The NASCAR All-Star race was boring

I’m not going to lie, Mark Martin could have been in Carl Edwards’s place last night, and the NASCAR All-Star race would have still been boring as all heck.

In the final ten lap sprint to the finish, one that is normally wrought with wrecks and crazy passes was rather tame. The only accident—if you can call it that—involved Jimmie Johnson in the No. 5 car, ironically enough, took evasive action to avoid Kurt Busch and rammed the No. 25 of Mark Martin, ending the 2005 All-Star race champ’s night.

Edwards, who ran away from everyone all night, couldn’t escape some damage of his own, but it was after the race when he dug his front end into the grass in the Charlotte Motor Speedway grass.

“I messed up the car guys, sorry about that,” he radioed to his crew.

Kyle Busch, who finished second to Edwards, was excited that he finished the race for once, but understood that the 100-lap event may not have been the most exciting show to watch.

“From my vantage point, it was kind of a tame race today. I think there was only one or two interruptions besides the normal cautions that we have in this race,” Busch said after the race. “Sorry, we didn’t give you any scoop or drama.”

This is not to mention that fact that numerous NASCAR media members were very angry (via Twitter) about the race’s extended pre-race festivities. The race started more than half an hour late, and didn’t finish until after 11 here in the Eastern portion of the country.

Unfortunately on a night that was supposed to be exciting and full of wild, daring passes in a race for a million bucks, NASCAR’s best provided nothing short of a bore fest.

And that is unfortunate.
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