The mighty Kasey does it again!!

So another weekend at Lowe's and another trip to victory lane for Kasey Kahne, but this time it counted. I tell you what, it was nice to see the Bud car in victory lane. It has certainly been a while since that paint scheme was doused with the foamy suds in the winners circle. Kahne and the 9 were not the most dominant car Sunday night, but their patience paid off for them. The 9 used some of the knowledge from the all-star event to their advantage, by letting the track come to them. Over the course of 600 miles, the longest race on the circuit, the track goes through several changes. As the sun gos down on the western horizon of Charlotte the track temperature goes down. This is a gradual process that takes many hours, so just because you qualify well during the daylight does not mean your car is going to dominate when the night closes in.  Kahne and co. knew this going in to the interminable race, and it showed in the final 100 or so laps. They were the best when it counted and thats all that really matters. Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades my friends.

Another top five for the 88! Even when things go horribly wrong for the national guard team they end up in the front of the pack. Jr smacked the wall in the waning stages of the race looking like he was going to end his day in the top 15 if he was lucky. But the way things cycled through the  Jr.and the 88 ended up with their 5th top 5 of the season.

Kudos to the 44 and Dave Reutimann for a solid weekend. Dave scored his first top 10 of the year and if my gut feeling is not just heartburn, then I think big things await in the future for Reutimann  and the UPS 44! You know Dave has got to be a great guy, I mean DW is always praising him on the air. If DW gives the thumbs up then so do I. I think this is a great story brewing here, and i hope that the 44 can dominate the asphalt as well as Big Brown does the slop!

In other news i will be attending the Pocono race weekend armed with a press pass looking for the scoop. It is my bachelor party, so my friends and I are renting OK Go's tour bus from them and doing it up rock star style. Of course I will be blogging my heart out throughout the course of the weekend. It seems fair that my buddies party all day long on the tour bus while I am out there working the garage doesn't it? So if you see a bunch of Yankees in a tour bus who look like they have no business at a NASCAR event, that is probably us, so come over and say hi, and who knows we may just give you a beer or you could end up in the next entry on DOTYAWARD.com!!