Full Throttle

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 fell victim to mechanical woes Sunday. Most notably were failures centered on the drivelines of so many that one had to ensure you were watching Martinsville and not Watkins Glen. B. Labonte, Kyle Petty, Casey Mears, and David Stremme all had transmission/rearend problems of one sort or another. In addition were the failures of engines by Ken Schrader, Kasey Kahne, Jeremy Mayfield, and Robby Gordon. Obviously going from a 60mph cornering speed, to well over 100mph in such a short distance took it’s toll.

Lady Luck has foresaken Matt Kenseth. For the fouth straight event Kenseth appeared headed for a top ten finish, if not a top five, when “Lady Luck” turned a blind eye to the #17’s potential of the day and sent Kenseth spiraling towards the tail of the field.

The most deserving entry is definatly FoxSports. Several times they returned from a caution induced commercial break to have the green flag already waving. In reality not much was missed by the fans (unless you have a desire for listening to three bobble-heads and their inane ranting) but really! How hard is it to have one eye on the commercial and one eye on the pace car as it leaves the track and enters pitroad? What’s that you say, pace car driver Bodine doesn’t pay millions each year for air time? Oh…, nevermind then, I see now. But I don’t have to like it. If Fox spent less time “highlighting” the #07 Direct TV (Parent company Fox) sponsored Chevy - during the green flag - those precious seconds could have been spent showing the runup to each restart.

You be the judge. In a NASCAR Cesspool first I’ll let you my ever interested and dedicated readers decide if this entry is worth a dip in the pool this week. After yet another “better than Cup” weekend for the NCTS at Martinsville (A Series many feel is better than Cup) should the powers that be place a four week stop to the action? The next NCTS is now on a four week hiatus with the next scheduled event April 29^th, at Gateway International Raceway. Shouldn’t the schedule be spaced out so no more than a two week gap exists? Again, you be the judge.

Next week brings the first of two Cup events at Texas. If things play out as normal next weeks “star entry” in the Cesspool should be all the whners and complainers all bemoaning the fact NASCAR returns to another dreaded “cookie-cutter” venue.

Bet on it… see ya next week.

NASCAR, NEXTEL Cup, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NCTS, Auto Racing, Motorsports, Full Throttle