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He hasn't lost the race yet.

"I'll be honest with you, I question what [Goodyear] did here at Bristol," Gordon said. "They've got a new left-side construction compound and right-side compound that's never been tested here."

http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/03/1...

Just a hypothetical question, of course, but a Honda NASCAR team is almost inevitable, and Rick Hendrick is a Honda dealer.

Hold the phone: Stewart says NASCAR did the right thing?

MIKE HARRIS

The Associated Press

Nobody could blame two-time Cup champion Tony Stewart if he was upset after NASCAR waited out the rain last Sunday at Kansas Speedway, a decision that cost Stewart a win and eventually a lot of points in the Chase.

Stewart, stretching his gas to the limit, was out front when heavy rains hit the speedway just past halfway in the race. If NASCAR had called it at that point, Stewart would have been the winner.

Instead, officials waited more than two hours and eventually restarted the race. Stewart, who started the day just two points out of the lead, was involved in a crash, finished 39th and dropped to fourth – 117 points out. On his satellite radio show Tuesday night, he said NASCAR did the right thing.

“You look at it from their standpoint,” he said. “If they call the race, we’re going to leave Kansas City with a 50- or 60-point lead and that could have been the difference between us stealing a championship away from somebody or not.

“NASCAR, in my opinion, did exactly the right thing, did everything they could to get it in.

"It’s the same thing we would have done at Eldora (the dirt track Stewart owns in Ohio). And the reason it was the right decision is let us settle it on the race track. Let us win the championship on the race track.

"Don’t let weather be a determining factor in those last 10 races of who is going to win or not win the championship.”

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Smoke and Dale Jr. are well known for being among the best draft partners at the superspeedways. They are also best of friends on and off the track. Still, Jr. Nation hates him and I was wondering...

Tell me what you think of this paragraph:

If the magical power of HMS is great enough to turn less-than-mediocre drivers, like Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, into champions, think what it can do with Dale Earnhardt, Jr, the greatest driver in all the many Universes. In fact, Jr. will be so good that NASCAR will make a new rule that says that once a car is twenty laps ahead of all the others, every lap until the end of the race will be counted as a victory. Therefore, it won't just be thirty-six Cup races Jr. wins next year, he'll be awarded with 112 victories, the most ever in one season. And, he won't ever have to worry about sponsorship again, because he'll be sponsored by God.

Add to it if you wish.

If there was, and Smoke did drive it, when did it happen?

A good trivia question for Broncos fans and those who go to games at the stadium. I don't know the answer.

Is it against some rule, or tradition?