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“What email, the only email we received in the paddock got tossed in the spam box, it did say something about a Nigerian bank in the subject line didn’t it?”
“Oops… sorry our bust! Try an SMS next time.”
(Jean, it could be worse, this could have been the Grand Prix of Thailand and your Ferrari’s flatter [...]

In keeping with the theme started yesterday in Japan, when Lewis “Secret Agent Man” Hamilton “surfed” his way to a win in dreadfully wet conditions, Chaac the Rain God didn’t smile kindly on Kansas or those Chasing the Cup.
And if there is a God of Irony he/she smiled on Greg Biffle as he rode home [...]

I’m so confused, I went to an F1 race and an F1 Boat race broke out.
Or so it seemed, as torrential rain and dense fog enveloped Fuji Japan dictating the first 19 laps be run under the guidance of the Safety Car. Even running at those reduced speeds didn’t prevent incidents as Ferrari’s Massa did [...]

Come on all you disgruntled NASCAR fans, admit it, Saturday’s 10 lap side-by-side finish in Kansas was a barn burner.
But all is not lost for you “haters,” you still can claim it came down to two Buschwhackers and not say, Marcos Ambrose and Bobby Hamilton Jr.
Such is life, get over it.
The reality is it was [...]

Damn, what’s the hells gotten into (pun intended) Michael Waltrip?
After turning in the eleventh fastest time in Cup qualifying it makes you wonder if we’re seeing a reprise of Daytona. And he must have shared a “bit O the Juice” with Dale Jarrett, he qualed in the 13th hole!
Before you jump Mikey fans, I’m kidding, [...]

There have been many tears shed over the late and lamented North Wilkesboro Speedway after it’s death in 1996.
Those that wish for its revival have become almost cult-like in their devotion to the speedway and a few have a two year old website dedicated to the tracks past history and possible news of its resurrection.
Land [...]

Wakey, wakey Tifosi, turn off your Maranello alarm clock (imaged left) and roll out of your specially designed beds.
While you were dreaming Robin Leach type fantasies, and another Prancing Horse win, Kimi and Felipe put your favorites 1-2 at Fuji Japan during FP1. they were closely followed by Alonso and Lewis “Secret Agent Man” Hamilton.
The [...]

Many people think that and now we have confirmation.
Witness the comments of one Scott Speed on the occasion of his first stock car test at Talladega.

It’s not every day you can say NASCAR has made the right move. The release of the 2008 Sprint Cup schedule does give a slight clue the sanctioning body can go down the Path of Correctness on occasion.
The first noteworthy change is the removal of the off week after the season opening Daytona 500.
Having the [...]

It’s new, it’s unique and never seen before.
Roush-Fenway Racing has decided to appeal NASCAR’s decision to penalize the #99 Ford Fusion 25 championship points. And they’re are doing it a new and improved way by snatching a slide rule from the aerodynamics dept. and using what I would call the New Chase Mathematics.
Team president Geoff [...]

See the new addition in the left sidebar for the 2007 Weblog Awards?
You’re hereby forewarned, it’s coming soon. Expect over-the-top self generated pimping to commence shortly there after.
I’m tired of being only a finalist, I want to win. Besides, this year has a real prize, a trip to Las Vegas for each winner in each [...]

Nothing to see here.
Move along, what you may think is Quid pro quo for previous actions taken are nothing more than a free and open marketplace. (Wanna buy a bridge? Cheap! The market is over saturated)
Fernando Alonso is reportedly off to Ferrari next season in a

Russia probes bomb attack on ex-F1 driver:
Russian police have opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a former Formula One test driver after an explosion wrecked his car, local media reported.
A bomb detonated on Monday under a Mercedes-Benz sports utility vehicle owned by Sergei Zlobin, a former test driver with the Minardi Formula One [...]

Maybe I’m confused, I’ve always pictured a light pole as that depicted at left.
When talking events that occur within NASCAR Nation one can never be sure of what you see or take for granted.
Case in point, what used to be a “light pole” is now a “Coors Light Pole Award.”
And as we already know what [...]

In a Dover race that contained almost everything, an over abundance of yellows, crashes, red flags, “Chasers” acting decidedly un-Chase-like and four drivers within 4 points of each other at the top of the standings you knew there was more to come.
And there was, they tossed in the Kitchen Sink.
Swirling towards the sink drain is [...]

Brain France was working in the lab late one night
When his eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my Monster [Mile] from his slab began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise
Dover did the mash
Dover did The Monster mash
The Monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
Dover did the mash
It caught on in a flash
Dover did the mash
Dover did The [...]

What do you think you accomplished tonight?
Jacques: “We saw the checkered flag, which is good without too many incidents. We had pit stops and I worked with the spotter. That was very important — that was the key today. Talladega is a very different track and I expect it to be very different than here.”
Villeneuve [...]

DATELINE Dover Del: Tony “NASCAR is the WWE” Stewart must a had a bit of a smile on his face as he listened to the command to start engines prior to the Busch event. Rick Flair? Who thought that one up?
But I digress. (Hey stupid, you can’t “digress” before you start!)
If it’s one [...]

As expected Dale Jr’s. preferred crew chief is getting a head start on next season. Earnhardt crew chief Tony Eury Jr. and Junior’s cousin, will leave DEI early and start his new job at Hendrick next month.
You don’t have to smack me with a 2X4 to the nose to make me believe that wasn’t coming. [...]

G. C. Spencer, 82, died Thursday morning at the NHC Healthcare Center in Johnson City following a long battle with emphysema. He