Posted by mamadew88
on 11/8/2009, 9:11 pm
Biggest NASCAR Mistake
November 8th, 2009 | by RacingWin
| Who Made The Biggest Mistake at Texas?
When Jimmie Johnson crashed early in the race you would have thought Dale Earnhardt Jr took the lead on the last lap at Talladega. The crowd went wild.
Sunday’s Dickie’s 500 at Texas Motor Speedway was a battle to see who could make the biggest mistake. Jimmie Johnson threw away a huge chunk of his championship lead. Kyle Busch threw away the race lead. Dale Earnhardt Jr threw away a good finish.
Kyle Busch out of gas.
Kyle Busch beat a fast path out of Texas Motor Speedway after being forced to the pits with an empty fuel cell while he was leading with just 3 laps to go. Why didn’t Kyle at least explain what happened?
Kyle’s new crew chief, Dave Rogers, blew it big time by not bringing Kyle to pit road for gas sooner.
Kurt Busch knew Kyle was going to run out of gas with 3 laps to go. So why didn’t Kyle’s new crew chief know it? Kurt was told by his crew chief Pat Tryson that he didn’t have to race Kyle – that Kyle was short on gas. I guess Kyle’s team should have been listening
Dale Earnhardt Jr’s crew chief didn’t do much better.
Dale Earnhardt Jr hit pit road out of gas with just 7 laps to go. The pit crew dumped in a few gallons of gas and let Junior go. He only made it a few yards out of his pit stall before his car stalled because it could not pick up fuel.
Lance McGrew should have never let Junior leave his pit until he had fuel pressure. Junior was completely out of gas when he hit pit road.
McGrew could learn a thing or two from his teammate on the No. 24 team. Last week when Jeff Gordon ran out of gas at Talladega crew chief Steve LeTarte held Gordon in the pits until the car had fuel pressure. Had McGrew done the same thing Earnhardt would have had a chance to finish in the top 10 – instead of 25th.
Jimmie Johnson in the wall.
Don’t engrave Jimmie Johnson’s name on the Sprint Cup just yet. Johnson lost 111 points after crashing on the 2nd lap. The No. 48 team still holds a 73 point lead in the Sprint Cup standings. But it is not an unbeatable lead.
So what did you think about the race?
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