Summary: Kurt Busch gets pulled over in Phoenix for running a stop sign and reckless driving. Officer smells alcohol. Kurt refuses a field sobriety test. He is verbally abusive. They take him to Phoenix International Raceway and the Breath Test machine fails. Busch is given a ticket for reckless driving. Come Sunday he is no [...]

Summary: I’ve been working on what I’m humbly calling “The Ultimate Fantasy NASCAR Database. I’ve just finished entering the results for 2005. The number of different drivers that competed in the 34 races this season is 85. My Take: I’m anal about stats. I love ‘em. I would never have guessed there were that many [...]

Summary: Bobby Labonte joins Petty Enterprises to race the #43 car for 2006. My Take: Pure excitement. This ‘Silly Season’ switch brings the most anticipation for next year yet. Here’s hoping Bobby does well and is happy at Petty.”

Just as no one wants to admit their kids are ugly, I’ll never admit that Texas Motor Speedway shouldn’t have 2 races. But, between you and me, that race Sunday was one heck of a sleeper. Don’t tell anybody, but the wife and I left with 80 laps to go. Yeah. Can you believe it? [...]

I went to Cup & Busch Series qualifying. Plus, the Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway yesterday. Anyone know how to get good action shots with a FujiFilm Finepix 2650? Mine always blur. Maybe time for a new camera. All of these shots are from the stands. Here is a link to them [...]

Oh boy. I spotted the first of the NASCAR haulers arriving today for this Sunday’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. The track is 15 minutes from my house. Although, it’s a 2-hour and then 4-hour trek on Sunday. That’s right. The state that likes everything BIG, can’t build an interstate wider than 2-lanes. But, [...]

Summary: Rewind to Jeff Gordon’s Martinsville victory celebration a week ago. An out-of-practice Jeff Gordon rambles off his sponsors. He is looking on his car and firesuit in an attempt to get them all. Well, obviously he forgot Lay’s Potato Chips. His second place finish this weekend at Atlanta, garners him post-race TV time again. [...]

Summary Kasey Kahne gets caught up in Reed Sorenson’s spin into the wall. Sorenson spins clockwise, ending with his driver side against the wall and nose-to-nose with Kahne. Several seconds after the dust should be settling, Kahne still is pushing Sorenson backwards along the wall. Finally, he punts him out of his way and drives [...]

Summary: Jeremy Mayfield’s #19 has a mechanical problem and puts him behind the wall for 100 laps. Pit reporter asks him, “Looks like your championship hopes are over now?” Rusty Wallace’s #2 gets its front-end flattened and pits several times to fix it. Eventually, he’s behind the wall. Pit reporter asks him, “Championship-wise, Rusty, this [...]

Summary: Rusty Wallace is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Again. Third week in a row with a terrible finish. His last five weeks have been mostly dismal. Talladega: 25th Kansas: 7th Lowes: 24th Martinsville: 19th Atlanta: 37th My Take: You may hate Rusty. You could say he whines too much about other [...]