It's finally over. We can now put this rain-delayed NASCAR fiasco behind us and move on... Carl Edwards got his first victory at the Auto Club Speedway, formerly known as California Speedway. (They announced the name change last Friday.)

I'll admit it, I didn't watch the entire race today. I just saw bits and pieces of it. AND I was too grumpy this morning to set the DVR or even figure out what was going on with racing so that I could watch it tonight.

My pick for the race, Kurt Busch, finished 13th. Here are the unofficial results.

All for now.

One more hour ... one more hour ... that's all they kept saying. It is so bogus that NASCAR kept us hanging ALL night long. Enough is enough. I felt completely toyed with.

I went to bed around midnight. I gave up. Seriously, did anyone stay up until 2 a.m. when they finally called the race?

I will tune in today at 1 p.m. from the newsroom but there's a big part of me that doesn't even want to watch it now because I have such a bad taste in my mouth about the whole thing. Ridiculous.

Aaaahhhh.... to be picking my picks for the race again. I feel so rusty. So rusty in fact, that I forgot all about picking them last week. I've got to get in a groove here and figure out all the stuff I used to look at in determining my picks last year. Actually, now that I think of it, it didn't really help me last year because I'm pretty sure I never picked a winner. Oh well.

My pick this week at Fontana: Kurt Busch. He's has had three poles here and one win. I think he had a slight sniff of victory when he followed his teammate Ryan Newman to the checkered flag at the Daytona 500 last week. I think it made his mouth water in anticipation like mine does from the smell of the kitchen when I'm cooking brownies.

I think historically this track has been good to Hendrick drivers. So another driver that I will be keeping any eye on, as with most of the world, is Dale Earnhardt Jr. Last year he finished 40th -- two guesses why -- yup, you got it, ENGINE. I bet he'll have a solid finish this weekend under the Hendrick umbrella. Here are the race results from last year.

Who do you think will be the victor this weekend?

Did anyone watch the Dale Earnhardt Jr. 500? Seriously, like any other Junior fan, I would love to see him be in the Chase. But even being a fan, I have my limits. It is getting old.

Whether it's talking about him changing his number or him being on the bubble of the Chase... It seemed that if Junior wasn't in the main view he was in the split screen or we were in his in-car camera...uugh!

Jimmie Johnson won at California, his fifth victory of the season. Here's the rundown.

I'll admit I fell asleep toward the end of the race and had to watch the taped version of it in the morning. When I fell asleep, Kyle Busch was leading the race and I was thinking to myself, I will vomit if he wins this race. So I was almost relieved to see that Johnson had won when I checked in the morning.

Here are the point standings after the completion of the AQUOS 500.

Speaking of Kyle Busch, what about him letting the cat out of the bag about Gibbs move to Toyota??? He has so much to learn. Honestly, I really think he should've known better than to take it upon himself to let the media know.

And on a different note, tonight is the airing of "Dale the Movie." It's airing at 8 p.m. on CMT. It looks like it is going to be a pretty good movie. I'm going to watch it. Will you be watching it?

AAAhhh...I'm back. Finally. Had a real hectic week so I apologize for not updating a post throughout this week.

So we're off to California Speedway for the Sharp AQUOS 500. Since I've been out of touch this week and not paying all that much attention to what's going on, I'm not going wild and crazy on my pick for this weekend. I'm playing it safe and going with Matt Kenseth, who has won two of the last three races in Fontana.

According to NASCAR, if after the completion of the AQUOS 500 a driver has a 196-point lead over 13th position, they will have clinched a spot in the Chase.

Qualifying is 6 p.m. tonight on ESPN and the green flag is scheduled to wave 8 p.m. Sunday, on ESPN.

Have a great Labor Day weekend folks! I'll be back to posting daily next week...