FIVE LAPS: Mid-week off week
I've done to the STRs and the BTRs what Red Bull did to AJ Allmendinger:
Fired them.
Technically it's temporary, but you know and I know that AJA should just leave his form-fitting custom seat at home instead of hauling it to the track, especially since the airlines are starting to charge extra for that second bag. I've told the BTRs and the STRs the same thing.
You don't know what BTR stands for? Don't worry about it -- I was bored with 'em, too. So now on to something different after the jump.
Lap One: The Cupsters take the week off, and the Busch Series goes to Nashville. For the life of me I can't figure out why there's not a Cup race in Guitar Town. It's like the NHL shedding all of its Canadian franchises.
Lap Two: Someone (I won't say who) made a big deal last week about RCR. (I think the term was "brutally consistent.") Turns out that Harvick was brutal to Fat Tony's back bumper, and the RCR boys freight-trained their way to a 1-2-3 finish at Bristol last week. Nice job.
Lap Three: How in the heck did Aric Almirola finish in the top 10 at Bristol? Good for him.
Lap Four: When is Fat Tony going to pay back Harvick for that late-race punt job? Or is this payback for some earlier incident and they're all even now?
Lap Five: You take the traction control off an F1 car, and those so-called best-in-the-world drivers aren't quite such hot stuff. Lots of wrecks in the season opener. Several were -- dare I say it? -- Bristol-esque. Short clips without audio are here; official vid with a decidedly non-Euro soundtrack is here.
Green-white-checker lap: After watching those videos, it looks like the fab shop will be busy this week. Do F1 teams even have fab shops?