Great weekend of racing!!

Wow. What a great weekend for racing. While it was disappointing that Ron Fellows and the other Canadians didn't win at Sebring, several of them were in the hunt. The overall victory was a matter of seconds - and not laps or minutes - which was very exciting.

The Atlanta Cup race was a thriller, too. Carl Edwards dirt-tracked his way around Jimmie Johnson to nose ahead for the win out of turn 4. The two bumped a bit but it was a clean and exciting conclusion to a great race. Edwards is extremely likeable and kudos to Johnson for being a good sport about things!

The F1 race in Malaysia was less dull than usual... in fact, it was almost exciting at times... so that means there's probably a rule change on the way, because God knows, there's a law against having exciting F1 races.

Had to laugh when both Honda BAR engines went kaboom in the first laps. Their stunt of parking their cars on the last lap of the first race - so that they could get around the 2-race engine rules - blew up in their faces... literally.

And give a shout out to Bridgestone for supplying sub-par tires to Ferrari and Michael Schumacher, who was a backmarker for the second race in a row. If Bridgestone continues to miss the mark, we might actually have a fun F1 season for a change. But again... isn't there a law against that?

And... poor Jacques. The great Karnac predicts the following headline: "Villeneuve slams... the gravel". Haven't heard the excuses yet, but I'm sure they'll come. Next stop: Minardi.

Finally, Dean McNulty of the Toronto Sun had a really good story about Scott Maxwell in Sunday's automotive section. It sounds like Maxwell really clicked with Matt Kenseth and the other Roush Cup guys during the Rolex 24 at Daytona and has found himself a job (another one) as the team's road course coach... sort of like what Fellows is doing with DEI. Good for Scott and thanks to Dean for the story. I can't find it online as Dean's stories don't go past last October on the Sun site... so if anyone else can track it down, I'd appreciate it.