What You Inevitably Missed Not Watching Auto Racing This Weekend
by Bronto on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 12:03pm

–Kasey Kahne held off Tony Stewart on four double file restarts in the final 35 laps to win the Sprint Cup Toyota/SaveMart 350. The race was moving along rather quickly until the final segment, when everyone decided that they wanted to play bumper cars.
–For the casual fan, Sunday’s race was one that would have been very entertaining. Watching the drivers attempt to muscle these boxes around the 11 turns at Infineon was awesome. Drivers were attempting to divebomb each other three-and-four wide into 90 degree corners, and probably less than 12 drivers weren’t involved in some sort of an incident on Sunday.
–Mr. Ashley Judd won the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway. Despite only four cars finishing on the lead lap, the racing on the 7/8 mile track was some of the best racing that the IndyCar series has produced all year.
–Tony Kanaan took the lead early in the race at Iowa, and with the way he was running it looked like he’d finally be able to break his string of bad luck. Instead, right after giving up the lead for a green flag pit stop, Kanaan lost the car in turn 2 on his second lap out of the pits, and slammed into the wall.
–Sebastian Vettel won the British Grand Prix, ruining Jenson Button’s hopes for a victory in his home country. Button and Brawn GP have dominated so far this season, and it looks like their only challengers will be Vettel and Team Red Bull.
TAGS Dario Franchitti, Kasey Kahne |
