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Motorsport News: Russ Bonds Weekly Report
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Kansas to Martin Its a good thing that most of the Nextel Cup races are not like Kansas this past weekend - it was boring. Not even really worth talking much about, but there were a few things I found a little odd, and therefore newsworthy. First, Mark Martin jumped back into the chase with his win, even though he said afterwards - in victory lane - that he was still too far back to contend for the title. I hope hes wrong. Eight of the 10 chasers finished in the top ten, left out were Jeremy Mayfield and Ryan Newman, so there was some minor shuffling of the standings, but with his fourth place finish, Tony Stewart is starting to take command. He leads by 75 over Newman, 88 over Biffle, 90 over Wallace, 92 over Johnson and 95 over Edwards. Now for the interesting part of the Kansas race. Firstly, I mentioned in my preview
 Matt Kenseth leads Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle at Kansas. (Photo: Autostock) | | ||||
Busch didnt help the teams cause when he missed the opportunity to keep Ryan Newman down a lap. On a restart, with Kenseth leading, Busch, who was a lap down, starting at the front of the inside row, went on the offensive to get ahead of Kenseth, which put him on the tail end of the lead lap.
The problem from a team standpoint was that Ryan Newman was also a lap down, and with Busch passing Kenseth, he effectively gave Newman the Lucky Dog and put him back on the lead lap during the next yellow. Had Busch fallen into line behind Kenseth, he would have gotten the lucky dog, leaving Newman still a lap down. Newman didnt have the pace needed to earn the Lucky Dog on his own, so had Busch been
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| The Roush Racing crew busts out a pit stop on the race leading Ford Taurus of Matt Kenseth. Teammate Mark Martin won the race while Kenseth finished 5th. (Photo: Autostock) |
Charlotte is Saturday night, and with the new surface, most that have tested there say it is nearly flat out all the way around. This means passing will be difficult, and expect the move me up the order two tire stops to be more en vogue this weekend.
Finally, Roush finishing one, two, and three is a good thing for the Roush team, but it could also fuel more competition
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| Ganassi thinks setting up an open wheel championship which lets you earn points in both the IRL and ChampCar is a good idea. (Photo: Autostock) |
Ganassis Plan
One of the most interesting plans, or rumors of plans circulating within the open wheel ranks has been attributed to Targets Chip Ganassi. The idea is basically to have a championship without a series. You see, Ganassi thinks setting up an open wheel championship which lets you earn points in both the IRL and ChampCar is a good idea. Teams could run races on either schedule, and then gain points towards this new championship. This will be a tough sell to both the IRL and Champcar, as neither would have control of the championship - and teams would come and go each race weekend. For teams, it means they could basically cherry pick what races they want to run, and more importantly, those they dont want to run.
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| McLarens Kimi Raikkonen came from 17th on the grid to pass Renaults Giancarlo Fisichella on the last lap for the win. (Photo: McLaren F1) |
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