Charlowe's "News" and Notes

RCR and Jack Daniels announced that Dave Blaney will be replaced by Clint...Bowyer in 2006. Most likely this is due to the irreversable fact that middle-aged men don't drink whiskey.

ABC and ESPN are reportedly close to taking NBC and TNT's portion of the schedule. Reportedly, John Kernan was heard calling Bill Weber, chanting "who's stupid now?!?" over and over again.

Victory Motorsports, owned by former NFL player Terrance Mathis, will be partnering with Morgan-McClure Motorsports to enter Nextel Cup. Insiders see this as a great move 15 years ago.

Erin Crocker's plans to enter Nascar full-time were altered yesterday, with the announcement that she'll be running Trucks instead of Busch. I blame the glasses.

Mike Bliss was released effective the end of the season from Haas Motorports, despite having a handshake agreement to return in 2006. When you can't trust a discount internet company, who CAN you trust?

ODDS:
EVEN--The Notre Dame-USC game will run over, forcing NBC to put the race on Bravo.
4:1--There will be a pre-race story on Tony Stewart's "good bad days".
75:1--Someone will mention Boris Said missing the race beyond the usual DNQ rundown.