What a great weekend of racing. The NBS and Cup were at Watkins Glen. Whatever your stance on the Montreal NBS race is, personally I think Robby Gordon won, but the miscalled side effect of Harvick taking the V was okay by me, could have been worse. Harvick won The Glen with clear-cut precission. Harvick in the #21 is a recipe for victory. This is Harvick's third win in three starts in the NBS. 31 wins ties him for second most wins in the series. Harvick was defending champion of the Cup race at The Glen, but this year did not pan out so well for him. The poolball chain reaction that collected him and teammate Jeff Burton was horrible but made for an interesting race. Harvick parked in front of and blocked Montoya's Big Red #42. Kevin then decides to get out of the car and confront Juan right on the track. A pushing and yelling match ensued. Harvick ended the day by stating he was talking to Montoya about "kicking his ass". I'm not real sure what caused the wreck, it looked like Montoya squeezed into a corner too tight while letting off the throttle, causing Truex Jr. to run over the #42...then the big bang! Prime example of physics at work! It looks like Montoya's personality is to not give an inch, even to faster cars. Well it wrecked two RCR cars this time around. As of this morning NASCAR has decided not to fine either driver and since the FCC is okay with the word "ass", Harvick gets by. Harvick dropped another spot in the points. I'm hoping he can chock up a couple more wins this season.
Above I uploaded some artwork I've put togther for Harvick's very first Winston Cup car. Harvick was slated to drive the #30 along side Dale's #3 in 2002. The unfortunate wreck that took Dale's life thrust Harvick into the Cup races sooner than later. So instead the #3 team became the #29. The black numbered "reverse" paintshceme illustrated above, was run for the 2 races after Earnhardt's accident. Kevin's car then went to the white with red numbers paintsheme for the remainder of the season. Kevin scored his first victory in the first race using the red/white colors. Yes, his third start, barely beating Jeff Gordon to the line! Kevin held 3 fingers high out of his window as he did the first of his now famous Cup burnouts. The #29 team still continues to carry Dale's #3 decal on the side of the car for every race. I've always loved the black numbered tribute car. I'm actually working on a 1:24th scale model of it in my free time. Click on it for a larger preview.
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