Congratulations to Kyle Busch for his victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Tony Stewart finishing second. His victory marks the first victory in a points race for Toyota and the Gibbs Racing family. 

But that is not the only news from Atlanta. Tires became the rage among drivers all weekend long…I congratulate Toyota for their victory, but I believe that their victory got overshadowed by the fact that you had two of the most prominent racers complaining about the tire situations. Both Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhart, Jr. said that they would not run this race again, no matter what amount of money was thrown their way.  The tire wars from the past, Hoosier vs. Goodyear has not played a part in the sport for a number of years, but I believe eventually someone will get their foot in the door. I don’t know if it will be Hoosier or Firestone, but I really feel someone will make their way back in. 

NASCAR is getting exactly what they wanted with this new car. First a Dodge wins, then two Fords wins (same car), then a Toyota wins. This has got to be the worst thing for Chevy, being the winningest car in the history of the sport and not having found themselves in victory lane this year.

Again, I congratulate Toyota and Jo Gibbs for their decision of moving to Toyota. Let’s see how the rest of the season pans out…