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Another race in the books! It was a blast watching drivers make 500 laps around the —Martinsville Speedwaypaper cliphot dog capitol of the worldonly race track named after Mark Martin this past Sunday.

There was a lot of beating and banging during the race. I couldn’t believe it when —AJ AllmendingerAric AlmirolaTrevor BayneRyan BlaneyClint BowyerChris BuescherKurt BuschKyle BuschLandon CassillMatt DiBenedettoAustin DillonTy DillonDale Earnhardt Jr.Jeffrey EarnhardtChase ElliottGray GauldingDenny HamlinKevin HarvickTimmy HillJimmie JohnsonErik JonesKasey KahneMatt KensethBrad KeselowskiCorey LaJoieKyle LarsonJoey LoganoMichael McDowellJamie McMurrayPaul MenardRyan NewmanDanica PatrickDavid RaganReed SorensonRicky Stenhouse Jr.Daniel SuarezMartin Truex Jr.Cole Whitt got into —AJ AllmendingerAric AlmirolaTrevor BayneRyan BlaneyClint BowyerChris BuescherKurt BuschKyle BuschLandon CassillMatt DiBenedettoAustin DillonTy DillonDale Earnhardt Jr.Jeffrey EarnhardtChase ElliottGray GauldingDenny HamlinKevin HarvickTimmy HillJimmie JohnsonErik JonesKasey KahneMatt KensethBrad KeselowskiCorey LaJoieKyle LarsonJoey LoganoMichael McDowellJamie McMurrayPaul MenardRyan NewmanDanica PatrickDavid RaganReed SorensonRicky Stenhouse Jr.Daniel SuarezMartin Truex Jr.Cole Whitt !

What surprised me most was that this race was the first time that —Ford won at Martinsville since 2002Brad Keselowski won at MartinsvilleGreg Biffle didn’t start a Martinsville race in 15 years .

How about Brad Keselowski? I really —love ithate itfeel a strong sense of American pridethrow lettuces at the TV when he wins. In a perfect world, —Brad Keselowski would win every raceDale Jr. would win every raceI could get Martinsville hot dogs in my grocer’s freezer aislethe track surface would actually be made of paper clips , if you ask me.

The weekend was a real disappointment for —Ryan BlaneyDale Earnhardt Jr.Daniel SuarezKyle BuschKyle Larson’s top-two streakmy fantasy racing team containing Jamie McMurray , who had a promising run that was cut short due to the fault of others. If I learned one thing, it’s that —Dale Jr.’s luck will never turn aroundtrying to stay out for “just another lap” on a cut tire is a bad ideaTeam Penske is, like, really fast this seasonRicky Stenhouse Jr. has earned the ire of Kyle Busch fansChase Elliott is going to win a race very soon10 Martinsville hot dogs is too many hot dogs .

Short track racing is —a terrifica terrifyingthe most excitingthe most nerve-rackingmy favoritemy least favorite type of racing because —the cars race together very closelybumper cars are my favorite attraction at the amusement parkAJ Allmendinger always finishes wellthe cars go slower so I can read them more easilymy favorite driver is good on short tracksI work in a race team’s body shopI sell brakes to race teamsI can more closely match the speeds in my street carI regularly perform the “bump and run” on the highway .