Gosh, I have criticized one Penske driver this morning already because he ticked me off for messing w/ Smoke yesterday on pit road and am fixing to praise his teammate but that’s how it goes, I have been a Ryan Newman fan for a long time now, every since he started driving cup I have liked him. He has always done extremely well in qualifying, the guy has a degree in vehicle engineering from Purdue University. I met him and his then wife to be in Little Rock a few years back while I was involved in some programming for a client down there and our paths crossed, he’s a very likeable dude, and even though he was only like in his second year of racing cup he didn’t have a cocky attitude in any way that I could tell, in fact they were extremely friendly and I have followed him every since. I have two die-cast Alltel Cars signed and hanging in my office right now and have continued to be a fan all of this time. There for a while I feel like there might have been tension in the Penske camp, especially when Rusty was there, between these two teams, but all in all Newman continued to set records for the number of polls set, the guy is a driver, I think that it’s just a matter of time before he gets on a streak and wins a championship.
Link to NASCAR.COM - Notes: Newman is back, but it’s not a comeback - Jun 5, 2007
Kurt Busch pulled yet another Bonehead Move in yesterday’s race, almost hitting one of Tony Stewart’s pit crew members. I remember when Jimmy Spencer popped him in the noggin for acting stupid a few years ago, it made my day. I kinda wish that Smoke would have jumped out and put a pop-knot on his head too after this stunt. I am not for sure where Smoke finished the race but this definitely hurt his position, I think that NASCAR Red Flagged Busch after this event but not for certain.
Link to NASCAR.COM - Stewart’s crew smoking after pit hazard with Busch - Jun 4, 2007
I am sooo glad that Michael Waltrip finally qualified for a race, it’s horrible to think that he has been gone for the last 11 races this year, I know that that has got to be hard for a new team to explain to their sponsors, even strong relationships like Michael Waltrip and Napa could easily become strained when you fail to qualify for 11 races in a row. It looks like DJ is going to make the show this weekend also, I think that he’s been out for 2 in a row also and has used all of his provisionals to get into races, gosh I wish Toyota could get it together somehow, it seems like Vickers is the only one that can really get them to perform for him so far…
Link to NASCAR.COM - Notebook: Waltrip ends futility streak at Dover - Jun 1, 2007
Who in the world thinks of this stuff? I have no idea how well this thing is going to be embraced by the business consumers out there but for me personally I wouldn’t mind having one of these in my living room to play with. If you haven’t already seen this thing, be sure to follow this Link to Microsoft Surface
Just ran across this post on Blount’s Blitz that says that Mark Martin will likely fill in for Jeff Gordon and drive the 24 Dupont Chevrolet if Jeff is unable to race the weekend his baby is born. Talk about weird, that will likely be the only time in my life that I ever pull for the 24 car to win a race…
Link to ESPN - Blount’s Blitz: Chase format reveals added bonus
Another story where Microsoft is embracing Commercial Open Source software. This is related to XANDROS an open sourced desktop OS that is becoming more and more popular, my business partner is currently running it and has had nothing but good things to say about it so far. I have researched it as an option for my development testing machine and it is a viable option, it even has emulators that allow it to run Microsoft applications.
Link to Linux News: Business: Microsoft Cuts Another Open Source Deal
