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Filed under: David Reutimann, Kyle Busch, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR Crashes, Sprint Cup

Do I understand why David Reutimann felt it necessary to repay Kyle Busch at Kansas?

Certainly.

Reutimann, still battling for respect in NASCAR despite two wins with a team still fighting to be a Chase contender, can't afford take finishes in the doldrums of the running order just because another driver lacked a bit of patience.

I understand his explanation that his No. 00 team didn't have the option of when Kyle Busch was going to wreck. I get that Reutimann -- at Kansas, a track nearly identical to the site of his last win in Chicago -- had a car under him and was looking for a prosperous day.

That's all fine. That's all dandy.

Until the tables are turned.

 

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Filed under: Denny Hamlin, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, Joe Gibbs Racing, NASCAR

Denny Hamlin didn't hesitate to put a grade on his race car in Sunday night's 500-miler at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

"It was an A-plus on the racetrack," Hamlin said. "The car handled great. I was just messing around out there and having a good time."

A "frustrating" blown motor -- as Hamlin labeled it -- dropped the No. 11 from contention and out of the race after 143 laps, including 74 that he led.

"I know if we had the reliability, we could win this championship and the odds would be pretty good to win the championship if I can just keep it together for 10 weeks," said Hamlin, partially throwing his team under the bus for the failure.

The good news for Hamlin, and the spirit of his team for that matter, is that this weekend's stop at Richmond International Raceway for the 36-race NASCAR Sprint Cup tour will be a bit of a homecoming for the 29-year-old driver.

 

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by Dave Despain

Filed under: Sprint Cup, Speed TV

If I had said this six months ago, you would have insisted that I'd lost my last marble. But now the notion doesn't seem so crazy, does it? I pick Tony Stewart to win the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.

That's right - my money's on "Smoke" and I'm feeling pretty confident given the way he's behaving lately. Taking the point lead at Dover, and winning for the first time as a car owner a week later at Pocono, sealed the deal for me, but let me point out that six months ago I was in the minority who believed in the notion that Stewart-Haas Racing would actually succeed.

Smoke Will Win It All This Season originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:38:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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