Full Throttle

And you thought all the angles were covered after last weekends NASCAR stop at the Paper Clip. I find it odd how Formula One places an emphasis on the manufacturers championship, but in NASCAR hardly a word is ever mentioned. Unless you’re one of the car companies doing a bit of gloating in an advertisement. Not even in the now familiar end of race spiel that always mentions, “and that was the 572nd NASCAR win for Chevy,” was it noted Chevy won the crown again.

As the Chase has wound down to 4 cars, 4 drivers and 4 events shuffled to the side is Jeff Gordon’s victory Sunday clinched the 2005 manufacturers championship for Chevrolet. It’s their 29^th and an even more impressive 25^th of NASCAR