In the first race Nascar has held in the Bizarro Realm, Clint Bowyer came away with a Bizarro win in the Toyota/SaveMart 350.
"From the win by Michael Waltrip Racing to a 2nd-place finish by an unsponsored car, we were very pleased by our first Bizarro race", said Nascar Chairman/Carly Rae Jeppsen fan Brian France. "Up was down, day was night, Kurt was humble in post-race, and Brian Vickers didn't spin anybody out. Talk about Bizarro!"
Bowyer's win, while not unexpected, does play into the Bizarro storyline of Michael Waltrip making a genius move (signing Bowyer in the offseason) while Richard Childress made a bonehead one (holding onto Jeff Burton and Paul Menardburns).
"Even our Nascar officials got into the Bizarro spirit today", France continued. "We didn't call a phantom caution for the first 80 laps--when was the last time we did that? And get this--the 88 car got spun out and we DIDN'T red-flag the race! How kooky can we be?"
The Bizarro-ness continued in the post-race, with Clint Bowyer running out of fuel on his burnout, forcing him to walk to victory lane. Additionally, Tony Stewart made it through his post-race interview without making any snotty or sarcastic remarks, believed to be a first.
"Of course, we realized that all this wackiness could be strange for our fans, so we kept a few things the same", France added. "That's why we had TNT miss the final restart by showing the back of a building, then have technical problems in victory lane."
France stated that they fully expect Nascar to return to the normal world next week, with a win by a Hendrick driver in a relatively uneventful race.