| | | | | | | | |  | | | |  "This weekend is certainly one that will create a Preparation H sellout at Wal-Mart Tuesday morning." - Lori Munro
Sit down, strap in, and get ready to sound off as Doin’ Donuts radio show joins the blogosphere! Let Lori Munro and Dennis Michelson know your opinion on the topics below then tune in Monday night at 8pm ET on RaceTalkRadio.com for more “Doin’ Donuts.”
MOTHER OF ALL RACE WEEKENDS
Dennis says…
So which race was the best from the long holiday weekend? Formula One on a wet track in Monte Carlo was certainly interesting. The Indianapolis 500 sure lived up to the billing. The World 600 was nutty! The Craftsman Truck race in Mansfield was awesome too! But this week I give the nod to the Nationwide Series as the best race of the weekend. Whenever you have a fight on pit lane after the race is over you can rest assured there was enough excitement to go around!
Lori says…
This weekend is certainly one that will create a Preparation H sellout at Wal-Mart Tuesday morning. Race fans from all around the world had a weekend of unrivaled entertainment. Without hesitation I must say that my vote for best race of the weekend is tied between the Truck series race at Mansfield, vs. Saturday night’s blockbuster at Lowes in the Nationwide race. It wasn’t JUST the “after show” of Hamlin vs. Keselowski vs. Junior that thrilled me, it was just a great race put on by the Nationwide series. Donny Lia’s hard charging last lap at Mansfield to earn his first Truck series victory, well… that’s something that you just don’t see every day in any series. Special mention however, must be given to Danica Patrick and her pit road stomp towards Ryan Briscoe’s stall which has forever been documented in photography and should be remembered as her “Nick Nolte” moment. Cheers and applause from LAM! I would love to see a match fight right about now with the highly agitated Denny Hamlin vs. Danica and her Indianapolis “death glare”!
STILL CALL IT THE 'BUSCH' SERIES
Dennis says…
Is it any wonder this kid Kyle Busch is loved by so many of the old-school racers? While I have not been a fan of so many Cup guys invading the Nationwide Series if this is the result we get then give me more of this! Kyle posted his fourth win of the year in the series and his 11th in NASCAR’s top series! The fans might hate the kid but the old-timer racers love him. Why did this sport’s fans that used to love the rebels suddenly turn so politically correct? Come on folks this is stockcar racing! Letting the rough side drag is what this sport used to be all about and no one does that with more panache than Kyle Busch!
Lori says…
Panache indeed, and with a side order of balls to go please… I’ll just drive up to the window and pick up my order there while I wear my RowdyBusch.com tee shirt so that the kids making the milkshakes in the backroom don’t catch a glimpse of which way the rope swings for me in regards to the next Cup champion. Fans have always been this way, there’s just more of them and there are more ways for them to voice their opinions; internet forums, personal blogs, call-in radio and RaceTalkRadio.com
MORE PASSING VS. TRACK POSITION
Dennis says…
While the World 600 was entertaining can you imagine if a slight tweak or tug here or there on the new car design could give us even better racing? I still think it is all about the tires! How can Goodyear be expected to come up with a tire for all three racing vehicles without some compromises that will lead to less racing with one of the cars. Ironically NASCAR is allowing their number one series to pay the price! While the chess match that NASCAR races has become is interesting it would be even better to have cars capable of more side-by-side racing. Along with enhanced safety, isn’t that what this car was supposed to give us?
Lori says…
Will you PLEASE just leap ahead to 2008 and call it the Coke 600? Those fans who throw beer at dear, sweet, Rowdy Busch don’t have a clue what the World 600 even WAS (note, I didn’t say “is”)… So ya think it’s the Magic Rings that have screwed us out of better racing huh? Plug in one of your Back in the Day videos in your Beta machine and tell me what you see. At any time did 1 or 2 cars lap the entire strung out field even once? I thought so……..
