NASCAR is backing up today!!!!

NASCAR is backing up today!!!!!!

In two revelations revealed today NASCAR is standing there wondering “why did I ever let it get this far?”. U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen granted Mayfield’s motion Wednesday for a preliminary injunction to force the sanctioning body to lift his indefinite suspension for a test that NASCAR says was positive for methamphetamines. What ? Really? Wow NASCAR really looks bad with egg on its face.

NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said ““We are disappointed, but we respect the judge’s ruling ,This is only a temporary injunction. The legal case continues beyond this point, and we will continue to make our case.” oh please NASCAR admit you screwed up and go on with it, besides if you think about it, whether you like Mayfield or not why would he step out on a limb like he has,while knowing that NASCAR has had it out for him for a while, if he was not guilty? I know I wouldn’t put myself through what he has. Nope not gonna happen.

I said a few weeks ago that there was more to this than meets the eye.

Also in the news today was that NASCAR lifted the suspension of Rusty Wallace Racing crew chief Bryan Berry who was accused of using a racial slur against Nationwise series driver Marc Davis who happens to be black. The suspension was supposed to be indefinitly but it seems that sure isn’t the case. It is ok to use a racial slur in todays politically correct world but don’t you dare have a engine .017 over bore! FREE Carl Long!!!!!!!!!!!

And last but not least … Bill Webber is not going to be back for any of the races on TNT this year…. yipee!!!!!! now if we could just get rid of Wally ……….

Note from the editor…. The number of blogs I have posted the past week has been limited due to a problem with my right wrist, I will be having surgery on it when I come back from Vacation .

Thanks

Cya@races

the dr.

Who do we believe these days?

Who to believe these days….

If you have read the Internet news sites the past couple days here are some of the things you have read…..the 9 car will be a Toyota by the end of July, since Petty has only enough parts for one more of the new Dodge engines…….. RCR has filed suit against GM for all the money GM owes RCR…………..Kahne is going to Stewart / Haas racing as a 3^rd team…………Toyota is leaving the Truck series and the Nationwise series……………Team Red Bull is going to Chevy…………….

Gibbs to field 4^th car for Montoya like MWR does for Ambrose……….Well who do you believe? From here in my little corner of the world, I see it this way…..the 9 will be a Dodge till the end of the year after that…who knows,….RCR has filed papers with the court system but it is NOT a lawsuit, it is standard paper work filed by creditors during a bankruptcy ,……Stewart ?Haas may be looking at a 3^rd team in the future and who will drive for them is unknown, but my guess will be that Kesolowski will be the wheel man with help from HMS, and since Stewart ?Haas already gets help from HMS it seems like a good fit…….Toyota may pull $$$$ from the two lower divisions of NASCAR but don’t see them pulling out completely…..Team Red Bull team manager Jay Frye has had a long association with HMS so them going to Chevy could be a possibility since Red Bull has tons and tons of money laying around over there in Austria………and the Gibb’s deal with JPM…. just don’t see that happening.

There has been lot’s of speculation all year long on different teams and where the economy would leave them, but some of these idea’s seem to be pipe dreams of some sports writer who reads about racing a few times a year. I don’t have a crystal ball, and I won’t get into the game of predicting the future, but some where along the way we got to laugh at some of the idea’s I have heard.

One idea I have heard that really does make sense is the one about HMS stopping racing and turning into a supplier for other teams. That would be in line with what “brainless Brian France” wants for NASCAR, all the cars the same ……but I dont see it happening any time soon. HMS the Fastenal of NASCAR….. has ring to it don’t it?

I guess we will just have to sit back and watch and see what happens.

Now we head for New Hampshire…. tough track to get set up for we will see how it works out. Will keep you posted on all the funny rumors I hear….

cya@races

the dr.

Just call him Mr. Restart!!!!

Just call him Mr. Restart!!!!!…..

Kasey Kahne held off Tony Stewart not once, not twice, but 4 times to bring home the win at Sonoma. Kasey said during the race “this is the best race car I have ever had here” and it showed. He made no mistakes and pulled away ever time NASCAR dropped a yellow. So a big tip of the hat to the #9 Bud team.

Now let’s look at a few other notes on the race today,

Is the pressure getting to Jimmie Johnson? The stunt he pulled in practice in front of Marcos Ambrose was dumb dumb dumb!!!! he stopped in the middle of turn 11 and wondered why he got hit from behind… then in the race he ran Kurt Busch off the track and then tells Chad Knaus to send word to the 2 pit that it was an accident…..yeah right! He bounced off of 2/3^rd of the cars in the race today.

2 drivers tried some old dirt track moves by sitting on the track after a spin or incident trying to draw a yellow, first was Bobby Labonte when he spun going into turn 1 and 2, then Kyle Busch did it sitting in the middle of the track.. it worked for Labonte didn’t work for Busch.

