| | | | | | | | |  | | | |  Each week Lori Munro (LAM) and Dennis Michelsen (DMIC) will face off on some of the hot topics from the world of racing. We guarantee there will be some cage rattling and the black flag will be flying frequently! Sit down, strap in, and get ready to sound off as Doin’ Donuts radio show joins the blogosphere! Let Lori and Dennis know your opinion on the topics below then tune in Monday night at 8pm ET on RaceTalkRadio.com for more “Doin’ Donuts.”
DJ’S MOMENT MISSED BY SPEED TV
DMIC says…
Thanks SPEED for totally botching our chance to finally see Dale Jarrett drive the truck! For the past seven years this crazy advertising campaign has entertained us race fans and this was OUR chance to see him drive the truck. Unfortunately SPEED TV felt it was more important for us to go faster rather than see DJ honored. I wonder if the coverage would be different if Jarrett worked for FOX instead of ESPN? DJ should have stayed in that truck for the race because Michael Waltrip Racing is re-writing the rules on being pathetic!
LAM says…
The way I see it, if you want feel-good Disney stories, go to Blockbuster and rent Bambi. Racers are supposed to be rough and tumble athletes going head to head with their competition, sucking on a rag for hydration and walking with swagger and a chip on their shoulder. DJ knew what kind of organization he was getting involved with when he signed with Michael Waltrip Racing and none of it involved a guarantee that he’d be at the front of the pack every weekend. As for him driving the truck, that whole deal is a fantasy drawn up from a television commercial that was done well by UPS. The only way to “drive the truck” right was not as a side-show act at Lowes, but to get a Ford F-150 or Toyota Tundra or Chevy Silverado, decorate it with all the brown and gold UPS signage it can carry and REALLY race the #@% truck in the Craftsman Truck Series.
ROWDY BUSCH STEALS THE SHOW
DMIC says…
The Rowdy Busch phenomenon is almost as entertaining as the racing itself! When Kyle Busch came out for driver introductions at the Craftsman Truck Series wearing the original “Rowdy Gaines” helmet I jumped out of my seat. This kid gets it that he is in the entertainment business! Cascades of boos will only make him do more goofy things and race harder. Curious how the same race fans that wanted to hang Kyle when he wrecked Dale Earnhardt Jr thought the same move in a Truck race was just good old-fashioned hard racing. A little advice to Kyle…do not follow in your brother’s footsteps and become boring when you win the title!
LAM says…
Who the hell is Rowdy Gaines? It’s ROWDY BURNS for Pete’s sake! Nobody does “bad-boy” better than our favorite NASCAR “Wild-Thing”: Kyle Busch. He’s the one that fans love to hate, yet his colleagues can’t say enough good things about his driving ability. I understand that the sport needs white hats and black hats but geez… I think a lot of the fans would like to see this kid laid out on a spit with an apple in his mouth turning very, very slowly… with them all throwing more coals on the fire! Wouldn’t it be so nice to have a field of 43 Eddie Haskell’s every weekend saying all the right things and being so polite and politically correct that it turns your stomach? Oh yeah… fans aren’t happy with the “scripted” Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon comments either. Pass me the black hat baby…..
DOG TRACKING GOOD OR BAD FOR NASCAR
DMIC says…
Leave it to NASCAR Crew Chiefs to find a way to massage the rules to make their cars go faster! The absurdity of the No. 77 car racing sideways will make NASCAR change the rules before these guys are racing with the numbers leading the way. The old “Twisted Sister” car looked that way naturally. Teams can’t cheat the bodies but they sure can twist the back ends around. If NASCAR does make a rules change they better give these guys a few weeks notice.
LAM says…
Watching Sam Hornish and his #77 at Lowes this past weekend thrilled me to no end. I love the fact that there are still people in this world who are ingenious enough to squeeze out an advantage with the COT and still be within NASCAR’s rules. If NASCAR does indeed decide to make a rule change in regards to the “crabby” COT, then it just confirms that the sanctioning body still doesn’t have a complete handle on the brains of the geniuses that walk the garage areas every weekend!
MAKING UP ALL STAR AS WE GO
DMIC says…
What is next for the All Star event, letting Humpy Wheeler throw a caution when he wants? In this day and age of being cynical I wonder if the “Fan Vote” winner won based on how much his sponsor was paying on the race broadcasts instead of how many people voted for him! I never thought I would see an All Star race without a caution flag. Humpy won’t let that happen next season even if he has to hire snipers to shoot out tires! Speaking of tires, why does Goodyear use Fred Flintstone to design tires?
LAM says…
Fred Flintstone forgot to pay his union dues to Portland Cement so found himself laid off, trying to raise Pebbles properly, put her through University and buy her a new Mazda Miata so she and her friends can hit the beach on weekends, all the while trying to appease the desires of Wilma who has such a crush on Tony Stewart that Fred purposely injected air-entrained quick-crete into his weekly selection of Goodyear rubber. Fred is a jealous bastard when it comes right down to it.
Look up “Fan Vote” in the dictionary. It does not involve driving talent at all, but land-sakes, it sure made Sprint, NASCAR and the fans look good this past weekend!
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES REWIND
DMIC says…
It doesn’t matter which track they race on or what tires or what rules…the Craftsman Truck racers always put on the best show! How cool to see Matt Crafton and one of the lower funded teams finally win at this level. If only took Matt 178 races to become an overnight sensation! I have been a big fan of his since he got screwed over by Kevin Harvick Incorporated. A little advice…don’t let that guy that tried to do the break in on the commercial over the weekend try to steal Crafton’s trophy! That could get ugly!
LAM says…
Matt Crafton in victory lane was indeed a long time coming. However, teams usually don’t “screw over” drivers if they actually bring something to the table. I hate to point a finger at KHI when there’s likely more that went on than we know, or are privy to, or even deserve to know about. If after 9 (NINE), that’s spelled n-i-n-e years you get your first win, that’s a bit long in my estimation to build a race team around.
It goes without saying that the Truck Series with its compact show provides us more thrills per minute than any other form of auto racing. I reiterate DMIC’s advice regarding thievery, but also want to recommend to Krista Voda that a nice headset over a cool ball cap would keep her hair out of her eyes and her focus on the job at hand.
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