From Halls to walls to entries, I'm thinking ...

It's a short attention span day near Watkins Glen, where a perfect forecast for the weekend turned to an absolutely miserable morning Thursday, thanks to rain -- though, thankfully, Saturday and Sunday are still mostly clear.

• Looking forward to seeing the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Thursday afternoon at an event with Rusty Wallace (almost as much as I'm looking to seeing the NASCAR Hall of Fame).

• With Elliott Sadler's revelation that, according to league officials, his crash at Pocono posted the highest G-load ever recorded by NASCAR's on-board data recorders, it makes Sadler's absolute joy after his Truck Series victory on Saturday an even more indelible memory.
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• There's some good news on Watkins Glen's entry list for fans of road racers and good guys. Not only does Boris Said have maybe his best shot ever to win a Cup Series road race in Red Bull Racing's No. 83 Toyota, but he'll be joined in the fray by antagonist and WGI ace Ron Fellows. While Fellows should easily get Tommy Baldwin's No. 36 Chevy into the field, barring a large influx of financial support it won't be a threat.
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• The Truck Series has squeaked to within one entry of dodging its first short field of the season. Team Gill Racing entered the No. 95 at Nashville with driver Carl Long, making 35 trucks in a field set for 36.
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• And at Watkins Glen, a rush of late additions to the Nationwide Series field pushed that list to 44 for a 43-car field. Jimmy Means has entered former SCCA Trans-Am driver Joey Scarallo, while MacDonald Motorsports has put in a second car for Matt Carter; TriStar Motorsports put in a third car in, for Kevin Hamlin; and Specialty Racing has K&N Pro Series East veteran Charles Lewandoski in its Ford.
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• Top three choices to win this weekend? How about Jeff Gordon, because he just can't keep losing and he knows how to get it done at Watkins Glen. Tony Stewart, because he's due for a breakthrough and The Glen would be the perfect place. Marcos Ambrose, because he's doing double-duty -- and this is the only place this season where he'll be able to erase the shame of his miscue, with the dominant car, at Infineon Raceway in June.
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• After a rough re-introduction to the Truck Series last weekend, what would be cooler than seeing Bobby Hamilton Jr. win at his home track, Nashville Superspeedway? Of late, he has worked in restaurant ownership and race track ownership / management near Nashville.

• Here's hoping SCCA road race vet Tony Ave gets the finish he deserved at Road America, where he was running in the top five on the last lap before he got harpooned and knocked back into the field. This weekend, Ave again replaces TriStar Motorsports regular Jason Keller in No. 35 Chevy.

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• Juan Montoya was cracking jokes at Pocono when he was asked how much he was looking forward to Watkins Glen -- but the fact remains, this is a good shot for this Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team to make some good decisions that work out. (Even though it will erase little of the dismay at some recent calls that have gone bad, it will get Chip Ganassi's No. 42 team the win it deserved, but not harvested, for the past few weeks.)

• If A.J. Allmendinger's indeed re-signed with Richard Petty Motorsports, it'll be just as interesting to see if it prompts some sponsor signings -- which would be smart for some company. Allmendinger has done nothing to disprove many observers' contention that he is a possible Cup champion-in-the-making.
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• With Andy Lally picking up the knack of racing stock cars -- and if you saw Lally hold off former track champion Curtis Markham for more than 20 laps in a Late Model Stock Car at Old Dominion Speedway you know he's a gem-in-progress -- it will be interesting to see what TRG Motorsports has in the way of support for Lally's effort this weekend at WGI.

• Nelson Piquet Jr. -- though often masquerading as a pinball while he bounces off people -- has appeared to adapt well to ARCA stock cars and NASCAR trucks. Perhaps the most fascinating read of the weekend in the Nationwide Series will be to see how Piquet adapts in his debut in a Baker Curb Racing Ford.

• I'll guarantee few people would be sitting at The Glen if the Nationwide Series race came down to a 10-lap free-for-all involving Kyle Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Kevin Harvick, Jacques Villeneuve and Ron Fellows -- and it could happen.

• I'll betcha Ron Hornaday comes back from his devastating wreck at Pocono with a top-three run at Nashville.

The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer.