I'm going on vacation. I'm flying out tomorrow morning to visit my best friend in North Carolina. The weather is forecasted to be in the 60's, not to rub it in or anything. But better than that, NO SNOW. I can't leave soon enough!

The Junior Nation blog brought in some feedback. Thanks for all the great comments, Nation. They were very entertaining and I like my new nickname... "Jenniepoo." Keep checking back because the comments are still trickling in and they are entertaining. You know me, I'm in it for the hits. (That's how I keep my job, according to one commenter.)

We're off to Vegas. Ahhh....sin city. Here's the NASCAR Newscast: Shelby 427 Preview:

Nothing but clouds being shown for the weather forecast over the next few days. Let's hope they can get in qualifying and the race without resistance from Mother Nature. Here's the broadcast schedule for the weekend.

I'm going with Carl Edwards for the win here. He won here last year and I'm feeling a three-peat for Jack Roush.

Who's your pick?

All for now.

Yours truly,
Jenniepoo

I've been sitting here wondering something in regard to Jeff Gordon's hard hit against the infield retaining wall at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this past Sunday. I read an article last night on nascar.com regarding there not being SAFER barriers on the inside walls.

Rick Hendrick said: "If the teams are asked to spend $8 million a piece for a car that is a little bit safer, then we need to fix the damn walls at the track," Hendrick told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "That ought to be priority No. 1, and if the tracks don't have the walls, then we shouldn't race there."

Quite simply, I agree with having the SAFER barriers installed. Who wouldn't for safety reasons? Forgive my ignorance here, but are there other tracks coming up that don't have the SAFER barriers on the inside walls?

BUT back to what it is that I'm wondering... Take the same scenario, only the scenario that's running through my head is it's Robby Gordon that took the hard hit instead of Jeff Gordon.

Do you think there would be such an uproar if Robby Gordon had been the one to be involved in that hard hit and he voiced his concerns about the infield walls. I bet not.

Honestly I don't understand why things such as this are reactive instead of proactive. I just don't get it. The powers that be should just make the decision that this is necessary for all race tracks. Period.

What do you think?

A day late...sorry. Congrats to Carl Edwards for getting victory number two.

Can you say, bad right front tires? Holy cow. I think I counted (correct me if I'm wrong, I didn't watch the ENTIRE race) four drivers who had a right front tires blow. Tony Stewart was one of them. What a hit into the outside wall. I was glad to see that he was okay, although he did need a bit of assistance walking to the vehicle that was taking him to the infield care center.

Nascar made a good call in not penalizing Carl Edwards' team for the mishap with the tire. It was clearly the camera man's fault. I also like how the guys in the boothe made sure to tell us that it was not a FOX camerman.

Another bad day for Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. First Daytona and now Vegas. Good thing Rick Hendrick brought on Dale Earnhardt Jr. to carry the load.

What did you think of the race?

I'm not going out on much of a limb here by saying that my pick for this weekend's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is going to be Jimmie Johnson. He has had great success here including winning the last three races here.

Another driver that I think will do well here is Denny Hamlin. He finished third here last year. That's it...those are the two I'll be rooting for. And since I have never picked a winner, it very well might be that I have now jinxed Johnson. We'll see.

Who are you picking for the win?

All for now, I'll leave you with this: