Flash! Spy info from NASCAR R & D!

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From the hills of California wine country to the highlands of New Hampshire is a bit over 3000 Mapquest miles.  NASCAR must own a travel agency or something.  How much sense does that make with diesel selling for $5 a gallon?

I wonder if there is any truth to the rumor that Brian France will announce a brand new program designed to save all of his minion’s teams even more money than the Car of Tomorrow - or CoT (or Cash outlay’s Till-we-get-it-right) has saved them?

The next rumored innovation is the - are you ready? - Hauler of Tomorrow!  That’s right - the HoT!

No details were available at posting time, but we can surmise some things from past experience.

1. Spoilers and splitters will be involved
2. Most everybody will think the HoT’s are ugly
3. Cash savings will be disguised as additional investment in R&D
4. They won’t handle worth spit
5. Only the big teams with the big sponsors will be able to afford them, but that won’t matter to NASCAR. Everybody saves!
6. Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards will be fast in them
7. Next year’s All Star week will feature a “jack-knifing” contest
8. NASCAR will buy Mapquest and doctor the figures

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