Daytona 500

WOW!

I am really tired today but that is to be expected when the Sunday Daytona 500 ends early Tuesday morning.

And it did not disappoint.

No more two car tandems for hundreds of laps. No boring racing couples rounding the track.

And the fun started early- halfway through lap 2, Sadler tapped Jimmie, spun him into the wall and parts flew everywhere. Little Ms. Go-Daddy threaded a needle between two spinning cars and both David Regan and Jimmie were all done. Not sure how Jimmie is above Regan in points since he clearly wrecked first, but that's NASCAR.

The halfway prize money went to Martin Truex, Jeff Gordon blew an engine and by the end 21 cars were wrecked at some point, with 11 not even finishing. Wreckers or checkers, indeed.

But the Montoya wreck and the ensuing fire, and a repair that included Tide is just beyond words. How in the world did the track not melt? How did they have a plan to fix the track after a fire like that...

Twittering from the back field from Ski, Carl Edwards asking for Subway... Well, it was a two hour delay...

Oh, and Matt Kenseth won, even with water shooting out. 2012 is off and running and this proves that ANYTHING can happen.