Tuesday, August 23, 2011

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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Sunday, August 21, 2011

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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