WORLD OF NASCAR…"WINGED" STOCK CAR SERIES

APRIL 23, 2007 - PHOENIX…
RACE # 8 OF THE 26 RACE TO THE PLAYOFFS…

WHILE…SATURDAY NIGHT’S BRIDESMAID…TONY STEWART…CAN STILL PET HIS MONKEY RR-AZ ALUM…JEFF GORDON…GOT THE…"PHOENIX MONKEY"…OFF HIS BACK…AS HE "OUT RACED"…STEWART…TO PICK UP HIS 1^ST EVER…"CUP" WIN…AT THE TRACK IN…17 TRIES…AND IN THE PROCESS WHILE AGGRAVATING ALL OF THOSE…STEWART JUNKIES  ALSO MANAGED TO UPSET …DALE EARNHARDT…FANS… BY…TYING THE "INDIMIDATOR" …WITH 76 CAREER…NASCAR WINS…

THE ONLY THING WORSE FOR…GORDON HATERS…WOULD BE… GORDON…WINNING HIS 5^TH CHAMPIONSHIP…AND CLINCHING THE TITLE AT...HOMESTEAD…IN THE SEASON ENDER…AT ONE OF THE ONLY TWO…"OTHER" TRACKS…HE HAS…NOT YET…WON AT…

LET THE…GORDON HATING…CONTINUE…

ALL IN ALL…ONE OF THE BETTER CUP RACES SEEN AT P.I.R. IN RECENT YEARS…AND WE APPRECIATE THAT…

HEADING INTO…NEXT WEEK’S…"AIMING" RACE AT…TALLADEGA…

NASCAR CUP SERIES…"OLD CAR"…THIS WEEK…

APRIL 16, 2007 - TEXAS
RACE # 7 OF THE 26 RACE TO THE PLAYOFFS…

THE BEST CAR WON…AT TEXAS…ON SUNDAY…BUT IT DIDN’T SHOW UP UNTIL THE FINAL LAP…AS…JEFF BURTON…WAS ABLE TO INCH AHEAD… OF RACE LEADER…MATT KENSETH…AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT TO PICK UP HIS 2^ND WIN OF THE SEASON…

TO THAT POINT…THE RACE WAS…FRANKLY…BORING…WITH THE ONLY REAL ACTION RESULTING FROM…SPINS…WITH BOTH OF THEM INVOLVING…TONY STEWART…

SMOKE’S…1^ST SPIN…CAME COMPLIMENTS OF…JUAN MONTOYA…WHO STILL CAN’T FIND HIS RACIN’ BUTT…WITH BOTH HANDS…WITHOUT CAUSING PROBLEMS…AS HE MANAGED TO…GET INTO…STEWART…IN A TURN…NO LESS…AND THE RESULT WAS STEWART SPINNING…AND COLLECTING…JIMMIE JOHNSON…ENDING HIS DAY…

STEWART’S 2^ND…SPINNING ADVENTURE…CAME A FEW LAPS LATER…ALL BY HIMSELF ...BUT IT RESULTED IN…KYLE BUSCH…"FRISCO-ING" (REAR ENDING)…DALE EARNHARDT, JR…AND EFFECTIVELY…ENDING…BOTH THEIR DAYS…

LIKE WE SAID…A SEMI-SNOOZER…UNTIL THE END…

THE 1^ST NIGHT RACE OF THE YEAR…FOR THE WORLD OF NASCAR…WINGED…STOCK CAR SERIES…HERE IN PHOENIX…

NEXTEL CUP…"WINGED" LATE MODEL SERIES

APRIL 2, 2007…ON THE…MARTINSVILLE…"PAPER CLIP"…
…RACE # 6 OF THE 26 RACE TO THE PLAYOFFS…

JIMMMIE JOHNSON…WON FOR THE 3^RD TIME THIS SEASON…IN DEFENSE OF HIS NEXTEL CUP CROWN…BUT IN THE PROCESS…BEAT HIS BOSS… JEFF GORDON…WHO WAS NOT HAPPY…AND VOWED…HE WOULD…"NOT LOSE A RACE THIS WAY AGAIN TEAMMATE EMPLOYEE…FRIEND…OR NOT"…AND WE BELIEVE HIM…

JOHNSON’S TEAM…LABORED ALL RACE LONG TO FINALLY PUT HIM INTO THE LEAD …WITH LITTLE MORE THAN 100 LAPS OF THE 500 LAPPER REMAINING…AND AS GOOD AS HIS CAR WAS…OVER THE FINAL 20-30 LAPS…JEFF GORDON’S…CAR WAS BETTER BUT…JOHNSON…WAS GOING TO MAKE…GORDON...PASS HIM ON THE OUTSIDE OR…WRECK HIM…TO WIN…AND…GORDON…PULLED OFF NEITHER…THIS TIME…

JOHNSON…SEEMED TO KNOW…GORDON…WOULDN’T…WRECK HIM …"THIS TIME"…AND ENDED UP WITH THE WIN…AND THE 2^ND …C.O.T. RACE IS HISTORY…A DECENT…BUT NOT GREAT RACE…

THE CUPPERS TAKE NEXT WEEK OFF TO… CELEBRATE…EASTER…