Summary:
Rewind to Jeff Gordon’s Martinsville victory celebration a week ago. An out-of-practice Jeff Gordon rambles off his sponsors. He is looking on his car and firesuit in an attempt to get them all. Well, obviously he forgot Lay’s Potato Chips.
His second place finish this weekend at Atlanta, garners him post-race TV time again. As he’s [...]

Summary
Kasey Kahne gets caught up in Reed Sorenson’s spin into the wall. Sorenson spins clockwise, ending with his driver side against the wall and nose-to-nose with Kahne.
Several seconds after the dust should be settling, Kahne still is pushing Sorenson backwards along the wall. Finally, he punts him out of his way and drives on.
My Take:
Sorry [...]

Summary:
Jeremy Mayfield’s #19 has a mechanical problem and puts him behind the wall for 100 laps. Pit reporter asks him, “Looks like your championship hopes are over now?”
Rusty Wallace’s #2 gets its front-end flattened and pits several times to fix it. Eventually, he’s behind the wall. Pit reporter asks him, “Championship-wise, Rusty, this may end [...]

Summary:
Rusty Wallace is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Again. Third week in a row with a terrible finish. His last five weeks have been mostly dismal.

Talladega: 25th
Kansas: 7th
Lowes: 24th
Martinsville: 19th
Atlanta: 37th

My Take:
You may hate Rusty. You could say he whines too much about other drivers. But, ultimately, he is a great optimist.
I [...]

Summary:
Silly Season Updates:

Driver
New Ride

Bobby Labonte
Buzz stage (stay in #18 ? Drive #43 Petty Racing?)

Ken Schrader
#21 Wood Brothers

Denny Hamlin
#11 Joe Gibbs Racing

Sterling Marlin
#14 MB2 Racing

Ricky Rudd
Buzz stage (#42 with Ganassi?)

Jamie McMurray
Speculation stage (#97 Roush Racing)

Kurt Busch
Speculation stage (#2 Penske)

Jeff Green
#0 Haas Racing

Dave Blaney
???

Paul Menard
#15 D.E.I.

Clint Bowyer
#07 Richard Childress Racing

Reed Sorenson
#41 Ganassi Racing

Martin Truex Jr.
#1 D.E.I.

David Stremme
#40 [...]

Summary:
Anyone who follows NASCAR knows about the sad state of racing affairs at Lowes Motor Speedway on Saturday night. So, I won’t recap anything but the raw facts.
 

Yellow flags
14

Red flags
1

% of laps run under caution
about 25%

Longest green flag run
32 laps

My Take:
For about 9 months, I used to drive 2 roundtrips from Tyler to Fort Worth [...]

Summary:
If you play any NASCAR fantasy sports games, such as ESPN’s Stock Car Challenge, you know what a waste your fantasy dollars have been on Jeff Gordon. Is it time to pick him back up at his rock bottom price?
My Take:
I hope so. I’ve been hemming and hawing now for weeks, wondering if it was [...]

Summary:
During Matt Kenseth’s 60+ laps in the lead at the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway, teammate Kurt Busch wanted a favor. Have Matt let him get 5-bonus points by conceding the lead for one lap. Kenseth holds strong and won’t slow down. Busch doesn’t make the pass. In fact, never leads a lap all race.
My [...]

Summary:
Brian France, King marketeer of NA$CAR, says he doesn’t like fans flying Confederate flags at races. His comments are part of his 60 Minutes interview that will air on Sunday, October 9th.
My Take:
Maybe I’m too white? Maybe because I was born an Ohio yankee and now live in Texas, but never over there in the [...]

Summary:
Jimmie Johnson wrecks Elliott Sadler in the UAW Ford 500 at Talladega. He immediately claims he was, “hit from behind…pushed right into the #38.” Like a surveillance camera, tv video shows this is untrue.
Now, two days later, he admits he was at fault.
My Take:
If this was the only the first (or tenth) time Jimmie adamantly [...]