Should NASCAR shorten some races?

YES! Absolutely. Look I love my NASCAR, but 500 miles, twice a year at Pocono is way too much time working around the triangle. (More on this next summer when we go to PA for the second time.)

Bagley and Poole were tossing this around on The Morning Drive on Sirius this morning. I get the arguments made for having long races. Get your money's worth of entertainment, TV contracts and advertising money, etc., etc. But look, The Brickyard is only 400 miles, the 4th of July Daytona race (Not sure what it's called anymore) is only 400 miles and the 2 NHMS races are perfect at 300 miles. 

A NASCAR race is so much better when you can sit down and watch the entire event. You can follow the developing story lines and actually see your favorite driver. Typically, if there is 100 miles or less left in a race and your guy isn't in the top 8, forget seeing him on TV.

I don't always have 3 and-a-half to 4 hours to sit down and check out the race. Poole mentioned a magic number of 2 hours and 45 minutes and I agree. Shortened races would force better racing, cuz it's go-time all-the-time. And the general public, that aren't fans, may be willing to check out a race if they knew it wouldn't blow their whole Sunday.

NASCAR: Texas Recap Podcast

Head over to the iTunes store and search "Caution Laps" or click here. I run down the top 10 from Texas.

8th Place for Truex Jr.

Martin Truex Jr. started on the outside pole for yesterday's race and he sank like a stone at the drop of the green flag. He finished 8th, but I expect more from this team. I know DEI will take a top 10 when they can get it.

Hey NASCAR: No Points for you!

David Gilliland took out J.P. Montoya with about 100 laps to go at the Dickies 500 in Texas today. Gilliland was parked by NASCAR for aggressive driving and was rewarded with a higher finish than JPM. So all Jimmie Johnson needs to to is bury Carl Edwards 12 rows deep at Homestead and he will be crowned the champion. NASCAR needs to disqualify cars if they are parked for disciplinary reasons. No Points for you! End of story.

Kyle Busch: 6th Place at Texas

Well, he ran second for a while and looked like he had a shot, but it just didn't happen. +23 spots isn't too bad. Another solid top-10 for the #18 moves him up 2 spots in the Chase.

Kyle Busch: Texas two-step?

It is about 1:30 to the green flag at the Texas Motor Speedway for today's NASCAR Sprint Cup race. I've got a feeling about Kyle Busch today. Not a great starting position (29th) and not a Chase to be proud of (12th), but Rowdy likes winning. He finished 2nd in the Craftsman truck race. He won the Nationwide race. He was second quick in happy hour and his team dominated the mile-and-a-half tracks for the first 3-quarters of the season. That is the stuff  that can take a lost season to a winning afternoon. Look out boys, #18 could be in victory circle by the end of the day.