A very rough day at Phoenix with a lot of heavy hitters going down hard due to early carnage.
Our team scored 189 points total with: 99 - 4 - 20 - 78
Carl Edwards was the right choice in the A-List, and keep in mind heavily if you've still got starts with him when it comes to the fall race in Phoenix. He had the best car, was passing cars left and right on a track that is tough to pass on, and he was fast out front. Kyle Busch ended up killing Edwards run (I did say put in Kyle over Carl, so if you had that option and followed that advice, lucky you).
Once again, Jimmie Johnson "not that good" still turns into a good run, never forget a bad Jimmie Johnson still beats a lot of good cars at the end of the day.
Keep in mind the 99, 18, 24, 48, and 22 as we go into other flat tracks later this year.
It was a shame we never got to see what Joey Logano had, he went down a cylinder so early that we never got to see how he will contender on the flat tracks later this year. Kasey Kahne did about what I expected, maybe even a little better. Wasn't a winning car but it was a solid Top-10 car all day and they kept working on it just to keep it in contention.
Ryan Newman will also be one to watch on the other flat tracks, Stewart-Haas stepped up their program as whole and Newman will be a lock for the next flat track. Also very impressed with RPM, they over-performed for what I thought they had for this race. Martin Truex Jr and Brad Keselowski also log solid runs.
Jeff Burton and Clint Bowyer were a little off, and I will be burning Jeff Burton starts early as frustration continues to mount in the 31 camp after another bad finish.
The C-List was a bit of a surprise as David Ragan was terrible even before getting caught up in the big one and eventually knocking the front stretch wall down. And remember that was with a very confident Ragan and "the best car he's ever had". Regan Smith was using full advantage of his good pit stall early and would of been the class of the C-List until he was caught in the wreck. Paul Menard is doing well with his new RCR team and he will be another to watch as the upcoming flat tracks roll in. Bobby Labonte also somehow fixed his damage very quickly to a 21st place run. And lets not overlook the name David Gilliland, Front Row invested a lot of money and bought a lot of left-over RPM equipment, Gilliland could be what Regan Smith was to us in 2010, a solid Top 25 with Top 15-20 potential.
We will post our early thoughts on Las Vegas on Tuesday to get you prepared as the west coast tour rolls on.
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