Wouldn't you love to get your mits on this hunk of burning love? Yeah, didn't think so.

Yes, girls that’s right.  It’s Halloween and Tony Stewart is on the prowl.  Rawr.

He’s dressed to kill in this stylish sequined jumpsuit that he bought from the King himself and I’m not talking about Richard Petty.

Because let’s face it:  Tony is single and he’s old.  He should know all about Elvis, right?

Have a spooktacular day, everybody and don’t go into sugar shock from all the candy!

By the way, the chest hair in this picture is totally not fake.  How’s that for ruining your Monday morning breakfast?  Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Happy Halloween, race fans!  Have a great week!  See you in Texas!

» Continue reading “Happy Halloween From Lipstick & Lugnuts Via Tony Stewart!”

Momma told Tony she needed a new grandfather clock on Twitter this weekend and he listened. Congrats, Smoke!

Tony Stewart is officially in the house and he’s throwing out the smack.  I could easily leave the headline and write nothing else on Sunday’s race and that would about sum up the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville.

But since I’m Tony Stewart’s wife, it’s only fitting that I gloat about my husband’s victory, don’t you think?  This is only his third Chase victory of 2011.  More than any driver on the circuit I might add. 

Honestly, this race was a humongous headache from the very start until about the last twenty or so laps left in the entire 500-lap event.  There were only eighteen caution flags on Sunday.  Yeah, ONLY eighteen.

Yes, folks it was a very long day.  However, it was SO worth it in the end because this girl right here honestly had no clue or even had a glimmer of hope that her favorite driver would take home the checkers.

And how he’s sitting in second place in the points only eight behind our leader, Carl Edwards with only three races remaining.  We have ourselves a good old fashioned points battle, people.

» Continue reading “NSCS at Martinsville: “He’d Better Be Worried…””

Time is running out. Can Jimmie and others make one, last push at Martinsville to inch closer to Carl Edwards? I hope so. Don't you just miss and love clean-cut Jimmie? I do.

It’s time.  Time to stop talking like there are a million races left in the season because we have next to none left.  So for all of you talkers out there, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is.

I’m talking to you, Jimmie Johnson.  Kevin Harvick.  Tony Stewart.  Matt Kenseth.  Are you boys listening to me?

If you’re going to make a go at this whole Chase for the Sprint Cup thing, now is the time to man up and take control of your destiny and make it happen.

It begins this weekend in Martinsville and ends in a fairytale at Homestead for one, lucky dude.  It’s that simple.

Let’s take a look at who might ruffle some feathers be this weekend and kick it into high gear and who will be left in the dust drowning in their own tears of pity.  

» Continue reading “NSCS Martinsville Preview: It’s Time To Put Up Or Shut Up”

Ready for some short track craziness in Martinsville this weekend? Let's see which driver's tempers can stay in tact.

Happy Halloween, race fans.  Another weekend is quickly approaching (can you believe Starbuck’s is going to start selling their Christmas drinks this coming Tuesday – yeah, no joke) and it’s time to see what’s going on in our world of racing as our seasons are coming to a close next month.

Yes, I’m starting to get depressed for the record.

The Nationwide Series is off yet again for another but we pick back up with them next weekend at Texas so I hope they enjoy their last weekend off.   As for the trucks and Sprint Cup Series we head to Martinsville for some short track mayhem.  Join me and let’s take a look at what’s shakin’ this weekend.

» Continue reading “Weekend Hot Pass: October 29 – 30, 2011″

Yes, there was a hauler fire at Talladega Sunday night. No, Regan Smith's biscuits did not burn but some stuff in the hauler did.

Well, hello race fans.  It’s Tuesday and guess what:  for the first time in about a million years I’m going to cover some pertinent racing news. 

Believe you me, there is some weird news out there this week.  We have a little bit of news about hauler fires at Talladega and even some news about which teams are expanding in the Nationwide Series too.

There’s also a certain Motocross racer that’s eyeballing NASCAR?  Yes and I will reveal his name shortly courtesy of Nate Ryan at USA Today who, by the way, is a brilliant NASCAR mind on Twitter you need to follow like right now.

Did I mention A.J. Foyt said the words “stupid” and “Jimmie Johnson” in the same sentence this week as well?  Oh yes, it totally happened and I’m going to tell you all about it with a huge grin on my face.  Why?  Because Tony Stewart loves A.J. Foyt and it’s something he’d totally say to the media.  I must share it pronto.

