We Get Bluegrass Fast Laps for a Change
by Charlie Turner
I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.
July 14, 2008 9:55 pm CDT 4 Comments
Two weeks off until the Cupsters resume at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
That was a hell of an end to the Lifelock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Kyle Busch once again won the last lap dash to the checkered flag. This time he bested his old teammate, Jimmy Johnson. It was impressive.
But I get the feeling that Johnson is taking the measure of the Shrub. Dialing in, along with the best crew chief in the business, Chad Knaus, the #48 Lowes Chevrolet for when it really counts. The last ten races. The Chase to the Sprint Cup. Just like 2007. Can’t hardly wait, myself.
Until then, we’ll have to cope. Cope with unrelenting silly season stuff. Wade through a hip-deep slop of rumors about who will drive for whom. And in what car, painted in whose colors.
Enough for now. Watch the Craftsman Trucks and the ARCA RE/MAX cars at Bruton’s new baby, Kentucky Speedway, this weekend. And maybe sip on a Bourbon while thinking about these four, fast left handers .
1: Is Kyle Busch’s seventh win good for racing like Tiger Woods winning every week is good for golf?
2: How did the TNT coverage stack up to the Fox coverage
3: Should Kyle Petty take a full time broadcast gig in 2009, if offered?
4: Over or under-Michael Waltrip Racing will field two and a half cars in 2009.
It’s the Fast Lap and these questions will be a big part of this week’s ON PIT ROW. The best answers and comments will be considered for a brand new video segment OnPitRow.com. So don’t hold back. Kyle Busch doesn’t.
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I Believe in Monsters and Fast Laps
by Charlie Turner
I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot.
May 26, 2008 11:17 am CDT 6 Comments
This will be a somewhat truncated Fast Lap post this week as I am “off on vacation and some things are hard to explain” as Jimmy Buffet said.
The Coca Cola 600 was Looonnnggg. The Indy 500 was looonnnggg and less filling. I’ll have more to say about that later at the Bench Racing blog, but something was missing still at Indy.
The Monster Mile is next up for the Cuppers and while you wile away your week, take a shot at these Fast Lap questions and let us know your thoughts. The best - and maybe the worst - of the results might just land you the vacation fill-in gig for future ON PIT ROW broadcasts.
1. Will the victories at Lowes propel Kasey Kahne to more wins?
2. Should NASCAR allow SMI and Bruton Smith to move a race to the newly purchased Kentucky Speedway?
3. Bootie Barker says the “illegal” wing brackets on their cars have been there all year. How could NASCAR have missed them all this time?
4. Rank the 500 and the 600.
Have fun kiddies. I’ll be back to comment and attack you like a shark in a frenzy. Right now though, Margaritaville calls.
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Fast Laps! Welcome to the On Pit Row Fast Lap blog. Every week On Pit Row we pose four Fast Lap questions. Four corners - four questions. On the radio show, Steve and I have 30 seconds each, to give our response to each of the four. If you are a listener, you already know that we rarely agree on any answer. The Fast Lap is NASCAR debate. Hannity and Colmes. Lincoln and Douglas. Wronkowicz and Turner. OK, maybe not Lincoln and Douglas. We have more fun than Lincoln and Douglas. Here's the challenge. We will post our Fast Lap questions some time each Monday. Four questions on topical NASCAR related subjects. Your mission is to comment with your answers and each answer is limited to 100 words. The questions, answers and comments will form the basis of this blog for that week. Comment on the Fast Lap questions. Comment on the comments. Insult the commenters. Witty ridicule is rated at least as highly as cogent commentary. Just remember that you have limited words and penalties are severe. Or not. Steve and I will select worthy blog entries to be featured on an edition of On Pit Row. That's the plan. I'm sure we will have some other things to post about each week but the intention is to pose most posts as questions. I want to argue with you! Bring it on.
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