The winner for the Dickies 500 was Curtis Melton with a 793. And, the winner for the Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 was Larry Gowen with an 890.

Jimmie Johnson did what championship teams do, right? They rebound from adversity.

Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil at Phoenix International Raceway…

I got to the track bright and early this morning. It was just me and a bunch of crew guys making our way from the parking lot to the infield.

Well, well, well… next week is going to be pretty interesting if Denny Hamlin has anything to do about it.

OK, this race is called the Able Body Labor 200. I’m still waiting for someone to tell me what that means because, like I said on Twitter, Able Body Labor sounds like a birthing class.

Jimmie Johnson sits atop the leader board as of now. Of course he does. (And I give you the best of people watching.)

Jeff Gordon convinced Rick Hendrick to hire Jimmie Johnson when no one had ever heard of the guy. It’s easy to assume that Gordon might regret that decision now that Johnson is about to tie him with four championships.

Denny Hamlin just left the media center and he summed up NASCAR’s problems in one simple sentence.

In 2010, Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski will be the only two full-time Sprint Cup drivers who plan to race the entire Nationwide series, too.

So I’m all cozy and happy at my spot in the media center and I’m handed some notes from Mark Martin’s morning press conference. It’s the usual stuff you expect to hear but then…

If you watched even 10 minutes of the Texas race today then you had about 20 reminders that Jimmie Johnson wrecked on Lap 3.

Just three races left to win your spot in the grand prize drawing.

I just had an epiphany.

Ah, just a few races left and then we will crown a winner.