Wes Walk Update: Catching Up During the Easter Break

Five races in and Kyle Busch has already won, and Hendrick is still waiting for their first victory of the season. But before I even dive into that though, there is an important adjustment that has been made.


THERE HAS BEEN AN OFFICIAL TRADE MADE BETWEEN ZACK AND DAD.

Dad has officially sent the back to back championship winner Jimmie Johnson packing, due to a lack of performance after the first 4 1/2 races. In return, he gains Dale Earnhardt Jr. Zack was extremely frustrated with Jr after Gordan's big wreck in Las Vegas, and the feelings seemed to grow instead of dissipate. So when the opportunity knocked on Zack's door to grab fellow Champion Jimmie Johnson, there was no hesitation in his camp. Below are the revised two teams.

Dad:

Tony Stewart
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Matt Kenseth

Zack:

Jimmie Johnson
Jeff Gordon
Kevin Harvick


In other news, Mom mistakenly called our most recent Daytona 500 winner, Randy Newman. That's going in the books! But Mom has been going back and forth on a bunch of drivers herself... Here is her final team.

Mom:

Denny Hamlin
Carl Edwards
Jeff Burton


So far mom has been doing the best, here are the results as of now-

Daytona - WASH no winner

California - CARL EDWARDS (mom)

Las Vegas - CARL EDWARDS (mom)

Atlanta - KYLE BUSCH (jos)

Bristol - JEFF BURTON (mom)



Mom is kicking ass and currently has 6 walks, while Jos as 2 and Zack and Dad have none so far this season.

Will the Hendrick cars change that at Martinsville??? Will they even be a factor? I think they have become the big "?" of the season. Their best driver this season so far is Jr, if the Chase started today both Jeff and Jimmie would be out, and Casey Mears is in danger of dropping out of the top 35. What is going on?!!?

In the meantime, Joe Gibbs has made their presence, although several blown tires and mechanical failures with power steering and the fuel cell has prevented further success. Roush/Fenway cars have been dominant, at least that 99 car has been with Carl Edwards, as Biffle decided that he wants to be on TV more and has drastically improved his performance in 2008. Hopefully he will fall off the radar quickly though, I think he has plans on breaking the new TV I'm going to get when I move with his face. Yes.. the Biffle hatred level is skyrocketing now.. more and more every time I remember what he said about wrecking Kyle at Daytona.

Speaking of Kyle - what a dominant force!!! Already has his win at Atlanta, where he almost swept all three series, but a blown tire in the Nationwide wrecked his chances. And despite a 17th place finish, you have to admit that was one heck of a performance Kyle made racing 170 laps without power steering - at a track like Bristol no less!

That's it for now, I'm hungry so I think I shall enjoy my food. Racing will come back soon enough as 43 cars battle it out next week on the paper clip that is MARTINSVILLE!!!!!

2008 The Year of Questions & Answers

2008 is currently underway! And after 2 races, what a year it's already been. Before I go into my analysis, I would like to update certain information that is the main reason for this blog - wes walks.

For the most part, the only team that has had a makeover was moms. But I will refresh everyones memory.

Me:
Kyle Busch
Kurt Busch
Kasey Kahne

Dad:
Jimmie Johnson
Tony Stewart
Matt Kenseth

Zack:
Jeff Gordon
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Kevin Harvick (*change from 2007*)

Mom:
Denny Hamlin
Clint Bowyer
Carl Edwards

*Mom has replaced every person from her original team.

Now, ONLY for the Daytona 500 we changed the rules around a little bit... (this was due to Zack wanting to share his love for Tony Stewart)

We each picked one driver and one alternate. The alternate would only be eligible for wes walk gainage if the main driver complete wrecked out and could not finish all 250 laps.

AND THE WINNER OF DAYTONA....

noone.. Newman won.. and noone picked Newman.. and quite frankly..why would we? Its newman...

so that's that...

Kyle Should have won it... but that's ok... I'd rather have Kyle win the championship this year instead.

Which leads us into the rest how 2008 is the year of Mystery!!

A big question was "Is Toyota going to get their first victory this year?!?!?!?!!"

May I comment to anyone who actually asked this question.... You have got to be kidding me if you don't think that Tony Stewart Kyle Busch or Denny Hamlin are not going to win any races.... Three strong, talented, hungry drivers, you can put them in a soapbox and they will still be able to challenge for wins. And if you have any doubts after Daytona and California... they you need to see a therapist ASAP.

The COT has appeared to equal out the competition... So far, neither chevy nor toyota has won any races...I mean... chevy???? The powerhouse of NASCAR????? Yep, dodge and ford. But that won't last long.... I garantee a C or T win at Las Vegas this weekend. In fact, if given strong cars that don't have any mechanical errors.. or rookie driving errors... I see Jeff Burton and Kyle Busch battling it out for the lead this weekend.

Yes.. I'm talking a lot about KB... but for good reason... 1. he's amazing.... 2. He's leading both the truck and Cup series while only second in the nationwide series 3. everyone else can't stop talking about him - especially DW.....

so there I said it.. Kyle Busch will be a force to be reckoned with this year, and years to come.. He is bringing over the things he has learned Hendrick to the Joe Gibbs organization, where he can finally let down his guard and be himself. Him and Tony work phenomenal together, and Kyle and Denny are best friends off the track. In the laid back atmosphere at JGR, Kyle will only strive, and can only elevate the level of Tony and Denny by making Joe Gibbs, JGR, not 3 totally separate teams, but one powerhouse working together.