Good morning from New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The sun keeps poking out from behind the clouds. Hopefully today will be a better weather day than yesterday.

The Sprint Cut drivers are out on the track for a 45 minute practice session.

Here are some random thoughts after the first couple days here:

-- The ferris wheel-- When driving in to the infield, it just doesn't appear that you would be able to see the entire track from the top of it. It doesn't look high enough. As much as I don't like ferris wheels, I'm going to go out there today, pay the $5.00 and go for a ride. I'll take a picture or two from the top of it to see for myself.

-- They had a lobster feed for the media under the tents by the grandstands last night. I went along with a few friends, Shawn Courchesne, Travis Barrett, and Portland Press Herald columnist, Steve Solloway. A good time was had by all and the lobsters were delicious.

-- It's a sad, sad day when you're happy to pay $3.45/gallon for gas. That's the going price down here. It's close to .20 cents cheaper than home. Nice.

-- Every time I walk by the pace car, I get butterflys in my stomach. I'm a little nervous about the ride around the track tomorrow morning with Brett Bodine. I still don't have a concrete time that this is happening but it's still in the works, weather permitting.

-- I had sweet dreams of Juan Pablo Montoya last night and not because I saw him or anything. They've been handing out Juicy Fruit and Big Red (his sponsors) like it's going out of style. Plus, I might be going on a meet and greet with him tomorrow.

That is up in the air though because of tighter security because U.S. Sen. John McCain is going to be here. I'm pretty sure he's staying at the hotel that I am staying at. When I got back to the hotel last night, the McCain bus was parked outside...

Well the Camping World East race has started. I'm going to head out on pit road to take some pictures. I'll be back later.

Oh, and I'm picking Kevin Harvick for the win. Who are you picking?

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