Week 8 Commentary

Jimmie Johnson edged fellow Chevrolet driver Clint Bowyer, and a host of others, to take the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Super Speedway. It tied the closest finish in NASCAR history, matching Ricky Craven in his Tide Pontiac Grand Prix nipping Kurt Busch in his Sharpie Ford Taurus at Darlington.



Sweet Home Alabama indeed!



Glynn^ won the week, followed by Chief Racing, Smoke's Fury, Man In Black and The Big Lebowski.

The Big One collected a handful this week, including The Blue Deuce, Speedway Princess, S&T Racing, L&M Racing, No Ones Beatch, Fuller's Fast Track and Chevy Intimidators.

BAHL and Chief Racing each gained over ten spots, with Chief bolting into the top ten ins the standings.

Mama's Boy continues to show the way. SPC, The Gas Man, Team Taser and CosmoD are in chase.

The message board has been lit up with folks hammering us about points and drivers who are not declared for Sprint Cup points. For those out of the loop, a driver must declare what series they are racing for the championship in. This driver will not get NASCAR points in other series they run.

For example, Kyle Busch, who is running for the Sprint Cup, will not get Camping World Truck Series points and therefore would be ineligible to get points and win the Truck series championship.

When we first heard of this, and we did not like it, we set it up that whoever runs the Sprint Cup race will get points in the Conway NASCAR League, no matter where they are declared. As Luckydog pointed out on the message board, you can view your points, and all other drivers points, on the details page of Racescore.

Another topic on the message board is drivers who may be unavailable in the boxes. It would seem logical for Racescore to add every driver from the entry list, or for that matter, any driver who might even be contemplating running a Sprint Cup Race, so that we can add them to our boxes. Racescore seems to be waiting until after qualifying to add drivers. Qualifying is usually on late Friday afternoon, and we are wrestling a beer tap somewhere, not updating Racescore. We do add additional drivers when we can after qualifying if applicable. Steve Park was an example of this at Talladega, and he was added Sunday morning when I got to it.

This week, we are off for Easter. My Easter egg this year is Garnet and Gold!

We will be back on April 30, on Saturday night, for a run at Richmond International Raceway for the Crown Royal 400. They will put them under green at @7:43PM EST.

Rubbin, and Richmond, is Racin!

BAHL

Week 7 Commentary

Boy, did Matt Kenseth have them covered or what?

It was the usual afternoon at Texas, with high speeds and little tight racing.

Cosmo D led the way in the Conway NASCAR League, followed closely by Tank Racing, Team Taser, Hot Stuff, The Blue Deuce and Big and Lil Boy.

Tank Racing and The Blue Deuce each gained over ten spots, while Speedway Princess, Fullers Fast Track, GBR88 and BAHL fell about ten.

Mama's Boy remains out front, with SPC, Team Taser, CosmoD and Hot Stuff close in tow. But, it is white knuckle weekend, which is nothing short of a wildcard.

That is right, we head to the Indian burial ground at Talladega Super Speedway this weekend for the Aaron's 499. It will be a crapshoot, two two tango style.

Green flag at approximately 1:19PM EST. And by all means, stand flat on it!

Week 6 Commentary

It is always a fun afternoon of racing at Martinsville, unless you get blindsided by an out of control Kurt Bush. Tempers do flare at the big paper clip, and many think, due to track repaving and the like, that it is the new Bristol.

In any event, Kevin Harvick come out of nowhere to take the checkers, and Team Taser regained his winning ways by winning the week. Tucked behind the rear spoiler of Taser were Flat Tires, Shook McTanken, Ratattack and O Racing. With the afternoon reduced to crumpled sheet metal were Budah, Fitz Racing, Blue 7 Racing and Canes 7 Racing. Rising in the standings were Taser, Snook McTanken, Boy's Toy, O Racing, Ratattack, Speedway Princess and Fuller Fast Track. Falling big were Wonder Bread Racing, The Blue Deuce, Blue 7 Racing and CF Canes 7.

THE BOXES HAVE CHANGED FOR TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY as we begin the new segment.

That is right. We have our first Saturday night race of the season as we hit Texas Motor Speedway for the Samsung Mobile 500. TMS is home of fast speeds and not so exciting racing. The green flag drops at @7:45PM, so get your picks in early. I will be at the Boone HS Hall of Fame dinner and will not be available.

Stand On It!

BAHL

PS. I am calling racers to the hauler.