My 2008 NASCAR Chase Picks…

Obviously we know that Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, and Jimmie Johnson will be in it. But what are my other choices and guesses? (more…)

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Where There’s Smoke… (The Rolling Stone article)

Tony Stewart / Rolling Stone

Tony Stewart was interviewed by “Rolling Stone” writer Mike Guy for what I think is one of the best, most personable and funny interviews that Stewart has ever done.

I shall highlight my favorite parts in this dark purple. (more…)

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Tryin’ to keep from going under…

I admit that I’ve been distancing myself from certain things lately. Usually when things start to get on my nerves, annoy me, or just plain out piss me off, I’ll distance myself and not tell someone, but kind of let them know in a certain way. I’ve been distancing myself from Twitter and while part of that is because I’ve been to busy to tweet and with my phone being disconnected, yeah, not easy. I’ve been distancing myself from NASCAR lately. I even contemplated missing the Bristol night race to go to the football game.

Then Tropical Storm Fay decided to make a decision for me. The roads were closed out of town so I couldn’t go.  They did, however, ended up winning 56-3. Titletown, baby! (more…)

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Would you like some cheese with that wine?

NASCAR has made the perfect weekend for any sophisticated person who loves to drink wine and eat cheese - the Sonoma / Milwaukee weekend!

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is at Infineon tomorrow while the Nationwide Series was at the Milwaukee Mile tonight. JR Motorsports #88 Navy driver Brad Keselowski dominated the first half of the race until a run in with Joe Gibbs Racing #20 Joey Logano. Keselowski’s car never came back to what it was.

Logano, on the other hand, continued to hit everything on the race track on his way to a second place finish.

Keselowski finished in 8th position.

Carl Edwards broke a 36 race losing streak in the Nationwide Series, winning in Milwaukee. He had not won since last June in Nashville. He then got out of the car, backflipped, yadda yadda yadda.

Edit @ 10:52 a.m. - Apparently Edwards did not do his usual backflip in honor of NHRA driver Scott Kilitta who was killed yesterday during qualifying.

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Cocktail dresses, tuxes, oh my!

Because ESPN Classic isn’t a part of my Comcast Cable System in Podunk, Ga (that’s not my town’s name by the way), I didn’t get to watch the awards live. In fact, I didn’t watch them until this morning as I lay in bed. I fell asleep before they came on last night due to Sports Center going overtime (40 minutes overtime?), so they were recorded for me on my lovely hard drive DV thingy.

My comments? Oh you know I have comments! (more…)

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The drama that is Martinsville!

According to different audio clips played on Sirius last night and today, the race in Martinsville was REALLY controversial….

- Audio Clip: Kyle Busch was again told to back off - this time by Jimmie Johnson’s crew chief and spotter. Kyle said that he thought this was a race - he said that this makes two weeks now with the “Golden Boys”. Alan, his crew chief, had to give him the news.

- Kyle was told not to dump Dale Earnhardt, Jr and to be a team player (???). They told Kyle that he knew the plan and to not spin out Dale Jr. Kyle was not happy.

- Audio Clip: Jeff Gordon says that if Ryan Newman ever races him like that again - he’s gonna dump Ryan Newman.

- Audio Clip: Denny Hamlin tells his spotter to tell Dale Jr.’s spotter - he’s gonna hold it wide open and dump Dale Jr if Dale Jr. didn’t stop driving like he was.

And apparently there was rumored to be a fight on pit road between teammates Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth. Damn…Video? Well yes! (more…)

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Picture This… 9/24/07

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Bud, Kasey, Junior, and Drunk Racers!

Well it’s official… Kasey will be the new face of Budweiser next year… and everybody will see him as they walk into their local gas station to pay for gas. Penni, easier to get lifesize stand ups!

On that note… tomorrow Dale, Jr. announces his new sponsor and number.

What’s next? Denny spotted with Britney Spears? Wait… hold that thought

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