Five Weekend Afterthoughts 4/10/12

Periodically throughout the racing season, I'll post my " Five Weekend Afterthoughts" on Monday mornings (or, in this case, Tuesday). It's simply a collection of my thoughts on various racing topics of interest from the past weekend.  While most of the "afterthoughts" will pertain to regional racing action, a few mentions will cover national topics.   Enjoy!     -DJ-

Garrett Krummert doubled down at Attica this weekend.  (Jeremey Rhoades photo)

1. You had to be impressed with Garrett Krummert's performance at Attica over the weekend.  The Butler, PA driver (who turns 24 years old today) notched his second and third career victories over some stout fields Friday (35 cars) and Saturday (31 cars) night at the 1/3-mile fairgrounds oval.


2.  Also impressive was Devin Moran Saturday night at Hilltop.  The youngster in now two-for-two at Jesse Wardell's track, as he held off a late race charge from Doug Drown to grab the win.  I couldn't help but notice how smooth Moran was Saturday night...much like his father's driving style.


3.  Scott Autry's $20,000 win in the Carolina Crown this weekend will certainly go down as a huge upset (ironic consider the blog I wrote just a few weeks back). Before the win, I'd venture a guess that Autry wasn't too well known outside of a two or three state region in the southeast.  Congrats to him.


4.  Why do race tracks put "first career win" in the headlines when it's simply a driver's first win at that particular track?  Case in point, the headlines from Tyler County this weekend read "Garnes Takes Career First at Tyler County".  My personal thought is the heading would have been a tad less confusing had it read, "Garnes Notches First Tyler County Win".


5.  Kudos to Eddie Carrier Jr. on his win at Florence Saturday night.  It was a "come back" win in more ways than one.  Not only was it his first race of the season (after rupturing his achilles heel playing basketball a few months back), but he won in dramatic fashion, coming from the 18th starting spot.