Both Auto Club Speedway – Track formerly known as California Speedway announced – in a fountain, Calif., and Phoenix International Raceway on Wednesday that the shorter the event of ACS and see more about the PIR this season. And both, if it works for him, really out of necessity.

The first piece, this change is the Phoenix Wednesday to announce that in April to extend the Sprint Cup Series event at Road 63 and the circle is called the Fit 600 Subway Fresh 600, obviously a little misleading, because the race distance to U.S. go, because if it takes place after the Phoenix miles instead of the traditional scale of miles.

One might expect that the people of Charlotte Motor Speedway Lowe, a house very long night of NASCAR with the Coca-Cola 600 () a mile, not too strong, it seems a little game we PIR 600, and Charlotte has always been unique. It should be noted that although the name will belong to their competitors – which PIR and International Speedway Corporation parents probably had no problem cashing in the concept of ‘600 ‘.

The new 375-lap race at Phoenix in the first place is the result of a new initiative NASCAR standardized begin planning the 2010 season. In 2009, the race began in Phoenix in April, shortly after 8:45 pm on the East Coast to the target in the light guaranteed.

The new package plan to force NASCAR Phoenix on it after 7:30 pm in the Eastern Europe (4:30 pm in Phoenix) – about an hour earlier – for the extra distance will help to push end which is about 30 minutes after sunset in Phoenix were 60 or 75 minutes after sunset, keep the Phoenix area, as the first race of the night of the season.”

Moreover, officials have made NASCAR Auto Club Speedway plan compassion for drivers and fans by piracy, 100 miles from the weakening of the race tracks of Southern California in pursuit of Cup Sprint.

It has long been known as one of the least exciting tracks on the schedule, NASCAR put the two 500-mile events of ACS for several seasons, drew one of the dates in the race for the first time this season last. Credit, of course, requires that the Chase ACS in 2009 as one of the most interesting we’ve ever seen in the ACS.

Currently, hunting, if the nickname “Pepsi Max 400 will be” because they have lost one fifth of the distance to the train, which should mean good things for fair competition.

Racing ACS often obtained, and lined up single, despite the great speed on the highway. He cuts the drivers and teams in less competition, where each change of position and the breakpoint a little more, instead of a lot of playing time are forced to catch up.

Hopefully they will raise the level of excitement for the fans in the stands and at home. I know I personally fascinated by a little less, use the more monotonous ACS race in 2010.

Yes, the Saturday Sprint Cup race at Phoenix was a little bit of everything in a big box in Talladega restrict or plate this week.

First, it is nice to see Mark Martin, and finally break his No. 5 Chevy in victory. Martin is not just a class act, was to pause after the terrible fate that has plagued career earlier this season. If you are a good indicator of how much Martin is, by his colleagues, his interview in victory on Saturday is a good example. Martin had little time to answer the questions, as a steady flow of the Cup drivers and team owners to congratulate the man seems to be universally respected.

Tony Stewart, who finished runner-Martin, said it best in an interview after the race.

“This shows how much we all respect him,” said Stewart, greeting, which is also a win. “There is nobody who does not like Mark, and Mark was responsible for many of us learn what has become a Sprint Cup driver and that the size of the driver.”

Meanwhile, Stewart has had equipment problems with their radio, but somehow come to an end 16. Ryan Newman’s crew chief Tony Gibson said he lost radio contact with his driver early and had to improvise in order to remain competitive.

“We basically lost the ability to listen to Ryan, 30 round,” said Gibson. “Ryan tried to talk to us in different parts of the track throughout the race, but that did not work. We have tried your hands – when you lose things like, touch the door and close the roof and touch – and we have tried to generate a code with the touch button to talk. It is a struggle. ”
Newman actually in the final laps when he was in the lead, if the whole world faced over the last caution. But on the restart, he fell like a stone on the ground through a series of old tires.

There were some fireworks on Saturday when one of the few drivers’ bad start of the frustration may be the best of them. Casey Mears and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be spending the next six weeks after release of some commercial painting in the last laps.

Problems began when Mears Junior destroyed and continued during the race when Reinhardt spun Mears’ No. 07 Chevy to the so-called cooling back. Junior before his car in the garage area, Mears caught him and hit a few time to hammer his point.

While talking about Formula One is the driver “to be they and show their feelings,” the people in Daytona Beach and two drivers once punished, only for him. How to beat a man to 50 mph in a round of cooling is not everything to hurt, but NASCAR did not Let It Go. And they call the NFL the No Fun League.

Robby Gordon was not happy after the Michael Waltrip and his feelings known as the crew hammered away at Gordon’s No. 7 is an attempt to return to the track.

“I can not wait until No. 55 is a new driver next year,” said Gordon.

Thanks, Robby – after calling for Waltrip to retire in a column for the Food City 500, it’s nice to know that I am not alone.