FanHouse Crash

Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway gave me that feeling of something I haven't seen in a while.

Most likely, I had that feeling because, well, I hadn't.

Sunday's race, the third win in-a-row for Jimmie Johnson, had a grand total of 55 loop lead changes -- the most NASCAR has had in a race since it started keeping tabs on the data provided by the several different scoring loops around the track.

Yes, NASCAR stars of today swapped position, for the lead, multiple times, with much at stake. Awesome!

I can imagine that those high numbers could be easily chalked up to a couple of quality battles -- side by side nonetheless -- that happened during the Dickie's 500 for the lead. (The best example starts at about 8:41)

First, it was Denny Hamlin vs. Matt Kenseth with less than 100 laps to go. Hamlin drove like he hasn't won a race in awhile to battle Kenseth for the lead for several laps. Swapping the position back and forth, Kenseth finally got the better side of the deal when Hamlin lost control of his No. 11 Chevrolet off of turn two. Hamlin never spun the car, but he impacted the wall hard enough to end any chances at a win (starts about 7:57).

Kenseth luckily avoided Hamlin's mess to find himself dueled in another battle in the closing stages on the event.

NASCAR fans now a few more good examples of why NASCAR racing will never get boring after the steaming weekend at California Speedway -- for they know that at any time anything can happen in NASCAR.


Brad Keselowski, Ricky Rudd (as the video shows at 0:16) and Michael Waltrip are feeling why today.

Waltrip was the only driver of the three that had a faint idea that his race was about to end early when the left-front tire finally cut down entering turn three during Sunday night's Sharp Aquos 500, sheering an oil line and igniting the No. 55 Napa Toyota. Luckily, Waltrip was able to get out in time -- but not very quickly.

Rudd's fortunes weren't as obvious.

Tony Stewart: "It Got Awful Crowded There Off of Turn Two"

That's a nice way of saying defending Nextel Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson forced him into the wall late in the race.

Johnson: "Sorry."

That was quite a race to the finish. Stewart raced Johnson clean and he sure wasn't returned the favor.

But the real rubbin' happened earlier in the race on lap 233 between Greg Biffle and David Reutimann. Their collision collected Brian Vickers and Kasey Kahne, ruining their days, too.

Who's fault was it? Well that always depends on who you ask.

It sounds like some sort of weird joke, sure, but it actually happened. It's pretty old and popular footage, too ... but hey, this MLB FanHouse is thing is new, so it's worth a look, right?

Apparently, this happened at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage, Al. in 2003. No one was hurt, so we can enjoy this guilt free.

NASCAR officials told ESPN.com that the g-force impact during David Reutimann's crash on Sunday is among the hardest ever recorded:

"We can't say it's the hardest [impact], period, because there are so many variables involved," NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said. "But it is among the hardest impacts we've recorded."

The crash happened when Greg Biffle got into the back of Reutimann with 11 laps remaining in the Auto Club 500 sending him head-on into the outside wall. The crash knocked the wind out of Reutimann tangled his left foot pretty good. He is at home recovering ... badly bruised and walking with a limp. He still plans to run the Busch Series race this weekend in Mexico City.