Kyle Busch found the Nationwide series race at the track in Nashville to his liking, for the most part. The GOOD news for him was that once again the 22-year old was in the machine to beat, leading more than half the laps last Saturday. The BAD news came when, with 63 laps to go out of the 225 slated, Busch went slip sliding away like a warped Paul Simon record through the grass to drop a lap. UGLY came when Clint Bowyer lapped him again, leaving Kyle a couple down and finishing 16th.

Great, so now he comes in to this weekend feeling he has something to prove. That can't come as GOOD news for those boys who will be running against him this Saturday in the trucks, or in the Cup cars Sunday at Martinsville. By the way, here is something you could do for fun. Find a picture of Kyle Busch, pick that sucker up by the ears, and as you peer into his eyes you will find yourself looking at the most noteworthy driver in NASCAR, at least thus far this season. While it can be done, as we saw last Saturday, he seems to wind up the guy you have to beat every week every race in every series. That is scary GOOD.

It turned out to be a GOOD Easter weekend for Scott Wimmer. With only eight cars on the lead lap, Wimmer caught Childress team mate Bowyer with 20 laps left to visit Victory Lane for the first time since Pike's Peak back in 2003. Bowyer, who seems intent on being our ringer of the year, finished second to move eleven points up on defending champ Carl Edwards in the series standings.

It still burns my hindquarters that elite drivers are allowed to steal a NWS title. A GOOD method to solve that would be to let the drivers eliminate themselves. For example, should they pick up 2000 points in a higher series, which would pretty much include everyone in the Top 40, then they would become ineligible for the lower division championship. Problem solved. Among the purely Nationwide set, Mike Bliss finished 11th last week to now be found fifth in the standings, 120 points back, but first in our hearts.

Is it just me, or does it seem that every track the Cup series has visited lately has been one featuring an active Jimmie Johnson winning streak? Two years ago, Tony Stewart was GOOD enough to win at Martinsville, but Johnson has won the three races held there since then. Before that, Jeff Gordon won a pair. Before that? That would be Jimmie Johnson, again. This Sunday? I guess that all depends on Kyle Busch.