Have you been sitting there on your couch thinking, "Good grief, it's January 7th already, when is NASCAR going to start?" Well, if you have, you need to find a couple more hobbies, but the good news is that the Speed channel is kicking off its NASCAR season this week with NASCAR Preseason Thunder. The season just gets longer and longer.
They will be covering Nextel Cup testing at Daytona. You can get a schedule of the shows on the Speed website. The actual race isn't until February 18th, but Speed knows where their bread is buttered. NASCAR is to them like the football team is to Notre Dame. It pays for everything else.
My early season predictions are for Jimmy Johnson and Tony Stewart to come out strong. Denny Hamlin will prove that last season wasn't a fluke. Kurt Busch will be back in the hunt now that the #2 team has had a season to gel. The #24 team will remain inconsistent, possibly leading Jeff Gordon to fire his crew chief. Robbie Gordon will crash some people, but it won't be his fault. And Michael Waltrip will continue to get all kinds of camera time despite never even getting a whiff of being competitive.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-08-2007 @ 12:21PM
John said...
For shame!
The complete lack of any Dick Trickle jokes leaves me wailing in despair.
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1-08-2007 @ 2:08AM
gdub said...
Nascar is back? Does it ever go away? Man I hate this stupid hillbilly "sport"!!!
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1-09-2007 @ 9:27AM
GrumpyOldMan said...
Michael Waltrip may not even qualify for any races....
gdub:NASCAR isn't a "sport". It's what the fans like me live and breathe. We even check NASCAR.com on Christmas Day for news. Go Kurt Busch and the Blue Deuce!!!!!
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1-08-2007 @ 8:39AM
Colin said...
"1. Nascar is back? Does it ever go away? Man I hate this stupid hillbilly "sport"!!!
Posted at 2:08AM on Jan 8th 2007 by gdub 0 stars"
Why comment when this article obviously doesn't concern you? You hate it, so why did you read it?
Your opinion, sir, is a small blob of tire rubber left on the inside of turn 4 at Daytona. During a caution. Irrelevant. Move on.
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1-08-2007 @ 5:09PM
vivek said...
Ahhh how smart the "educated" make comments. NASCAR sucks, yeah we heard it before. Atleast have something original to say. It says to what kind of life you have when you have to come into post where you have no concern about the matter.
And what's with get a new hobby comments? It's perfectly okay for a football fan to drool on the NFL network 24/7?
NASCAR is back and i can't say not a moment too late. Go Jimmie.
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