It's About Time!

A leak comes out this week that all NASCAR drivers will have to declare what series they're going to compete for a 2011 championship.  Sorry Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch!  Driver must now just pick one series to chase points in for a Championship.  Why?  Why did it take the France family so long to make such a decision?  If they would have made this decision some time ago there may be players still in the series like Terry Bradshaw who said "this is nuts, we can't compete with the cup drivers and crews as this level with our resources.  We're not on a level playing field".

I view the Nationwide series like AAA Baseball.  This should be where teams pull their talent from not a bunch of Derek Jeters dropping down to AAA and AA ball to beat up on those who are in developing?

Does this mean we will not see any Sprint Cup drivers in the Nationwide Series, no but it may be not as often.  I applaud NASCAR but still wish it would have come sooner then 2011.

7 Weeks

I woke up this morning just sweating and in a panic.  In just 7 weeks the racing season will be upon us again!  Can you believe just 7 weeks to the Daytona 500?  Seems like just yesterday that Jimmy Johnson clinched his 5th straight Sprint Cup Championship.  Why am I not as excited about the Daytona 500 as past years?  Perhaps its that we still have 7 weeks, or maybe there are just other things to look forward to, like the Chili Bowwwwl --- Helloooooo!  Ok, I am looking forward to the Daytona 500.  It is the by far the greatest NASCAR racing event of the season.  Others are good but the Daytona 500 is AWESOME!  I guess it is due to the build up to the Daytona 500 race itself.  You have Speedweeks including the Duel races and Shootout.  I will be watching and we will be talking about it leading up to the event.