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Caught the Champ Car season preview show on Speed yesterday. It was well done. It was very simply done. Rick introducing the clips, the clips, Rick introducing the next clip. I liked the interview clips they used. I felt that the drivers were truly expressing who they are and what they are planning on doing. I guess the word I am looking for is candid. They didn’t just spew the usual jargon that’s associated with those types of interviews and I give credit to the interviewer for asking good questions.

It must be fun to be Robin Miller. It truly must be. He can say anything he wants and still gets work. This isn’t criticism. On the contrary, it’s a compliment. He can get away with speaking his mind, while 95 percent of journalists can’t. I watched him give his opinion on the upcoming Champ Car season, give us the odds and all that. Then, a couple of hours later, on the same channel, I watched him praise the IRL and their performance so far at St Petersburg. Of course, he is part of the Speed network and will go wherever they tell him. Nevertheless, wherever he happens to be, if he doesn’t like a certain aspect, he’ll report it and Speed will take it in as news. It still strange to see him praise the IRL, then go to champcarworldseries.com and read his article on our series. Not too sure how I feel about that. But he does know his motorsports and that’s the bottom line. I look forward to bugging him this year with my camera all season long!

I wanted to write about the IRL in St Petersburg here today, but TSN is airing it at midnight tonight. Its good to see TSN treat the IRL as poorly as they do Champ Car. Although the schedule they put out this year is an improvement over the last couple of years. Plus, they have the Paul Tracy ‘Sportscenter’ ad, which is very very cool. It’s much better than the other two basketball-related spots. And I’m not saying that as a Tracy fan, but as an observation from a casual viewer.

The crash fest that is Bristol is just about to get under way. Say what you want about NASCAR, but it’s these races that have put it on the map. Imagine that many cars on such a short track. It’s a recipe for disaster and people eat it up. They do it right with their commercials too. You have to give them that much. I was happy to see the Paul Tracy ‘circus’ commercial. These are the types of commercials Champ Car needs to be putting out. It’s a good start. If we can borrow anything from NASCAR, it has to be their production. They know tv and they usually do it right. The sport couldn’t have become so popular simply based on 43 cars turning left. Could it?

Greg Biffle just said that Open wheel is too dangerous. Interesting observation there.

Nice to see Jay Leno push the Grand Prix of Long Beach on his show last week when promoting Paul Newman’s appearance on Friday. It looks like it’s going to be a real entertaining segment and will be GREAT for the series and the Grand Prix. Hmmm, I wonder if Champ Car will need a cameraman to film footage to use on the website? I gotta score me a spot on that roster!

p.s. I won’t do this too often. But I just picked up the Blind Boys of Alabama’s Atom Bomb and the song “demons”, borrowed from FatBoy Slim could very well be the best song ever covered. Check it out if you get a chance.

Champ Car Baby! Champ Car for life!