HUMPY HALL OF FAME
Dennis says…
There will never be another Humpy Wheeler! This man has helped change the sport more than anyone who hasn’t strapped into a car or turned a wrench. We owe night racing on speedways to Wheeler. The All Star race that everyone seems to want to move from Lowes Motor Speedway wouldn’t exist without Humpy’s hard work. Legions of young racers and hobby racers enjoy 600 Racing cars too. I have a hunch that down the road we will find out that the reason he left SMI so abruptly is tied into Bruton Smith’s master plans for shifting a race to Kentucky Speedway. Since there are few people in the sport with more respect for the history of NASCAR and respect for the sport’s roots, that might translate to Atlanta losing a race soon.
Lori says…
Humpy is indeed the consummate showman. IS… the consummate showman as I believe that Mr. Wheeler’s biggest chapter in his book has yet to be written. Granted, it’s already been said by the man himself that part of the reason for his resignation was not his choice. However, I believe that the real reason for him stepping down involves a 60’ ramp, 30 tons of pyrotechnics, 3 elderly Cavalry riders, a case of Snickers bar and a Gibson Mastertone banjo. And what will happen with this cornucopia of eye-popping madness? Another track… another series and another time. Not that I like to speculate or anything…
KENTUCKY KRAZINESS
Dennis says…
It’s hard to believe we will see a race at Kentucky Speedway in 2009 if you listen to NASCAR. Just a few weeks ago they testified that this market is over saturated. Any change in that stance now will make them look a little foolish. Plus nothing can happen as far as a Cup date until major changes are made at the track. Bruton Smith can’t make those changes until the sale is finalized. But whenever Bruton has wanted something he has usually gotten his way pretty fast. This is the man that would have moved Lowes Motor Speedway if permission wasn’t granted for his drag strip. Bruton Smith would not shell out $78 million unless he had a concrete plan in place to get Cup racing at Kentucky Speedway in a big hurry. This story will end up with more twists and turns than it appears to have right now!
Lori says…
Bruton learned how to throw tantrums the good old-fashioned way; by watching Danica Patrick. Ok, I’m still gloating over her little feet quickening as she stormed down pit road on foot with that look in her eye. Back to Bruton; “I’ll huff and puff and blow your town down”, said the portly Mr. Smith whilst being ill treated by the good folks in Cabarrus County when he wanted to plant his drag strip beside Lowes Speedway. I’ll take my toys and cement trucks elsewhere, where they WANT to play with me”… Next thing you know, there are street signs pulled down and replaced with his name on them. Kentucky to have a Cup date in 2009? That’s just as right as rain and whoever Humpy has naked pictures of in his safe box.
CREW CHIEF SCAPEGOATS
Dennis says…
Apparently Doug Richert is an idiot! Then again since Dale Earnhardt Inc let him go that means he just doesn’t know much about motorcycle racing or the music industry. When an organization gives up on one of the most brilliant minds up on the pit box it shows a lack of leadership! You can blame team chemistry all you want for the move but the reality in that situation is very simple. REGAN SMITH IS NOT A CUP LEVEL DRIVER! Junior Johnson, Smokey Yunick, and Ray Evernham could have put their collective heads together to come up with a solution and it wouldn’t keep Smith from being a 32nd place driver!
Lori says…
You know the deal on catch-and-release fish? You have the fun of fishing but allow the fish to carry on with its life, procreate and life in the reeds? That’s how I feel about Doug Richert right now. FINALLY he can use his talent when he’s reunited with Greg Biffle at RCR when they make up that ever elusive 4th team everyone keeps chattering about. And don’t be so hard on Regan Smith because after all, Mark Martin picked him to replace him and also had a say in the Ricky Carmichael deal so if you’re going to be disappointed in anybody, consider Mark Martin’s poor judgment. BUT, if Evernham was on the pitbox, Erin would be providing Smith with the balls; If Junior Johnson was to work with Smith, he’d tell him, “the car don’t know what track its at boy, just drive the &^%$ out of the &^% thing”… and if Smokey Yunick were calling the shots, Smith would be winning and we wouldn’t know why because somewhere in the golden NASCAR rulebook, “it never said you couldn’t.”
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