Gordon wins one of the Twin 125’s/ Hey Hey AJ, We Love You/ What We Need is a Little More Voda
Gordon wins one of the Twin 125’s
Jeff Gordon will start third in Sunday’s Daytona 500 after winning one of the two Twin 125 races today at Daytona. Kyle Busch won the other 125.
Speed performed like a well oiled machine with Jeff Hammond and Krista Voda opening the show. Ahh Voda… more on her later in the blog.
The green flag dropped on the first 125 and just 3 laps into the race Kurt Busch went around.
I am over the G commercials.
The G stands for Give it up Gatorade. Plus the mimes freak me out. Back to racing.
Well maybe not. Bill Elliot’s transmission locked under caution and all H-E-hockey sticks broke loose.
Ok, G needs to take a lesson and learn to think with their dipstick. Funniest commercial of the 125’s.
Martin Truex Jr. gets sideways with 12 to go bring out the caution. Truex keeps it off the wall and after final pits tops. Not so fast my friend…
Yellow again for a big pileup with 8 to go involving Sam Hornish Jr. and several other cars. Green flag with 5 to go. Final laps and Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are fighting it out for the win.
At the line, Jeff Gordon is your winner.
“It was a great race out there today,” said Gordon. “The car was driving well. It was a lot of fun dicing it up with Martin at the beginning, and then with Tony and Jimmie, McMurray, a bunch of them. I can't even remember all the things that went on there. It was a great race.”
Now to race number two and 14 laps into the race, Boris Said gets into Scott Speed. We have our first yellow which gave Ryan Newman an important stop for tires.
The Open Wheeler’s luck wasn’t so good later in the race.
With 13 laps to go, Newman and David Reutiman get together turning the Perdue grad into the wall hard.
And Ryan Newman wanted to know why. Green flag again and Kyle Busch holds off Mark Martin and Brian Vickers for the win.
Congratulations to Busch’s spotter and Open Wheeler Jeff Dickerson for calling the win. Here are how the Open Wheelers finished:
4. Juan Montoya
8. Carl Edwards
10. A.J. Allmendinger
24. Ryan Newman
25. Scott Speed
Here is where the Open Wheelers will start for the Daytona 500:
1. (Martin Truex Jr.)
3. Jeff Gordon
5. Tony Stewart
8. Juan Montoya
15. Kasey Kahne
16. Carl Edwards
20. A.J. Allmendinger
25. Casey Mears
29. Sam Hornish Jr.
31. Robby Gordon
36. Ryan Newman
37. John Andretti
38. Scott Speed
Hey Hey AJ, We Love You
It is Valentines Day weekend and new team owner is sharing the love and respect for his racing idol. As most of you know Open Wheeler Tony Stewart debuted his new team at Daytona with fellow Open Wheeler Ryan Newman driving a second car. Stewart chose the number 14 to honor his racing hero A.J. Foyt.
The 1972 Daytona 500 winner responded by showing up on Stewart’s pit box, headset on and ready to call the shots if needed. But was A.J. really talking to Stewart? A post race conversation with the media answers that question:
Q: Tony, the TV camera showed A.J. up on your pit box with the headphones. Can you tell us, was he set up to be able to talk to you?
TONY STEWART: Oh, God, no. No, no, no (laughter). We actually had a special radio sitting there just for him. It had the button on it and everything, but it didn't do anything when you pushed the button. I'm not joking.
Q: A pretend radio?
TONY STEWART: Yeah. Can you imagine having to sit there and drive with him yelling at you all day long? I've kind of done that in Silver Crown cars a little bit. I've learned my lesson. I know better than to give him a radio he can yell into. The best part about it was when we were coming to the media center. He stopped me. He said he gave me an A minus for the day. I said, Coming from you, that's as good as an A plus from everybody else. He's your toughest critic, but at the same time he's one of our biggest fans, too. It just means a lot that he cares enough about what we're doing to want to spend the rest of the week with us here and be a part of it.
What We Need is a Little More Voda
Krista Voda grew up in Clinton, Iowa and attended the University of Northern Iowa so she was basically born with a racing gene. She has been in the FOX Sports family since reporting from the pits at NASCAR Truck races and on the set of Totally NASCAR.
When the program folded she disappeared to Pittsburgh to work for the FSN there. Thankfully Speed executives heard the cry of the fans and brought her back.
She now hosts the pre-race show for the NASCAR Truck Series. FOX executives like her so much that she is often seen reporting from the pits on Cup races and sidelines from NFL, College and baseball games.
She is a storyteller by heart and in my opinion, the best female in the business. I was told a while back that he had gotten married but I cannot confirm that. She does not wear a wedding ring but my ex investigative news reporter sensors tell me she is taken. But we can still dream.
Jeff Gordon will start third in Sunday’s Daytona 500 after winning one of the two Twin 125 races today at Daytona. Kyle Busch won the other 125.
