-- I am going with none other than Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the win at Talledega Superspeedway this weekend. It's time for him to visit victory lane. Period. I am, however, 0-for-8 for 2008. Let's see if I can break my bad-pick streak. Who will you be picking for the win?

-- There's a new competition being held before the NASCAR All-Star Sprint Cup event on May 17. It's a burnout competition. There will be a total of five drivers participating in the event. My man, Clint Bowyer, was the first to agree to this competion. The other drivers will be named at a later date.

On Tuesday, Bowyer went to practice his burnouts at Lowe's Motor Speedway and hit the wall, damaging the Richard Petty Driving Experience car that he used to practice his burnout. Obviously, he was and probably still is the brunt of all jokes. Hilarious stuff right there. I am sure he will get more practice when he wins another race this year...

-- Heluva Good! will be sponsoring the NASCAR Sprint Cut Series Pole Days and the NASCAR Camping World East Series race on both Fridays of the racing weekends in June and September.

Okay, now I have to share something really corky with you. When I read the press release, just reading the word Heluva took me back to when I was a little girl. At Christmastime we used to go visit with my Nana and she always had sliced Heluva Good cheese with crackers. I used to walk around the house, with a devilish grin saying really slow, "This Heluva Good cheese is really yummy," always thinking that I was really pushing the envelope of saying a bad word. Ahhh...the memories.

All for now.

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