So, when the scene shifted to Charlotte, Dr. Edwards again showed his Mr. Hyde side, approaching Mr. Harvick to discuss the matter in the garage. This proved another BAD move. In the midst of the discussion, Edwards hand somehow got to Harvick's throat, causing Kevin to remove said hand, and tossed it and its owner over the hood of the car. The resulting dent caused some additional ill will from Harvick's coach driver, who proceeded to wrap his own arm around Carl's neck.

Back on the track on Saturday night, Edwards tried to keep up to Jimmie Johnson in the points race. Unfortunately, as they were about to come out of caution, Edwards found his get up and go had got up and gone. Round and round they went, except for Carl, who saw his day turn dog UGLY as they lapped him 16 times before the beast finally refired. In the end, he was 33rd at Charlotte, dropping 168 points out of the hunt. As the most Carl can make up in a single race is 161, that isn't GOOD.

The guy who managed a real GOOD day at Lowe's was Jeff Burton, claiming his 2nd win of the season and 21st of his career. The boys said yes to fuel, but no to rubber, and that kept them up front after the final pit stops. In fact, three times they accepted the Sonoco and rejected the GOODyears during this race, which must say something about the tires. I mean, nobody was talking about BAD rubber after Charlotte.

With Jimmie Johnson coming home in 6th, the Virginian climbs to within 69 points of the leader. Nice things begin to happen when you start winning. For example, a few more GOOD days like this and Burton wouldn't even need Johnson to experience a BAD one to catch up.

Hey, sixth isn't BAD. Neither is seventh, which is where the other guy in the mix finished. Greg Biffle is 86 points in arrears, which is still quite doable with five races left in the season. As for finishing eighth, that was a real GOOD result for Jeff Gordon. This is especially so considering he pounded the wall twice in the first five laps and needed a green flag pit stop in ten to repair the damage.

BAD things do happen to GOOD people. Junior was going to pit to get fresh tires when his right front sent him to the grinder that was the outside wall. A.J. Allmendinger got to run the Dream Machine for a race, only to put it asleep long before bed time. We'll see if Mike Bliss and Marcos Ambrose have better luck over the next two events.

I don't see a problem just yet, but there is a rumor floating about that NASCAR may reduce the size of their fields during these troubled economic times. Why? I can see it if you got a bunch of field fillers out there running their one and done laps, making a mockery out of things. Anyone see that happening yet? To my way of thinking, dropping down from 43 to 36 Cup cars, and 28 Nationwide and Craftsman truck fields is a BAD move at this time. I like big fields, but if few show up, then few will run. I'm alright with that. Right now I don't see a problem. Do you?

The ARCA season wrapped up at Toledo, but not before giving us some UGLY moments. Scott Speed had a big lead in the points ahead of Ricky Stenhouse Jr, but that changed when Stenhouse punted the leader to junkytown early. Not exactly willing to hand over the crown to Stenhouse under such circumstances, Speed then sped his crippled auto and smashed the hell out of his competitor's machine to send them both to the house. The last time I saw something like that, I was in front of my computer with a controller in my hand. All Justin Allgaier needed to do was finish about 22 spots ahead of Speed to win the title. He did, claiming both the race and the season crown, ending the incredible eight year reign of Frank Kimmel.