Kurt, you know that white stuff's just paint, right? Credit: Autostock

We wonder ...

would you pay to see the women of Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle fight?

... did NBC get exactly what it wanted this week?

As I listened to Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne express dismay when they were told Friday about Dateline NBC's attempt to generate conflict between Muslim and Arab "spectators" and NASCAR fans at Martinsville, a strange thought came across my admittedly often-misguided brain.

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Is this exactly what the news magazine wanted?

Let's face it: Dateline NBC and shows like it are facing an uphill battle. Namely, increasing apathy among Americans across the board. Need proof? Dateline's Friday edition was bumped from NBC's schedule back in March after producing less-than-robust ratings and its current Sunday edition is noticeably floundering.

Meanwhile, American Idol continues to shatter ratings records and kill brain cells, but that's another story.

Dateline received a bit of publicity earlier this year when it aired a series of shows that nabbed pedophiles in the act. While exposing prejudice against Muslims and Arabs is hardly the same thing, the NASCAR community is already talking about the segment -- and it hasn't even been fully produced yet.

Some have said that Dateline's methods were born of ignorance. Maybe. But maybe the show's producers knew how fiercely loyal NASCAR's fan base is and also knew that calling it into question would get folks talking about -- and watching -- the show even before the piece aired.

Bruton Smith will be. He told us so Friday.

"We're going to be very watchful to see that things are done properly," he said.

Don't hate me because my hair is beautiful! Credit: Autostock

It's unlikely Smith will be the only one.

... has anyone in the Nextel Cup Series worn a hairpiece?

Ryan Newman accused Sterling Marlin of having a little scientific help with his hairline Sunday after Newman was wrecked out at Texas. The quote -- which you'll certainly see again at the end of the year in our top-10 countdown -- got us thinking what drivers -- past or present -- did the same.

Talk amongst yourselves.

... can we please get Kurt Busch a victory celebration coach?

If you missed Saturday's Busch Series event, you missed one of the great unintentionally comedic performances of our time. Kurt Busch, a winner in his first career Busch Series start, kissed the hood of his car -- with his helmet on -- ran out on to the Texas Motor Speedway infield, promptly tripped over his own feet and did a face plant.

Now, the more reserved of us would just laugh it off and move on, but not our boy Kurt. He followed it up with a snow angel.

In Texas, where it was in the 70s and sunny.

Kasey Kahne won his second race this season after starting from the pole position. Credit: Autostock

Samsung/RadioShack 500 Official Results Pos. Driver Make 1. Kasey Kahne Dodge 2. Matt Kenseth Ford 3. Tony Stewart Chevy 4. Denny Hamlin Chevy 5. Kevin Harvick Chevy 6. Jeff Burton Chevy 7. Scott Riggs Dodge 8. Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 9. Mark Martin Ford 10. Bobby Labonte Dodge • Complete results, click here • Official standings, click here Victory LaneKasey Kahne celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 Final lapsKasey Kahne passes Tony Stewart down the stretch Hard hitCarl Edwards' bad luck continues as he wrecks on Lap 257 All-tellingRyan Newman blames Sterling Marlin for his Lap 201 wreck Rookie stripeJ.J. Yeley gets loose and slams the Turn 4 wall Lite tap?Contact with Kurt Busch sends Greg Biffle to the garage Sign up for TrackPass now BUY THE NEXTEL i836

Couple this with his other bizarre celebrations -- like kissing the start-finish line at Richmond -- not Indianapolis, but Richmond -- and Busch making "what the ...?" his own personal phrase.

As FOX was waiting for the green-white-checkered finish for the race, Larry McReynolds announced that Busch and fiancée Eva Bryan are to be married in July.

Can't you just picture Busch doing the ol' Tom Willis at the reception?

Speaking of the future bride ...

... who would win in a fight between Eva Bryan (Busch's fiancée) and Nicole Lunders (Biffle's girlfriend)?

I smell a big pay-per-view buy here. Someone get Vince McMahon on the phone. You can almost here Jim Ross screaming, "Oh my God!" after Lunders hits Bryan with the dreaded steel chair after throwing her over the top rope.

Good times, indeed.

... is the Nextel Cup schedule robbing the series of its best drivers?

When Rusty Wallace left NASCAR's top series last season, he made no bones about the fact that he was leaving because he couldn't take the schedule, (some would argue his schedule is pretty busy now, but that's beside the point). Mark Martin has said the same thing for the past 18 months.

Neither of these guys were -- or are -- just turning laps. They both made the Chase last season and Martin is poised to do so again this season. Both have fiercely loyal fan bases and sponsors lining up for their services.

At the same time, the Cup Series roster is looking more and more like roll call for a freshman-level English class and we're forced to endure stories about how younger drivers -- who are better equipped to handle sponsor commitments -- aren't going about things the right way on the racetrack.

The sport may not be approaching any sort of watershed moment, but true change never happens all at once. It happens in little, vague situations just like this one.

... wait a minute, Cooter was a congressman?

Last week I asked if Carl Edwards would make a good congressman. I mentioned other celebrities that have been elected. Over the past seven days, I received an alarming number of e-mails alerting me that I had omitted Ben Jones, aka Cooter on The Dukes of Hazzard.

Turns out, Cooter was a Georgia congressman from 1989-93. What's more, he once ran against Newt Gingrich -- and lost -- in Georgia 6th District in 1994.

When I was a kid, Daisy Duke was certainly the first lady.

The opinions expressed are solely of the writer.