Bring it on, D.W. Credit: Autostock

We wonder...

A weekend in New England rarely leaves us with as many questions

...what in the world was Tony Stewart talking about Sunday?

After Stewart wrecked out of Sunday's race, Matt Yocum asked Stewart about previous comments he had made about drivers needing more time in the Busch Series before going to Nextel Cup.

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Then, things got strange when Stewart said this:

Before the TV switch here, the guys were saying that, you know, we're supposed to race every lap. Well, I'll guarantee ya if Darrell Waltrip and those guys had to race 500 laps like they're trying to ask us to race right now it wouldn't be so fun, either.

How white-hot is the hatred Stewart has for the FOX broadcasters? They've been off the air for a couple of weeks now, and he's still taking shots -- while Matt Yocum, who also works for FOX, holds the microphone.

Here's a great way FOX can capitalize on the hatred: Bring back the exceedingly-funny-and-slightly-disturbing Celebrity Boxing for one night this fall. Stewart faces Waltrip in the main event with Yocum as the special guest referee. If Waltrip loses, he can never say, "boogity, boogity, boogity" again. If Stewart loses, he can never be seen eating pizza on pit road again.

...what in the world happened between Robby Gordon and Michael Waltrip on Sunday?

An already intolerable final caution period was made much worse when Waltrip inexplicably rear-ended Gordon, sending crew chiefs up and down pit road scurrying for antacids.

Did a deer run out in the middle of the racetrack, forcing Gordon to slam on his brakes? Did Waltrip drop his Big Gulp and hit Gordon while he was reaching around on the floor for it?

Seriously, what the heck happened there? It was barely glazed over on the broadcast and it had a significant effect on the outcome of the race.

...are we done with the whole Danica Patrick thing?

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I really hope this is true. However, you've got to get a little bit of a kick out of the NASCAR press corps doing its best impression of a seventh-grade boy with a mad crush on the girl in biology class that he has no chance with.

Patrick said on TNT yesterday that she wouldn't consider a move to NASCAR right now unless it was with a top-tier team, basically the same thing she's been saying for nearly a week now.

In a related move, I announced earlier this weekend that if someone wants to pay me an eight-figure salary to write this column, I wouldn't be completely opposed to the idea.

...was Bobby Labonte eating a lemon just before the national anthem?

You had to be watching kind of closely to see this one. As Denise Douchette was attempting the big note during her rendition of the national anthem Sunday, the normally stoic Labonte was shown giving the bitter beer face.

If you saw it, you know what I'm talking about and why it was so funny. If not, you're the guy sitting in the corner of the room drinking your white wine spritzer wondering what everyone else at the party is laughing at. Get a TiVo.

...do the Buschwhackers really help on-track attendance?

If so, someone forgot to clue in the good people of Loudon, N.H. I think I had more people at my wedding.

...can we all agree that the whole "you had a bad day" song is played out?

It ought to be a new law. No segment producer is ever allowed from playing that annoying song whenever an athlete strikes out, fumbles, wrecks, drops a lugnut, misses a putt, blows a spare, gets hit with a folding chair or accidentally shoots somebody on a hunting trip.

Whew, I feel better.

The opinions expressed are solely of the writer.