Full Throttle

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 light both the weatherman/woman/Deity and FoxSports screwing over Full Throttle, among thousands of others, they deserve to undergo a through dunking in the Cesspool this week. Heaven forbid FoxSports piss off thousands (Hundreds?) of Monday daytime viewers by broadcasting the race!

The continuing saga of Penske Racing’s experiment with the Dodge Intrepid rates an entry this week. Honestly, can it stop now? With 4 of the top 11 finishers Chargers and the winner being one of them (The first Charger win at Atlanta in 29 years.) can the “brain trust” at Penske South actually get a clue now?

By the lap 60 mark the Penske team cars had “intrepidly” marched towards the rear of the field, never to be seen again. Ganassi, Evernham and Petty have all made significant gains in Charger performance as evidenced by Kahne and Mears in the top five in points and Kyle getting his best Cup finish Monday in years.

They say the first sign of insanity is to keep doing the same thing expecting a different outcome. It’s also said, at least around The Throttle, “To Intrepidly continue down the path you’re on is fool hearted, counterproductive to having Dodge stenciled on the front valance, and most assurdly will result in a permanent presence in the NASCAR Cesspool.” Enjoy your dip! Again!

Our third entry will probably be one of those that reaches “perpetual status,” as in, it will remain in the Cesspool until it disappears into history. The NASCAR NMPA Chex Most Popular Driver “contest.” Who cares? REALLY! Except Dale Jr. fans of course who keep pounding the ballot box as if it mattered.

That’s it for this week, time is short with out of town guests til the end of the month, but rest assured next week’s “Bullring Cesspool” will be overflow with “fetid goodness!”

NASCAR, NEXTEL Cup, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Auto Racing, Motorsports, Full Throttle