Live from the Seneca Lodge Bar

Saturday night (or was it Sunday morning?) Paul Menard won his first Busch race and the writers here at the SLB couldn't have been happier.

We've made our issues with Busch whackers pretty well known so it was great not only to see full-time Busch series drivers win two races in a row but great to see Paul get his first win. At home infront of his family and friends no less.

I had to crack up during his post-race interview. Paul is a pretty laid-back guy and even as happy as he was, he was still low-key about the whole thing. Excited but reserved in that cool demeanor of his, you gotta love this guy in black.

I'd personally like to thank J.J. Yeley; he should get extra points for an assist! I wonder how much his fan club membership is?

Way to go Kasey!
It was an eventful weekend for the kid, great to see him come out on top.
He doesn't seem like the same driver who couldn't get a win a couple years ago; talk about maturity. You have to wonder if Tommy Baldwin has bruises from kicking himself. Great looking ride by the way; wasn't a movie on his hood when he won in Texas?

No offense to Carl Edwards but his car was NOT the one to beat...the best car won. Even with 2 tires the kid was smokin'!

Sweet looking 8 car but if he had won the conspiracy therorists would've been out in full force!

It stunk what happened to Tony but it was great to see him under the car and hammering at that frontend...I thought for sure that he might have reinjured himself. I'd love to hear Jeff Greens explanation for that one. 66 car spotter..helloooo??
**just found this Tony interview from Foxsports.com: http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/5706564

If only Chris Meyers could learn how to NOT talk over people, he must be watching The View too much. Eegads. Adam Sandler could barely get a SENTENCE in!

Rumor has it that Elliott Sadler wants to leave RYR but RYR has denied it saying that he hasn't said anything to them. Yeah, and Chip Ganassi didn't think Casey was going to leave either.

52 days until the Glen.... not that I'm counting!

Our respect for Bootie Barker is well documented within this blog. Just when we thought we couldn't like him even more, he steps up to the plate and smashes yet another verbal homer into the upper-deck:

http://blog.scenedaily.com/index.php/2006/06/08/booties-on-the-money/

Rare is the prerace press release (and I can attest to this after sampling what seems like hundreds each week in helping to compile our Team Notes section in the magazine), that offers a quote containing candid criticism. With glee, though, I read this offering today from “Bootie” Barker, crew chief for the No. 66 Cup team and driver Jeff Green.
“Some of the drivers are complaining weenies,” Barker said. “These races need to be long. They should be tough on the equipment, the crews and the drivers. We’re supposed to be the best and toughest crews and drivers in this type of motorsports, so those complainers just need to suck it up and deal with it.”
Barker, you see, took issue with those that favor shortening the 500-mile tests at Pocono Raceway. And you know what? He’s right in doing so.
You can say a lot of things about the tricky triangle as it relates to the quality of racing there. Even tell me it shouldn’t have two coveted Cup dates in the span of one-and-a-half months (less than that actually) and you’ll get no argument.
Reducing the length of a race there, though, and for all the reasons Barker mentioned is wrong. And Bootie, in this case, is right.

AMEN! And people wonder why Bootie has become a media darling what with his "Bootie Call" segments on Speed News, his humor and engineering brain at-the-ready on the NASCAR Performance show (which would've died a slow, miserable death without his presence) and now a weekly article called Urban Myths on NASCAR.com

Keep it coming Bootie, we can't get enough of you!!