Hendricks finally win the last Fast Lap at Phoenix
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.
April 14, 2008 12:18 pm CDT 4 CommentsIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Now the Hendricks Haters finally have something to focus on. Jimmy Johnson and Chad Knaus fueled the field, doing just enough to win the Subway Fresh Fit 500 and grab the first win of 2008 for the outfit that many look upon as the evil empire.
Speaking of evil - the recently evil handling new car looked pretty racy to me Saturday night. Three races and a few test sessions on the flat miler in the dessert paid dividends for drivers and fans of the Sprint Cup Series. Now if NASCAR would just set up some additional tests on the intermediate tracks, we might see better racing on those as well.
This would be the perfect time for just such testing, with an idle weekend on the Sprint Cup schedule this week. The Nationwiders are heading south - way south - to Mexico City and one of my favorite races to watch at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course.
While waiting for that action, and listening for private Sprint car testing news, try your digital hand at this week’s Fast Lap questions. Four turns, some left, some right. Put up your dukes, it’s debate time, ON PIT ROW style.
1. Is the anticipation at the end of a fuel mileage race as exciting as door-to-door racing at the end of an event?
2. Did FOX handle the overlapping baseball and racing coverage adequately?
3. Was NASCAR’s scheduled start time for the race at Phoenix too late?
4. Mark Martin said his crew chief didn’t know how much fuel he had saved during the end of the race. Should Martin have over-ridden the call from the pits to come and get fuel?
We look for the best Fast Lap comments to be used on a future broadcast of ON PIT ROW. Give it your best shot and you might just get a guest shot on the show, which can be heard online live right here on Tuesdays from 5-7 pm EDT and on re-broadcast at Race Talk Radio Thursday nights at 7 pm.
Remember the rules - comments are limited to 100 words or less, but there is no limit on attacking other commenters. Just be nice - like Jimmy Johnson.
Happy hour Fast Laps at the Thunder Lounge
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.
March 31, 2008 9:09 pm CDT 7 Comments
Man, I love races at Martinsville. I admit that it is often hard for me to maintain my focus for the three and a half hours of most Sprint Cup races. But it never seems a problem at the little paper clip in Virginia. Sunday was fun to watch.
I am a bit shocked that Jeff Gordon failed to win the thing. Both he and Jimmy Johnson had to work back, through the pack, to the front. The relentless way that they did so showed they ain’t as dead as the haters had hoped.
Nice comeback by Jamie McMurray and ditto for Casey Mears. There were plenty of short track tempers shown and the carnage within the fleet was a joy to behold. Too bad it’ll be so long before they go back again.
Next up is something completely different, as they use to say on Monte Python’s Flying Circus. Heading down to the home of the Thunder Lounge at Texas Motor Speedway. One of NASCAR’s fastest tracks will be a real change of pace for the cupsters. Try out TMS with four highly banked Fast Lap questions and you might just be featured ON PIT ROW.
1. Even without a win at Martinsville, is Hendrick Motorsports back?
2. In retrospect, should Michael Waltrip Racing have handled the Dale Jarrett/David Reutimann owner’s points swap situation differently?
3. With the awful weather conditions so far this year - is it time for NASCAR to look at wholesale schedule changes?
4. Was NASCAR’s in-race penalty sufficient for Matt Kenseth’s retaliation towards David Gilliland or should they levy additional punishment?
Go to the comments section and give us your best answers to our four Fast Lap questions but remember you are limited to 100 words or less for each. Then remember to stop back throughout the week to defend yourself from the fender banging of your friends. While here, feel free to bump draft fellow Fast Lappers too. We use the best - and sometimes the worst - comments on the radio version of ON PIT ROW. You can listen live on Tuesdays from 5-7 PM EDT at OnPitRow.com.
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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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