I would be furious if I had spent money making the trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway to watch those 14 or so heat races yesterday. That's just what they were, too. What a joke. Typically, I love this race # LOVE IT # but yesterday's display was pitiful. I've never seen anything like it.

If you missed the race, you didn't miss much. NASCAR threw a competition caution every 10 laps throughout the entire 160-lap race because they couldn't keep the tires on the cars. Drivers literally could not go any more than 10 laps without someone blowing a tire.

Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson. I do think he had the dominant car, well that is for at least 10 laps at a time. It would have been nice to see more than that to truly determine who had a dominant car in the long runs.

Here are a few more thoughts from yesterday's festivities:

-- It's been seven years and I still tear up like a little baby when they have a pre-race show about Dale Earnhardt Sr. They had an interview with Richard Childress about what the Brickyard meant to him and then they talked a lot of the earlier days with him and Dale Earnhardt Sr. It just still makes me really sad.

-- Blown tires, blown tires, blown tires...

-- I think it's time for Michael Waltrip to hang up his helmet. Just saying.

-- What bad luck for Kevin Harvick who fell victim to a blown tire, only it wasn't his own. Kurt Busch blew a tire. Harvick was close to him on the track and Busch took him out.

-- But what good luck for Carl Edwards. Edwards had a tire going down and was slowing on the track when Matt Kenseth's right rear basically shredded and tore his car apart. The caution came out allowing Edwards to pit with the rest of the field.

-- I was glad to see my man Clint Bowyer make it back to the top 12 in the point standings. Even if it's only by the skin of his teeth.

What did you think of the race?

Heading to the brickyard...I love this place.

When I think of the Brickyard, I think of Tony Stewart automatically. So I'm going with my first instincts and am going to pick him to win this weekend. He has two victories here at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Cup series. Plus, he's bound to get a victory this year and this just might be the place for him to do it. So there you have it.

Can he and I break our losing streak of 0-for19 this weekend? I really want to think so.

Here's the broadcast schedule for the weekend.

Who do you think will be kissing the bricks?

NASCAR has fined Tony Stewart $25,000 and penalized him 25 driver points for his slip of the tongue during his interview in victory lane. I guess they didn't really want to show him a lesson. It certainly isn't steep enough to prevent him from cursing again on TV.

Some people say that his attitude is refreshing to NASCAR. He gives fans something exciting to watch. I don’t. I find it a complete turnoff.

Even when he wins, he manages to be a punk to the media. I am talking about Tony Stewart who pulled off a win at the Brickyard, for his second victory in a row.

Not only did he swear (which I don't believe was a slip of the tongue), he also moaned AGAIN about the media talking with him about him climbing the fence. That is just so typical of him. I hope NASCAR hits his pocket in a big way, or better yet, docks him some points.

He just makes it really hard for me to continue to like him when he always verbally throws up while being interviewed. He should just hand out narrow topics that can be discussed with him after the race so that racing fans don't have to listen to him be a complete jerk. uugh.

I don't believe for a second that that was a congratulatory love tap from Kevin Harvick after the completion of the race. Harvick got called to the hauler to talk about it afterwards. I doubt he wil be penalized for it though.

Ward Burton had a great finish. I was glad to see that. And what about Juan Pablo Montoya? Just fabulous. Here are the unofficial results.

This is my last entry this week. I am taking a few vacation days … but I wanted to throw this entry out there early and give you my picks for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway race.

First off, there’s the obvious, Jeff Gordon, who has won at the Brickyard four times, but he’s not who I’m going with.

I’ve actually got a couple drivers that I like this weekend: Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth.

Tony always has a good last half to the season, for whatever reason. He won in Indianapolis in 2005 and is coming off a win at Chicagoland. I think he will be on fire this weekend.

Kenseth is so close to victory he can taste it. He has had four top-5 finishes here out of his seven starts. I think he will also be one to watch.

Who are your picks for the Brickyard?