As cliched as it sounds every year, is it really already December? It feels like just yesterday we were in the midst of Speedweeks at East Bay, or the Summernationals heat in Atwood, Tenn., or in a fog at Eldora.

But as it has a tendency to do every year, the calendar has rolled on without us paying much attention, and not only is the 2010 season completely behind us, but the 2011 season is just a month away as the Ice Bowl (and it's 20-degree weather ... brrrrrr!) will be here before you know MORE