Last night I was tooling around nascarmedia.com trying to find a topic that interested me to talk about on the blog. As soon as the browser opened up, I saw this:

Dario Franchitti and Juan Pablo Montoya

It was like it was some sort of sign. So I started browsing around to find out why Franchitti and Montoya were featured right there on the main page. Then I saw the full transcript of an interview with Jacques Villeneuve, Patrick Carpentier and Dario Franchitti.

One of the questions asked was why all of the sudden are F1 drivers coming to NASCAR. It was a question that I have thought about for a while. I've heard some people say it has to do with money. But after reading the transcript, I don't think it is.

Patrick Carpentier answered the question with it has to do with the Car of Tomorrow (COT).

He said that with the old car, team owners looked more for "experienced" drivers. He said: "It's almost impossible to come in and keep up with these guys with all the experience and technical background they have."

Regarding the COT: "But I think the reason for that is because the switch to the Car of Tomorrow and you see that there's a opportunity for guys to learn and adapt and be able to be up there with these guys later in the year."

Makes sense to me.

Sometimes the headlines on nascar.com crack me up. Here's a few that stand out:

"Bowyer not backing down from the Chase challenge" - Seriously, does anyone think he would really back down? Come on now!

"With four races left, some drivers need fan support" - huh? Oh, right...Clint Bowyer is going to do much better knowing that Jenny Lizotte from Pownal, Maine is on his side.

"Jarrett ready to run up front with leaders at AMS" - hasn't he been ready all year? I mean, he has been NOWHERE near the leaders, that is, until they lap him on the track.

Honestly, I did not read any of those articles that I mentioned above. I was just skimming nascar.com's headlines to see if anything jumped out at me and these did, just not in the way that I think NASCAR wanted them to.

Seriously NASCAR, thanks for the chuckle this morning. What a great way to start my day.

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