Hello from sunny Daytona International Speedway! After a cold start here on Thursday the weather has finally warmed up to what I expected the Florida weather should be like. The on track action has also heated up with the truck race kicking off last night and after a rough start it finally had some exciting racing with Todd Bodine taking the checkered flag followed by Kyle Busch and Johnny Benson.
- Erik Darnell in my opinion had the fastest truck by far. It was rough seeing him suffer from a vibration that ended up causing him to be involved in a crash that dropped him from the race.
- John Hill is right in his Blog about Kyle Busch; anytime he is around a wreck they immediately assume it’s his fault. He ran extremely well and finished 2nd in the race
- Rookie Justin Marks had an impressive run. Running top 5 most of the night before being caught up in the Erik Darnell accident, but rebounded to finish 8th.
The best thing about being down in Daytona, asides from seeing the Daytona 500 and the supporting series’, is being able to practically drive 30 or 40 minutes any direction and be at another track. On Thursday I went to New Smyrna Speedway and tonight I will be traveling to Volusia County Speedway to watch the World of Outlaw dirt late models.
At New Smyrna I spotted for a good friend of mine Les Law who was running a late model truck. He jumped out quick to a good running spot of 4th out of 25. But suffered from a brake problem halfway thru the event that dropped him from the race. New Smyrna Speedway featured a lot of great young drivers and some great races. It was the first time I had seen the SK modifieds, and let me tell you they put on a great show.
Whoa they just fired the engines for the Busch race; I need to get back out there.
More to come from speed weeks
John Gibson - Tech Editor, Stock Car Magazine