Actually, since daylight savings time runs from March to November, the majority of the start times are Eastern DAYLIGHT Time, not Eastern Standard Time.

Nitpicking aside, I agree with you. How many races the last couple of years were shortened, delayed and/or run on Monday because of rain? Several races would have been completed the same day had they started at a reasonable hour.

at least.

Stewart has Hendrick engines and chassis -- which means Hendrick race cars. Which means the #14 might as well be a fifth Hendrick car.

As far as Junior having pretty much the same equipment as Stewart, that just goes to show you Junior is not the driver Stewart is.

Stewart's accomplish is still awesome and I'm not taking anything away from him. But let's face it, do you really think he'd be in the chase if Stewart/Haas was building its own chassis and engines?

Let's not get too caught up in the whole Tony Stewart as an owner-driver thing. He's basically a fifth team for Hendrick Motor Sports. Had he been truly on his own this season he wouldn't be anywhere near the top 12.

It's still impressive what Stewart has accomplished as several more established teams did not make the chase but there's no way you can compare this to Kulwicki's achievement. Go Underbird!!!

Carl Edwards breaks his foot playing frisbee, how odd.

In a totally unrelated matter I read somewhere that the risk of bone fractures increase with steroid use.

So who won? The winner was supposed to be announced Saturday, Sept. 4 (actually, Saturday is Sept. 5) and it wasn't announced either the 4th or the 5th.

What's wrong with carbureted engines? Do fans really care what makes the engines work as long as the racing is good? Personally, i don't see fuel injection helping or hurting the racing, so what's the big deal.

Isn't it a little early for you to be drinking rocket_mouth?

A man walks into a sports bar with his dog. A NASCAR Sprint Cup race is on a TV. He sits down and asks how Dale Earnhardt Jr. is doing. The bartender says "Dale Jr is in 35th, not doing so well." The man's dog jumps up, and runs around the barstool 35 times.

A few laps later, the bartender says "Earnhardt is up to 15th!" The dog jumps up again and runs around the barstool 15 times. A couple laps later, the bartender excitedly says "Earnhardt is up to 2nd!" after which the dog again jumps up and runs around the barstool 2 more times.

The bartender says "WOW!! That dog is amazing!! What does he do if Dale Jr. wins?"

"I don't know", says the man, "I've only had him for 3 years!"

Why does Junior have a picture of Mike Helton in a Goodwrench uniform in his sitting room?