The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly -- 2011 Irwin Tools Night Race

This week's GBU is up. To find out who made the grade, click on the title.

Words of Wisdom from Darrell Waltrip

Darrell does a weekly video on UTube where he expresses his thoughts on all things NASCAR... Here's the latest edition recorded August 23rd. The discussion centers on Kyle Busch and Marcos Ambrose.

"Just a good ol' boy..."

Busch and Sadler truck battle might set up wild Cup race

Kyle Busch and Elliott Sadler got into it on the track at Bristol on Wednesday, but it could set up quite a battle between Busch and Kevin Harvick on Saturday. Click on the title for more.

For The NASCAR "Purists"

Got a half hour to walk through NASCAR's beginnings?
Is life really that busy?

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The angry golfer caption contest

The Trifecta- Jon Hasn't Had Time To Enjoy His Win Edition

Greetings, race fans. Yep, it's Tuesday, but it's time for another Trifecta. This week is the second (and thankfully last) five race super weekend. The NASCAR gang is off to Bristol; F1 is off to Belgium; and the IndyCar drivers are extremely late showing up for the Lug Nuts get together in Sonoma (did someone forget to send them a memo?).

With 12 races to go (including this weekend), the overall standings look like this:

PLAYER WINS PERFECT 1ST 2ND 3RD

dwindy 8 0 21 8 10

Hanny 3 0 17 11 5

cr 3 0 13 12 4

SB 2 0 10 12 9

jon 2 0 6 6 8

kristen 1 1 9 9 4

Tez 1 0 11 7 2

moseby 1 0 7 9 4

This week's starting line up:

jon CR Dwindy Hanny tez kristen SB moseby

And now to the races:

1.) The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from Bristol, Wednesday August 24; green flag drops at 8:16pm ET(entry list)

2.) The NASCAR Nationwide Series race from Bristol, Friday August 26; green flag drops at 7:43pm ET

3.) The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from Bristol, Saturday August 27; green flag drops at 7:43pm ET

4.) The F1 Belgian Grand Prix, Sunday August 28; green flag drops at 8:00am ET

5.) The IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma, Sunday August 28; green flag drops at 4:45pm ET

There you have it. Let's go racing!

View From The Flagstand: Kyle Busch Muscles Michigan

The View includes the Tweet of the Year!

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Rating the Pure Michigan 400

Kyle Busch restored order to the NASCAR world with his fourth win of the season to clinch a spot in the Chase. Click the title for the Monday Morning Crew Chief Rating.

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly -- 2011 Pure Michigan 400

This week's GBU is up after a week hiatus. To find out who made the grade, click on the title.

Fun with baseball surnames: The night Charlie Furbush came to Tampa

NASCAR And Road Courses

The time is right...

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