Well, Not Much Is Going On, Really...

Of course, I say these words before I have had a chance to sit down with my DVR and throw down on some of Sunday's Wind Tunnel With Dave Despain Robin Miller.

See, It's always a momentous event, in my opinion, when Dave Despain -- who really is one of the best racing commentators out there when reporting track-side at a USAC or AMA event -- vacates his chair for whatever reason and is replaced by someone whose knowledge of NASCAR is akin to my knowledge of why the Large Hadron Collider keeps breaking. For once, we can get a break from, "Brad Keselowski this," and, "Carl Edwards that," and comments on the sexual orientation of Kyle Busch or Jeff Gordon and we can bring fans of those other race series into the discussion.

It was so momentous, in fact, that I went to sleep right before the show started last night. What are you gonna do -- my boss wanted me in at 6 AM today.

Anyway, since the media didn't explode this morning, I'm assuming there were no announcements that the IndyCar Series was going to use a twin-turbo V16 Silver Crown car for 2012 or that Randy Bernard has already balanced the budget or whatever. I suppose it IS notable that Bernard announced a new committee to debate over the merits of new chassis and engines...which is slightly better than what we had before (Barnhart sitting around, not doing anything, while fans tried to storm his castle).

As far as IndyCar was concerned this past week, one thing of any importance that happened was this: Graham Rahal has plopped himself in an IndyCar for the first time in 2010, testing the #67 Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing Dallara at Barber Motorsports Park. Apparently, we are not privy to his test times or anything, but the fact that he is at least in a car is uplifting.

Oh, and there was something about 25% of households that used to have access to the VERSUS network, who lost it due to a petty dispute over money during an economic recession, once again being given access to VERSUS once more. Good work, lawyers. Hopefully we see a bump from that in the ratings when the Barber race rolls around.

Oh, and Jack Arute apparently has a blog. I believe the proper response is this (just replace the lyric "white man" with "artfully bronzed gentleman-extraordinaire").

Cheers.