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Well, we all know that Dale Jr is definitely struggling, but hopefully Steve and the who #8 team can get some good cars together for Junior to make progress with!
This weeks Power Rankings for Michigan...
 With the 23 wins this season, his crew chief, Doug Richert, is becoming a minor celebrity. You can just imagine the conversations at the shop. Car chief: “Doug, ready to go over the Michigan setup?” Doug: “No man, I have got a commercial shoot and then an autograph signing.”
 The only thing that can slow him down is Sonoma. And harmful UV rays.
 Funny thing that happened during Sunday’s race: He asked for a candy bar during one caution, and when he got it, he discovered that someone had already taken a bite out of it.
 He shouldn’t have gone to Wrigley Field a few weeks ago. He’ll never win another title because he’s officially cursed. Before he went to Wrigley: 3 wins, five top-fives, average finish of 14th. After Wrigley: No wins, no top-fives, average finish of 26th.
 Question asked on Friday: “Brian, do you remember Michael Waltrip’s last pole? Vickers: “No, I don’t. I was in fourth grade.”
 Man, he sure does have a lot of fans who don’t appreciate the no-neck jokes. And they don’t like it when you mention the rift with Rusty. Or the 98 poles with no wins.
 We are starting to get some complaints that we are too mean to Kurt. Last week we got nearly half a dozen emails. Our inbox nearly crashed.
 He was pretty funny when he won the pole on Friday: “We haven't qualified very well this year. Our best starting position was 18th. And that was last week at Dover and we got that because it rained.”
 That Nextel/Herbie commercial has one of the more amazing special effects in recent times: They made McMurray as tall as Elliott Sadler.
 He hinted on Saturday that he is staying with Richard Childress Racing for the rest of his career, because he truly appreciates what RCR has done for him. But mainly it saves Delana from having to order new firesuits.
 He lost the FOX Sexiest Driver Contest by only 0.2 percent to Dale Jr. And a funny story about the voting - we heard that people actually have macros set up to vote for them up to 90 times per hour. Which means their two favorite sites are foxsports.com and eharmony.com.
 Yes, there were 30 of us clamoring for Junior’s time after he finished 89th at Pocono and had a top-70 finish for the 10th straight week. I know. We need a life like Dale Jr. needs a win. Which is pretty bad.
LUCK- To Junior in Michigan! I'll update sometime before or after the race.
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An appeals committee on Wednesday lifted the suspensions of the crew chiefs for Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch, who were both accused of cheating following a race in Las Vegas. The National Stock Car Racing Commission rescinded the two-race suspensions NASCAR had levied against Chad Knaus and Alan Gustafson, and instead placed both on 90 days probation. George Silbermann, chairman of the three-man appeals committee, noted that the decision was by majority vote and was not unanimous. NASCAR stiffened its penalty process after the March 13 race in Las Vegas, when Johnson's race-winning car and Busch's second-place car both failed inspection. Johnson's was too high and Busch's was too low. The commission's ruling did not affect the points that were lost.
The commission has yet to hear the appeal for Todd Berrier, crew chief for Kevin Harvick.RCR maintains that because the infraction was during qualifying, points should not be deducted.
has been suspended for two races and fined $25,000, due to the car's quarter-panel heights being too high in post-race inspection -- also violations of Sections 12-4-A and 12-4-Q. Busch has been assessed 25 driver points, dropping him from 18th to 22nd in the standings; car owner Rick Hendrick loses 25 owner points.
