The sound of silence...

I would LOVE to be in the press rooom this coming weekend for the Cup race at California.

Tony Stewart gets into a high hissy fit when the press writes negative things about him, and yesterday the scribes were in full song, calling him a "hypocrite" for what he did to Matt Kenseth in the D500. Tony might just take his toys and go home if he read any of the columns on Jayski yesterday.

I don't want to say that Tony tried to "kill" Matt, but it certainly wasn't nice running him into the grass at 190 mph, at a spot that guaranteed that Kenseth would shoot back up into traffic, virtually ensuring 'the big one'.

Visitors to this site yesterday participated in a poll on the issue. It drew over 250 voters and 60% of them said that Stewart deserves a "lengthy suspension" from NASCAR.

But it's Tuesday morning and Mike Helton hasn't said boo. Which is strange because all the talk before the 500 was about how tough guy Helton read the riot act to the racers about how aggressive and reckless driving wouldn't be tolerated.

And then Stewart comes on TV after the race, bragging about how Kenseth "started it", but he "finished it" ????

And Helton says nothing???!!!

I hope the drivers can keep themselves from laughing in Helton's face the next time he comes into a drivers' meeting and threatens them with harsh penalties if they step out of line.

Moving on to another curious situation, it looks like we'll finally be seeing a CASCAR schedule soon.

I just received notice that a few CASCAR drivers' meetings will take place this weekend, in London and Toronto. I would assume that the CASCAR officials don't want to be lynched at those meetings, so it would be in their best interests to release a sked between now and the weekend.