How about the 47 car of Marcos Ambrose? Come from dead last to run 3^rd!!! good run for the 47 team.

Did anyone see the 24 getting back at the 13 of Mas Papis? It happened on the cool down lap and I saw it on TNT’s race buddy the 24 really put a wallop on the 13 as he went by…. did NASCAR see it? I doubt it….

there seemed to be lots of pit road speeding today , it got Jeff Gordon, Johnson, and a bunch of others. Really tough penalty on a road course like this.

And how about the King getting back into victory lane?? that was great as the RPM team had 3 cars in the top 10 today… they are a coming, things are starting to get figured out over there at RPM and it shows.

Well hope everyone had a good Fathers day and enjoyed the race….

Cya@races!!!

the dr.

Got $5000.00 laying around?

Got an extra $5000.00 laying around????

Apparently David Ruiteman does….. he just chipped in the Carl Long fine fund…

http://www.carl-long.com/donations.htm look here for a complete list of donations to the fund, notable names listed there are Ruiteman, Boris Said($100.00) and a slew of donations ranging from $5000.00 down to $1.00 for a grand total as of yesterday of $16,055.56 only $183,944.44 to go. Long has filed an appeal with NASCAR and the grand pooba Charles Stang will hear it and out come is expected by the end of the week…… now who the hell is Charles Stang??? let’s take a look.

Strang’s racing days go back to the Carl Kiekhaefer era of the 1950s. He was once head of the Outboard Marine Corp. In 1974 Charles D. Strang succeeded W. C. Scott as president of OMC. Strang’s interest in powerboats, beginning in boyhood, had lasted through college and a post as a research associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During a later period of employment with the makers of Mercury outboard motors, interest had deepened into vocation. In 1966 his experience in the powerboat industry had brought him to OMC. Eight years later he rose to the presidency. Where he served for 8 years until 1982. Google offers no help at all… I have searched for hours for what little I have found but this man is a mystery for sure. It has been said he gives no interviews with the media. He did over turn a lower appeal once before with Robert Yates..

http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/bg/10/26/sleicht.appeal.penalty.overturned.montreal/index.html

Now will he have some sympathy or Long? Who knows but from what I have seen he seems to be a fair man. And in Carl Long’s defense, what about a few years ago when Mikey Waltrip was caught at Daytona with Sterno in his intake? $100,000.00 fine…..and that was a blatant attempt to cheat, we will see at the end of the week I guess …

Cya @races

the dr.

Who is going where???

Who is going where????

Seems these days it is all about who is going where….. Martin Truex is rumored to be headed to MWR, Red Bull is headed to Chevy, G.E.M. Is talking to Toyota and Ford, sponsors moving around, owners joining together, man it is like a crap shoot these days.

I just read an interesting article onhttp://www.mikemulhern.net/ (see link for full story. http://www.mikemulhern.net/index.php?q=breakingnow/mike-accavitti-new-boss-dodge) saying that long time NASCAR supporter has taken over the topspot at chrysler, his name is Mike Accavitti, will his new job bode well for Dodge teams? Well RPM has laid off 9 people, and Richard Petty has said that Dodge is a real slow pay on sponsorship money, so will things change with the sale of Chrysler to Fiat? Well Roger “the Capt” Penske said he is staying with dodge, and he was the first to run the new Dodge motor, could Penske be the new face of Dodge in NASCAR? How will him buying the Saturn line from GM factor into this deal? Truth of the matter is no one knows for sure, and with the uncertianity of how things are going to turn out I am not sure I would be hitching my wagon to any make right now.

On another note…… what is with all these back up cars this year? Matt Kennseth won Daytona with a back up,Gordon has run very well with a back up, Jimmie Johnson has won with one, so has Tony Stewart, and last week end even the dirt racing series got in on the back up craze as Brad Neat pulled a back up off the trailer and marched to the front

After damaging his primary car last weekend at Eldora Speedway Brad Neat of Dunnville, KY climbed into 4-time and defending series champion Earl Pearson Jr.’s back-up MasterSbilt Chassis that “The Hurricane” drove last year to the championship. Neat led every lap of the 35-lap Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event at Duck River Speedway on Thursday Night as the 2009 Summer Sizzler Tour kicked off

The work that goes into having a race ready backup is unreal, it is setting up 2 cars to win the race. Lots of work and labor goes into these things and no one but the driver ever gets credit, so to the crews and teams that get these cars ready week after week, DAMN GOOD JOB!!!!!!!

