LOUDON, NH - JUNE 29: A race fan shelters from the rain during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on June 29, 2008 in Loudon, New Hampshire.  (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images for NASCAR)

And some articles about this weekend…

• Truex won’t apologize for the way he earned a sixth place finish
• Smoke’s fire dampened by rain yet again
• Rain Thwarts Stewart’s Winning Effort at New Hampshire
• Drunk Monkeys And Technical Problems Headline “RaceDay” On SPEED
• Tony Stewart was absolutely pro postrace
• Tony tackles New Hampshire, gives crew chief emotional victory

My back is killing me today. I think I pulled something in it while moving stuff around the office yesterday. I didn’t get home until close to 9 p.m. and I missed Tony Stewart winning the Nationwide race yesterday. Of course, if I were home, I wouldn’t have seen it anyway since our cable was off until after ten because of a storm that happened yesterday afternoon.

But at least Katie, her boyfriend Adam, and I got everything pretty much organized. They left after we cleaned the desk and stuff and I stayed and started unpacking some. Somehow I ended up unpacking for close to three hours. That photo is basically my corner of the office.  I like having the small fridge and the bookcase near me.

I just hope that it can all work out so that I can stay an extra semester and be Editor-in-Chief for a full year.

Happy Birthday to Martin Truex, Jr., driver of the #1 Bass Pro Shops Chevy! He’s 13 days older than me! lol

I was never really a Casey Mears fan until I met him at my first race in Charlotte at an autograph session. He was so unbelievably nice that I instantly became a fan of his. I’ve met him several times since that October day, and again he was always nice and most importantly had a sense of humor, even when we teased him about certain hand gestures.

The only thing that changed with Casey is his wardrobe. It’s not that he went from suit to spandex or anything, but his sponsors changed each year since then.

Oh yeah, so did his car number also. (more…)

Today I’m heading over to the office to organize and decorate it with Katie and her boyfriend. I so don’t feel like it but it needs to be done because the new computers are coming in soon and it all needs to be set up so IT can do their magic when the computers arrive. I would much rather watch the Nationwide race but tomorrow, the Cup race is mine!

For the record, the office is much more packed now than that picture. LMAO!

Predictions: McMurray, Stewart, Ragan, and Truex will do well, very well.

Other than that, I’ve been thinking more and more about Track Bunny Magazine. I want this magazine to get started. I want it to be a monthly thing online where people can download the .pdf file of the magazine and read it or print it out. I just… can’t write a magazine all by myself. I need writers. If you’re interested, please let me know. It’s one or two articles a month for a magazine. I have NASCAR information to get in contact with the right people for your interviews, information, etc. You just must have to have some good English, writing, and journalism skills. (more…)

And the weekly Friday Fill-in….

1. Birthdays are somehow only another day for me. Mine is coming up in two weeks. Not really looking forward to it..

2. Winter is my favorite season because it’s cold and I don’t sweat lol.

3. I feel my best when I’ve achieved something.

4. Pizza is my favorite food!

5. First impressions are usually important, but not always.

6. The best piece of advice I ever received was you can’t be a fan and a nascar journalist at the same time and it’s not stalking, it’s investigative reporting.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to going to sleep, tomorrow my plans include decorating and cleaning the office with Katie and Sunday, I want to rest and write!

In case you didn’t see the post below, Nick Carter and Kellie Pickler were out with one of their friends, a DJ at a radio station in Nashville, over the weekend and did a little karokee. There’s a few pics below, but here are some more.

Ah, Carter and Miss Pickler.

I love Kellie. Hell, she’s the one that picked me to win that trip to Nashville last year. I still don’t know how I feel about Nick being in Nashville. It’s like… if I move to Charlotte, I’m a NASCAR stalker. If I move to Nashville now, I’m a Nick stalker. Can’t he just leave my stuff alone? Nashville has been mine since I was a child!

I really wouldn’t mind if they started dating, or if Kellie introduced Nick to her bff Carrie Underwood.

That would be nice. Nick needs a good country girl *cough cough*

Click for more pics after the jump!

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Eh, not together, I don’t think… but photos have surfaced of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter (black t-shirt), who lives in Nashville now, with some friends and country singer Kellie Pickler (in the purple) apparently singing karokee.

I would approve of a Carter/Pickler collaboration.

Two more photos under the cut… (more…)