Well, congrats to Kevin Harvick, winner of the 2010 Budweiser Shootout. This brings him to a state of back-to-back wins for the Shootout! Way to go Happy!

Tony finished 9th, which isn’t too bad – still in the top 10. Ryan was involved in the last wreck along with Kenseth, Edwards, Martin, Labonte, and Biffle. Apparently Gordon turned Biffle which started the wreck off. EEP!

I’m sorry to say that between eating dinner & taking the dog for a walk, I managed to miss a good portion of the Shootout – but I did follow on Twitter and I do know that Michael Waltrip went spinning/sliding/hitting the wall a couple of times, Kurt Busch went spinning/sliding through the grass, and of course, the big wreck happened.

I did see, however, when they needed the shark fin for Tony’s car and the crew member who went to fetch it got locked out – awesome job climbing the fence while still hanging on to the shark fin – and man can that dude who caught the fin and ran it back to the pit RUN. That was awesome! I can’t wait to see more action like that. (Note to Team Tony: Keep shark fins in pit box from now on.)

Sorry it’s a bit short, but that’s my report on the Bud Shootout. I will be watching the Duels Thursday night, so expect a report on that Thursday!

Seriously, I do not understand all the hype and hooplah over Danica Patrick. She isn’t the first woman to drive for NASCAR. She isn’t the first Indy driver to come over to NASCAR – hello? Tony Stewart jumped from Indy to NASCAR – heck he did the Indy 500 & a NASCAR race in the same day! Oh, that’s right. She’s the first woman to jump from Indy to NASCAR. Well, excuse me for saying, but whoop-de-do.

Why no, I am not a Danica Patrick fan, why do you ask? I’m sorry I just do not see the reason or point behind hyping up the fact that she’s coming to NASCAR. A woman Indy driver jumps to NASCAR. Whoopie. Oh, and it’s Danica Patrick. So? If it were any other female driver from Indy jumping over, it wouldn’t be a big deal. Nope, it’s a big deal because it’s DANICA. It’s a big deal because of WHO she is, not how good of a driver she is. In fact, she’s only won a single race in Indy, so to me, she’s not the greatest driver on the planet.

I hope that the hype blows over soon. I do hope she does well – if only because frankly, JR Motorsports needs to get something out of the deal. But I won’t be cheering for her. I don’t go for hype.