David Likes The Rain

This past Sunday, one of NASCAR's most prestigious races was to occur, the Coca-Cola 600. However, just like any time something exciting is going to happen in NASCAR, it rains. They tried to dry the track at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, but that didn't work, so NASCAR officials decided to postpone the race until Monday. Then, on Monday, it seemed like an O.K. day weather wise, so they started the race However, it began to rain. They red flagged the race and dried the track when everything cleared up. They got back to racing, and it was pretty exciting for a couple hundred laps until, you guessed it, it started to rain. Right before the rain however, many crew chiefs made key strategy calls that would make or break the race for a few. One of these calls was made by Rodney Childress, crew chief of the 00 Aaron's Toyota, which is driven by David Reutimann. Childress decide not to have David pit on a caution, because the 00 was leading and Childress was watching the weather. At this point, all they had to do was hope it kept raining, because the race could e officially called under NASCAR's rules, since half way point was reached. So, it rained and rained and NASCAR tried to hold out to see if the track could be dried. Finally, they gave up, and David Reutimann was named the winner of the 50th running of the Coca-Cola 600, his first career victory. This was great for NASCAR because they need people with Cinderella stories like David to win more often. I was really happy to see David and the rest of the Michael Waltrip Racing guys go to victory lane for the first time. Also, once again, Joey Logano, who celebrated his 19th birthday this weekend, proved he can run with the elites this weekend, coming in 9th. He would have came in 3rd if he had not pitted on the caution right before the rain. So, congrats David Reutimann and the rest of Michael Waltrip Racing on your first career victory!