Greetings, race fans! Mark Martin has turned up the wick, taking his season-high fifth victory in just his 27th start of the season. And by taking home the first trophy in the Chase, Martin has brought out the lion in Juan Pablo Montoya, who won’t easily get over being deprived of a free lobster anytime soon.
But what about the other news you might not have heard about? Our Kurt Smith captures some of those stories behind the weekend’s photos…
Jimmy Spencer knew he was going to have to work harder to keep his job at SPEED, but he couldn’t believe it had come to this.
“And thanks for the lobster, Bob. I’ll keep it on hand in case Montoya’s looking for me.”
“C’mon Jimmie. 500 bucks says I got a tiger growing out of my ass right now!”
“Dear Mr. Hendrick,
How’s the new guy been doing in my old car?”
“Yep, here’s your problem. You’ve been missing a competent crew chief all week.”
Junior was unable to get McGrew to confess to giving his lucky underwear to Mark Martin, but after the Loudon race he was sure of it.
“OK, Mrs. Webb, uh, yes, uh, we’re in the pit box, but, uh, I’m not sure that’s quite how we want to do it, Mrs. Webb.”
“Uh, Kenny? Is this fuel supposed to have sugar in it? And who wrote ‘Ford sucks’ on the engine block?”
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