Mark Martin’s Fast Laps are Numbered
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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Kyle Busch won his fifth Sprint Cup contest of the season Sunday at Infineon Raceway. That gives him at least fifty bonus points in the Chase to the first Sprint Cup. That Chase starts after only ten more races. Not all that much time for the likes of Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle or other pretenders to the Cup to get on the board, get off the snide, break the ice - win something - and maybe just as importantly for Shrub haters, keep Kyle from winning everything in sight.
Some drivers need to win to keep their championship hopes alive. Others to keep their jobs. It was a matter of time before Casey Mears’ disappointing 2008 start began to dog him in the speculation department. One of the big Sonoma rumors was that Mears would be moved to create a seat in the #5 for Mark Martin, who may be moving out of the DEI stable to free a full-time seat for Aric Almirola.
The move would set Mark up for the first ever - Third Times a Charm Retirement Tour. The #5 team at Hendrick Motorsports should be better than anything that DEI is fielding these days and Mark can still drive. But would Mark Martin be any better than the fourth best driver in the Hendrick Motorsports stable today?
What do you think? And while you’re at it, give the four, flat, all left handed turns of this week’s Fast Lap some thought. Remember your answers are limited to 100 words or less. But come on back and defend your position later in the week. Defense is unlimited.
1. What happened to the boos when the Shrub won? Are California fans truly more mature than the rest of NASCAR Nation?
2. David Gilliland turned one good Busch Series finish into a full time Cup ride. Can he turn one good Cup finish into a career?
3. Does the future of the Wood Brothers lie in Marcos Ambrose’s hands?
4. Juan Pablo Montoya is quoted in the London Times saying that NASCAR is better than F1. On Sunday’s Wind Tunnel, Scott Speed said that NASCAR is much easier than F1. Who is right?
We have plans for the best responses. What those plans are, I can’t say. Trust me. Would I lie to you? O, and listen to the live streaming broadcast of ON PIT ROW Tuesday from 5-7 pm edt. It’s good for you and trans fat free.
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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 Comments
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.
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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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