(Yes, I know that’s not Brad in the pic, but hey, there are so many hot-headed moments to choose from, what the heck!)  Heading to Altanta, where Brad Keselowski paid for his indescretinous accident of slipping up into Carl Edwards during the March 7th race, is where it will seem that all eyes will be on Edwards again.

Despite Carl Edwards thinking he’s continually had good reason to wreck Brad, I have to say, that the more popularized events between these two continue to stem for an over reactionary Edwards.  Or a man on a vigilante crusade against a competitor who continually gets the best of him.  (Hint, nudge… take a look at the Nationwide points standings.)

Sure, back in 2009 at Talladega, Edwards went flipping through the air off of Keselowski’s nose.  But Carl came down on Brad first.  Brad merely stood his ground.  But of course, the flip was Brad’s fault.  Right Carl?

More recently, the Gateway incident where Brad moved the slower Carl out of the way to pass him, but then Carl gets to him and wrecks Brad intentionally, taking out several other cars in the process.

Edwards has an issue and it’s one that has lost my state of being his fan, more than likely, forever.

At Atlanta, if retribution were quick, sure, it’s an emotional, heat of the moment thing.  But waiting for 1/2 a race to get back out there to ONLY wreck Brad is bullshit.  “Letting the boys have at it” is one thing, but to watch such petty retribution go with no serious punishment is something else.

When Carl wrecked Brad and the other teams at Gateway, again, we could see the voilent jerking of the steering wheel to spin out Brad.  It wasn’t as if he couldn’t avoid it.  Carl could have, but then, later declared publicly he wasn’t going to have the win taken away from him.

Hey Carl?  How many times have you passed people on the track by nudging them up out of the way?  Yea, OK, just wondering there big guy.  (Great, now I have to keep an eye on my rear view mirror, won’t I?)  He claims he has no shame for his misdeeds because he stands up and takes responsibility for his actions.  So what, because you do wrong, repeatedly, that sitting in a confessional makes it right?  Give me a break.  So every time Brad taps Carl, Carl will destroy his car.  LOL… we know lots of children like that, don’t we folks?

Carl says that this weekend at Atlanta, he’s going to race hard and be the best person he can be.  Don’t worry Carl, that should not be too hard, considering how low you’ve stooped to becoming a driving vigilante on the track.

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If you must know, Jeffrey Earnhardt will be driving for Rick Ware Racing in the Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky!

Thought you’d like to know.

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Richard Childress Racing and Morgan Shepherd’s Racing for Jesus team have joined forces to form the Nationwide team called Shepherd Racing Ventures.  SRV will be running the No.21 car for 7 of the remaining races in the 2010 Nationwide season.

Clint Bowyer will drive the No. 21 Zaxby’s Chevrolet  at these races, the remainder, will be SRV races:

• Atlanta (Saturday),
• Richmond (Sept. 10),
• Charlotte (Oct. 15) and
• Texas (Nov. 6).

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Starting with Atlanta, Robby Gordon Motorsports will have a few new components on his NASCAR Sprint Cup team.

The first is Kevin Conway, who will be taking the wheel of the No. 7 Toyota for the rest of the year.

The 2nd component to this is that ExtenZe will be on the hood of the No. 7 Toyota, for what looks like the rest of the 2010 season.

It’s good to see the team get an influx of new blood and money, but to be honest, I’m not sure I’m going to care about the No. 7 machine as much as when Robby was behind the wheel.

I enjoy rooting for the small organization whose driver also gets behind the wheel each weekend to make it happen.

[Fox Sports]

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In a nutshell, Ray Evernham put the word out what he thinks will help Dale Earnhardt Jr. get back to the front of the racing pack, and get better results.

Nameley, “he will need to react better to situations during the race and communicate better with his crew chief.”

His experience on the issue comes from his having a similar situation with Jeff Gordon, and if you’ve read my previous articles, I am leaning towards concurring with Evernham due to the stubborn nature of Dale Jr..

“He’s talented enough to win races. He’s talented enough to win championships. But I listen on the scanner and you just can’t be aggravated all the time.”

And that is definitely something I’ve seen in Jr., as it’s almost a trademark behavior pattern where Dale Jr. would argue with who ever sits in the crew chief seat.

With Evernham and J. Gordon, he said to deal with their issues, they used to have private sit-down times where they’d review the radio broadcasts so Gordon would understand where the disconnect was in their communication.

I think, considering Evernham’s success helming a team, I’d think he knows what he’s talking about and frankly, I’ve more or less overlooked this aspect to being a team player because we’re all wondering if it’s the equipment or if it’s the crew.

I know I’ve heard him snap plenty bad at his team during races over the years. Maybe, just maybe, Dale needs to not be “the boss” of whoever or what ever and take some humble pills… and I mean that with all the hope and respect I can muster, because I’d like to see that green and white Chevy back at the front. We all do. It gets Jr. nation standing in their seats everywhere to see our hero leading the pack.

We need it. The sport needs it.

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I was surprised to hear that Brian Vickers had gone through heart surgery to repair a hole in his heart. Last I heard, they were looking to deal with the blood clots that stymied his time in the No. 83 Red Bull Toyota.

On top of the heart surgery, a stent was installed to help deal with said blood clotting.

He expects (hopes?) to be back in the car by Daytona in February of 2011.  He’s already been biking up in Aspen, so he must be doing pretty good.

