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This year I think is going to set a record for a Sprint Cup Silly Season. It just gets worse as it goes on. Drivers are being hired without knowing which car, or sponsor they will run in 2009. There apparently are only four teams left in the sport.

Chris and Josh are joined this week by Tiffany Ricardo from RaceLineOnline.com. We into the big mess after the checkered flag few at Bristol, the Childress shake ups, and talk about what we can expect from the rest of the Sprint Cup season. Then Josh and Chris review ...

If you were wondering whether or not there were going to be any penalties due to Carl Edwards' hands slipping on the wheel and turning Kyle Busch into a really fast pinata; the answer to that question has been given, and the great and mighty Oz of NASCAR had this ...

NASCAR and Budweiser recently announced that the Budweiser Shootout, an exhibition race held during Speedweeks prior to the Daytona 500, will undergo a major format change starting with the 2009 race.  For the past 30 years, the race sponsor extended invitations to those drivers who won a pole the previous ...

I had a chance to catch up on my DirecTV playlist over the weekend, and watched an F1 race that featured a couple hours of boredom interrupted by moments of excitement and/or sheer terror.  Felipe Massa and Ferrari  won the race in dominating fashion, which helped to soothe some of the ...

I bump you, you bump me, we're a NASCAR family... No Christmas cards will be exchanged between Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards this year, and there probably wouldn't have been before Carl took Kyle's bump during the cool-down lap and gave him his best heavy metal left hook. I love Bristol.

After spending most of the 2008 season as the bridesmaid-but-never-the-bride in the Indy Car Series, Helio Castroneves finally got a win in Sonoma. I can't really comment directly about the race, because I haven't seen it yet thanks to a very busy weekend that kept me away ...

A mere two years after the beginning of NASCAR's big "Open Wheel Invasion," we are about to come full circle.  As of now, it looks as though the two original drivers who defected from open-wheel racing may be the last ones standing for 2009.  Congratulations to Sam Hornish Jr. and Juan Pablo Montoya ...

Three race leaders... sounds boring. But it wasn't! Carl Edwards took the early lead, only to give it up to Kyle Busch. Other than a single lap up front by Jeff Gordon, Busch was firmly in control for more than 400 laps. After every pit stop, with fresh rubber, Carl ...

Ok, that's really a very misleading headline, but Rocky beat me to the punch in his post, and I wouldn't be able to sum it up any better than that.  So it's back to the fallback "random thoughts" format for me.  By the way, this column was missing last week, ...

Let me use a little bit of pro wrestling slang if you don't mind. Kyle Busch is easily the best heel in NASCAR.  What does that mean?  It means more than just being unpopular with a majority of people.  It means being downright hated by a bunch of people.  It means ...

The worst-kept secret in the Sprint Cup garage was announced today.  Casey Mears will be the fourth driver at Richard Childress racing next year, but he will not be in the car he was expected to drive.  Mears surprised everyone in the Bristol Media Center by showing up in a Jack ...

The American Le Mans series is in Canada this weekend for the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport where qualifying was held today.  And to the surprise of no one, the Audi's battled head to head for pole.  Dindo Capello driving the #1 Audi R10 bested his ...

The F1 circus turns toward the shores of Valencia this week for the Grand Prix of Europe. The street circuit in Valencia is a winding 3.4 mile course that highlights the beauty of this Old World city and it’s Mediterranean shore. Today’s knock-out qualifying session had a few surprises at ...

This week Josh and Chris cover the unlikely event of anyone but Dixon winning the IndyCar championship, Texaco leaving NASCAR, NASCAR coming to Iowa, F1 under the lights in Singapore and in the concrete canyon in Valencia, another "furiner" in NASCAR, and more... Show notes below the fold... Let us ...

Last weekend at Michigan, Tony Stewart announced that Ryan Newman would drive the #4 Chevrolet for the new Stewart-Haas race team next year.  A day later, stories surfaced online that Morgan McClure Racing was "not happy" about Stewart taking "their number." Today, an update!  Newman will drive a #39 next season ...

Busch>Edwards>Everybody Else. If you wanted to sum up this season in NASCAR. you could use the formula above to sum it up and it would be hard to dispute.  There have been 23 races this season and 13 of them have been won by the duo.  And that's just in the ...

The MotoGP bikes took the track today in the Czeck Republic in what was destined to be a rematch of the Rossi vs. Stoner rematch from the Red Bull GP at Laguna Seca.   And for the most part, fans were not let down. Stoner and Rossi started in the first and ...

Can anyone beat Tony Schumacher in Top Fuel? Well, sure they can, but the more he wins, the more the psychological weight builds up in opponent's heads. This time it was Larry Dixon who fell to the US Army rail in the finals of the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple ...

With four Roush Fenway drivers finishing in the top five I'm sure David Ragan thought his third place finish at Michigan would finally put him in the Chase. Coupled with Hamlin and Kahne finishing 39th and 40th, respectively, the points should start adding up. Ragan even