Did you hear who won the 51st running of the Daytona 500? It's a pretty good story, really. Matt Kenseth, first-time winner, started clear in the back driving a backup car.... Yeah, it's not really the hot story on the Monday after the 500. Instead, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and his no-good, very-bad day is the HOT topic all over the internet and around NASCAR Nation. From Junior's pit woes, to the big wreck he and Brian Vickers started, everyone has picked sides. A sampling:
First, in case you missed the race or the thousands of replays on the sports news channels, go here for the news story about the big mess, er... wreck, at Daytona on Sunday.
Thatsracin.com's David Poole says there are no excuses for the Junior's actions and the accident he triggered.
Also on thatsracin.com, Charlotte Observer columnist Tom Sorenson says Junior is a bad guy for ruining the race.
Fox Sports has post-race videos from Kenseth, Earnhardt and Tony Stewart. Fox Sports motorsports columnist Lee Spencer has the he said, he said covered.
Joe Menzer at nascar.com took a Kyle Busch angle with his opinion piece Monday morning. Busch, who had the dominant car Sunday, was caught up in the big wreck.
Bob Pockrass reveals on scenedaily.com that Sunday' winning car owner, Jack Roush, was furious about the big wreck that took out two of his cars (Jamie McMurray and Carl Edwards).
Scenedaily.com blogger Jeff Owens wonders why Junior wasn't penalized for the wreck like Jason Leffler was the day before in the Nationwide race.
Tired of the beat down? Tom Jensen at speedtv.com was bummed the biggest race of the year had to end early because of rain. Oh yeah, he touches on the Junior scandal too.
-- Michele Vincze
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Posted by: mike | February 16, 2009 at 08:02 PM