» Continue reading “Garage Gossip: Hauler Fires And Why Jimmie Doesn’t Know $@#& About IndyCar”

Stay with your buddy! Kahne/Vickers of Red Bull Racing. Bowyer/Burton of Richard Childress Racing.

I feel like I have almost sufficiently addressed how much I cannot stand the current “racing” that we have at both Daytona and Talladega.  Almost.

Team Orders.

I hate those words so much that it’s almost painful to type.  Team orders need to be banned from racing events.  Why can’t we just let the events unfold as they will and go back to racing?  Please leave the politics to the interviews, the closed door meetings, and the blowhards in Washington.

I’m not kidding myself.  I realize that team orders have been in place for years now.  We hear some form of team orders almost every race.  Let your teammate around you to lead a lap for the bonus points.  Stay with your teammate and push them to the victory.  When a battle between teammates gets a little heated, the team owner will get on the radio to calm it all down.

But, at Talladega?  These team orders just got completely out of control.

» Continue reading “Monday Meltdown: Let Me Tell You Where To Stick Those Team Orders…”

Happy 28th Birthday, Brian Vickers!

Excuse me.  Ahem.  Is this thing on?  Yes, we are paging Erin McCowan on this lovely Monday morning.

Why is that, you ask?  Because one of her favorite drivers is celebrating his very special birthday today!

Brian Vickers was born on this day back in 1983 which makes him twenty-eight years old today! 

So Erin, please enjoy this eye candy today because I did it just for you, darling.

» Continue reading “You Say It’s Your Birthday: Happy Birthday, Brian Vickers!”

Clint Bowyer picks up a win for Richard Childress Motorsports. Too bad he'll be driving for Michael Waltrip next season.

NASCAR!  You need to figure out how to get the racing back at the plate tracks.  This two-car draft racing style is absolutely ridiculous.  I feel like I’m watching some weird NASCAR/2-man bobsled hybrid.  Let me point out the main flaw of the 2-car draft.  This should be so painfully obvious to the powers that be….

THE FIELD IS 43 DRIVERS!

This means that someone is left without a dance partner from the beginning of the race.  That poor driver, Denny Hamlin in today’s fiasco, is left running alone until the right amount of other cars wreck or start and park to leave them a partner.  Denny, a Chase contender, was a lap down before a wreck freed up a car to run with him.

This isn’t racing.  Daytona and Talladega hasn’t been racing in quite a while.  You have top tier drivers spending their day logging laps at the back of the pack because they are terrified to get caught up in someone else’s mess.  They lie in wait until about 25 laps left and decide it is go-time.  That is when the racing begins and we two by two they push to the front.

» Continue reading “NSCS Talladega: NASCAR, You Have Some Work To Do”

Sometimes I believe that even Houdini himself couldn't make it through 500 miles of racing at Talladega.

Oh yes, I totally just went there and made a magic reference.  How can I not?  We’re at the world’s fastest superspeedway this weekend.  There has to be some humor somewhere, right?

Chances are if you take a stroll around the garages of Talladega this weekend there won’t be much laughter but a whole heck of a lot of tension.  We have new rules in place and nobody really knows what’s going to happen yet again.

Did I mention we’re smack in the middle of the Chase for the Sprint Cup?  Just a minor detail.

Let’s take a look at who some of the movers and shakers might be this weekend along with how the weather might play a factor as well during this Sunday’s race.

» Continue reading “NSCS Preview: Houdini Couldn’t Escape Talladega Either”

If he wasn't so cute, I'd be mad at him. But who can be mad at that adorable face? (photo credit: www.hardcoreracefans.com)

Okay, so Talladega is on the plate this weekend for the Sprint Cup series.  This is no secret.

However, what is a secret (most of the time) is who drafting buddies are during the race leading right up until the drop of the green flag on race day.

Not today, friends.  You all know my love for Trevor Bayne.  I hold the dude up on a pedestal and worship the ground he walks on.  He’s just wonderful.

Today he pissed me off when I ran across an article at NASCAR.com where he indicated who he plans to work with and help at Sunday’s race.

Really, Trevor?!?!  Since when do we reveal drafting partners at Talladega?  Oh let’s see.  Never, until yesterday when he let the cat out of the bag for the entire world to behold.  Doah!

» Continue reading “Paging Trevor Bayne: Why Do You Irritate Me So?”