Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone.  What a great weekend for race fans with the Indy 500 and the World 600 on Sunday.  Having covered the Charlotte race last May in person it is especially exciting here at the JNFL Headquarters.  What a great time.  I will never forget the sensation of Turn 1, seeing them dump in there at 200 mph.  Really impressive.

The boys practiced once and qualified on Thursday.  They have another practice Saturday afternoon at 3pm followed by Happy Hour at 6:20pm.  I figure they will start the Busch race after that is run.  The Green Flag for the Coca-Cola 600 is a little early (5:40pm) for a night race so be alert.

I have updated the stars (*) next to the driver's names for this Charlotte race.  Looks like Bill Elliott has come out of retirement and is taking Ken Schrader's ride for as long as his provisionals will allow him to cash a check.  Dale Jarrett is also back in the field, nice to have you back fella!

As for Dale's teamates they both wrecked in qualifying and missed the race.  Looked like driver error for both David Reutimann and Michael Waltrip from where I was sitting.  Waltrip is a mess.  Will he ever qualify for a race again?  Will he ever make it through a qualifying lap without wrecking again?  Are they building chassises faster than Mike is destroying them?  At this point I thnk Michael Waltrip the owner should fire Michael Waltrip the driver, wait for Bill Elliott to use up all his provisionals and then get his brother Darrell to drive his dream machine out of the negative.  Why stop there, take it one step further and quit.  Then he can pack up his Jap crap and head back to the island and retire there.  But hey, don't do it for me.  Do it for yourself.  Enough is enough.  You gotta know when to say when.  That's just my opinion though, whatever you want Mike. 

Good luck with your picks everyone, see you at the front!