Damn. I was gonna do the "Hello, Newman" joke

Okay, to start: a big congrats to Ryan Newman, who, I might add, was our Driver of the Year winner in 2003. Nice job Mr. Newman.

And some nice work by Kurt Busch, too, for his help. It's like they say: Behind every successful man is Kurt Busch.

Or something like that.

Second, and this was pretty cool, the New York Times last Tuesday published an article on the physics of bump-drafting. Really. And if you ever wanted to see a close-up of two suspension springs in Dave Blaney's garage, well, now you can.

And looking ahead (because we must), this coming weekend is the Auto Club 500 at Fontana. Last year's winner, for those of you not paying attention, was Matt Kenseth, who actually had a hell of a weekend, winning the Busch series race, too. Coming off a 27th place finish at Daytona, is he in a good position to do it again? Only time will tell.

Though I'm gonna say "probably not."

Well, that's all I got right now. Can't beat the Turducken story. Maybe with a lobsturducken. Maybe not.