Rest in Peace Steve Byrnes

As a NASCAR fan I always love how the community rallies to help those in need. Today the NASCAR community stands together to support each other as they grieve the loss of Steve Byrnes. As soon as I saw the headline announcing his passing my heart sunk and I felt grief for a man I'd never met in person. I can't even imagine what it must be like for those in the NASCAR community who had interaction with him on a regular basis and were friends of his. My heart goes out to all of those people as well as his son Bryson and Wife Karen. Seeing Bryson's message this past weekend for the race I can't help but tear up thinking of him. I know he will have the best support system around the garage to grow up with. He has so many people with wonderful memories and stories about his dad to be shared with him. I'm glad Steve got to see the Bristol race and what a fitting tribute it was to Steve and let him know just how loved he was. Steve did an awesome job in covering the races and in every interview he did. He passion shown through in everything he did and he was an amazing reporter. He left a presence in the garage that can never be replaced. He was an amazing member of the NASCAR community and now he has joined the NASCAR community in heaven joining the likes of Dale Earnhardt, Adam Petty, Ricky Hendrick, Jason Leffler and all the other drivers, team members, media members and race fans already in heaven. Heaven gained an amazing reporter and he will truly be missed here on earth. I have no doubt the tributes by NASCAR are going to be amazing tributes for an amazing man. His time here on earth was far to short but in that time he lived life and affected so many people. My thoughts and prayers to his wife Karen, Son Bryson and all the friends and people he knew in the NASCAR community. As a community I know that NASCAR will lean on each other and support his family. Rest in Peace Steve Byrnes and enjoy the race from the best view there is. You will be truly missed.

Erik Jones and the future stars of NASCAR

Well once again tonight Erik showed why the future of NASCAR is bright. He looked a lot like his mentor and team owner Kyle Busch tonight. I was so pumped to see him win and even more pumped to see him beat cup guys in the fashion he did it in. I was not surprised to see him win it was only a matter of time before Erik won a Xfinity race it didn't take him long in trucks didn't figure it would take him long here. While there is a lot of talent coming in the future of NASCAR I feel like Chase Elliott and Erik Jones are going to be two of the top stars. Joey Logano who it's easy to forget is a young gun obviously has a bright future and will be hard to beat. I feel like Austin and Ty Dillon will be top stars. Kyle Larson is not my favorite but there's no doubt he'll be battling for wins and championships. I feel like if Roush could get their program up to speed that Trevor Bayne, Ryan Reed and Bubba Wallace could show they deserve to be talked about. Chris Buescher again not my favorite but he definitely has a future as a top cup star. I feel like if Alex Bowman, Ryan Truex, Cale Conley and James Buescher could get a top cup ride they would challenge for wins. Ryan Blaney has consistently ran with or beat the cup guys and I think he has a great future ahead of him in the sport. There are probably others I can't think of right now and some that have not yet broke into NASCAR but I think provided they all can get sponsors, top rides and catch the right break the young guns I mentioned will be the future stars of NASCAR. I think that one day in cup Erik Jones and Chase Elliott will be battling each other for a cup title. Obviously some of them have cup rides lined up and I hope to see the others secure their spots in the future. I think of Colin Braun and how he had potential but just didn't get the right breaks I think he would have been battling for wins if he had just got a chance. I can't wait to watch NASCAR there's a lot of changes coming and it's weird to think of drivers that I've always watched like Jeff Gordon leaving. He's been there since I started watching NASCAR. However there is no doubt the future is in great hands and I can't wait to see these future stars battle it out. Which future star are you most excited to see and who are some of the top names you feel I forgot because I'm sure I forgot some big names for the future.

NASCAR Update

Wow sorry I didn't realize it had been since February that I had posted. I guess I just didn't know what I wanted to post about. However I'd realized that I got a few views recently and I decided that you guys needed something. Thank you to everyone who has continued to read even though I don't post near as often as I should have. Your views mean a lot to me I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section just click on the no comment area if you're the first to add a comment. However I'm grateful for my readers thank you so much I'll try to get better about updating regularly. So it's been a crazy time these past few years with drivers injured or sick. I wish all the best to Kyle Busch and Brian Vickers as they continue on in their recoveries. I'm not a Brian fan but that guy has had the most bad luck over a spread of years that I've seen. Losing his best friend in Ricky Hendrick and now the blood clots. I have to wonder if eventually the blood clots will force him into a early retirement of if he'll be able to still have a long career. With the way his luck has gone it seems like maybe the first might be more likely but I hope for his sponsors, team and his sake it's not the case. I'm glad to hear it was nothing serious that caused Kyle Larson to miss the past race. I read a article on I believe fox sports about how with the way the points are drivers aren't pushing the envelope and forcing themselves to race when there not at a hundred percent. I think that is good but what are you guys thoughts on that subject.

I'm so happy to see Martin Truex Jr having a good year so far after the year that he and Sherry Pollex had last year and I wish them the best in their future. I have to wonder if once Sherry is healthy if they will consider adoption as a way to have children like James and Kris Buescher did or if they will choose not to be parents. I'm sure there Cat Walk for a Cause this year will be extra emotional for both of them.

I've been surprised on the flip side how bad of years Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are having. Jeff's has been mostly bad luck so I think once the luck changes he should be good. It was cool to hear that his children get to be the grand Marshall at Bristol. However I wonder what is going to happen with Tony. Will he ever be able to return to the driver he was before the past 2 years or is this the way he'll always be. I have to believe at some point he'll be competitive again. What do you guys think will Tony regain his form or is where he's stuck at.

That tire issue floating around is a serious issue and I'm not really sure what to make off it. I had to figure with the way the talk was floating around in the series on the situation that NASCAR suspected someone was doing it for it to become such a big story. I've not really heard enough and I'm not in the garage so I don't have a real opinion on it.

Being that my sister is a Trevor Bayne fan I've had plenty of conversations with her about Roush's issues. She was asking me if I thought he kept qualifying 36'th because of him or Roush. It surprises me just how bad Roush is once again and they had better figure something out because they've lost two top drivers to Gibbs. I really hope that they don't ruin Trevor Bayne's career he's got promise and I believe if Roush got their program up to speed he could do pretty well. I also hope they don't because I will never hear the end of it from my sister. My sister also does not approve of Ricky Stenhouse JR's mullet she wants him to get rid of it in the worst way. Feel free to comment your thoughts on Roush's issues and Ricky's mullet.

I was happy to see Danica get a good finish this past weekend at Martinsville and off course I was very pleased to see one of my favorites Denny Hamlin get his first win of the season and set himself in a good position to make the chase again. Thank you in advance to all who read my blog and feel free to comment. I'll try not to make it be this long without a update again. I hope that you all have a great Easter tomorrow and then we get to head to Texas for racing. God Bless you all and Happy Easter