Recent content by LewTheShoe

Collectively, the Pick 'Em contestants made bad picks of historic proportions. > Only 3 top-10's. > Only 6 top-20 picks (including the 3 top-10's plus 3 others). > There were 20 picks that scored P30 or higher. Such a week was very tricky to navigate, but I managed to remain firmly in last...

There is a theory (discussed among The Illuminati in whispered tones in the darkest corners of the internet) that Nascar's confidential and secret settlement with 23XI & FRM included a special secret clause... that inspection procedures for the Plaintiffs' cars would overlook bore, stroke, and...

10. This race had everything I want in a roadrace. Big-time congratulations to Tyler Reddick, who drove a heck of a race and richly deserved the victory. He fought off Blaney until Blaney burned off his tires and dropped back, then did the same versus SVG. That was a stellar late-race shootout...

You are not alone. Lots of people think that same way. It is what I referred to as lazy analysis, and it understates the driver's role in total team performance. I believe the driver deserves a substantial share of accountability for elite performance (KDB's career up to about 2020) and also a...

I believe that the driver of the 8 needs to share in the accountability for the car's poor performance. Chris Gabehart wanted the same for the driver of the 54. But Pious Joe feels Ty Gibbs is above reproach. And you believe Kyle Busch is above reproach because he won a truck race. OK, there we...

Kyle Busch's PR team - incidentally, one of the best in Nascar - likes to promote truck series wins as if they add genuine luster to KDB's resume. And some Busch fanboys follow suit because they've got nothing else to crow about. Here's what I say about that... All wins mean something, but not...

My personal opinion... all the talk about RCR cars and setups are junk relative to Gibbs, and that's why Kyle Busch resembles Mr. Irrelevant for the last 3+ years, is lazy analysis that way, way understates the driver's role in the speed and performance of the team. Kyle Busch would love for...

To the surprise of no one, Gabehart's filing paints him as pure white as the freshly-fallen snow. And that may be accurate, or maybe not... that's why the process includes courtroom testimony and cross examination... and jurors to determine the credibility of the two sides. I doubt this case...

Pious Joe goes full scorched earth... It's one thing for a cup series race team to have a dispute with an employee on his way out the door. It's another thing entirely to start filing lawsuits against your fellow team owners. A very serious escalation of this matter, IMO.

:waver: Thank you, thank you... thank you very much (in my Elvis voice).

I'm not sure those talking points are really all that "good"... - When I read the detailed timeline in JGR's complaint, nothing struck me as excessive waiting or delays in filing. Have you even read it? Which steps taken by JGR, would you skip over to make a quicker filing? - Probably because...

I am very unhappy about Phillip Island leaving the schedule, although racing there has always presented substantial problems. As for what's on offer from Adelaide, I don't know enough about the plans to have a clear opinion... but safety concerns certainly spring to mind. MotoGP certainly needs...

Good point, Charlie. JGR did not sue Spire. And none of the reporting about this situation indicates that Spire even knew about Gabehart's attempt to grab and run with JGR intellectual property. And yet we have @Revman saying "Spire is lowlife" and Gabehart's attempt "does speak to the integrity...

Just for the record... John Andretti died of colon cancer, not prostate. His "Check It 4 Andretti" campaign and foundation were targeted to encourage people to get a colonoscopy. A good idea... check both.

You got that right. There's lots of MJ hatred at the bottom of the barrel. And Bubba Wallace hatred too.