Old habits die hard. As I was watching the end of , what turned out to be a very entertaining Daytona 500, I couldn't believe I was rooting against Mark Martin to win. There was only one reason that I didn't want him to win. He is the latest Ford guy to defect. Plain and simple--I don't want him winning anything while driving a Chevy!
I was happy to see Kevin Harvick beat MM at the line however. That seems wierd considering Harvick is the lead driver for RCR's Chevy stable. But, Harvick is a Chevy driver and I can live with that. I can't live with, or accept, the defectors; Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton and now even Bill Elliott are all driving Chevies and it bugs me. I wonder how my overall dislike for Gordon would be different if he had not jumped from his Ford Busch ride to his Hendrick Cup ride?
With all that said; what a great ending to an overall ho-hum race. With Harvick making his last turn surge to the win and Clint Bowyer crossing the finish line on his lid, this 500 will be one to remember. Lets hope, with the race ending in prime time on the east coast, the tv ratings will show that a lot of people saw the great ending and will tune in in the future to see more great racing.
Lets just hope everyone mkes it through post race inspection.
Steve
Not to be picky or anything,but, why don't you have the same bias against Kasey Kahne? He too left Ford, if I recall correctly, for Evernham's Dodge deal. Where's the hate for #9?
Posted by: charlie | February 20, 2007 at 02:04 PM