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Simona de Silvestro and Danica Patrick A few — well, more than a few — questions after yesterday’s Indianapolis 500, dominated by Dario Franchitti: What happened to Penske? Everything leading up to the race was the sole property of Penske cars, with everyone else relegated to Happy To Be Here status. However, the moment Jack Nicholson waved . . . → Read More: Some Questions Following The 2010 Indianapolis 500 A few hopefully salient notes as we wander toward the weekend, preferably not daubed with saline from unnecessary anguished tears. But more on that in a bit. Denny Hamlin’s pit crew won the whatever it’s called challenge yesterday evening, thus guaranteeing it will be mentioned in every race going forward whenever the #11 is in for service. . . . → Read More: Psychedelic Super NASCAR Sorry about the paucity of posts the past few weeks. The past few days I’ve been giving vent to my inner sportswriter at Liberty Pundits, Dr. Melissa Clouthier’s new venture designed to serve as a one-stop shop for all things conservative. Including sportswriting, which she has been gracious enough to allow me to do there. I’m aiming for . . . → Read More: I’ve Been Over Here Typing is super-painful this evening. Luckily, or not depending on how you look at it, my vocal chords are still intact. Hence a longer than usual podcast. Had a lot to talk about. The spoken portion of the audio is unedited, so please forgive the occasional clunkers and microphone noise. I recorded it on my iPhone with . . . → Read More: Typing Is Tough, Talking Not So Much… Result: New Podcast This weekend, while the truckers continue their post-Daytona nap the Cupsters and claims jumpers make their annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas. The track is located across the street from an Air Force base, this coming in handy as every year team owners quietly inquire whether training at said facility could include using live ammo for strafing . . . → Read More: Viva Las… Oh, You Know “Smith, step into my office for a minute.” “Sure, team owner boss. What’s up?” “At the moment, my blood pressure. This expense report you submitted.” “I give you a expense report for the team every week, sir. Just like you require.” “It’s customary to wait until after the weekend’s races are over and all the expenses are known before handing . . . → Read More: Earlier Today At Race Team Headquarters If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. Life’s juxtapositions can create quite bizarre scenarios. Such was the case last Thursday morning. There I was, heading down south to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California for my first time as an . . . → Read More: The Weekend Of Magic And Loss  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Bloggers, Danica Patrick, IRL News, Jeff Gordon, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Personal, Reflection, Site Info Watching Sprint Cup practice from the media center behind pit row at Auto Club Speedway. Meanwhile, check out my posts from yesterday and this morning at On Pit Row: Yesterday: The Odd Dovetailing Of Reality And Racing
And today: Danica Patrick vs. The Beast . . . → Read More: Hey, I’m On Pit Row… Literally And Figuratively Well, not really furious. More annoyed. Flat tire this morning. Anyway, new post is up over at On Pit Row. Go. Go there. Now. Or I’ll send you the bill for . . . → Read More: The Fast (Posts) And The Furious (Me) I’m doing my best to demolish any credibility the On Pit Row boys have by guestblogging at their site this weekend. First post is here. You’ll laugh. They’ll cry. If not, there’s more . . . → Read More: Working For The Weekend, Sort Of |
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