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Two NASCAR news items of note

1. Jamie Mac and Juan Pablo are feuding? But Jamie isn't sure why? Even though Juan was trying to apologize for something? I'm sorry, but the whole story is convoluted and I can't stop laughing. Either Jamie is clueless about what the incident was that Juan was apologizing for, so his confusion was mistaken by Juan, or Jamie's pissed and didn't feel like dealing with him (and Jamie that pissed is PISSED) and Juan isn't taking the rebuff well. Either way, I want to see the Juan on Ellyut fight. (What? Jamie's not fighting that fight. Ellyut will step in and whoop ass. And then Stremme will come over and...yeah, this could turn into porn quickly, so I'll stop.)

2. So the US F1 team is considering Allmendinger or Speed, but not Kyle Busch or Danica Patrick. The reasons why they're not considering Danica weren't detailed, but the supposed reason they're not considering Kyle is a lack of open wheel experience? Really? REALLY? Guys, I adore AJ. I like Scott Speed. They both have talent. But I'm going to be honest - if you think that Kyle Busch's lack of open wheel experience means he's not good enough of a driver, you're fucking nuts. Test him first. Unless you've approached him and commitments on his part mean he's not interested (which would be highly likely). Just don't act like he's lacking some sort of special skill that no one else can handle but open wheelers, because the honest truth is, a gifted driver can drive in any series. NASCAR is obviously the more magnanimous group if we can take open wheelers and welcome them but even a US team can't accept Kyle into F1. (Tis an argument that feels bigger than Kyle, to me. It's about F1 stereotyping NASCAR.) Hell, let's see you tell Tony Stewart that he's not good enough for F1 because of a lack of experience. (I'd bet they'd be stupid enough to. Even though he has raced open wheel.)

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The thing is, if the US F1 team approached Kyle Busch, and he turned them down, do you think they would want to admit it? It's possible they're like, "Oh, we don't want him anyway," because he's already decided that he's not moving. It is a risky move. He's at a place right now where he's really excelling. And it is possible that, if he were to go to open wheels, he's just never get a feel for it or not be winning left and right like he is now.

That Jamie McMurray / Juan Pablo Montoya fight makes absolutely no sense to me. It's so damn funny.

Kyle has flat out said that he's not interested in anything but Cup right now, because he wants to win a championship here first before anything else. And I think that a smart person in F1 would realize that he's got too much good here to leave at this point. But a statement like "no open wheel experience" doesn't bridge the perception gap. (Then again, F1 doesn't get why they don't have the same fanbase in the U.S. as NASCAR even though to me the sports are at opposite ends of the racing spectrum. Even Juan Pablo says they're both excellent racing, just extremely different. I bet the official announcement of a driver will have very sweet words for how awesome Kyle and Danica are.)

I'm dying to see them get into it (Jamie and Juan) just to see how that would come out. Just as long as it doesn't hurt Jamie. He's good at Martinsville. He needs the good race.

What? Jamie's not fighting that fight. Ellyut will step in and whoop ass. And then Stremme will come over and...yeah, this could turn into porn quickly, so I'll stop.

Yep. I totally went to a visual place with that one. ;)

Does it involve girly hand slapping type fighting?