Is it better to be lucky than good? You might properly direct that question at "Cousin Carl" Edwards and long-time crew chief Bob Osborne. Osborne called his driver into the pits for a tire stop which put him out of the lead (at the time). Osborne and Edwards had a disagreement on the strategy (or lack thereof). After a 41 minute rain delay, Mr. Osborne's strategy reminded one of another denizen of "Happy Valley"--JoPa. Edwards was in the right place at the right time afterward, and had enough to win over a charging Tony Stewart, who would have won the race if it were 10 laps longer. Brickyard 400 winner Jimmie Johnson was 3rd. I would not have wanted to be on Kyle Busch's plane this evening--the Sprint Cup point leader lost a lot of his lead because his car ran out of gas two laps from the end...as he was running fourth. So the post race show was entertaining with Jack Roush just sitting back like the "Cat in the Hat".
The points going into Watkins Glen:
Kyle Busch--3059
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.--2883 (-176)
Carl Edwards--2874 (-185)
Jimmie Johnson--2859 (200)
Jeff Burton--2833 (226)
6-12
Jeff Gordon
Kasey Kahne
Greg Biffle
Tony Stewart
Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Clint Bowyer 2512
Matt Kenseth is 13th at 2501 points.
We'll resume live blogging from the IndyCar event at Infineon Raceway outside Sonoma, California.
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