Raceweek Rewind II

No Cup recap this week as I’ve yet to watch the race. My typical Nationwide Series recap as well as some off topic tidbits can be found after the fold.

Nationwide Series

So what does an 18-year old who flipped dad’s car the week prior do the following weekend? Win, naturally. We’re speaking of Joey Logano, of course. Logano flipped his Cup car in Dover last weekend in an accident that would have taken a few veterans a couple of weeks to recover from. Instead, Logano passed a dominant Kyle Busch in the closing laps to win the Kansas Lottery 300 on Saturday afternoon. Busch clearly had the fastest car, leading five times for 173 laps. However, a late lap caution brought the field together and gave Logano one last shot. The 18-year took advantage, passing Busch on lap 197 and held on over the final four to win his fourth Nationwide Series race of the season. Busch finished second (his tenth runner up finish of the year) just ahead of Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle, whom rounded out the top-10.

“The good thing about this win is it should shut everyone up about, ‘Am I going to be ready, am I going to not be as good because I rolled over like that?’” Logano said. “Hopefully, that will put things to rest. ... I had no fear. If you can barrel-roll a car like that and come out OK, that’s going to give you all the confidence to drive harder.”

Snarky.

Busch’s runner-up finish and Carl Edwards seventh place mark all but assures the Las Vegas native the Nationwide crown. Busch ran his lead to 245 points over Carl and all but cemented the greatest Grand National season of all time.

“Unfortunately, I got beat,” Busch said succinctly. “The kid outdrove me. That’s what you’ll have sometimes. The [car] was good [Saturday]. Unfortunately, I couldn’t drive it hard enough in order to get a win out of it.

The more things change...

Does the 2009 Chase for the Championship seem eerily similar to the 2007 incarnation? Just replace the name Jeff Gordon with Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson with...well, Jimmie Johnson. More on that later this week.

Off Topic

There was a lot of hate over Chicago’s possible bid for the 2016 Olympics. Most of your apathy was awarded alongside Rio’s inclusion as host city. Why the U.S. Olympic hate?