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The third short track race out of the past four races ended with—Joey Logano winning the racemore bad luck for Dale Earnhardt Jr.another good run for Ricky Stenhouse Jr.a Penske 1-2 finishdizziness from going in too many small circles. If you ask me, that’s—terrificterriblecertainlynews to hear-at least for me,—a Team Penske fana Dale Earnhardt Jr. fanJimmie Johnsonsomeone with a Joey Logano tattoosomeone who had Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on their fantasy team.

I feel pretty bad for—Kyle BuschDale Earnhardt Jr.Erik JonesJimmie JohnsonBrad KeselowskiClint BowyerMartin Truex Jr., though. Certainly, he didn’t intend on—finding that pesky walllosing the racehanding the win to Loganohaving a beef with the pit road commitment linethrowing in the towel, but you can’t—win them allcrash your teammatedrive over the boxhand the race win away like thatrace so hardthrow in the towel.

Since I am—a Dale Jr. fannot a Dale Jr. fana NASCAR fanAlex Bowman, hearing about Dale Jr.’s retirement this week made me feel so—upsetangryconfusedexcitedopportunistic! It’s—a shamea good thinga travestyunacceptablenot a big dealnothing but a factor of short track racingthat—he got tangled with his teammate.JIMMIE WRECKED HIM ON PURPOSE I TELL YA WHAT!he’s had rotten luck this year but I’m optimistiche’s had rotten luck this year. What a disaster.I’ll be driving the No. 88 car next year-right, Mr. Hendrick?

Anyway, now that the race is over, it’s time for—getting ready for Talladegawatching tape of how to enter pit roadtyping up hate mail to Jimmie Johnsontyping up hate mail to the pit road commitment boxcounting the number of cars Joey Logano passed Sundaycracking open a Pennzoil in celebrationstarching my best white shirts for the Penske 1-2calling Matt Kenseth and telling him everything’s going to be OKpreventing Dale Jr. from walking under ladders all weekuntying my tongue after saying “The Fifth Third Ford finished fourth”throwing in the towel!