I wonder how much of a butt chewin’ Kyle Busch got over his Kanye West style ‘I can’t stand to drive them. This car sucks.’ comment after winning the first COT race at Bristol last week?
I thought it was ’suspect’ when Jimmie Johnson claimed ignorance to teammate Kyle’s post-race comments earlier this week on ESPN’s [...]

Two drivers that have impressed me the most this year seldom make the race.
Yet, like the Little Engine That Could, each week they try. And, continue to try. All the while remaining (outwardly) optimistic and positive about their chances and their teams efforts.
The perseverance exhibited by Michael Waltrip and Brian Vickers truly does impress me.
The [...]

That’s the draft as in wartime.
Look. I’ve held out from blogging about the should-Mark-run-or-not debate for long enough. I can’t wait until Bristol to see that Mark is no where to be found.
Sure, I’d love to see him continue to race.
But, Mark has decided that a NASCAR Championship is not worth fighting for anymore. I [...]

Jimmie Johnson. Tony Stewart. Matt Kenseth.
The planets were lined up during the Kobalt Tools 500 Sunday in Atlanta.
The top 3 drivers performed exactly as their prior performance predicted. At least according to the statistical model that our NASCAR numbers wizard Steve McClearn predicted they would in his Atlanta pre-race report.
Steve shares his thoughts and why [...]

Anyone notice that ‘Pretty Boy’ Kahne is a punk?
Was it just me?
Yes, I’m a little riled up because I am on the verge of proclaiming Johnson, Knaus, et al as the new ‘Lords of the NASCAR World’ (94 laps to go…hopefully I can defer the proclamation another week.)
I really don’t have to think of any [...]

Some interesting numbers for trivial talk and NASCAR fantasy race games relating to this Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Atlanta Motor Speedway
1: Start (and finish) position for Kasey Kahne in the Spring race last year.
1: Driver (Tony Stewart) to score bonus points during the last 3 races at Atlanta.
1.54: Miles around Atlanta Motor [...]

Here’s the UAW DiamlerChysler 400 submission of Darrell Waltrip quotes:
Every Friday is Friday the 13th when your not in the top 35 in points.
The tires are one thing, it’s the ‘restrictor tank’ that I don’t agree with.
If they’d make the tires and the cars and the tracks all perfect, I wouldn’t have quit driving.
Wasn’t Snickering [...]

I’m either the lazy man or the modern man.
I’m not sure which.
I’m convinced I am the sole reason for the saturation of commercials during the NASCAR race broadcasts. I break the age old mold of the television viewer, so advertisers have to throw a lot of mud on my wall to get some of it [...]

The three kinds of lies, right?
So why do we love NASCAR statistics so much?
Because they give a predictability to the outcome of a race. Even when a driver’s average finish or track type averages don’t pan out, we have the satisfaction of identifying it as out of the ordinary.
But, what happens when you take NASCAR [...]

Some interesting numbers for trivial talk and NASCAR fantasy race games relating to this Sunday’s UAW DiamlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
1: Laps led at last year’s UAW DiamlerChrysler 400 by race winner Jimmie Johnson.
3: Back-to-back race winners at Las Vegas. Jeff Burton (1999/2000), Matt Kenseth (2003/2004), Jimmie Johnson (2005/2006).
5: Side-by-side [...]