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Nov 15 2011 - 3:50pm

Picture This...

What’s the picture for this weekend in South Beach?All or nothing comes to mind.It’s the 99 or the 14. Winner take all, except if they tie, and then the 14 will take all for the third time and leave Carl Edwards at the altar again.Pretty simple,...

Nov 14 2011 - 3:12pm

Three. Lousy. Points

Here's a question for you: Could NASCAR really have gotten it this right on purpose, what with the changes to the Chase format (wild-card, single-point scoring system, etc.), or was this more a blind-squirrel-meets-acorn moment?Can't argue with the...

Nov 11 2011 - 4:46pm

Mea Culpa

Kyle Busch apologized again on Friday, when it was revealed that Interstate Batteries would be on his car this weekend and next.Sponsor M&M'S bolted for the final two races of the season, ostensibly so that its target audience would not go into the...

Nov 10 2011 - 4:49pm

Long, Strange Downfall

Former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield’s problems just keep getting worse. This week, a Catawba County grand jury indicted the Kentucky native on charges of felony possession of methamphetamine.The indictment comes just a week after police raided...

Nov 9 2011 - 4:25pm

TRIVIA TODAY!

Welcome to Trivia Today, a new feature of View from the Cheap Seats!Today, we'll start with something easy:The only two drivers to win four races in a single 10-race Chase are...Post your answers below, and we'll see who is paying attention!

Nov 9 2011 - 11:32am

No Quarter

With two races left in the season, it’s come down to mano y mano between Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart for the title. If this took place 850 miles to the east, I’d call it the Second Battle of the Alamo.Just like Santa Anna decreed, there will be no...

Nov 8 2011 - 3:49pm

Desert Dust-Up

BLOGDesert Dust-UpAs wild as Martinsville was, and as mundane as Texas turned out to be, I get the feeling that this weekend’s race at Phoenix could be in another class altogether.The track is new, though they’ve all seen it and raced on it. The...

Nov 7 2011 - 5:17pm

KB Visits Church of the Painful Truth

In case you’ve been in a cave or asleep since Friday night, you know about what happened at Texas Motor Speedway.Ron Hornaday was racing for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series title, Kyle Busch was getting knocked around a little bit in traffic....

Nov 3 2011 - 1:06pm

Something Wonderful Your Way Comes...

Please keep an eye on your inbox the next week or two.There's something that's in it that you'll want to look at, for sure and for certain.It's your November issue of OFFICIAL MEMBER magazine.The 25th edition of your quarterly magazine has gone...

Nov 3 2011 - 12:49pm

Texas Tussle

With all the metal spent at Martinsville, how can Texas Motor Speedway compete?Coming off a bruising, battering, change-at-the-drop-of-a-hat outing at Martinsville, which earned a .8 percent increase in TV ratings and left many long-time observers of...