■ 15 March 2010 | 12:33 PM
Looking ahead
Keeping it short and simple so you folks can focus on their NCAA brackets and who is going to win
# NASCAR has a one-day spoiler test at Talladega on Tuesday. With the spoiler, NASCAR will look at different restrictor-plate sizes to try to give the same type of racing fans saw in the Daytona 500.
# After a weekend off, the Nationwide and Cup series is back in action at Bristol. Cup entry list features 45 cars with the one main change David Stremme for Boris Said in the No. 26 car. Likely done since team is outside the top 35 in car owner points and Boris has never run a Cup race there. Also, Michael Waltrip is listed on the entry list as being in the No. 55 car instead of Michael McDowell. Nationwide entry list features 50 cars and does include Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski.
# This is the last race where the top 35 in car owner points from last season is used in Cup. After Bristol, those in the top 35 in car owner points this season will have a starting spot at Martinsville the following week.
# Saturday night at Bristol, the track will feature a 12-car, 35-lap legends race that is scheduled to include: David Pearson, Harry Gant, Larry Pearson, Rick Wilson, Cale Yarborough, Charlie Glotzbach, Dave Marcis, Tommy Houston, L.D. Ottinger, Jack Ingram, Phil Parsons and Jimmy Hensley.
# Interesting story here on if fans were injured as a result of on track retaliation if they could sue.
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Car 26 is in top 35?
I thought the 26 was in top 35 due to the purchase from Rouch Racing. And the so called top drivers were complaining about Said being able to race with them. Or am I mistaken?
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They aren’t ‘so called’ they’re ‘in fact.’ By the rules, the top 35 in owners points from ’09 are in this weekend. It’s in. The 26 sits 37th in owners points right now. Next week at Martinsville the ’10 owners points take over. If I owned the 26 I’d want someone in it that at least half way knows how to drive a stock car at Bristol. Said has never tried. That gives them a better chance of breaking into the top 35 for weekend after next so they have a secure starting spot. If I were Jenkins I’d be looking for someone other than Said to drive it at Martinsville too. These next two are going to be like driving in a blender. Putting a stock car driver in at those two tracks is kind of like putting a ‘ringer’ in at a road course.
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The old timers’ race would be so much better if Janet Guthrie was in it. An old time Patrick.
BTW. How did Miz Patrick do in the go-cart opener yesterday? I’m sure her considerable talent in a series she knows how to drive must have shown through. She would never lose control of her racer and tear the nose up trying to pit. All by herself. Would she? I so wish she’d be demonstrating her talents at Bristol and Martinsville.