Toyota Owns Detroit

How sweet was that, when Vickers realized he had enough gas to cross the line? How sweet was it to see Brian in that Toyota and not that little pisser Kyle Busch? For the first time in Michigan International Speedway history, Toyota wins. Vickers not only won the Cup race on Sunday, but came in 2nd in the Series race Saturday AND took both poles.

From the onset it was betwixt Jimmy Johnson and Brian Vickers, but Chad Knaus screwed the pooch again. I thought Chad was a better crewchief than that, having done the same thing earlier this year at the SAME track and at (I think) Phoenix. Note to Chad - Jimmy is not good at saving Sonoco.

It was good to see that one of the better cars won in a fuel mileage race. Mileage is the only reason Junior got his 3rd place. He had a bad vibration and had to pit early, and with a yellow coming out and many not pitting, he was able to floor it when others had to save. That's the only reason he got in the top 15.

Not only is Toyota the reigning champion of the "big three's" Michigan, they brought in four of the top ten. The way it sounds, that "big three" might soon be the "big two," as Dodge had no comment on questions about their continuing support of NASCAR.

Pack Preseason And Busch Deranged Syndrome

Nice way to start out the preseason. 17-0. Rodgers took the Pack down the field on two different drives of 9 and 7 plays for a 14-0 lead before hitting the sideline. It looked like Green Bay was in mid-season form and the Browns had just decided to get a few guys together for a game of touch. They keep this up and Mangini's second team will be his last.

Dom's new (to the Pack) 3/4 defense looked quite impressive. They pressured the Browns QBs all night and came away with 2 or 3 picks.

Once the second string got in there, it looked like last season's penalty madness was still around, but McCarthy will get on em about that. It is just the first preseason game though.

How sweet was it to see Busch get shoved down the track in his attempt at a last lap win. Vickers blocks him and he's all pissed off cuz he didn't let him win. He even pulled his car in front of Vickers to bitch at him after the race. Once Vickers got his gear off and got out of his car, the cry baby got behind his crew. How sweet it's going to be when he ticks off the wrong guy and he knocks the little bitch on his ass. Turns out Hendrick really knew what he was doing getting rid of that clown. He's had a thousand chances to win races, and almost always comes in second.(or 3rd Sat. night) Always cuz somebody didn't let him win. It's like Vickers said after the race. "I'm sorry....I didn't know it was the Kyle Busch show."

My Kingdom For A Prius

I just got done watching another dissappointing race at four in the morning. (I haven't watched a live NASCAR race since VCRs sold for under 650 bucks)
I hate watching mileage races. The two best cars ran out of gas on the last lap and Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon come in first and second respectively. I don't mind so much seeing the #5 win but can't stand it when Hendricks owns the first two cars. Although, one of the cars running out of gas was also one of his. My RCR guys were no where in sight again.
There's a lot of annoying drivers these days and Carl Edwards is right up there with the worst. He jumps out of his fourth place Ford spouting off about Fords getting the best gas mileage today and everyone should go test drive one, as if the ones on the track are in any way similar to the showroom floor models. His next sentence is about how mileage races are so exciting and they really get the heart beating. Ya, right Carl. I haven't been that excited since we took the family station wagon cross country on the family vacation while checking the map for the next Texaco. This is the same Carl Edwards that pisses and moans about anybody getting their Goodyears too close and ruffling the feathers on the Aflac duck, proclaiming NASCAR has got to do something to make it safer. Maybe he should just get in that family Studebaker and head cross country. Mileage races ain't what got ya to the bigs, there nancy boy.
A mileage race is what got Tony Stewart his first points race win as an owner this year. He's another one of those guys that gets all torqued out of shape when some one dares to drive near him. Plus he's another ex-openwheeler which makes him a prissy right off the bat. AND HE'S FAT, which is why he can't partake in the openwheel tradition of climbing the fence after wins any more. HA HA

Obama's Newest Idea - WASCAR

Let's see.....who else didn't vote for the ONE and what does he control that could hurt them? He's got those two car builders to play with and he's already taken care of those pesky dealership owners. (lightbulb comes on) Hey, how bout those bible thumpin rednecks at NASCAR?
In the words of our 40th president, "there he goes again." He is cutting factory support for Chevrolet teams competing in the Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series. That means teams like KHI (Kevin and Delana Harvick), JMS (Earnhardt Jr.) and Rusty Wallace's teams are going to lose desperately needed cash and engines for their up and coming organizations. No word yet on how he's going to screw the Sprint Cup Series.
I may be mistaken, but didn't he have the audacity to show up at a race last year on his campaign trail? Those aren't the only people he went to lie face to face to.
This is going to completely destroy the smaller car and truck owners and further damage the already hurting Nationwide and Camping World Series'. There's a lot of loyal fans of Chevy in both of these series, especially since Toyota joined in. Kind of a "beat those imports" kind of thing. My guess is a lot of those fans might soon turn into Toyota fans and take even more business away from Government Motors. The way things are going, I can see an all import NASCAR. The messiah already has plans in the works to over tax those companies, so it's not too farfetched to see it turn into midgit racing.