Texas and NASCAR

So if you want a sure fire way to end a drought, invite NASCAR to race in your area...

In light of the drenching rain at the Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, the race took place Monday at midday. So I read the live feed before watching my DVR'd race because some of us have to work for a living.

Some highlights:

Tony Stewart, who took the pole (Go, Smoke!) lead the first ten green-yellow flag laps... Yes, they started the race under caution because there might have been some damp spots...

That was odd, but odder things were coming.

The Jet dryers still on the track blew air up under the hood of Keselowski, and popped his hood, along with messing up his safety flaps. His team had to bondo this hood down.

AND WE WEREN"T EVEN RACING YET!

Several other teams went down pit road to sort out the safety flaps before the race really got started, and we were off with Tony leading for real now.

Then Junior drove through the boggy grass, shot up to the wall and burst into flames as he headed back down the banking to the infield. He had his steering wheel off, seat belts unbuckeled and helmet detached before his car even stopped moving. Good thing too- the back panel of his care practically melted off.

But this is NASCAR, so when they got the fire out, they took it to the garage to see if they could get it back on the track.

Seriously!

Now I am no mechanic, but I knew they were done. And NASCAR agreed with me- they did not get back to racing.

The sad part of Junior destroying his car was JJ was right behind him and the debris messed up his car- caved in the windshield...

Have I mentioned we were only done with 30 laps of racing?

So the 48 team bonds-ed and cleaned with everyone over the wall and JJ speeding on pit road- they were now last in line so the penelties meant nothing.

And they kept the car going over the course of a very long day.

Kevin Harvick blew up his car- he just has not caught a break since his win- and JJ, who was not having a rough enough day, blew a tire.

And can I say the film of JJ's windshield vibrating as his speed increased was something else. The fact that it didn't seem to fluster the team at all just makes me think SE7EN is coming to the 48 soon.

And just when Joey was about to take the white flag, a caution as Kurt Busch blew a tire snatched away certain victory. There would be a green-white checker...

When I was reading along at work, this is where the live feed stopped...

So I got to watch the end- Joey taking the flag- when I watched at home.

Seven races, seven winners...