Watching Nextel Prelude

I usually go to the movies about once a week but this week was a little bit different. For starters, the Nextel Cup event was forced to run on Monday because of rain on Sunday. So, I decided instead of going to a movie I would order The Prelude to the Dream. All I heard about last week was that this was going to be an great show. You have all of the ingredients: great track (famous Eldora Speedway), great drivers (26 Nextel Cup drivers), great fans (some joining in at Eldora and others watching on HBO Pay Per View), and great cause (Victory Junction Gang Camp).

It didn't take long for the excitement to start. Newman and Bill Elliot got together in the first heat race. Elliot came across the line on his roof. Once they turned him over he got out of the car stood on the roof and waved to the crowd. The second and third heats had plenty of action with cars on the bottom, middle, and top. You had such an impressive mix of Nextel drivers, open wheel drivers, and drag racers. These guys are all great, now they are in the same element to compete for charity and for plenty of bragging rights.

The main event has just started. There was a couple of quick yellow flags for some minor accidents. I don't have much experience on dirt but it will be interesting to see if the track changes. Looks like they can move around and find a groove their car likes. Jeff Gordon is showing just how awesome he is. I don't know how long it has been since Gordon has driven on dirt but he is putting on a great show with Carl Edwards. There are literally cars everywhere: bottom, middle, and top. Lap 18 there was a crash with Busch, Labonte, Kahne, and Stewart. From this point there is a lot of action going on. This needs to happen every year. Edwards, Busch, and Gordon great race!

These guys are talented. I would like to see more of this type of racing, maybe even a series. I would order this 3 or 4 times per year. Maybe like some of the other drivers said, let's make this the IROC Series. Stewart will push it and all of the sponsors and drivers should push this thing to keep happening and don't forget it was all for charity. Congratulations to everyone involved.