Yesterday's Cup race saw a lot of fender banging and bumper bashing. Jimmie Johnson, who won the race, did so without escaping the race unscathed. He had a late encounter with Denny Hamlin, which put Johnson in the lead, and moved Hamlin to 2nd.
Today's Camping World Truck series race provided more of the same. After leading a lot of laps in the latter stages of the race, Kyle Busch was bumped by Kevin Harvick, which allowed Harvick to pass. Harvick was followed by his KHI teammate Ron Hornaday, who made harder contact with Kyle Busch, pushing in the quarter panel on the left rear of Busch's Toyota which in turn caused a tire rub. The yellow flag came out almost immediately after Harvick's pass for the lead, due to another incident on the track.
Kyle Busch asked for his crew to check out the damage, and also rubbed the left side of his truck on the inside wall near the entrance to pit road. Kyle inadvertently crossed the white commitment line, but stayed out on the track. NASCAR called foul. Kyle's chances of winning the race were obviously over.
After the race, SPEED TV's cameras where on Kyle Busch as he exited his truck. Kyle removed his helmet and HANS device, and slammed them down on the rear of the truck. He then sprinted up pit road, into the oncoming traffic of trucks still entering pit road. He then hopped over the fence onto the track, walked across, and exited the track, all to audible boos.
I'll offer some commentary on this event later, but so far in 2009, the Martinsville Truck race has been by far my favorite! Beating, banging and even a temper tantrum! Does it get any better?
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