Macaca'd!

Not really germane to NASCAR at all, but noteworthy. OK, why is this buried deep on the CNN frontpage (as of 8:15 CST)? The most important news story in the country right now is John Kerry being inarticulate? Yeah, that's really new and different. Call me crazy, but I think the fact that the cronies of a U.S. senator in a tight race who happens to have a long history of bullying and alleged violence just publicly beat down a guy for asking a question at a campaign rally is a little more important.

Actually, there is a small NASCAR connection. George Allen was on MRN/PRN during second Richmond and (I think) both Martinsvilles, mass-communicatin' with his constituency and effusively praising both Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton (and, I believe, also Ward B. at 2nd M'Ville). Uh, Senator? As a California native who's spent his whole career ingratiating himself into a traditionally Southern culture, isn't there another Nextel Cup driver you should feel more spiritually closer to?