the mad sports man

end of august. finally. last day of august FINALLY arrives. man it was slow. at least it felt slow. hmmm did anyone add an extra week? even with the fringe and heritage days, it seemed slow. september is tomorrow. a new month and hopefully better.

saturday night's alright for winning kyle busch won barely hanging on to the lead with mark martin TRYING to get by. kyle and mark improved their chances with getting into the chase with their finishes. tony stewart finished 33rd with problems with the radio, batteries and other. he is in the chase along with jimmie johnson (finished 9th) and jeff gordon. quite the race.

mid month musings quite a month so far. brian vickers won in michigan yesterday after jimmie johnson ran out of gas on the LAST LAP! the last few days have felt like fall and i loved it. ive noticed the leaves are already turning color. the fringe began on thursday and crowds have been turning out. it ends on sunday. its been a good month so far.

an anniversary that began the 500 club 80 years ago today, george herman "babe" ruth hit his 500th homer to be the first player to hit 500. he hit it off of cleveland indians pitcher willis hudlin. there are now 25 players that have hit 00 or more homers, but babe ruth will always be the first.

heluva good finish at the heluva good! sour cream dips at the glen with enough gas, tony stewart holds off marcos ambrose and wins his fifth career race at the glen and his 3rd win of the season (yes he has more than five wins in his career. thats how many times hes won at the glen). he keeps the point lead. and an awesome finishe for ambrose as well. he won the nationwide race on saturday. congrats all around.

pocono 500 denny hamlin wins in pocono. he had the car to beat today. juan montoya finished 2nd, an excellent finish for him. sam hornish had his best finish ever with a 4th place. tony stewart and jimmie johnson struggled (stewart with handling and johnson with spark plugs), had their cars fixed through the race and finished 10th and 13th respectively. quite a race. next race is sunday in watkins glen.