Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson on winning his third Sprint Cup Series Championship in a row.

Last I checked our Top 10 and the Chasers that would be going to New York for the banquet are:

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Carl Edwards
3. Greg Biffle
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Clint Bowyer
6. Jeff Burton
7. Jeff Gordon
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Tony Stewart
10. Kyle Busch

Unfortunately, Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr missed the top ten and will not be appearing at the banquet.

I am curious to see who comes in as the rookie of the year for 2008. I just hope the banquet is on a night I don’t have to work, as I’d like to be able to watch and won’t be able to tape it.

Well, Greg Biffle won Louden today. He edged out Jimmie Johnson for the win. Unfortunately, Kyle Busch ended up being knocked back to 8th place in the points standings due to having had a very bad day.  Between things breaking on the car and getting into a wreck, Kyle ended up finishing 34th place.

If you didn’t see the race and haven’t seen the results, your top 10 finishers are:

1. Greg Biffle
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Carl Edwards
4. Jeff Burton
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
6. Kurt Busch
7. Martin Truex Jr.
8. Tony Stewart
9. Denny Hamlin
10. Kevin Harvick

And the current point standings are:

1. Carl Edwards
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Greg Biffle
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5. Jeff Burton
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Tony Stewart
8. Kyle Busch
9. Clint Bowyer
10. Kevin Harvick
11. Jeff Gordon
12. Matt Kenseth

The funny thing is, a few of the Chase runners finished in the same position as they’re in on The Chase. LOL Kind of interesting.

Well, congrats to Jimmie Johnson for winning the Pepsi 500 and being the 2nd driver in the history of the track to win from the pole. Like Kyle Busch was last night, Jimmie was in his own zip code for most of the evening. Denny Hamlin did well too, coming in 3rd behind Greg Biffle, with Kyle Busch sneaking in 7th behind Carl Edwards. Unfortunately, Tony Stewart came in 22nd, the last car on the lead lap. Oh well, we’ll get ‘em next week - or next year. I think Tony just needs to get back behind the wheel of his beloved Chevy.

Now, I have to say, I’m really too tired to do a proper post. But….w00t! Kyle Busch takes his  SEVENTH Nationwide Series Race! And not only that, but he is the FIRST driver to win from the pole at that track. W00T!

Well, Carl Edwards won his second Sprint cup race - I’m wanting to say in a row, but my head is pounding and I’m not feeling well and don’t feel like looking. LOL In any case I’m not a big Carl fan and  wish Kyle would have won. While I don’t agree with Kyle bumping Carl after the race like that, it just goes to show that Carl is no better - and I say that if Kyle is punished for bumping Carl, Carl should be punished for retaliating and spinning Kyle  like that.

So the #4 is out and it’s the #39? Ok, whatever. As long as Newman has a car with Stewart-Haas I don’t care. And I hear that Monday is crunch time for JGR and they’ll be revealing Tony’s replacement. If it’s not Joey Logano, I’ll be surprised. Honestly, we can all see it coming, just like we could all see Newman signing with Stewart-Haas. Obvious much? LOL

In any case, there we have it. Congrats to Carl, Keslowski for Nationwide, and Kyle for Truck Series.

I know Kyle Busch won the Watkins Glen race, so congrats to him. And woohoo for Tony grabbing 2nd place again (although I love Kyle, he could have moved his butt over for Tony LOL). But my question is, I was reading in the comments on various things on the race and it was being said by people there that they “called the race.” My brain is not working, fogged with meds right now, so was that calling it as in checkered flag or calling it as in it’s pouring out it’s over? LOL Because the pics I saw of the race it looked sunny as all get out.

And I hope Bobby Labonte is all right. From what I understand, it was a nasty crash that pulled in several drivers.

Ok, I’m going to take my med-fogged brain off to do something else as NASCAR Blogging doesn’t work too well when you don’t know what you’re trying to say.

So my prize from Amy’s contest for a copy of NASCAR Full Throttle Adrenaline Volume One and Two arrived today. Naturally I ripped open the package when I got home from work and watched the DVDs. They were awesome. I just have one question for NASCAR.

HOW ON EARTH DO YOU DO A NASCAR DVD WITH TWO, NOT ONE BUT TWO, VOLUMES AND NOT ONCE SPEAK TO TONY STEWART?

You spoke to Denny Hamlin. You spoke to Kyle Busch. You spoke to Bobby Labonte. You spoke to J.J. Yeley. You even spoke to Greg Zipadelli  for crying out loud! But did you speak to Tony? No. Why not? I waited all through both DVDs to hear my favorite driver and all I got was a couple of comments from him while he was in his car mid race. Hmph.

And he wins it again! Kyle Busch takes his SEVENTH Sprint Cup win this season! That boy is kicking ass no matter where he runs and I for one am glad. Kyle, Rowdy, Wild Thing, whatever you want to call him, may not be the crowd’s favorite person, in fact the only time they seem to cheer him is when they can’t see him for all the burnout smoke, but he is one of my favorites. So congrats to Kyle and way to go to Tony who finished 5th. Always good to see a top 10 finish for any of my favorites.

Congrats AGAIN to Kyle Busch for yet another win this year in the Nationwide Series. How many is it now? Keep rollin’ Kyle, cuz you’re kickin’ some major ass this year. Just goes to show…that #5 car…I think it’s cursed! I mean think about it… Kyle didn’t do too well in it, Casey Mears hasn’t done too well in it…I think that car has a problem. It’s gonna take some major mojo to get that car out of the funk and I’m just hoping whoever it is (I’ve heard Mark Martin) is able to do it. Otherwise, we may see another car that’s taking a hike.

Oh yeah, and what do you think Stewart Haas Racing’s car numbers are going to be? I don’t have any particular numbers I’d like to see…except maybe a 75. But then again, that’s when I was born so I’m biased.

On his SIXTH Sprint Cup Series win this season! Awesome job! Stupid me thought the race was today, so I was quite shocked when I got in the car after work last night and my best friend had the race on the radio! This is what Charity gets for not paying attention to the schedule! LOL

It kind of sucked that Tony was sick though. At least he got to do part of the race and get his driver points, and Yeley didn’t get him too bad of a finish, although FoxSports and NASCAR’s websites had differing opinions of who got what spot at the end of the race!

Another congrats to Denny Hamlin for winning the Nationwide Series race and to Joe Gibbs Racing for the 13th win in 18 Nationwide races. JGR’s Nationwide program is kicking major ass this year - as it should!

Oh yeah - and congrats to Elliott Sadler who my best friend informed me got engaged sometime this past weekend. They were talking about it during the race I guess.

And I apologize for having neglected this blog. I’ve been having a few “issues” lately and have been dealing with them instead of blogging here. I hope to be back to my normal schedule soon.