That’s good to hear and I look forward to his return to the seat of the Toyota, barring any complications to get cleared by NASCAR to do such. I miss him on the track.

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Misha Collins has decided to start a charity and it is called Random Acts.  Just on the far off chance you aren’t sure who I’m talking about, Misha plays Cas in Supernatural on The CW.

Misha Collins

OK, now that you know who I’m chatting about, I want to tell you that his new charity, Random Acts, collects money for different causes for various needs. One of the causes that Random Acts will be focusing on raising money for is to build three orphanages in Haiti. It will also be raising money to help victims of the Pakistan floods.

And

Misha is asking people to start committing random acts of kindness for other folks around you. The official statement of Random Acts is “to conquer the world one random act of kindness at a time.”

Misha already has some experience with charity. Last year, he asked folks via his Twitter account (http://twitter.com/MISHACOLLINS) if they could help out with the Earthquake in Haiti, and within a 24-hour period, he gathered $30,000. Now Misha is going to run somewhere between 10 & 100k in one day to raise money.  He’s asking folks to pledge what they can, per kilometer, to help out. He’ll then use that money to “conquer the world, one random act of kindness at a time.”

Misha Collins as Castiel in SUPERNATURAL

This first video is a bit like what I’ve come to expect from Misha… a little funny, wacky, obscure and as it progresses, well, what I call “Misha funny.” This includes some dramatic pauses, coming along for the run he’s on while he’s talking to you and if you pay attention, you’ll notice his leaving an outhouse. Oh, and it gets a bit bumpy. But through it all, it’s a fantastic message of hope and help for many that Misha is looking to do and that’s what he’s telling you about.

It’s a great cause worth looking into and worth passing the word. Cinema Static on Brusimm’s regular readers know I don’t make a habit of begging, or requesting for a “retweet” or Digg, or to “Facebook like” my articles here on Stuff on Brusimm. But I think for a worthy cause, I am seeing past my humble nature and am asking that you do just that today… share this message of what Misha Collins is doing with Random Acts. Spread the word. That’s the first step in starting a random act of kindness for a stranger… by sharing with your friends. And once we’re done sharing with everyone, then we try one of these random acts of kindness… any way we can.

Trust me, if you only share this with 5 people, and they do the same, and they all share it just once more, we’ve instantly spread the word by 125 people. Yep… you can help tell 125 people, in a click of a mouse button.  It doesn’t seem like a lot, but I have thousands of visitors a day to this site, I have several hundred followers across all my Twitter streams… I have… hmm… 5 followers on Facebook… (OK, scratch that example for me… me and my Facebook page are at odds with each other!) But you get the point.

I’m hoping some of my social-rich power friends do their thing and help out also.

Spread the word. Let’s help Misha help others. He’s a great person, it’s a great deed and I think the rest speaks for itself.

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This is the message for the organization itself, Random Acts:

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YouTube Channel:  Random Acts YouTube Channel

Website:  Random Acts Website

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PS:  Pardon my mess… I was so excited about getting this out, I sort of just splatter typed to get this out fast!  Thanks so much for coming by and for what ever you can do to help!

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JR Motorsports says that they expect to field another Nationwide Series car for Danica Patrick in 2011. All they’re doing is waiting for the season schedule from her “day job” over in IndyCar to be publicized so they can schedule her rides around that.

So far Danica Patrick has had a bit more of a rough go at it with her best finish being 24th and her average finish just over 30th.

It would seem that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will also be driving the No. 7 car when Danica isn’t filling the seat.  They have other potential candidates, depending on sponsors stepping up or not.

Remember, JRM will be having Aric Almirola driving the No. 88 car next season with GT Vodka and possibly Unilever as the two sponsors sharing the hood.

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It’s quite the era for NASCAR fans. Jimmie Johnson winning 4-in-a-row, and now Kyle Busch doing something no one else has ever done before, and that’s win all three series races at the same track in the same weekend.

Bristol Motorspeedway or Kyle Motoring Speedway

Kyle won the Camping World Truck Series race in his own equipment. He then goes on to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series race (after wrongfully dumping Brad Keselowski) and then he powers on to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

No one has ever done that since the inception of NASCAR. The shrub, is the first to accomplish yet another milestone in his short and yet soon to be storied career.

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On August 11th, 2010, Marc Boland died while riding his Harley motorcycle. Marc was the heart and soul behind the auto racing blog called Full Throttle.

We’ve all shared links with him and I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with him on and off over the last few years. He was always willing to chat with anyone and had a pretty level headed approach to his reflections on issues.  He was a one-man show behind his website and it was a pleasure to have known him, though I dind’t know him that well.

Right now, his site sits there, the last entry looks like it was from August 9th… header images eerily rotating on their own, in memory of his work. His last tweet on August 10th.  I guess he was taking a day off on the 11th.  I’m very sad from knowing this.

The sad and funny part is that I learned of his demise from NASCARista on Twitter.  It’s funny, because sometimes I ponder if something were to happen to any of us, who would really notice?  Someone, maybe.  But who would anyone ask to find out where we went?

His Twitter bio read: “In violation of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing)“  He was a good guy. NASCAR Bits & Pieces sends thoughts and prayers out to his family and friends.

A few of us wrote things about him:

Pop Off Valve, ErnhrtFanAlways,

R.I.P. Marc.  (Full Throttle)

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