[WestCoastGal]

Our bobsledders!!

BTW Steve, can't you send some of that frozen stuff down here? We have red flag warnings out again today. :(

Todd Bodine put bobsled on the pole: Todd Bodine heads into Saturday's Chevrolet Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge "on the pole" after qualifying runs for the event wrapped up on Friday afternoon at the Verizon Sports Complex. The event is a fundraiser to benefit the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project. The Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, founded by Geoff Bodine (9th fastest), provides American-made bobsleds to the United States bobsled teams free of charge. The two Bodine brothers, along with eight other NASCAR drivers, including Tim Fedewa (2bd fastest), Kevin Lepage (3rd), Boris Said (4th), Dick Trickle (5th), Brad Noffsinger (6th), Stanton Barrett (7th), Steve Park (8th), and Joel Kauffman (10th), will compete in the challenge on Saturday. Jayski

[steveegg]

I don't have any frozen stuff to send; it's all bypassing to the east. The best I can do is send some non-precipitation-bearing clouds (we're under 2 hours from breaking the record for most-consecutive-cloudy days).

[steveegg]

Jim Smith, one of the founders of the Craftsman Truck Series and defending owners' point champ, has shut down Ultra Motorsports, citing lack of sponsorship. This comes at a bad time for defending CTS champ Ted Musgrave, as most teams have their drivers set. He does point out that he does have first dibs at the champ's provisional, which would be very helpful to a new team.

This gives a late Christmas present to Rob Ferguson and his #24 Mighty Motorsports team (the 32nd and last team to attempt all 25 races). With the #1, Ultra #2 (not to be confused with the Evernham #2 that Erin Crocker's running, unless he bought the owners' points from Smith) and the Orleans #62 not running the 2006 season, the 2 full-season field-fillers from 2005 (the #24 and the Sutton Motorsports #02) will have guaranteed starting spots in the first 4 Truck races.