drivers to fill the grandstands. I think it’s time somebody in the Ivory Towers took another look at their continuous saying the Cup drivers are needed to fill the Busch Series grandstands and re-evaluate their position.
Congratulations to Ron Hornaday on winning his 4th Truck Series Championship. This puts him in the record books as the oldest champion in one of Brian’s Big Top’s traveling series. The ownership championship is still up for grabs between Billy Ballew and KHI.
Mr. Happy won the Phoenix truck race in a 2010 version of the KHI trucks. He ran an ECR engine in it and it must be pretty good. He came back from an early race spin caused by oil on the track to win the race. I’m not sure who will be running Pro Motors engines next season but the 8 teams that KHI supplies with trucks will all be running the ECR engines. If what Mr. Happy did at Phoenix is any indication of the power in the ECR truck engines, then you can probably expect to see Hornaday win the championship again next season. Unless, of course, we have some rules changes over the winter which would be par for the course.
Tyrese Gibson, don’t quit your day job as an actor. What you did to the National Anthem proves you’re not a singer. And Shrubbery, Onion, Mr. Happy, and several other drivers and crewmembers, respect the damned flag like you’re supposed to. Just because you’re in NA$CAR doesn’t mean you’re exempt from rendering the proper respects to the flag.
If you thought the race was boring, you’re not alone. Here’s what a bunch of folks said over at The Daly Planet
Terry, our man in the stands at Phoenix, had these thoughts about the weekend there:
Just a few thoughts from this past weekend. First it was very strange to not be at the race on Sunday, having been at every Cup race at PIR. We stayed in the camping area and had it on TV and after watching it we were glad we didn't go in. My friend who bought our tickets enjoyed the seats but said it got boring at times. We camp 1 row in from a main road to general parking and from halfway in the race it was a steady stream of people heading for their cars. Becky also had no waiting going to Bashas during the race.
We went to the other races and after the scanner chatter on Saturday I think Krashalotski better watch himself for a while. Besides Hamlin and Shrub yelling one I liked was Kenseth who came on and said "the 88 f'n punted him what's up with him " to a few other cup drivers all making comments about the 88, none of which was very flattering.
I don't know about back east but very few of the vendor trailers made the pull out here this time. Their were lots of open area, as well the midway was a lot emptier than in the past as some of them skipped it as well, i.e. Home Depot, DeWalt etc. Another issue that teed us off was the "young dumb drunks" on Saturday night, not like it doesn't happen at any race but we must have been just lucky this year. I'm thinking they may have been at the races but not camping. One tried stealing a bike from our camp but didn't know our road has a chain link fence at the end of our row too bad! The people who camp at the end watched it happen he got over the fence but we got the bike back. Shortly after another comes running through the camp dropping lawn chairs with a guy who's camped by us for years behind him. He got his chairs back and this drunk got what we'll call punched and released. He got his chairs back and felt the guy had it coming, none of us could blame him.
Interesting that folks started leaving half-way through the race in a steady stream. Take note Your Highness. And once again, Bashas had their store there to take care of the fans. Why don’t the lamestream media ever mention that? Bashas has been doing this for quite a while. Funny how IBPN didn’t play all those bits of radio conversation about Brad K. Now those might’ve raised the ratings up half a point. With as much money as Motorsports Authentics has been losing, I’m not a bit surprised about the lack of souvenir trailers. As to the drunks in the camp site, that’s just unacceptable. Hopefully somebody tars and feathers them next race and ties them to a post with a sign of their transgressions hanging from their necks. Thanks for the info and observations Terry.
First magnets under the gas pedals and now weights that are designed to drop off. Just what sort of wizardry is going on at JGR?
And how about that great job of not showing the grandstands? All those years of not showing the half-empty IRL grandstands really paid off at Phoenix. Just how many empty seats were there? You can bet that they’ll do the same, exact thing at Homestead.
And for those who were wondering, Ms Terry DeBris made two appearances dressed up as an Arizona Cardinal but since IBPN didn’t bother showing it, we didn’t get to see it at home.
Jeffy Boy saying they need to change the races in the Chase for the Chumps? Wow, you know that isn’t going along with the official Ministry of Propaganda policy of “Everything is just peachy keen with the world’s greatest play-off format”. Sounds like Jeffy read what I wrote about changing up the tracks.
If Jr. didn’t have bad luck, he wouldn’t have any luck at all. He was doing a decent job at Phoenix, staying out of trouble and then because of the oil on the track which NA$CAR had been told about more than once, Jr. gets sideways and all hell breaks loose on the track. But then when you only have two real race leaders all day, NA$CAR had to do something to make the race exciting by not cleaning up the oil when they were told about it.
Volkswagen is currently the #1 car seller, so will we be seeing VW in NA$CAR any time soon? I can’t see the Bug as a race car with the current mandated POC that’s being run. But maybe a Jetta with a purpose built engine? Or maybe an Audi V-8? That’s a possibility, providing of course, NA$CAR finally makes the move to fuel injection and they‘re still around in 2011. Audi use to make a pretty awesome fuel injected V-8 for one of their cars which would fly on the Autobahn.
Contrary to some rumors, a major comic book company known for their line of super hero comic books is not going to produce a comic book based on The Emperor of All Things NA$CAR. Don’t expect to see “Captain Thundermug and His Hapless Harried Henchmen” in comic book stores any time soon.
And speaking of Captain Thundermug, just last week in an interview with the Charlotte Observer, Faux King Brian said he wanted drivers to be themselves and yet at Phoenix he summons Brad Keselowski before the throne and tells him not to be so aggressive in his driving style. Was His Royal Highness worried that Brad K might not play ball and move over for the Chase for the Chumps contenders and actually do what he’s paid to do and that’s to race? Is his Infernal Incompetence worried that Brad K might ruin the headlines which have already been written in advance of Homestead? Remember, Faux King Brian said they were working on their headlines. Heavens forbid the Royal Scribes should have to change the headlines from “Johnson Wins 4 in a Row” to “Mark Martin Finally Wins His First”. At a time when NA$CAR could really use some genuinely decent headlines and real rivalries, His Moronic Magnificence wants to nip it in the bud before it can actually happen.
While the lamestream media seems to be
making some mention of North Wilkesboro
re-opening, here’s a little something about the
Save The Speedway folks who kept the dream
And the dream isn’t over yet. It looks like the
Save The Speedway crew might be continuing
their efforts in assisting the Speedway Associate
Inc. folks with keeping the dream alive once the
racing starts. So sit tight folks and keep your
arms and legs inside the car. This could be an
interesting and memorable ride. First The Rock
and now North Wilkesboro. What next? Pikes
Peak? Columbia Speedway? We’ll have to wait and see.
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