Upside Down and On Fire

This year’s Daytona 500 was spectacular on many levels, but the last lap was one of the most amazing finishes I’ve even seen. It’s hard to tell what was more exciting at the end, the nose-to-nose finish or the multi-car pileup just behind the leaders. Clint Bowyer‘s #07 car flipped over, continues moving, crossed the finish line upside down and on fire. The car then flipped back over onto it’s tires and stopped.


Bowyer walked away unhurt, which is a credit to improved safety measures adopted by NASCAR after a similar last-lap crash at Daytona in 2001 killed Dale Earnhardt, Sr.

Mark Martin, the upper-40s driver whose career is older than some drivers and whose sponsor was Viagra a few years ago, led the last few laps but missed winning by a fender length to Kevin Harvick.


By the way, Mark Martin is living the perfect “retirement” scenario for Boomers. He retired two years ago, drove again for another season, retired again and now is driving part time for a different racing team.