Under the cloudy Loudon, New Hampshire skies, the NASCAR Sprint Cup series continued their hectic race schedule with the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 race on Sunday, June 28. Qualifying had been rained out, so the field was set by owner’s points, which put Tony Stewart on the poll with Jeff Gordon on the outside.
This was a tremendously exciting race from start to finish. The racers were fighting for every spot as Loudon is notorious for making it difficult to pass. Track position was ultra important, and from the moment the green flag fell, it felt like the last lap. This sense of urgency was heightened
by the threat of rain.
The race was full of three-wide racing. I mean, I was holding my breath big time as I watched some of the duels for position that occurred. Especially thrilling was the double file restarts which NASCAR has been doing for a couple of weeks now. Lap-down traffic is no longer issue. All of the guys up front are fighting one another, and it’s increased the excitement tremendously.
Stewart led for a while, as did Jimmie Johnson. Kurt Busch was very exciting to watch as he battled Jeff Gordon for much of the race. It was clean racing, though, and ...
