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Brian Vickers Leads Half Wacky Qualifying at MIS

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by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.

August 16, 2008 11:03 am CDT 1 Comment

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Was there something strange going on at MIS on Friday?

Mystery Hill is one of those old road-side tourist attractions, that used to be much more common when I was a kid.  It is still in operation not far from Michigan International Speedway, in the cottage country that surrounds the track.

I remember going there as a kid a few times.  I’ll bet that Marc did too. The place is one big optical illusion.  It’s wacky.  Qualifying at Michigan was kind of goofy yesterday too.  Mystery Hill effect, perhaps?

Brian Vickers sits on the pole.  I watched his progress during his qualifying lap, on Speed TV’s graphic, which monitors the current qualifing effort as compared to the previous attempts.  Vicker’s speed was pegged at #1 the entire run.  The Red Bull Toyota  was the fastest car of the day, at every point in his run.  He dominated.

Vickers has been on the verge of this kind of thing.  In fact Bram from Backstretch Motorsports called for this a few weeks back.  The No. 83 being fast wasn’t so weird.  But how about these other top ten qualifying runs?

Elliott Sadler -  E Sad third quick.  It’s been awhile.

Patrick Carpentier- Sixth fastest, so maybe Gillette-Evernham has something figured out.  Or maybe it’s an illusion.

David Reutiman- Seventh on the grid. Probably used Mikey’s set-up from 2008. But what happen to Mikey hissownself?  He disappeared.

Regan Smith - Eighth.  It’s the hill, I’m tellin’ ya.

Scott Riggs -  Hey, Ryan Newman’s press conference was Friday morning. We have pictures of Tony Stewart’s announcement, in fact.  This tenth place run by Riggs, in Newman’s future car,  is obviously all because of Tony Stewart’s involvement (spread that sarcasm mustard around, please).

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One Response to “Brian Vickers Leads Half Wacky Qualifying at MIS”

  1. User Avatar Marc on August 17th, 2008 7:16 pm

    Damn right Charlie, I not only remember the Mystery Spot but have nightmares about the place.

    I’m still puzzled how I could climb up a wall and teeter there as if suspended on a rope. To say nothing of the ball that rolls up hill, or the chair you sit in with its front legs hanging in mid-air.

    BTW, there’s a second one in St. Ignace near The Mackinac Bridge and Mackinaw City.

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