So far John Grant might race tonight, he might not. He crashed out of practice and left the facility to get checked out. His team did not want to officially comment on his injury or suspected injury. With about 90 minutes before the show starts - he still wasn't back yet.
The SX main is shaping up to be a full - on RC/Stewart throwdown. Stewart's lap times were a little better, but how many times has that happened and RC wins anyway? This one is too close to call, but RC will have his hands full. Stewart is on it.
The unknown with RC is this is the first time we get to see him at a race like this without title pressure hanging over his head. As he says, he can hang it out and enjoy it a little more.
With Stewart having the speed to win as always, the question for him is will he put down 20 laps that way and win.
It was cool to bump into half of France in the pits just now. Standing outside in a group were Pichon, Tortelli, Seb Pourcel (he's not racing but his brother Christophe is), Sorby, and our buddy MXMax the photojournalist. I didn't ask them if they saw "Talledega Nights" yet. :)
By the time this window gets updated, the race will be old news because you will be listening to the webcast, right?
