Weekend That Was: PIR (cont'd)

"But I'm a die-hard racing fan. Yeah, I've been able to make a living as a racecar driver. But some of my happiest Sundays have been sitting at home on the couch, watching drag racing, NASCAR, whatever. I love watching racing.

"So a lot of times I get that from people, where they're like, 'I can't believe you're going over there. I can't watch that kind of racing.' And my response is, 'Hey, you're not a true racing fan then, if you're not willing to take it all in."

Memo to Hornish: your days of lying around on the couch watching racing are pretty much over now that you're going from an IndyCar schedule of 14 races per year to 36 per season on the Cup side.

Truckers gone wild

It was another wild Craftsman Truck Series race this weekend, with all kinds of crazy stuff happening before Kyle Busch pulled out the victory.

Particularly noteworthy was the fact that Harvick, who is Ron Hornaday's teammate, appeared to deliberately drive through Mike Skinner's pit stall (in a legal but frowned-upon move) at one point, contributing to a poor pit stop that clearly aided Hornaday.

Then late in the race, Skinner was passed by teammate Johnny Benson for seventh place -- a swing of four points that could cost Skinner, who leads Hornaday now by only 29 points heading into Homestead (official standings), dearly in the long run. Skinner wasn't pleased about Benson's late pass, adding: "I'm not the boss. I guess we're not teammates. I thought he was taking care of me."

Thumbs up

To the Roush Fenway tandem of Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth, who on Sunday finished second and third, respectively, and didn't make each other flinch as they sat amicably next to one another at the post-race interview table (complete story).

Thumbs down

To the media center at PIR. Forget the fact that there have been multiple scorpion sightings there in the past (although that's bad, too). Could it possibly be any more cramped or antiquated?

Pit stops

• Ten of the top-12 finishers in Sunday's Cup race were Chase participants. The only Chasers who failed to crack the top 12 were Denny Hamlin, who finished 16th, and Carl Edwards, whose engine blew after he led 87 laps early (watch video).

• It went almost unnoticed, but Juan Montoya closed out top rookie honors with his 17th-place finish Sunday. His closest pursuer, David Ragan, can't catch him now.

• The white flag has been waved. There is one more weekend to go. As Johnson of JimmieandJeff fame said: "Then we'll go nuts."

The opinions expressed are those solely of the writer