--A heads-up: There most likely won't be a post-race recap this week, as I'll be down in Charlotte doing research (read: being a tourist) for my OTHER website, www.raceshopreviews.com. The next article you see here will, most likely, be the "News" and Notes entry for Bristol.
--Denny Hamlin went to his friend/golfing buddy Michael Jordan for advice on how to fight his $25,000 fine. Michael's advice? "Republicans buy Gen-6 cars too".
--As reported here earlier, Speed Channel will officially transition to Fox Sports 1 later this year. All five viewers of the original Speedvision are said to be furious.
--RPM has said that, while Michael Annett recovers from his injuries suffered at Daytona, the team will be running the Reed Option.
--You'd figure that if Clint Bowyer really DID have all those powers he demonstrates in those new commercials, he'd be in commercials with someone a little more famous than Jim Furyk.
--Hope you're ready for a slew of lame gambling metaphors.