I’ll be very interested to see this what the response from the Performance Racing Industry folks in Orlando, Fla., is to the new International Motorsports Industry Show in Indianapolis, Ind. By all accounts, Tony Stewart’s first-swing at the trade-show business was a success, especially for short-track folks like ourselves.

While I do enjoy PRI every year I go, it was hard not to notice a significant “short-track” feel that Indy was sporting. From drivers to fans, I saw a lot of familiar MORE

Amid the rain, the travel and all the Taco Bell, this year has flown by quicker than any I can remember. What's crazy? Speedweeks is just over 100 days away!

With that, I can't go a night at a racetrack without people asking me what I've heard about the 2010 season. The answers? A million different things. Some of which is probably true, some of which probably isn't, and some that's somewhere in the middle. With that, I'll give you a run-down of a few things to keep a keen eye on next season.

West MORE

I know I'll probably get called an Eldora homer for this, but I'm tired of hearing about how the racetrack wasn't good on Saturday night. Was it racy? Not really, but as much as we travel and see dozens of tracks, I can tell you that no track is always good, all the time.

It happens. Tracks rubber up, they lockdown and the racing grooves vanish. Of course you don't want it to happen during the biggest race of the year, but unfortunately sometimes it just happens. While I think Eldora probably MORE