Now What?

Since
the checkered flag fell at New Hampshire, I knew this was coming, the off
season. I am aware that it will be fairly short this year, but until February,
what is there to do?

Fridays
are fidgety, with no qualifying to watch I re-read my Winston Cup Scene checking
for any articles I may have missed. Saturdays aren’t any better. No Busch Series
race, no Winston Cup Happy Hour. And I don’t even want to start on how torturous
Sundays are.

The
first full month without any NASCAR is going to be tough for some of you eat,
breathe, sleep nothing but NASCAR type fans. Relax, I’m going to help you
through it.

The
Internet is wonderful; there are many sites for nearly every driver in every
series. I have spent a fair amount of time scanning NASCAR.com and the most on
the ball NASCAR news site out there, Jayski.com. Jayski has nearly everything a
race fan could need. The site even has a counter counting down the exact days,
hours, minutes, and seconds until the Daytona 500.

For
those of you who cannot live off of pictures alone, ESPN Classic re-airs past
races every Saturday. Speedvision is also a great channel to turn to, shows like
NASCAR Tech from the 2001 season, are replayed throughout the week.

If
all else fails, try watching the NFL. I know this may be hard for some of you,
it is much more different than a racecar speeding 195 mph through the
straightaway. But, the commercials are helpful. You can often catch Dale Jarrett
repeatedly refusing to drive the "big brown truck", Tony Stewart and
Bobby Labonte racing boats, and Ryan Newman grabbing some lunch at Wendy’s.
 

The
off season, it’s always hard. The only way you can get through it is by biding
your time. Scan a few websites, channel surf a little, and before you know it,
they’ll be racing at Daytona.