Richmond as a whole was again a great experience. Great track and facility. I’d recommend it to anyone, especially for a first race. I’ve got to go see more of the races here. We really enjoyed it. We saw a few friends we’d only knew online and we hope to see again. We wandered through all of the trailers and concessions. We were on SPEED Trackside. We had great seats on the Start/Finish line. The weather was great during the day, and held throughout the race. Just a great day for a race that ended with a great race.Richmond just refuses to disappoint.

Tony had a lot to think about during the race. He asked for more forward bite, and they adjusted. He asked for more, and they made more adjustments. This went on for most of the race. And then the electrical problems started. Tony was as busy as an air traffic controller, monitoring gauges, flipping switches, and driving a car that just didn’t seem to perform. He could get to tenth, but it just wouldn’t climb any higher. Basically he finished 4th because 4 cars in front of him fell back, and he just wouldn’t give up on his car. After 4 adjustments, we finally got some good feedback from him, and he started to pass cars. All in all a very hard fought 4th place finish for the 20 car.

It was an old school domination of a race except for the fact that he didn’t lap the field. Denny had it won, but for the same reason I’m a N ASACAR fan, he didn’t. If you don’t stick around for the last turn of the last lap, you can’t be sure who won. I was waiting for him to get out of the car and lay down in traffic. Instead he got penalized for purposely bringing out the yellow. My call would have been to come in for tires after dropping out of the top 10, but I blow stuff up for a living, so throw my opinion where ever you’d like.

You’ve got to ask yourself, “Would Dale Sr. have raced Dale Jr. in the same position (with quite possibly the same results)?” The answer is a resounding yes. Was Kyle out of place under Jr.? No. Could’ve Jr. given him some more room? Sure. Why Wasn’t Jr. Protecting the low line, anyway? Who knows?

Who does Michael Walthrip think he is teaching someone a lesson at Richmond? In 42 starts, he’s got 0 top 5’s and only 2 top 10’s. He missed the last three races here. I’d think there’s a better driver out there to show someone the ropes at RIR. I’m glad they parked him.