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This is Murphy’s 50th Paddock Poop – woo wee! Like everything else here, though, that’s subject to question. The data for this little site shows that this is the 57th article, and that’s list comprised of 2 Parody, 2 People and Places, 1 Announcement, and 52 Paddock Poop articles, including this one, and including those that were published by dailysportscar before July of last year. The Bear knows where one extra Paddock Poop came from – that’s No. 16.5 from Miller Motorsports Park in 2006, the one with the Acura teams. He was sitting on that story when it leaked at the IRL event at Nashville. Taught him a lesson. The Bear doesn’t sit on nuttin’.

Hell, that’s not true either. The point is that from that first installment from Portland in July, 2005, Murphy has had fun with Poop, Parody, People, and Places. It was always meant to be whimsical, and Murphy has absolutely no journalistic standards at all – it’s entertainment, not journalism (there is a difference, you know). (more…)

The Bear was watching racing on TV last weekend, warming up for Le Mans. There were three. Grand Am from the Glen. IRL at Texas. Champ Car at Portland. Plus golf. In the week before the US Open, it was no surprise that the golf was pretty uninspiring, with few stars of the sport on hand. As for Grand Am, no racing event that parades around two-and-a-half hours under yellow flags will keep my attention long. Murphy must be one of those “traditional sports car fans,” right? Not that there’s anything wrong with interminable yellows, unless you’re claiming to be real racing. I mean, the Nextel guys make no bones of 190 mile-per-hour traffic jams designed to crash just often enough to keep the crowd entertained, sort of like monster trucks crushing school busses. All fine with me, but please don’t advertise it as a sports car race, OK? (more…)