Nice to see the kids rule N'wide Series in Nashville

If you like turning over new leaves, you had to love the results of Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Nashville. Starting with winner Joey Logano, the kids ruled, as 11 of the top-15 finishers in the race were relative newcomers.

Logano was maybe the biggest breath of fresh air, as he took on his overwhelming Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Kyle Busch, and put him in his pocket when it counted.

Back to form

Things looked bleak for Brad Keselowski after the first three Nationwide races of the season. But back-to-back thirds have him fifth in points and ready to challenge for a title.

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They raced cleanly and confidently and, despite the way Logano has struggled in the Cup Series -- and to some degree will continue to struggle, though he's showing significant progress -- it proves his great comfort level in the Nationwide car, not to mention JGR crew chief Dave Rogers and his crew, will continue to equal top results.

Expect a victory out of Brad Keselowski sooner rather than later. Much is being made out of the decisions that have to be made about Keselowski's future, but trust me, the crappy luck that he's experienced earlier this season won't have any effect on them.

For one thing, Keselowski himself has shown plenty of maturity in realizing the strong position he's in and he's not paying lip service to any of the idle rumors swirling around, as well as making the most of the strong cars his JR Motorsports team gives him, week in and week out. Expect him to continue to be a threat for top-fives and, by natural progression, wins.

How about Kelly Bires? The most interesting aspect of his fourth-place finish -- aside from the fact that he handled Carl Edwards and David Ragan -- will be whether or not he's able to harvest any more rides out of it.

It appears Bires' seat in JTG Daugherty Racing's No. 47 Toyota has been bought out from under him -- though you have to give Michael McDowell credit for posting at least a couple good starting spots and some solid runs that were derailed by mechanical issues. But in just three starts, two in cars that suspiciously looked like start and parks, Bires has qualified well and has a top-five in his only legitimate race.

Ragan continues to be probably the most enigmatic figure in the sport, in that you shake your head wondering how much he has to run around the top five before he scores that first victory. The most fascinating thing with Ragan is, when he finally does win, will the proverbial floodgates be kicked open?

You got to love Steve Wallace. His father, team owner Rusty Wallace, brought in a veteran teammate, though a Nationwide rookie in Brendan Gaughan, and right off the bat this season said he was thinking about taking his team to the Cup level. (Continued)