Kyle Larson Sweeps the Weekend at Auto Club Speedway

            After finishing in 2^nd place for the last three consecutive races, Kyle Larson finally find his way into in the win column for the second time in his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup career.  Larson also swept this weekend by winning the race on Saturday in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.  This was a good weekend for Chevrolet as well with Larson wins.

            I knew Larson win was coming soon.  I knew it was sooner than later.  Whenever a driver continues to finish in the top-5 consecutively in these races, the win was coming.  The problem sometime is when it was coming, but those 2^nd consecutive finishes were an insight to me that Larson was going to win sooner than later.  I am also going to say that he will win again.

            I’m happy for Larson and Chevrolet.  These last few weeks all the commentators and analysts have been talking about is Ford.  Ford is the manufacturer to beat.  It made me mad to hear that because it is early in the season.  I did not really see Ford dominating these races compared to what Toyota did last season.  I like Chevrolet, but I do not see a manufacturer dominating this year.  I think this is going to be the year that no manufacturer will run away with the title.  It is going to be a very close race and this has been a long time coming.  Toyota ran away with it last year, and Chevrolet has been running away with it for a long time.  But this will be a close one this year and it is a good thing.

            I do in a way want Chevrolet to come back and win it.  And they can do it.  Everybody keeps saying that since Chevrolet lost Stewart Haas Racing to Ford, it will hurt them.  Well, I want to say that it isn’t going to hurt them.  It isn’t like SHR is doing much for Ford so far.  Kurt Busch was lucking to win the Daytona 500 race because everybody else ran out of fuel.  And what have they done since that win?  Exactly!!!  They haven’t been doing much.  So, please stop with the Ford is dominating and SHR is doing a lot for Ford.

            All Chevrolet needed was other Chevrolet teams to step it up.  I was not worried about Chip Ganassi team stepping up.  I already knew they would be a good team this year.  The team I wanted to step up to help out Hendrick Motorsports and Chip Ganassi this year was Richard Childress Racing.  Then look at Ryan Newman won last weekend.  They need to do more than just that though.  Newman usually would win a race or two and have some good finishes, but Paul Menard and Austin Dillon need to step it up.  If they can’t win, at least have a good top-5 or top-10 car to help in the manufacturer standings.

            I’m not worried about Hendrick Motorsports right now.  Chase Elliott is leading the way for HMS.  Kasey Kahne is running well this year than he did last year.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. will step it back up.  I know his time is coming.  And Jimmie Johnson is just having a little bad luck.  He will definitely step it up.  JJ doesn’t usually show up until the sixth thru eighth race of the season.  And when he does get started again, just look out for him not to quit.  JJ knows how to get on a run.

            And plus the only people doing it for Ford is still Penske Racing.  So, SHR has not really brought anything else to Ford.  I do not like hearing that SHR is going to help out Ford a lot.  No they are not.  Penske Racing has already been doing something for Ford.  Roush Fenway Racing is still hit or miss every weekend.

            This is a close manufacturer battle and I love it.  Next weekend will be Martinsville.  Hopefully, Jimmie Johnson and the 48 team will come to life.  I miss Jeff Gordon.  He is always the best HMS driver at Martinsville Speedway.  He is always leading the way.  JJ is now the best driver at Martinsville and this is his opportunity.  I think Martinsville is going to be a good race on Sunday.  I can’t wait. 

            Congrats to Larson for winning the race on Sunday.  I knew he could do it.  Larson did showed these people that he is in it to win it.  I’m glad that he did not talk negative of his 2^nd place finishes.  Larson knew that his wins were coming.  It is all about timing.  Larson showed these critics.  Larson embracing his 2^nd place finishes helped him to have confidence to keep doing a good job because good finishes always pays off.  2^nd place finishes pays a lot of points too.  He keeps building up to the win or wins to come.