Logano to be next year's whiny punk?

Here's my prediction, next year Logano drives the 20 car and becomes the new whiny punk on the block. Kyle Busch will ascend to a Jeff Burton-esque level of statesmanship in comparison forcing Busch-haters like myself to grudgingly root for the shrub.

Just a prediction.

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oBAMa on the BAM car at Pocono?

According to SI.com

I always love seeing politicians awkwardly try to talk about a sport and pretend they know something about it when they absolutely know nothing about it. Of course there's no guarantee he'll show up for a race.

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ATTN: Rowdy Web Lacky, a favicon would be nice

It's super simple, make a 16x16 pixel image, convert it to .ICO format, name it favicon.ico, upload it to the root of the site and people with browsers made in the last decade will get a icon in our address bars and tabs. It helps for quicker recognition of what you have open.

Here is a nice web app that'll convert image files to .ICO files.

http://converticon.com/

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Hendrick quietly dominating the season?

Half of the top six in points are Hendrick drivers. Kyle is dominate as far as winning goes now but if Hendrick gets caught up a little on the COT by the chase, Kyle's going to have his hands full.

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Bow-yrrr a big whiner

I couldn't believe how much he was blocking and then he had the audacity to complain about Stremme finally moving him out of the way. Bowyer complained he was running for a championship, if he was so concerned about it he shouldn't have been blocking. Stremme and Root came charging through the corner and Bowyer was clearly slower through the turn. And Stremme didn't wreck him, Stremme lifted and barely touched the guy. Did Clint go to the 'Denny Hamlin school of whining about guys racing me too hard' or what?

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Trophy couldn't be more perfect

Watching post race coverage my girlfriend turned to me and said, "That's the perfect trophy for him, he's the biggest tool in NASCAR". I couldn't have said it better myself. I'd give him props but the first thing he did was get out of the car and and take a digg at Edwards. He's a twirp.

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Do the forums need fixing?

This is my opinion, I'm not sure how anyone else feels, I may be alone. I use a lot of web forums for many different things. I frequent Mac forums, 3D Modeling forums, forums for the various graphics software I use, I use forums for my video camera, the most awesome Canon HV20. I have to use forums very regularly for my online classes. So I think I have a pretty good idea what makes a good forum and what kind of forum gets the most use.

I used to think the Rowdy forums were okay, not great but okay. Now they are just downright unusable. I feel that the forums are putting more energy into looking like a component of Rowdy rather than striving for the highest level of usability. I think robust forums would help Rowdy grow and get us users more involved in the community. I used to frequent the forums but now I never go in there. It's too difficult to peruse the forums and the lack of posting makes it not worthwhile to post in my opinion. So when I have a thought I'll just post a blog which I think is the wrong thing to do. A blog should be a well thought posting, almost like an short or long newspaper article. As it stands now I think myself and many others are posting blogs which should in fact be discussion forum threads.

Here's how I think the situation can be fixed. Utilize one of the many available software packages. Many forums I use utilize vBulletin which is powerful and low cost. It is very robust and customizable.There are many other packages available but this is just one example.

http://www.vbulletin.com/

Here are some examples of vBulletin forums...

http://www.silo3d.com/forum/
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/index.php

Again, I don't want to sound like I'm complaining but I want to make the point that I think a better forum would help Rowdy grow and be more usable. The forums can stay the same and I'll continue to use the site, just not the forums.

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How long can Yates keep the cars running?

My question is how long can Yates keep these cars on the track? It's too bad Ford is in such trouble or I'd say they should step up and help this team.

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Who knew Newman was such a heavy smoker?

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Tony off the Subway diet?

I couldn't help but notice Tony was looking a little hefty last night in the trackpass commercials. I remember a year or two ago when he hired a personal trainer and got in shape, he was looking pretty trim then.

Tony this past Summer...

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