Double Clutchin’-The Good, The Bad, And The Michael Waltrip From Pocono
August 4, 2008
Gotta love a good cheap shot whenever you can get one in, don’t you?
Anyways, at least we had a race that ended up going the full, allotted number of laps, that did not end under a caution or green-white checkered, and had only one competition caution as opposed to 1000. When those things are taken into consideration, one can look at Pocono as being a successful race. Read more
Post Pocono Ponderings
August 4, 2008
I have to admit, this was a difficult week to think up anything witty, interesting, or even remotely attention-grabbing to write about. Kind of a plain-vanilla race, in this blogger’s opinion. Pocono can do that. For such a unique, interesting track, it really can put on a lackluster show. In any case, I’ll try and salvage a few thoughts worthy of the reader’s time.
After Indy, There’s No Way Rain Tires Could be Put Off at Montreal
August 3, 2008
The Nationwide Series made history yesterday. NASCAR stock cars finally ran rain tires that Goodyear has been dragging around for as long as anyone can remember, but never used.
The reason why those tires have never been used until now has never been explained satisfactorily. Why did Goodyear spend the time and effort developing rain tires if NASCAR was not going to use them? Why spend the money and effort trucking them to each and every road race if they were somehow still not up to standard? Read more
Maybe Randy Moss Might Make It After All
July 30, 2008
I’ll admit it, I used to hate Randy Moss. There is something about narcissistic pro athletes that really bugs me. The sense of self entitlement, the smugness, the ego, it all drives me completely nuts. In the past, Randy Moss was the definition of the classic pro sports athlete. Read more
Double Clutchin’-The Ugly From The Brickyard
July 28, 2008
Sorry that this article was late. I blew two tires out while trying to get to a computer.
I’ll be at the Comedy Barn all week. This race gave me a million jokes, every one of them as bad as that one, and none of which are as bad as the Brickyard 400 turned out to be on Sunday. Good God, that was an abomination of a race yesterday. Probably the best quote that I’ve heard about the race was from Dr. Jerry Punch. Dr. Punch is on 990 am in Knoxville every week and he is always a good guest on the John and Jimmy show, and today he shared a couple of thoughts about how hard it was to do commentary for that race, and just how terrible the race was to watch. I had to laugh with this quote: Read more
This Kyle Busch Stuff Is Getting Out Of Hand
July 26, 2008
197 out of 200 laps.
You read that right. Kyle Busch led the Kroger 200 for 197 out of its 200 laps. If he were a baseball player someone would have hit him with a pitch by now. Right in the melon. That was his sixth Nationwide victory and Toyota’s 15th in 22 Nationwide races.
Guess impounding the Toyotas at Chicagoland and changing the rules in mid-stream isn’t showing results yet, huh? Read more
Truex To Stay With DEI
July 26, 2008
Well, the house that Dale built is going to have at least one driver next season.
In what I consider to be a mildly surprising move, Martin Truex, Jr. reportedly has agreed to a contract with DEI through 2010. From the four-letter network: Read more
Will Mark Martin Be Wasting His Time At Hendrick?
July 16, 2008
Follow me down memory lane for a second. Once upon a time, in a place of employment far, far away, I was blessed enough to work with a very sweet lady named Rae. When Rae wasn’t chain-smoking cigarettes and calling every one baby, you could occasionally get her to discuss NASCAR and Mark Martin. This was before Dale Earnhardt’s death, and it Read more
Double Clutchin’-The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly From Chi-Town
July 13, 2008
LifeLock’s not doing its job, because on Saturday night, NASCAR’s identity got stolen.
Kyle Busch continued his one-man campaign to make himself the face of NASCAR with another victory Saturday night; this time winning the Lifelock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Whether you’re a Busch fan or you hate him like the flu, allow me to steal a quote from one of the greatest performers of all time, “whether you like it or whether you don’t, learn to love it, because it’s the best thing going today”. Read more
Whoa…Smoke’s Out At Gibbs?
July 9, 2008
Well, that’s pretty big.
According to ESPN’s website, Joe Gibbs Racing is expected to announce tomorrow that Tony Stewart is no longer a member of the racing team. From the four-letter network: Read more