A NEW MEANING FOR BUSCH WHACKED

Source: Al Teredfuel
Date: 09/25/2008

ALMANOR, California — One has to imagine that based on the boos that Kyle Busch receives every time he appears on track, the fans must be fantastically pleased with NASCAR’s chase this year. Busch who was leading the points going into The Chase, with 8 wins and the honor of leading the most laps, is basically out of the running for the NASCAR Sprint Cup title.

Oh sure, he could win all the races or all the other drivers might have doubly bad luck and then he might win The Chase…but will he?

The Chase, was of course designed to keep fans happy and that has certainly worked out this season, because it is apparanet a great number of fans are happy that Busch won’t win. Of course if it was one of the NASCAR darlings, such as Dale Earnhardt Jr. or Jeff Burton, fans may not be so happy. If that was the case NASCAR would have a real headache, but being that it is the villain of NASCAR that has almost slipped out of the running after only 2 races, this worked out nicely for NASCAR.

So the story for the rest of the year will not be about how Jimmie Johnson or Greg Biffle or whomever else is winning The Chase. Instead the announcers and writers and radio personalities will likely focus on how Busch is losing it.

I wonder what this means for Carl Edwards? With the feuding that he and Busch have had would it really surprise anyone if Busch accidently tagged him now? After all the time will come when Busch has absolutely no hope left of winning a championship…forget the dream of multiple wins or the pileup at Talladega that one sportscaster said could happen …the odds are against him…and maybe so too are the odds against Edwards, after all what would Busch stand to lose?

I mentioned to a close friend that Busch was basically out of The Chase…he laughed.

I still can’t find the humor or joy in having this year’s best performing driver lose the NASCAR title due to mechanical woes and a NASCAR gimmick. But then, maybe it was the odds that played against Busch…it was time for an engine to let go.

In the end we see that what NASCAR offers is a nearly 30-race B-Main and a 10-race A-Main. So I suppose it is no different that Saturday night racing, doesn’t matter how powerfeul you are in the consy, it is only good for a transfer, it is winning the main that counts. But boy what an expensive B-Main the Cup series is for a team to run.

Ah well, it is what it is. And the Chase for the cup takes on a whole new meaning of BuschWhacked.

This is not necessarily the opinion of RacingWest.com.

--Al Teredfuel

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