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  The UWANTSOMERACING fantasy league is up and running. Test your skills against your fellow fans of Uwantsome.

  The league that we manage is a national contest with real weekly prizes available and is FREE!

  The winner of this league for the past two years has received tickets to the August Bristol Race. This seasons’  UWANTSOME league champ will receive tickets to the 2013 Coke 600. Do you have the knowledge and skill to be the next UWANTSOMERACING  Fantasy League Champ?

   Each week, the top 5 scores for the week will be posted here on the website and when Mark & Dave do the radio show, they will review the previous weeks results on the air and make predictions for the following week. Listen in and see if you agree or disagree, then show us what you got on race day!

  To sign up for the league, and remember, it’s FREE—-

    Got to  http://courierpress.autoracing.upickem.net/autoracing/registration/login.asp

    After you sign up and get a screen name, search in the PUBLIC section for the group—

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    Happy Racing & Good Luck!

By Mark Young

Yesterday during the NASCAR Media tour’s stop at Stewart-Haas racing we all learned that Danica Patrick would NOT be racing in the Indianapolis 500 this year. She would instead be racing in the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte. To many, including this race fan, this came as a surprise. I surely would have thought that since she wouldn’t be making her jump to Cup Racing full time until 2013 that she would try one more time to win at Indy. To instead enter to run the longest and arguably one of NASCAR’s most grueling events shows that this move from Indy Car to Stock Cars is not a PR and money deal.

I am enthused to hear about this. I hope Danica does well. Her success is a success for all of NASCAR. Sponsors will want to come back, fans will come back, and with the increase of both come more money…..I say go get ‘em Danica!!

What say you?

By Mark Young

So testing at Daytona International Speedway has come and gone. NASCAR did a lot of tinkering with the cars in an effort to eliminate the two car tandem draft that everyone hates. Smaller radiators, different pop-off valves, grille opening changes, restrictor plate changes, spoiler changes too………and amid all of those changes a couple of things happened.

The cars got faster……A LOT FASTER. Shorter rear spoilers, softer rear springs, and a restrictor plate that lets the cars breathe a little better will do that to a race car. Along with the increase in speed came a reduction in stability. This was compounded by the reduced spoiler height and some imbalance in the cars (I think the Engineers will have that issue fixed in no time). The two car draft happened, but not to the extent that we saw it in 2011. The cars began to instantly overheat in less than a straight-away. Drafting in a pack is back but I am not too sure it is going to be the same pack racing we are used too. The radiator and pop-off valve changes are going to make it hard to tuck up under the car in front and push your way along.

I hate to be a pessimist, it is the beginning of a new season after all, but I have a feeling the 2012 Daytona 500 is going to be wreck-filled, engine grenading, no passing, boredom. Hopefully NASCAR will make some changes to help ease my nerves but I am a little concerned here peeps.

What say you?