Hello race fans! Well, who would have thought that we would be talking about Jimmie Johnson crashing at Texas Motor Speedway this past weekend, finishing 38th and taking a huge hit in the points! I know everyone, including myself, thought the championship was all but wrapped up, but I guess we shouldn't have assumed anything. I know that 73 points is still a pretty comfortable lead, but if he has any trouble these last two races, it's Mark Martin who will be right there, like he was this past weekend, to take advantage of it. Now, having said that, the likelihood of that happening is slim, but stranger things have happened! But at least we know now that Jimmy Johnson is human after all! Also, what a great job Mark Martin did to close the gap on Jimmy and even though Jeff Gordon gained 80 points on Jimmy, I still think 112 points is a pretty big margin to make up with only 2 races to go. I guess we'll have to wait and see how all this all plays out after this weekend. Congratulations goes to Kurt Busch on a great win!

Now, I thought that Kyle Busch was going to pull off the trifecta this weekend. He won the truck race and the Nationwide race, but came up short when he ran out of gas with three laps to go in the Sprint cup race. And just when I thought he had turned the corner and put away his childish actions, he lets me down by snubbing the media after the race was over, leaving his brand new crew chief, Dave Rogers to speak for him. Now I'm sure he was very mad, especially when the person passing him for the win was his brother Kurt, but so were alot of the other drivers who ran out of fuel also and some of them, on the very last lap! But, you heard from some of them, including Jimmy, who should have been the most upset, and they handled the media with no problem. I know that Kyle is not obligated to talk to anyone after the race, but it would have been nice to hear what his thoughts were about coming so close to making history. But, then again, maybe we wouldn't have wanted to hear him! Either way, I thought it was very unclassy of him to act like a spoiled child who didn't get his way. Let's hope it doesn't happen again any time soon. We do have to remember that Kyle is only 24 years old, though that doesn't excuse his behaviour, I just think he has a lot of growing up to do.

On to Phoenix this weekend. This track reminds me of a small Pocono, so I think anyone who does well on the flat tracks, should do well this weekend. Again, Lynch Tours will have a group out there so be on the lookout for Terry who will be wearing his Lynch Tours shirt. If you see him, stop and say hello! To the drivers, crew members, and fans, good luck and have a safe weekend, and as always, we'll see you at the races!