Tuesday, August 29, 2006 the 2006 sharpie five hundred at bristol (to the song "the distance" by cake) old bristol lights up in the summertime dozens racing, cars glimmer and shine the cameras flashing like musco beams cheering appearing fans welcome the green they swoop down the banking and soar down the straights spotters look out so it’s not too late hundreds of laps, they bang and they beat they get so frustrated they’re stuck in the heat as they tear through the concrete, the caution soars the cars torn up with black-donutted doors saturday at the sharpie five hundred one man was fighting and climbing the points as he ran tony went laps down and kurt busch just blew up and johnson is ready to go for the cup but behind him, beside him, by seven points is a dewalt ford fusion who says it’s still his— matt’s closing the distance on jimmie’s point lead we should’ve known (should’ve known) should’ve known kenseth won’t concede while johnson’s pacing, not racing, awaiting the chase front running and cunning matt’s winning every race and closing the distance a calm race, three hours, few crashes, no whines mark’s triple-a fusion went over the line clint bowyer spun out, his tire flew north a blazing amazing young scott riggs got fourth up in front was jeff burton, led until he switched with junior whose loose chevrolet made a twitch ‘cause not pacing, but racing, awaiting the chase front running and cunning matt’s winning every race tony went laps down and kurt busch just blew up and johnson is ready to go for the cup but behind him, beside him, by seven points is a dewalt ford fusion who says it’s still his— ‘cause matt’s closing the distance on jimmie’s point lead we should’ve known (should’ve known) should’ve known kenseth won’t concede while johnson’s pacing, not racing, awaiting the chase front running and cunning matt’s winning every race not pacing, but racing, awaiting the chase front running and cunning matt’s winning every race and closing the distance on jimmie’s point lead matt’s closing the distance—
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