The Batmobile lost a wheel...

The Toyota F1 team announced that they will team up with Warner Brothers to promote the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, at the British Grand Prix. Both Toyota drivers and cars will be decked out with artwork from the movie. But to be honest folks, I don't think Batman would be caught dead behind the wheel of say, a Toyota Camry. He's too badass to be a Toyota driver. The Batmobile and Bat-Pod will also be at Silverstone for the race weekend.

In Toyota related news, Timo Glock, who drives for the Toyota F1 team, will get a chance to get behind the wheel of a Toyota GT-One sports car, the same car the that took pole for the 1999 24 hours of Le Mans, at Old Time Grand Prix event at the Nurburgring circuit in Germany on August 9th.

Maybe Batman would like to drive one of those, instead.

Toyota join forces with Batman [Autosport.com]

Glock to drive Toyota GT-One [Autosport.com]

Clint Bowyer and RCR to team up with Ice Road Truckers

Here is one to file under "okay...". Directv has teamed up with Richard Childress Racing and History Channel's non-Adolf Hitler related program, Ice Road Truckers for new segments on the tv show featuring the #07 team of Clint Bowyer.

These little segments will compare the equipment that the race team uses to the equipment that the truckers use.

So does that mean RCR has something for these kind of situations?

[Source: RCR PR]

I'm baaaaaaaack, back in the saddle again

Chip Ganassi Racing continuing with the theme of video game sponsorship in the 2008 season will have Guitar Hero sponsor the #40 car driven by Dario Franchitti at New Hampshire in a couple of weeks. Rock band Aerosmith will also be on the car for the race which will certinally spring back memories of when the band did the theme song for ESPN's NASCAR coverage:



My God, Steven Tyler's face will give me nightmares tonight.

CGRFS Partners with Activision and Target to Sponsor No. 40 Dodge (CGRFS PR)

Pure insanity for the Rowdy one

Last weekend, Kyle Busch ran in all three of NASCAR's major series in Dover scoring a victory in Sunday's Cup Race. Last night Busch was in Eldora trying to find victory in the Prelude to the Dream, instead Busch found the wall and his car covered in mud.

This weekend Kyle Busch will try to attempt something that no one has seen before race in all three of NASCAR's major series in different parts of the country. Friday night, Busch will be in Fort Worth, Texas for the Craftsman Truck Series race, Saturday night Busch will be in Nashville for the Nationwide race and in between those two races, Busch will practice and qualify for Sunday's Sprint Cup race in Pocono. To top that all off Busch is in New Jersey today doing an appearance in New Jersey for his sponsor M&M's.

So what does Rowdy Busch think about his crazy stunt that he is trying to pull off this weekend? "It's fun for the fans I think, too, to see me be able to be as crazy or as stupid as I might be and trying to run all these," Busch said. "They get the excitement of seeing whether or not I'll succeed or fail. That's a good part of it, too."

Busch also isn't concerned about the physical strain he'll be receiving in the 1,000 plus miles of racing he'll be doing this weekend. "I don't think that I've got any stamina worries or anything like that," Busch said. "I think all that will play out. It will be fine.
"The only thing that I do worry, we have a TV crew and stuff like that going with us. They're wanting to film what goes on the plane, off the plane, this and that and everywhere. That's kind of going to be probably the most draining thing, is just toting them around with us.
"Shouldn't be that big a deal. I'd like to sleep on the plane. But I guess they've got questions they want to ask me on the plane that will take a little bit of time. Other than that, normally I'm pretty good at sleeping on planes. I look forward to getting a couple naps on there back and forth."

The thing Mr. Busch should worry about is the weather, one rainy day could screw up his whole schedule. I'm sure he isn't worried about missing the truck or Nationwide race, but if problems arise that could cause him to miss the Cup race on Sunday, his position in the Chase for the Cup could be put in jeopardy.

Kyle Busch tackles 4 races in 5 days (Autosport.com)

For those of you looking for Father's Day presents

You're better off sticking with getting him some Old Spice.

Penske and Ganassi together? What?

They call it the silly season for a reason, but this rumor is just plain ridiculous. Apparently there is a rumor going around that Ganassi and Penske Racing will merge their teams together into one effort to get a strong Dodge effort in NASCAR going. When Mike Accavitti, director of Dodge Brand and SRT Marketing Communications, was asked Sunday about the rumor. He gave this response: "Absolutely preposterous.That would be like putting the Hatfields and McCoys together."

I was thinking more along the lines of a putting a cat and a dog in a box. Boy, would that be fun!

Is the feud alive? (Sportingnews.com)

Nothing will stop Kyle Busch, not even a stolen helmet

Kyle Busch's helmet was stolen Friday night, but the culprit was caught which is good thing for Kyle because he has two victories with that helmet including Sunday's victory at Dover.

Busch didn't really care too much about losing his helmet.
"It didn't matter," Busch said. "It's not a lucky helmet." Team owner Joe Gibbs disagrees now that Busch has two victories with the helmet. "On second thought, it might be a lucky helmet," Gibbs said.

Kyle Busch lucky to get "lucky" helmet back. (ESPN.com)

Kevin Harvick has some advice for young Kyle Busch

2007 Daytona 500 winner and frequent Rogaine user, Kevin Harvick has some advice for young driver and frequent pain in the ass Kyle "Rowdy" Busch.

�Kyle Busch is an incredibly talented driver. He�s very good at what he does, but I think his age shows through in a lot of aspects,� Harvick said. �You know, that�s not a bad thing. I�ve been in the same boat, and you learn to respect the people around you, and it all takes its toll on you. It doesn�t necessarily take its toll on you immediately; it takes its toll on you as you move down the road."

�You know, you have to respect the guys that laid the foundation for the sport that got you here. I think just the immaturity is probably the biggest thing that he has going for himself, and this sport has a very good way of breaking you of those habits pretty easily."

Harvick would also like the remind Mr. Busch that just because he is leading the Sprint Cup standings and winning race out the ying-yang doesn't mean it will last forever.

�At some point, all that momentum goes away,� he said. �It doesn�t last forever, and I think a lot of people look at you, and that�s probably the biggest thing I learned as I came in and was kind of the same way. You think that you�re invincible, and pretty soon you�re not. Then you don�t have anybody to turn to in the garage, and that becomes a little bit of a problem as you move down the road or you need a favor or somebody to come do something or you need a new job or whatever the case may be."

�At some point all that disrespect comes back � no matter how good you�re doing because you�re not going to do good forever," Harvick said. "It's all in how you handle yourself in a five-year stretch, not a five-month stretch.�

By the way is it me or does that picture of Kyle Busch just plain creepy. I mean look at the way hes staring at the camera, he's more creepier than the Philly Phanatic.

Harvick offers advice to Busch about being young and aggressive (Scenedaily.com)

It's maaaagggiicccc

Kyle Busch to test F1 car, maybe to F1 in the future?

Just when you think one Kyle Busch story today wasn't enough. Kyle Busch will get to test a Toyota Formula 1 car in Japan later this year. Busch will also take one of his Sprint Cup cars for the occasion. So is F1 in the Shrub's future? "I'm planning on retiring at 30 and going Formula One racing,� the 23-year-old Busch said at Lowe's Motor Speedway. God help those poor Formula 1 drivers.

Article (Cup Scene Daily)