Robby Gordon NASCAR’s most penalized driver, has run afoul of SCORE with his win in the Baja 500, they have listed a whole list of things that they say he done, but true to Robbie’s nature he has answered with a rebuttal, now who do you believe? …..well I tend to lean toward Robbie on this one……but we will see how the appeals process goes, and knowing SCORE and the way they have done things in the past…….. ummmm not real sure…

NASCAR has hit Rusty Wallace Racing crew chief Bryan Berry with a fine and suspension, NASCAR officials called it “an inappropriate comment” by Nationwide crew chief Bryan Berry in an altercation with driver Marc Davis suspended Berry indefinitely.
Berry, who works for Rusty Wallace and Brendan Gaughan, was upset with Davis after a pit road collision and apparently used a racial slur in their confrontation. Now Marc Davis (who happens to be black) turned in front of Brandon Gaughan on his way to the garage, while Gaughan was trying to make a pit stop, now Davis has made some waves the past year trying to get a ride and get into NASCAR’s top 2 classes.

Well we got a Red Bull car on the pole, the race track is fast…very fast and sunday will see a great race I think.

C_YA@races

the dr.

Disrespect……..

Total lack of respect…..That is the only way I can describe the little tirade that Kyle Busch pulled in victory lane tonight at Nashville Speedway.

One of the most coveted trophies in NASCAR is the Sam Bass designed Gibson Les Paul Trophy Guitar that each driver receives in Victory Lane at Nashville Superspeedway!   The Toyota Tundra 200 Trophy Guitar will be a prized possession for the winner of the Toyota Tundra 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race scheduled for Saturday afternoon, August 12.   Tickets are on sale now by calling toll-free 1-866 RACE TIX.

Each guitar is specifically designed by Official NASCAR Artist Sam Bass.

Sam Bass is one of the most accomplished artists in the history of American motorsports.  His penchant for combining the riveting aspects of fine art and innovative graphic design have made Bass – the first artist officially licensed by NASCAR – a favorite with fans and competitors alike. http://www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com/track/press/article.php?dir=200607&id=639

Have you ever seen one of these things?

A picture of it can be seen here….http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/bg/04/07/sam.bass.nashville/index.html

And for Busch to do his best rock star impression and run around like a idiot then smash the trophy not just once but 3 times into the ground then throw it down like a piece of trash, he did pick it up and toss it to his crew, his comment about “now everyone gets a piece of it” was crap pure crap!

And yeah the little punk won the race……… now I am going to go chop some wood.

C-ya @ races.

The dr.

Fans…….

Fans……. yep that’s what we are, fans. Fans of a sport that we all identify with on some fashion. We all have our favorite drivers then our next to fav’s and so on…. but what makes a fan? How does a fan pick his driver? Well lets look at this a little more in depth.

Take me, the dr, for example, my favorite drivers since I was a little kid, have been drivers who have done amazing things but yet stayed under the radar, long ago (and I mean LONG ago) I had a favorite driver named Jody Ridley, a local driver who dominated the local tracks for years with his brother Biddle as his crew chief, then as I got older I still followed Jody and watched as his career took off when he won the NASCAR rookie of the year honors in 1980, Jody got tired of the grind and moved back to running local tracks until Bill Elliott got hurt and called on his hero to come fill in for him.

I have found that the drivers i tend to lean toward are clean drivers who “walk softly and carry a big stick” type and don’t seem to be embroiled in controversy.

I know each of us are passionate about our drivers win lose or draw, and that is what makes NASCAR fans different from all the rest, the “real NASCAR Fan’s” just want good racing, they understand that you really can’t win them all. And as long as it is a good race we are happy. But if you want to really tick a NASCAR fan off…. talk trash about his driver. NASCAR fans are unique, in a very special way, we love our racing!

C-ya at the races!

The dr.

the dr’s thoughtsonDover…

I had planned to not go back to this topic but after reading some new revelations I have to. An Mayfield may have a point. It was revealed in court that he admits taking Adderall, which is what they give kids for A.D.D. (attention deficent disorder) and it is also given to adults, now that in its self is an amphetamine if he has a Dr’s script for it, what is the issue? I mean I am not a Jeremy Mayfield fan by no means, but if he is right then he is right regardless. Here is a copy of the “oh so secret NASCAR drug policy” NASCAR Drug Policy 2009

I really hate to say this but NASCAR may have shot themselves in the foot.I guess we will see as the rest of the process unfolds.

On a more happy note, did you see who had all 4 cars in the top 10 in Qualifying? Thats right RPM, with the 9 of Kahne on the front row just a half of a tick of the stopwatch off the pole, set by Rutieman. The 43 car is 4^th, the dinger driven 44 car is 7^th and even Elliott Sadler managed to find the top 10 by rolling in in 10^th. Now that is a turn around! How bout that new Dodge engine in the 9 car? Wait til race time, I think he is being coy……

I find it ironic that now that they have made changes at the 88 car, have you seen all the personnel working on it? Why didn’t they do that with Eury Jr when he started having problems? Why wait til now? Is that saying that it wasn’t in the cards to start with for Eury Jr? Was he working against a stacked deck? I don’t know you tell me…. it just seems funny that now all of the suden all this help is suddenly available to Lance Mcgrew but it wasn’t to Tony Eury Jr? Why not? But yeah tell me again how Eury Jr got a fair shake……….yeah Jr goes off in 22^nd spot.. wow…..

