Sure Matt's had bad luck...and I'm a big 17 fan...but seems to me his poor qualifying is catching up with him as he's finally getting caught up in the wrecks as a direct result of his pack of the pack starting position.

This season, Matt has been beat up by the bad luck bat. His poor finishes don't have anything to do with Robbie Reiser. We have seen Matt drive the doors off a POS car and finish top ten. He is an amazing race car driver and has a great team behind him but it seems his "problem" is the inability to avoid other drivers crashes.

Rusty, he wanted to spend more time at home with his children. It was Robbie's decision, so Jack promoted him.

lol phoenyx can I share your dream?

Why did Reiser leave the pit box? What was Jack thinking? Why would he mess with a good thing? Can someone please explain?

"3. Michael Waltrip. Everybody who is calling Kyle Busch an ass should redirect their ire towards the 55."

I TOTALLY agree!! He's such a prick.

As for Matt... SIGH. He can't catch a break. I think the monkey jumped off Stremme's back and landed right on Kenseth's. I hate seeing my favorite guys have such crappy days.

Cutler, Susie so called you on your Roush-Reiser theory!!! I'll grant you I'd suspect there was some friction at the start of the year when Robbie was clearly adjusting to his new role. But if you don't think Roush is willing to pull the plug on a failed experiment (not that this is that because everybody and his brother is going out of his way to say what an awesome job Robbie is doing) look no further than his putting Osborne back with Edwards. I ain't sayin' Robbie and Matt are getting back together, but it's not that hard to see it happening.

Know what would answer my prayers?

Having Matt figure out a way to get out of his contract early, go over to RCR and take Robbie with him. Hell, Roush needs to drop a team after this year... I'd love it for Matt to drive a CHEVY! And to drive for one of the finest teams out there. Maybe not the winningest, but still one of the best. Matt and Jeff Burton were team mates before, and I think it would be a kick in the ass for Roush to have another of his high caliber drivers go over to RCR.

Look, I know it won't happen... but its a DREAM I have.

Well...gee, I guess Matt's prayers have been answered:

Robbie is anxious to do what he can, whatever that is. He stepped in and helped with the 99 when Bob Osborne was under house arrest. As we got past that, he asked, what was the next biggest problem we got' and where he could have the biggest impact is to step in and provide calmness and reason to some of the frustration on the 17 with breaking parts and having wrecks and things. Robbie is a calming force and influence on them and it's important for him to be there for a while. As time goes on, we'll decide what the term of that is — I'd guess it will be four or five weeks." -- Jack Roush

Cutler, you need to educate yourself a bit more before you go and call it quits on my boy...using words like, "never." Come on, bud. Robbie was on the 17 pit box Saturday night (or maybe behind the wall waiting...for what seems to be the inevitable this season).

Oh and by the way -- It ain't over til it's over. I do wonder how many laps the 17 has spent off the track compared to on the track during the freaking races this year...I'm sure there's a lie somewhere in that statistic too.

I'm going to put together something for the whole Kyle Busch/JR thing later, but I'm glad someone is looking at the #17.

Kenseth is not only a past champion, but the epitome of consistency. He's made a name for taking a horrid day and turning it into a solid top 10 finish. What's going on with him right now is plain scary and I'm not sure it's stopping any time soon. Unless Reiser specifically wanted off the box, I see no reason to have made that move in the 1st place and I'm with Cutler here...Robbie needs to be back on that box full time. Bad luck is bad luck, but luck isn't everything.

Jr. seemed to blow an engine every 3 or 4 races last year. It's bad luck at 1st, but then it becomes a pattern and luck is out of the equation.

Come on...Mikey's throttle stuck!!!

1. Who isn't over it? Who wasn't over it fifteen minutes after it happened? It was as plain as a nose on a face that it was a racing deal.
2. The God reference threw me for a loop for several hours. Actually, I still don't get it.
3. Michael Waltrip. Sheesh. That was beautiful, man. Go for a walk in the woods, Ok? Stop and take a breath. You got kids around ya every week all day long. They ain't as good as you, but they got better stuff.

As a matter of fact, Robbie was "supervising" Matt's run last night and was heard on the radio after the accident ... but bad luck is bad luck. I don't think that someone who has had the success of a Jack Roush is quite as inflexible as you state. He's always been willing to try new combinations, and I think if Robbie really wanted to be on the War Wagon, that is where he would be.

Like Junior said, there's a long line of folks that would like to "chat" with Kyle. I agree that it was hard racing; the real difference is how each driver handled the situation. Kyle Busch can't help himself, he's a jackass, plain and simple. Junior is all class!
RE: Hamilin and God, I thought the same thing...I don't think HE really cares who wins the the Dan Lowery 400!

Kyle was an ass long before Saturday night