Fun Fact: Kurt Busch celebrated with Robby Gordon visiting him in Victory Lane, with Kurt saying that it reminded him racing against Ricky Craven at Darlington.... which was, arguably the BEST NASCAR finish EVER...
I know the 2006 Busch Series season gets a lot of criticism for essentially being the beginning of the abundant presence of Cup Series drivers but there were plenty of great races that year like this one. I'd take more Cup guys in Xfinity now if it meant the younger drivers could learn from some of the best.
It's really a shame that we can't have experienced guys in the lower series without them utterly dominating. It would be great to watch upcoming talent duke it out with the established guys but realistically the Cup Series drivers would just blow everybody else out of the water, especially when they're running top tier equipment.
Well, I remember watching NRH with Joey and Brad, and they made a good point: if you completely annihilate the cup guys out of the few truck and Xfinity Series, how would the young guys learn how these tracks with no tips and guidance from the Cup guys, that know these tracks like off the back of their hand?
Foreshadowing of the 2012 Finger Lakes 355? This was only the second time they raced at Watkins Glen after they returned from a sabbatical that lasted from 2002-2004. Get rid of the splitters NASCAR, Nixon is sending you a message!
I liked these cars and the way things were, the drivers could drive these cars on edge and race each other and get into each other without tearing the car up. If you did this in the car they have now, they would be out of the race with a bent splitter. These cars took talent to drive and this is the kind of racing that the fans love to see. You don't see this type of racing anymore just like quarterbacks and receivers getting drilled over the middle with good clean football play, this type of stuff is a lost art now. This type of stuff made the Saturday something to see, back then I used to watch a lot of Busch races almost as much as I did the Cup Series, now I could care less because of a lack of racing like this.