News and Views of the Week By-Bethann Puderbaugh Welcome to InsideThePitBox.com!! Check out ALL our sections and features here!! There is plenty to keep you busy on our main page! Hello Readers! Time for a little news and some comments on last weekends race. MONDAY- Well I know the hot topic discussed with my Nascar buddies at work Monday morning was the red flag (or lack thereof). How about you? What a lucky break for Matt Kenseth and a dissapointment for Sterling Marlin. Seems like the red flag has a bone to pick with Sterling! Another topic being discussed was the post race inspection on Matt Kenseth's car which was found to be 1/4" to low. MY COMMENTS: I think that if at all possible, the races should end under green. The people I feel sorry for are the ones that payed mucho dinero to see the race and after an exciting day of racing, had it end on somewhat of a deflated note. Do I think that the 1/4" made a difference in Matt Kenseth's win? I think that Matt had the dominant car all day and even if the flags had fallen a different way, he still would have won. That 1/4" may have had a little to do with the outcome, but it wasn't the determining factor in the win. I must give a shout out to Kenseth's crew for cranking out some awesome Pit Stops. That is why they are the Pit Crew Champions. TUESDAY- Steve Park tested yesterday at Atlanta, and the test session went well. He turned a lap of 175.560 mph, compared to Kenny Wallace and Shawna Robinson's identical lap time of 185.418 mph. (Thank you Nascar.com for that info.) I admire Steve for taking the time that he needs to recover and not rushing back into the care before he is ready. I can't wait to see Park back behind the wheel of the race car again. We Love Steve! More news....Kenseth's team is fined $30,000 for not meeting the height requirements. COMMENTS: Why is it that Nascar fines different drivers different amounts for the same rule infraction? Last year they fined Tony Eury Sr. $25,000, they fined Kenseth's crew chief $30,000, and I seem to remember a few years back Jeff Gordon's Crew chief being fined $10,000. if anyone knows the answer to that question let me know. WEDNESDAY: Not much racing news today.....but for all of those that showed up to our ITPB (Inside the Pit Box ) chat tonight thank you!! It was nice to chat with you the readers and get some feedback on the site. You too can come and chat with us, stop on in and say hello, we would love to see you there. VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!! Nascar visits Vegas this week, should be an interesting race, the first two races this year have sure been interesting. As always, lets hope for a safe, competitive race! If you would like to reach me about this or any of the articles on this site you can do so at Bethann@insidethepitbox.com Thanks for reading, and tell your friends everyone. Thanks for visiting InsideThePitBox.com!! Check out ALL our sections and features here!! There is plenty to keep you busy on our main page! (Editors Note:The views and opinions of our writers are just that, theirs. If you have comments, write to them. We take no responsibility for their articles... Do you blame us?) Article archives Return to the Main Page