Man Poor Jeff Gordon nailed the wall, in qualifying, so he will start at the back…….in a back up car….

Hornish out qualifyed both his team mates at Penske racing….coming in 12^th.

And you got to ring the bell for Juan Pablo Montoya he was smoking running 3^rd, will he hang during the race? I think he will, right behind the 9 car.

Well thats my thought for this week..

C-ya at the races!!!

the dr.

RAIN SUCKS!!!

Rain sucks!!!!!! First let me say this, I work 3^rd shift, I go in at 7 pm and work til the wee hours of the morning,this being Memorial Day weekend, I managed to get the night of the 600 off, I was going to get to watch a race!!!!then rain…….. and more rain, Sunday morning rain at my house, rain at the race track, my power was out for 5 hours Sunday morning, well i get to watch part of it, the part that wasn’t spent on pit road….. I really don’t know what to say….. I was not happy with a shortened race, especially the 600, but I can see why they did. But I still don’t like it….

Now on to the race, the caution and bringing the cars to a stop for a moment of silence was one of the most touching things I have seen in a long time, looks like NASCAR took a few lessons from some dirt tracks, in the tributes they do. But either way, good job NASCAR a tip of the hat to you for that one, but man we got to do something about these rain things…….

I want to really tip my hat to Ruiteman for being there at the right time, and for not running to the motor home during the rain delay, I really liked that, and what he said,”“I just knew leaning on the car was working,” he said following his first Sprint Cup victory in 75 races. “So I figured I shouldn’t change up my system any. If a tornado, hurricane comes, doesn’t matter, lightning, I’m staying right where I am ‘til the bitter end or ‘til we go back green again. I wasn’t going to move.” “

So to the newest first time winner Good job, now, when you gonna win another one?

And one more note I want to bring to your attention, the 21 of Bill Elliott making his 800^th start in NASCAR came home 15^th. The top 5 in points didn’t change.

But the last spot did, get this it is Carl Long listed in 69^th, -200 points, and he is 1922 behind the leader who has 1722 points…he is 200 in the hole! Yeah NASCAR way to go, you really showed that “cheater” ..

Oh yeah I busted :Larry Mac…. he kept saying that Carl Long was seven thousands to big, that is wrong…… he was .171of a cubic inch big…

Will some one tell Larry Mac to read the dr’s blog?

Have a good week and we will C-ya at the races.

The dr.

Carl Long.. cheater???

Ok I have had enough time to mellow out… after I heard what NASCAR has done to Carl long, what was they thinking? I can tell you … NASCAR wanted to send a message and they see Carl long and his operation as expendable,they can hammer him with record fines and penalties and they don’t loose any big names, and they get to show the world they treat everyone the same. HORSEFEATHERS!!!!!!

the man’s engine was .170 cubic inches too big….that is POINT 170. NASCAR has a legal limit on C.I.D. It is 358 Cubic inches, now this “cheater had a big engine, it was 358.170 cubic inches…lets break this down.

A NASCAR engine has 700hp (yeah that is a little under what is believed to be the real hp numbers but anyway) that is 1.955 hp per cubic inch, now if we figure out Carl longs engine he has 1.954 hp per cubic inch.,……wow what a gain .Richard Petty was once caught with an over-sized engine – after winning a race. Petty was fined (not nearly as severely as Long’s crew chief) but he wasn’t suspended. NASCAR even allowed him to keep the win!

And what about Chad Knaus, Jimmie Johnson’s crew chief and a repeat offender who – when not on repeated probation for cheating – guided Johnson to three straight championships? Knaus got a wrist slap, Johnson and Hendrick got three championships. And this is fair? I mean poor Carl long couldn’t win a race if he had 2 illegal engines, but the real kicker is it was not even a points race!!!!!! so why the points fine?

Just another example of the favoritism that is growing in NASCAR, you want to get thing right, try giving Long a few extra cubic inches to help him along….don’t kill the dreams and career of a driver who is just trying to race. I mean Carl Long was just hanging on by his fingernails and now NASCAR has given him a manicure that will be to death toll to his team and his racing career.

So in closing I have this to say to NASCAR, thanks you are killing the very teams that made nascar what it is today. The little guy who everyone likes to see.

Kasey Kahne will run the new Dodge motor at Dover, this should be interesting……

C-ya at the races……….

the dr.