katastrofálne Johnson. Strávil 38 kôl v garáži za opravy a keď sa vrátil do závodu, najlepšie na podľa mesta dosiahnuť bolo 32^nd-miesto skončiť.
Medzitým Keselowski, ktore viedol 10 kôl, ale dôsledne bežal medzi top10 skončil, šiesty, ktoré by mohlo byť lepšie ten nebola podieľajú kontroverzné posledné kolo melee.
Napriek tomu, výsledkom je, že... Keselowski všetky, ale je zabezpečená šampionátu. O je 20 bodov pred vymenujeme v záverečnom závode sezóny Johnson v Homestead.
Keselowski Johnson ľan dvaja vodiči sú nárok na titul. Všetky potrebné Keselowski urobiť je dokončiť 15^th v meste Homestead bude zarábať svoje majstrovstvá prvé, prvý majiteľ tímu Roger Penske vopred prvý od roku 1975 Dodge-ironicky, vyrazí, ktore NASCAR na jeho konci sezóny.
Avšak, Keselowski nie je zaručená čokoľvek. Úžitok z 27-BSK hojdačka Phoenix na isté, alebo ešte horšie, mohla fungovať proti nemu v Homestead.
Je veľmi nepravdepodobné aby Ale.
"Počul som vyhodil na (Johnson) pravý pneumatika stredisko predná-a bol premýšľal, čo Teoretici sprisahania sa prísť s chystáte na potom si uvedomíte toto, že... to isté by mohlo pre vás stať sa," povedal Keselowski. "Tak si nenechať sa dostať sa snaží vás príliš pokúsiť sa veľa sústrediť len na čo máš, aby uistite sa, že... nemáte rovnaký problém.
"Samozrejme, nie sú žiadne záruky. By sme mohli ísť na statok rovnaký problém majú Jimmie, viete, preberá bodu vedú späť.
"Žiadne záruky veľmi hrdá, ale na na tele... robiť budúci okruh viesť týždeň."
Multicar crackup KutkaBlogy 312 bolo spôsobené, keď Jeff Gordon rozhodol svoje albumu získať na Clint Bowyer.
Gordon bola krívanie okolo snahe sústrediť s klesá pneumatiky bola black-flagged, ktore chcel ho NASCAR jamy.
Ale beatnickým odelenie čakal na Gordon Bowyer, s ktorými na robil predchádzajúcich kontakt, ktorá vyústila v Gordon's pneumatiku.
Gordon smyk Bowyer v skupine Joey zhromažďujú procese Arica Almirola. Aby vyviedli obdobia ôsmu a konečnú, opatrne.
Po Gordon dostál von jeho členov posádky auta z jeho Hendrick Motorsports iní z Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing dostál je tím urobiť značného prať v boxoch.
Potom Bowyer bežal auta z dopravcu v snahe Gordon je povzbudiť konfrontácie, ktoré sa nestalo.
Do prvého bol chytený v televízii. Súčasťou Bude upútavky na každej alebo kdekoľvek-ESPN odoberať na až príde.
"Bola robí je na priehyby v okolí čakali môj čas," povedal Bowyer. "Myslím, že... sotva dotkol ho cítim ho dostať urobiť delvada tri pokúsiť sa ma delvada minul.
"Ďalšia vec, ja vím, ja jsem řekl v rádiu, na mňa čaká... Je to dosť trápne pre štyri-čas víťaz je to považujem za jeden z koho najlepších snažím šport niekedy je videl konať takhle je úplne absurdné ľan."
Incident nútení Bowyer do 28. miesto tretí štvrtý až v bodoch, 52 za. O je vyradený z majstrovstiev sváru.
"Som doslova sotva otrel ho a potom zrazu cítim sa ho snaží pomstiť," povedal Bowyer. "Na minul alebo zvedavy naraziť do múru robil seba vyzerať ako hlupák."
Oplatiť Bowyer v Homestead?

"Budeme musieť počkať a uvidíme," povedal. Gordon povedal: "veci dostali vyústili v roku práve som sa. Clint má bežať do mňa niekoľkokrát, ma rozbitý sa dostál robiť mi na chrbte ihneď, zničil veľa dosť náš deň.
"Mám mal, bola otrávená s ním dostál ho späť."
Ohňostroje nad neboli.
Nastaviť zelená-biela-kockované reštart Harvick, vodca v čase incidentu konať svoju pôdu ľahko.
Ako biele vlajky letel, Danica Patrick * Jeff Burton nadviazal kontakt. Patrick bol schopný krívať, ale predpokladalo sa vpred tam bol tekutiny na trati.
NASCAR, ktore neskôr povedal: aby nemohol zvedavy zistiť na trati... Patrick bol podieľa tak nevolal k opatrnosti.
V poslednom viacerých vozidiel KutkaBlogy točil. Medzi nimi boli Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Paul Menard () Mark Martin. Bol hit Keselowski, ale ČEZ pluh podarí až do konca.
... Že odvety na Krasňanoch; tam to... bol rachot v boxoch manuálny vodič zrýchlil... nahnevane konfrontovať iného veci, ktoré sú nie sú prevládajúce v napriek tomu niektorí NASCAR tvrdia skladom závodné auto nie je ďaleko odstránený z profesionálnej závodnej (neuveriteľne absurdné názor).
Ale oni sa stalo.
... To bolo posledné kolo multicar nehody, podľa mnohých názoru, vrátane mňa, ktoré by nevznikli, ak žltou vlajkou hodil, NASCAR je tiež zriedkavé.
Ale trať splati, bojuje, konfrontácie-hádania má NASCAR boli vždy súčasťou športu.
V dôsledku konečnom, čo sa stalo na zaváňa Phoenix, čo mnohí hovoria chýba v NASCAR-ktorá je tvrdá, konfrontačnej, emocionálne, ktoré dostihy z vedie spor.
Keselowski farebne povedal, že... odveta dnes je smiešne.
Má právo na jeho názor, ale, tak úctou, všetkou asi nebol dlho na dosť poznať čo bola odveta, ako často sa stalo v NASCAR.
Stanoviská sa budú líšiť, ale na pretekanie nahnevaní Phoenix bolo dramatické, vzrušujúce a nezabudnuteľné.
Myslím, že... fanúšikovia než videl viac.
(A) v NASCAR, ktore bude stáť pri svojich rozhodnutiach pravdepodobne vydávať žiadne tresty vôbec.
Úprimne povedané, po Phoenix, myslím, NASCAR má album to...-ticho texty, samozrejme.

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.