What up Mississippi?

Well the 50th running of the Great American Race is in the books, and my question is this, is it really the greatest American event we have in stock-car racing anymore? Don't get me wrong... the history is deep, and the hype is huge, plus the gravity of the race is hard to measure - what other sport has it's biggest event lead off each year? My only point is that restrictor plate racing isn't the pure form of what NASCAR was built on, and in the biggest race of the year with the largest prize at stake, shouldn't we see cars max out and not have to rely on teammates to get them over the top in the last-lap, bump drafting game it has become?

Ryan Newman is a deserving champ, and Kurt Busch for once didn't come off looking like a punk when it was all said and done. But we all know Kyle Busch had the best car, and Tony Stewart is the best driver... too bad their egos and pride didn't allow one of them to play the self-less act of second fiddle. If so... Gibbs racing would have won another Daytona 500... instead Roger Penske ended his 23-year drought by the beach.

But we all know... the best car and the best driver... didn't win this year's "Great American Race"

Christian