News-Record.com

The proprieter at One Bad Wheel lives about 15 minutes from Texas Motor Speedway, and he reports a hauler sighting or three.

The Fort Worth paper, meanwhile, has an update on Francis Ferko (reg. req.), the TMS shareholder who sued NASCAR and ISC on antitrust grounds to get a second Cup date for the Texas track.

Since filing suit in 2002, Ferko got fired and moved to Atlanta. He and his wife are heading toward a divorce, and his 20-year-old son killed himself.

The kicker on the story:

"I'm a fan first, and that's why I got involved," Ferko said. "I really believed that what I did was right and that Texas deserved its race."

I know OBW is excited about having a race down the road from him today, and I don't blame him a bit. But I still think the Rock would be a much better place for a Chase race. That tricky little mile-and-change track always had good, close-quarters racing, and Texas is .... well, just fast.

At least The Rock is getting some use unlike, say, some other former stops on the Cup circuit that have been treated like someone's crazy old uncle who lives in a cabin in the woods.

Update #1: thatsracin.com, bless their hearts, has a no-registration-needed version of the Ferko story I mentioned above. It's here.