A Good Race Results Day And A Very Happy Me

What an awesome day.  Team Andretti finished first and third in the Izod Indy race with James Hinchcliff taking the top spot and Marco Andretti finishing third.

The ending of the NASCAR race was super awesome.  Not so much who won, because I put that driver at the top of my you-know-what list (put an s in front of hit), but that ending was one of the best I have witnessed in a long, long time.  California racing has always been sort of a snooze-fest...but not today.  

Dale Jr. started in the 15th position but was moved up to 13th due to a car ahead of him having to go to the rear for an engine change.  He had an unhappy car in the beginning, but  Steve Letarte (crew chief) worked his magic and dialed the car in giving Dale Jr. the advantage of running in the top ten for the middle of the race.  By the end of the race he had fallen as far back as 24th but was able to bring himself up into the top ten again with a few laps to go. 

The leaders took each other out, the third place car then went on to win, and Dale Jr. finished second.  Junior now has five straight top ten wins and is in the points lead...12 points ahead.

This is a photo of the happy driver in the media center after the race.  Love that smile.