Speed performed like a well oiled machine with Jeff Hammond and Krista Voda opening the show. Ahh Voda… more on her later in the blog.
The green flag dropped on the first 125 and just 3 laps into the race Kurt Busch went around.
I am over the G commercials.
The G stands for Give it up Gatorade. Plus the mimes freak me out. Back to racing.
Well maybe not. Bill Elliot’s transmission locked under caution and all H-E-hockey sticks broke loose.
Ok, G needs to take a lesson and learn to think with their dipstick. Funniest commercial of the 125’s.
Martin Truex Jr. gets sideways with 12 to go bring out the caution. Truex keeps it off the wall and after final pits tops. Not so fast my friend…
Yellow again for a big pileup with 8 to go involving Sam Hornish Jr. and several other cars. Green flag with 5 to go. Final laps and Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are fighting it out for the win.
At the line, Jeff Gordon is your winner.
“It was a great race out there today,” said Gordon. “The car was driving well. It was a lot of fun dicing it up with Martin at the beginning, and then with Tony and Jimmie, McMurray, a bunch of them. I can't even remember all the things that went on there. It was a great race.”
Tony Stewart finished second and will start 5th Sunday. Here is how the rest of the Open Wheelers finished in the 1st 125:
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Tony Stewart
7. Kasey Kahne
14. Casey Mears
16. Sam Hornish Jr.
22. Robby Gordon
25. John Andretti
125 Part 2
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Tony Stewart
7. Kasey Kahne
14. Casey Mears
16. Sam Hornish Jr.
22. Robby Gordon
25. John Andretti
125 Part 2
Now to race number two and 14 laps into the race, Boris Said gets into Scott Speed. We have our first yellow which gave Ryan Newman an important stop for tires.
The Open Wheeler’s luck wasn’t so good later in the race.
With 13 laps to go, Newman and David Reutiman get together turning the Perdue grad into the wall hard.
And Ryan Newman wanted to know why. Green flag again and Kyle Busch holds off Mark Martin and Brian Vickers for the win.
Congratulations to Busch’s spotter and Open Wheeler Jeff Dickerson for calling the win. Here are how the Open Wheelers finished:
4. Juan Montoya
8. Carl Edwards
10. A.J. Allmendinger
24. Ryan Newman
25. Scott Speed
Here is where the Open Wheelers will start for the Daytona 500:
1. (Martin Truex Jr.)
3. Jeff Gordon
5. Tony Stewart
8. Juan Montoya
15. Kasey Kahne
16. Carl Edwards
20. A.J. Allmendinger
25. Casey Mears
29. Sam Hornish Jr.
31. Robby Gordon
36. Ryan Newman
37. John Andretti
38. Scott Speed
Hey Hey AJ, We Love You
It is Valentines Day weekend and new team owner is sharing the love and respect for his racing idol. As most of you know Open Wheeler Tony Stewart debuted his new team at Daytona with fellow Open Wheeler Ryan Newman driving a second car. Stewart chose the number 14 to honor his racing hero A.J. Foyt.
The 1972 Daytona 500 winner responded by showing up on Stewart’s pit box, headset on and ready to call the shots if needed. But was A.J. really talking to Stewart? A post race conversation with the media answers that question:
Q: Tony, the TV camera showed A.J. up on your pit box with the headphones. Can you tell us, was he set up to be able to talk to you?
TONY STEWART: Oh, God, no. No, no, no (laughter). We actually had a special radio sitting there just for him. It had the button on it and everything, but it didn't do anything when you pushed the button. I'm not joking.
Q: A pretend radio?
TONY STEWART: Yeah. Can you imagine having to sit there and drive with him yelling at you all day long? I've kind of done that in Silver Crown cars a little bit. I've learned my lesson. I know better than to give him a radio he can yell into. The best part about it was when we were coming to the media center. He stopped me. He said he gave me an A minus for the day. I said, Coming from you, that's as good as an A plus from everybody else. He's your toughest critic, but at the same time he's one of our biggest fans, too. It just means a lot that he cares enough about what we're doing to want to spend the rest of the week with us here and be a part of it.
What We Need is a Little More Voda
Krista Voda grew up in Clinton, Iowa and attended the University of Northern Iowa so she was basically born with a racing gene. She has been in the FOX Sports family since reporting from the pits at NASCAR Truck races and on the set of Totally NASCAR.
When the program folded she disappeared to Pittsburgh to work for the FSN there. Thankfully Speed executives heard the cry of the fans and brought her back.
She now hosts the pre-race show for the NASCAR Truck Series. FOX executives like her so much that she is often seen reporting from the pits on Cup races and sidelines from NFL, College and baseball games.
She is a storyteller by heart and in my opinion, the best female in the business. I was told a while back that he had gotten married but I cannot confirm that. She does not wear a wedding ring but my ex investigative news reporter sensors tell me she is taken. But we can still dream.
posted by Blake Johnson at 9:00 PM
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