Full Throttle

Yea that’s right, Pocono was entertainment. If Carl Edwards radio remarks ([asking if] “there was a penalty for kicking someone’s ass after the race.”) isn’t valid entertainment well, nothing is. Looking around at the blogs and websites the general consensus is to sentence both Stewart and Edwards for a taste of Hellfire and brimstone courtesy [...]

It’s been a while since my last Cesspool entry, LMS and the 600 to be exact, but I think most would agree there are several worthy nominees from Sunday’s Cup event. Plus a couple “bonus” entries.
First on my list falls under the heading of Pin Ball Wizards, and there were a hell of lot of [...]

The title says it all about this weeks lead item in the NASCAR Cesspool and as noted previously John Darby, Director of Competition should be given a Darwin Award for his “13.5 gallon solution” that contributed in large part to making the Coca-Cola 600 the “PitStop 600″ at Lowes Motor Speedway. Last time I checked [...]

Candidates for this weeks Cesspool is rather sparse to say the least. Surprising given the venue was The Lady in Black a place that is never kind to anyone and normally sets tempers on edge. But seek and you shall find.
And the first two nominees both belong under the banner of stupidity and hype by [...]

Hey, a scribe (or ink-stained wretch if you prefer) gets to leadoff the Cesspool this week. Bob Margolis of Yahoo! Sports, no you didn’t! Really! There are more than a few things to be critical about Victory Lane celebrations, (endless sponsor mentions comes to mind) but this isn’t one of them: “How comfortable were you [...]

Need it be said? Well yes, if for no other reason than to make it an official NASCAR Cesspool entry.
The Busch bros. are both well deserving of entry this week. Kyle will get a visit, most likely on Tuesday, by the NASCAR “tax man” and will come away light in the wallet. The “K” in [...]

Did I ever tell you I hate the term cookie cutter? If not, or you have forgotten, let me restate it. There is no such thing. There may be race tracks that are of the same length, maybe even the same degree banking. But they each have there own “personality” when considering car set-up due [...]

After “The Cesspool” took the week off to spend time bashing The Family Policy Network, it returns this week with a full field of deserving soles souls (Thanks Laura) after an action filled weekend at Martinsville.
The first entry is nominated not for “action,” but for non-action. Those falling into the non-action category are all that [...]

First entry this week - the weather man/woman/Deity who turned “Hotlanta” into “Wetlanta.” And not so incidently “forced” a switch of the race broadcast from FoxSports to the FX network. The switch resulted in my missing the broadcast due to the local cable provider not having FX as part of its lineup. So in that [...]

After finishing second to Matt Kenseth two weeks ago at California, one lap was all Jimmy Johnson needed to reverse his fortunes in the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at LVMS in “Los Wages.” The driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet nipped the Roush/DeWalt Power Tools Ford driver by .045 seconds - less than a car length.
But it [...]

And you thought with the Cup Series off this week there would be no “lucky” entrants to the Cesspool. Far from it bucko and we start with the NASCAR Hall of Fame losers.
First up is the local government of Georgia, both at the State and City level. The sham that was the NASCAR bidding process [...]

A quick note for those new to the “Throttle,” or just haven’t been paying attention. This category, NASCAR Cesspool, is a weekly feature detailing some of the “lesser lights” of the previous NASCAR weekend. No one is spared ridicule or criticism, drivers, owners, broadcasters and even fellow Bloggers/feature writers as displayed last week. So beware, [...]

I was making my normal rounds of the blogosphere and racing sites via my normal mode of transportation when I cruised past Clance’s place of abode, The Church of the Great Oval and spied a headline that caught my attention. (Not hard, I’m also distracted by spinning lights and sparkly things - and Double Stuff [...]

Well now, it’s the last race of the year. You’d think everyone would be on their best behavior and not act the fool. With 3 months until any chance of redeeming oneself - and escaping from the Cesspool of infamy - everyone would be good little boys. They almost made it, but missed it “by [...]

Well, should I start this weeks NASCAR Cesspool with THE STORY this week?
Nah, think I’ll skip it til later and start with a missing in action (MIA) report. What, you say, just what or who is MIA? Guess that proves my point doesn’t it?
When was the last time anyone issued complaints over Goodyear tires blowing [...]

LEVIGATING! - HUMPY WHEELER, There one well deserving Cesspool entry. Obviously Saturday nights events were a disaster, as were the similar problems in the Busch Series in the Friday night prequel. Tony Stewart opined he may need a “renewal of my life insurance policy” during the event and before he cut down a tire and [...]

No one is immune from taking a dip in my weekly Cesspool so what better way to start than at the top. The very top. I think I’ll go whole hog and toss in Brian France this week. (And the crowd goes wild!!!) France announced this week NASCAR is looking into and will attempt to [...]

No sense playing around, lets get right to it. There are only a few events that deserve a dip in the fetid feces this week, but those few have stirred up much debate among the fans and press alike.
First, here are the penalties for on track infractions and handed down by the Daytona suits after [...]

I had many choices to start off this weeks NASCAR Cesspool with, but after about two seconds deliberation the choice was obvious. To start it with anything other than what “a little bird” told me would be an “angry gesture” on my part.
Martin Truex Jr. got the most attention in Friday night’s Emerson Radio 250 [...]

The wide open spaces that provides 3 wide racing for NASCAR’s hotshoes in Fontana also provides less bangin’, slammin’ and a shorter than usual Cesspool this week.
I would also suspect with only two events before the Chase cut-off date there was an attitude in the garages to let racers be racers. The 5-6 fighting to [...]