Pickem: Talladega

This week the series travels to the unforgiving superspeedway of Talladega. The track produces some of the most entertaining races and some of the scariest wrecks. Avoiding the big one is always the key to surviving this race. Some of the drivers to watch are Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Dale Jarrett and of course Dale Jr. Plus, the most important part is that I will be there..that makes this race even more exciting.

My Pick:

Tony Stewart

Harvick outlasts competition

As other drivers were running out of fuel saturday night in Phoenix, Kevin Harvick had just enough to get to the checkered to win the Subway 500. Harvick ran consistent all night never falling out of the top ten and by the end of the race his car came to life, helping him find his way t the front for the win. Other drivers with good runs included Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top five. With a third place finish Matt Kenseth took over the points lead. Greg Biffle and Mark Martin seemed to have the dominate cars but both ran out gas in the final three laps.

Pick'em: Phoenix

This weekend the series travels to the one mile oval called Phoenix Raceway to run the Subway 500. Last year Kurt Busch took the victory in the fall race, while his brother won the spring race. If I had to put money on a few drivers it would include the following: Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Dale Jr. and Kyle Busch.

My Pick:

Matt Kenseth

Kahne Wins From The Pole In Texas

A few drivers looked as if they were going to dominate the field during Sundays race at Texas Motorspeedway but when the checkered fell it ended as it started with Kasey Kahne in 1st place. Greg Biffle was dominant in the opening portion of the race, until Kurt Busch ended his day, turning the #16 into the wall (Busch is making so many friends this year). Later it looked as if Carl Edwards could dominate but that was ended when Edwards got lose under Jeff Gordon sending himself into the inside wall and out of the race. With the laps counting down it became a battle between Kahne and Stewart. Stewart tried to hold Kahne off but the #9 car was just too strong when running the high grove. The series is off this weekend, but will return the following weekend in Phoenix.

Opinion: What Are They Thinking!!??

Below is an article from NASCAR.com discussing NBC's show Dataline News, which (pathetically) tried to trick NASCAR fans at Martinsville into making racial comments about Muslims. It was an attempt to show that anit-muslim feelings are rising in America.

Now, the job of such News programs is to report the news, not make it up. It could be true that these are feelings of certain Americans but that does not give them the right to bait people so they can have a story. Shows a lack of character in the media of today. Opinion & make believe stories rule over fact (shaking the head). Let me know what you think??

http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/opinion/04/06/cross.nbc.dateline/index.html

Pickem: Texas

Last year both races went to a Roush Racing driver, with Greg Biffle taking the fall race and Carl Edwards winning in the spring. You can bet that some of the same drivers will be running up front on this one. Drivers like Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, Kurt and Kyle Busch (just to name a few).

My Pick:
Kyle Busch

Smoke a winner at Martinsville

Tony Stewart passed Jimmie Johnson with around 30 laps to go to capture his first win of the the 2006 season. This weekend turned out to be a struggle for some drivers including Casey Mears, Kasey Kahne and Matt Kenseth. Next weeks race is at Texas Motorspeedway.

Jimmie Johnson Wins Bud Pole

Jimmie Johnson put his Lowes #48 on the pole Friday afternoon; along side Johnson will be Jamie McMurray. Listed below are the other drivers starting in the top ten.




1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jamie McMurray
3. Tony Stewart
4. Ryan Newman
5. Kasey Kahne
6. Sterling Marlin
7. Elliot Sadler
8. Jeff Gordon
9. Kurt Busch
10. Greg Biffle