The Atlanta Motor Speedway has always been a good track for Dale. Only he knows what it is that fits his style. I think he does great on tracks that you can race the race track. What I mean by that is you have different grooves to find during the course of the race. You also have a lot of room in Atlanta to move the car around and find what is comfortable for the car and driver. Being able to move around on the track also gets you out of some of the dirty air the other cars create. He and the UPS team had a solid run.
It was impressive from the spotter's stand to watch dad come through the field. Early in the race he had a pit road speeding penalty but was able to drive to around fifteenth. The early part of the race went caution free so the leaders were able to put a lot of cars a lap down. Luckily, the 88 was able to get the "free pass" on one of the early cautions. This is when it got impressive from my view. He had to start at the end of the longest line (that is the rule if you are the "lucky dog.") on the restart but he did not stay there long. After a few laps his car would come to him and he would start picking the cars off in front of him. He has always been good at saving tires and equipment so I think that helps him at AMS as well. He drove from the back to eight place by the end of this run.
I thought he was going to make it to the top 5 but as the sun started going down the track was changing and the car seemed to get a little too loose. He was still not bad but he leveled off around 12th or thirteenth.
I think the car and driver were still good enough to make it into the top ten but a late accident would spoil those hopes. The last ten laps had to be spent just making it to the end. There was a multiple car accident in turn one that damaged the car. If there would have been more than ten laps left the good run would have been over. The UPS Ford Fusion finished 11th.
The team is doing a good job. It is nice to see that everyone is still working towards getting into the top 20 to finish out the season.
After the race was over I was able to go with dad to watch the Panthers and Cowboys play Sunday night football. I am a Cowboy's fan so the day just kept getting better for me. I know Carolina needed a win but I have always been a Dallas fan and always will be. I will pull for Carolina on any other week.
The Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure visits the Talladega Superspeedway again this weekend and next weekend. There are still spots available for November 11 and 12. Call 888-GO-RACE-1 or visit www.racingadventure.com to book your spot now. The holidays are coming fast!
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Really enjoy your blog Jason. Wish us fans could see the 88 like you do when it is passing cars and equal to the drivers talent for a change. Atleast some of us have trackpass and can hear the scanner and keep up with the lap times.
Cowboys fan huh? Gosh you Jarretts pick stange teams to cheer for. Tell your Dad I was at the Wake-UNC game Saturday and enjoyed that a great deal. GO DEACS!!!!
Let's hope Toyota and the #44 UPS Camry get your Dad back up front in '07!
I was just happy to see the #88 finish 11th. I was really concerned after seeing that accident that the car would not be driveable but the team pulled it together and got DJ back out on the track.
The only issue I had was the TV coverage was poor about DJ. We never heard anything after the accident and I didn't even see the car on TV. Guess they were too concerned about the "Chasers"
Good luck at Texas!!!
Your Dad is going to great next year.
It's in the big picture.
Really.
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