I went into a NASCAR chatroom last night. I wanted to see what the big deal was with one. I didn't participate in the discussion, rather, I just wanted to read what was going on. First thing I observed, it is REALLY difficult to keep up with the reading. Everyone has this shorthand and I was lost half the time.

Then you have people that go off on completely random discussions such as where they ate for dinner. One person said that they ate at Burger King the night before and was going to eat at Wendy's last night. I lost interest in that chat room rather quickly.

Then I decided to move on to the message board, which was also a first. Right off the bat, I was much more comfortable. The topic was basically: Who got the better deal, Gibbs or Hendrick?

I don't need to state right here what I think, I am pretty sure based on the picture with my blog you know the answer.

While I was reading all that was being said, I was just waiting for something that I wanted to chime into. It is kind of intimidating. You say one wrong thing, and you have EVERYONE that will correct you, fairly immediately.

As a matter of fact, you can get like ten people pouncing all at the same time, even before you get a chance to say, okay, okay...I made a mistake. It's really weird.

I'll be honest, my skin is thickening but I am not fully developed in that area as of yet. Journalists are great, in that it seems it doesn't faze them a bit when someone pounces back with a nasty comment.

It's a little similar to this blog, only I can correct the error before everyone pounces.

But, I would like to throw that question out to all of you...

So, I'll ask you, who do you think got the better deal, Joe Gibbs Racing or Hendrick Motorsports?

On another note, it became official yesterday that Dale Jr. will not be driving the No. 8 car for Hendrick, which was yet another discussion. People were discussing what number he should drive and whether or not tattoo shops were going to be real busy getting rid of or adding to the No. 8 that fans had tattoed on themselves.

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