Can Todd Berrier be blamed for Kevin Harvick not winning the race?
Berrier made a call to not pit when the tires on the car were only 20 laps old. Track position was key once again at Richmond and you can’t fault Berrier for picking track position over new tires when the tires on the car were not really worn. In hindsight, it was probably the wrong call. The team pitted later, but was not able to get back to the front. Dale Earnhardt Jr. even commented during the Victory Lane program that he has won races at Richmond before by staying out when everyone else came in. It was simply a strategy call that didn’t work out. 2) Is Jeff Gordon starting to have the same difficulties he experienced last year? Gordon was competitive early in the race when the car suddenly lost power. After some investigation the team discovered that the distributor was broken and not rotating. Sure, it was bad luck, but the same kind of things were happening last year when Gordon had his Summer swoon. If something goes wrong at Darlington next week, you’ll have to think that the
