Chase Cesspool - Kansas Edition
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 resolve the multi-car team issue. A full announcement is expected within two weeks. No word on whether that is 2 human weeks or 2 dog’s life weeks which I suspect may be around X-mas of ‘07.
Disregarding NASCAR’s long history with multi-car operations he plans on cutting their current size down to something less than Mongol Hoard size. Three cars per team is the rumored amount. But here’s the thing, on one hand “He who shall be obeyed” wants to limit the size of the much referred to “independent contractors,” and on the other NASCAR and the ISC are buying properties faster than a teenager flipping burgers at the local White Castle. And let us not forget both organizations are acquiring licensing rights to everything between Daytona and the ninth ring of Saturn. Expect to see a NASCAR logo on Uranus soon!
I find that odd, dont’ you? I find it strange enough to give France the old heave-ho into the Cesspool this week. And BTW as France is headed into the pool of fetid feces he’s holding the hands of Mike Helton, and NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter. Three for the price of one!
“Look Ma, no hands brakes!” That was T.J Bell’s lament during Saturday’s Busch event. He smacked the wall with about 20 laps to go and as he tried to stop in his pit stall the whoa peddle went to the floor. His was momentarily in Greg Biffle’s box, then pushed back to a empty one waiting for all the other cars to pit and leave.
Mike Wallace? - Clark Kent like mild mannered Mike Wallace? - in an after race verbal altercation? What’s that, he said Jason Leffler “ran out of talent.” Where have we heard that before? The Joe Gibbs NEXTEL Cup garage maybe? Whatever, the tale of the tape clearly shows it was just an everyday racing accident. It only deserves mention here because Kent, Errr, Wallace is Mr. Mild Mannered.
While on the subject Leffler, his former #11 FedEx ride now under the right foot of Denny Hamlin had a “slight” problem while pitting at Kansas. Ryan Newman’s jackman was injured as Hamlin brushed his leg entering the #11 pitbox. Mitch Lash suffered a severe sprain and some muscle damage that will keep him out for a few weeks. The question is why? Kansas is one of the newest venues on the circuit with a very wide pit road and large pitboxes. So why? Why do you have to be that damn close to hit a jackman from an adjacent pit stall? I don’t know the answer except to say enjoy your swim in this weeks Cesspool.
As always if you feel I’ve missed a deserving enterant this week throw your selection in the comments. With Charlotte on schedule this week the “Pool” should overflow and probably many will be related to the “new and improved” track surface.
