NASCAR

If you are like me you take care of your loved ones before the crazy Christmas season rolls in. I like getting the people close to me something that is personal and one of a kind if I can. I go to sites like Our Handmade Gifts, you can find some unique stuff there.

I like bargain sites, who doesn’t! I have found some cool Nascar merchandise especially Nascar jewelry. Good stuff that is handmade and everything on that site is only $7.

I am waiting for the race to start in a few hours from one of my favorite tracks: Las Vegas. While it is really not a super speedway that I love the track is big enough to see some serious speed. When they redesigned the racetrack a few years back they increased that banking making racing much more fun.

It will be interesting to see if the Busch brothers do well at their home track. They qualified both #1 and #2 for the race, which was good for me since I picked them for my NASCAR fantasy league.

jjohnson_damage.jpg I am watching my favorite driver on direct tv hot pass and it is pretty cool to watch a race this way. They are giving a free preview this weekend and I get to watch it for free. It is lap 91 now and Jimmie has been in for a couple of pit stops as he has damage but it was cool to watch the pit stops as they are better than watching all the cars pitting at once.

They have a cool idea but I doubt I would pay for it, actually I know I won’t pay for it. Here is why. It is annoying as all hell to have the network commercials. If I am paying for direct tv and I have to pay for this the last thing I want to see is the stupid commercials.

I have been muting the tv and watching the race in the seperate window they have. If we werent away at a commercial the 48 team announcers would have seen that the 48 hit the wall on lap 21 or 22. They have been talking about Jimmie hitting another car but that wasn’t the case.

What I don’t get is why they think people will pay for this as they are not guarenteed to watch their favorite driver as they will be switching drivers up every week. If it wasn’t Jimmie Johnson this week I would be watching the network broadcast as the other drivers are not favorites of mine.

I am enjoying Hermie Sadler in the pits he is good at explaining things. It is better than listening to Darrel Waltrip and his whole ego trip.

I am just glad that Nascar is back!

If you plan on taking a vacation around a race weekend here is your chance to see the Racing schedule for Nascar all times are EST

Feb 10, 2007: Budweiser Shootout, Daytona Int’l Speedway, 8:00 PM

Feb 18, 2007: Daytona 500 Daytona Int’l Speedway 12:00 AM

Feb 25, 2007: Auto Club 500 California Speedway 12:00 AM

Mar 11, 2007: UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Las Vegas Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

Mar 18, 2007: Atlanta 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

Mar 25, 2007: Bristol 500 Bristol Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

Apr 1, 2007: Goody’s 500 Martinsville Speedway 12:00 AM

Apr 15, 2007: Radio-Shack 500 Texas Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

Apr 21, 2007: SUBWAY Fresh 500 Phoenix Int’l Raceway 12:00 AM

Apr 29, 2007: Aaron’s 499 Talladega Superspeedway 12:00 AM

May 5, 2007: Crown Royal Presents the “Your Name Here 400? Richmond Int’l Raceway 12:00 AM

May 12, 2007: Dodge Avenger 500 Darlington Raceway 12:00 AM

May 19, 2007: NEXTEL All-Star Challenge Lowe’s Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

May 27, 2007: Charlotte 600 Lowe’s Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

June 3, 2007: Dover 400 Dover Int’l Speedway 12:00 AM

June 10, 2007: Pocono 500 Pocono Raceway 12:00 AM

June 17, 2007: Michigan 400 Michigan Int’l Speedway 12:00 AM

June 24, 2007: Infineon 350 Infineon Raceway 12:00 AM

July 1, 2007: LENOX Industrial Tools 300 New Hampshire Int’l Speedway 12:00 AM

July 7, 2007: Pepsi 400 Daytona Int’l Speedway 12:00 AM

July 15, 2007: USG Sheetrock 400 Chicagoland Speedway 12:00 AM

July 29, 2007: Allstate 400 at The Brickyard Indianapolis Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

Aug 5, 2007: Pennsylvania 500 Pocono Raceway 12:00 AM

Aug 12, 2007: Watkins Glen Int’l Watkins Glen International 12:00 AM

Aug 19, 2007: 3M Performance 400 Michigan Int’l Speedway 12:00 AM

Aug 25, 2007: Bristol 500 Bristol Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

Sept 2, 2007: California 500 California Speedway 12:00 AM

Sept 8, 2007: Richmond 400 Richmond Int’l Raceway 12:00 AM

Sept 16, 2007: Sylvania 300 New Hampshire Int’l Speedway 12:00 AM

Sept 23, 2007: Dover 400 Dover Int’l Speedway 12:00 AM

Sept 30, 2007: Kansas 400 Kansas Speedway 12:00 AM

Oct 7, 2007: UAW-Ford 500 Talladega Superspeedway 12:00 AM

Oct 13, 2007: Bank of America 500 Lowe’s Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

Oct 21, 2007: Martinsville 500 Martinsville Speedway 12:00 AM

Oct 28, 2007: Atlanta 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

Nov 4, 2007: Dickies 500 Texas Motor Speedway 12:00 AM

Nov 11, 2007: Checker Auto Parts 500 Phoenix Int’l Raceway 12:00 AM

Nov 18, 2007: Ford 400 Homestead-Miami Speedway 12:00 AM

Hello fellow sports fans. My name is Vinny and welcome to my sports blog where I will be commenting on everything in the world of sports.