NASCAR’s Best to Turn Fast Laps at Watkins Glen
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.
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I know that in the land of NASCAR , praying for rain on a race weekend is blasphemous. Condemn me all you want. I loved that race in the wet stuff up at Montreal on Saturday.
I’ve been waiting ever since NASCAR announced, years ago its intention to rain race in the Nationwide Series, for the clouds to open. They did in Canada. The results were a blast to watch. It sound like it was fun to drive in too. I hope NASCAR takes what they learned about wiperss and, maybe tail lights, and lets the guys try again someday.
Carl Edwards is on the march in the Sprint Cup Series. Kyle Busch and Team Gibbs are showing that they may be human afterall. And the Race to the Chase is heating up, bigtime.
The Fast Lap will be right in the middle of that heat too. Take a shot at turning left and right this week.
1: Which of The Chase Bubble Boys; Harvick, Kenseth, Bowyer or Ragan, will make the playoffs?
2: Even though it didn’t work out for them, was the no-pit strategy of the #9, before the rain the right call?
3: Carl Edwards’ post race interview included wondering if the car would pass post race inspection. What motivation could he have had for that statement?
4: Of all the road course ringers available for Watkins Glen, why is Kyle Petty back in the #45 car for this one race?
We have big plans to take this Fast Lap discussion to another level. Now that the site has been upgraded, we are getting close to producing our first ever Fast Lap Show, featuring your comments and opinions on selected weekly Fast Lap questions. So sharpen up your arguments and tear your fellow Fast Lappers new ones. It’s all part of the deal here at OnPitRow.com.
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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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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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