NASCAR NEWS TODAY

Awe, one of my favorite subjects outside of life, religion, and photography to talk about.

There is so much going on in NASCAR right now, but I just want to talk a little bit about a few of the things that has happened this year and some of the highlighted news and changes inside NASCAR and my thoughts behind those changes and new.

It seems as if this has been the year for NASCAR babies. On Monday, August 9, 2010 Jeff Gordan and his wife gave birth to their newest little racer, Leo Benjamin Gordon. Also this year Elliott Sadler, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, and Juan Pablo Montoya had little racers to their families. So, twenty years from now the legends will still continue to race and NASCAR will still be running strong and even more exciting! Now if only Kasey Kahne and Denny Hamlin would start families of their own soon.

Also, still on a positive note Jack Rousch's condition was updated to "fair" after his plane crashed two weeks ago in Wisconsin.

The next news we have head lining in NASCAR is Paul Menard will be moving to RCR (Richard Childress Motors) from RPM (Richard Petty Motors) and is taking his family owned car (#98) and all his daddy's money with him. Is this a good move? I think so! Even though I think Paul Menard rides on his daddy's money way too much his racing is steadily improving and will do so even more as he learns from other drivers such as Clint Bowyer (#33). This brings me to some more NASCAR news that has been headling NASCAR for several months now.

As we all have heard Kasey Kahne (#9 Budweiser Ford) is also leaving RPM. In 2012 Kasey Kahne is set to drive the #5 car of Mark Martin on HMS (Hendrick Motor Sports) with new teammates Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Dale Earnhardt JR. So, the question has been "Where will Kasey Kahne be in 2011?" Well the answer to that question was finally answered this week. Kasey Kahne will be driving the #83 Toyota Red Bull car of Brian Vickers (whom we have yet to hear of a return date or status update on his condition). So, there we have it. Kasey Kahne will be driving in 2011!

Now lets wrap it up with were we are at in NASCAR this week. Lets take a quick look at the points after Juan Pablo Montoya's sweeping victory at Watkins Glen last week. With only four races until the chase is on, lets take a look to see who will be running and who still has a chance to get in on the action for 2010,
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Jeff Burton
4. Kurt Busch
5. Jimmie Johnson
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Kyle Busch
8. Tony Stewart
9. Carl Edwards
10. Matt Kenseth
11. Greg Biffle
12. Mark Martin

Here are your "bubble boys" and points outside of making the chase for 2010 as of this week.
13. Clint Bowyer -10
14. Ryan Newman -83
15. Jamie McMurray -94
16. Dale Earnhardt JR -121
71. Kasey Kahne -133

So, there you have it some of the top head lining news and current standings. This coming Sunday they will take off in Michigan. Lets see who can bring it home. Diggity, diggity, diggity lets go racing!