Well, when I resurrected RacinDeals.com, I’d planned on writing at least weekly about the previous week’s races. But to be honest, there hasn’t been much to write about. NASCAR seems to be in this mode of “we say it’s exciting racing, so there’s nothing to talk about”.
NASCAR must be watching different races. I’ve never seen [...]

Wow. A judge has suspended Jeremy Mayfield’s NASCAR suspension. In other words, Mayfield is free to race this weekend, if he can come up with a car.
I’m somewhat surprised, especially with the judge saying that the “harm to Mr. Mayfield significantly outweighs the harm to NASCAR.” Does this judge not realize that an impaired driver [...]

BLIND PIG RACING: There’s an old country adage that says “Even a blind pig gets an acorn every now and then.” This year, we’ve seen two blind pigs get a win, by playing the rain “strategy”. David Reutimann and now, Joey Logano both have won rain shortened races. Races that, had they gone the distance, [...]

ROAD RAGE: I’m sitting here doing my best to watch this road race that NASCAR insists on having, and I”m just bored out of my head. The new double-file restart is about the only exiting thing in the race. This is what DVR’s were made for.
NOTE TO TNT: Buddy Baker and Eli Gold are available. [...]

RACE, WHAT RACE?: I completely missed the Michigan race the other day. From what I hear it was another one of those that was won by the engine builder, not by the driver. NASCAR doesn’t have a problem throwing out “competition” cautions, unless it’s to actually increase competition.
KENTUCKY CURIOSITY: Didn’t really see much of the [...]

#NASCAR needs to reign in Kyle Busch.

It’s all downhill from here. NASCAR has officially jumped the shark.
Whether it be punishing drivers and teams way out of proportion to their infraction (see Carl Long), holding drivers to an unknown standard on drug use, or suspending a crew chief until he goes through “sensitivity training”, NASCAR has abandoned their roots and is turning [...]