October 30, 2005
Carl Edwards Wins at Atlanta
(Filed under: Race Recap)Back to Atlanta and the Roush cars are back with Carl Edwards scoring the win. Except for Kurt Busch, who had a tire go down and went into the wall. Mark Martin finished third, Matt Kenseth fifth and Greg Biffle seventh. With his backflip and win Edwards finally looks like a Chase-worthy driver again.
Rusty Wallace, the aforementioned Busch and Jeremy Mayfield all had trouble today, and championship hopes don't look good for any of them (did it ever look good for Mayfield?). Ryan Newman started on the poll but wasn't much of a threat today, especially after tagging the wall late in the race. Jimmie Johnson slipped back late in the race, nearly going a lap down until he was saved by a debris caution--lucky dog.
All of which means Tony Stewart's ninth place finish keeps him gaining ground toward claiming his second NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship. With three races to go the top 5 are within 107 points, but it's Stewart's championship to lose. Newman, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards can only hope both Stewart and Johnson have some serious trouble.
As much as I dislike Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon, it's nice to both of them running up front, if only to silence all the whiners who only seem to care about these two. But after such bad seasons for both of them (and how sick is it that a "bad" season for Gordon includes four wins?) it must be reassuring to be doing something right again.
Posted by kevin at October 30, 2005 2:56 PM
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