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So Pretty and Beautiful…

The 2009 Sprint Cup season is finally over. Last Sunday at Homestead/Miami Speedway, history was made and despite all my season-long protestations to the contrary, I was on hand to watch it being made, albeit via television at my local brewpub, The Grumpy Troll.  The fact that Denny Hamlin won the race in dominating fashion,…

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Dreams, Amelia….

“Dreams and false alarms….” Jimmie Johnson’s wreck in the early laps of last Sunday’s Dickie’s 500 at the Texas Motorspeedway gave a few of the Chasers a bit of hope that this year’s Chase would become competitive once again. Johnson lost 111 of points, but he still holds a respectable 73 point lead on Mark…

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It’s Talladega, Baby!!!

It’s Talladega, Baby!! Once again. The Amp Energy 500 tees off in a few minutes, but it just doesn’t seem the same as it did this spring, or in years past. The long shadow of Jimmie Johnson looms over the Talladega Superspeedway. It doesn’t feel right. The excitement has been whisked away like the autumn…