Charlotte All-Star Night "News" and Notes

--By popular demand, The Nextel Open has been renamed "The Outside Groove's Beyond 35 Invitational".

--This begins the annual 10 day run of Humpy Wheeler seeming to be a bigger deal than Mike Helton.

--When asked about his feud with Michael Waltrip, Jeff Green replied "I wish I had a TV show so I could talk bad about people too." Jeff, thank you. Thank you thank you thank you.

--Nascar removed the traditional week off between Richmond and the All-Star weekend. Sure, this is a non-points race at the "home track", but that's like saying a day of working from home is a vacation.

--Kenny Wallace is considering wether referring to Kurt Busch as "Nascar's biggest Gall Star" is too obscure of a joke.

--After Roger Penske "File" bought out Rusty Wallace and Don Miller, Ryan Newman and Matt Borland celebrated with "the biggest party since Tim Richmond".

ODDS:
5:1 You'll refer to the All-Star race as The Winston.
12:1 The discussion I have at the bar about the dearth of special paint schemes in this year's run will remotely interest anyone.
20:1 The free concert before the race will NOT feature an appearence by Darius Rucker.