first day of spring, racing at bristol and sweet 16 set featurring a couple of upsets

the first day of spring has sprung at 5:21pm here to barely above temperatures. time for the snow to go away finally

meanwhile in bristol, kyle busch wins there again and moved up 8 spots to 6th, while jimmie johnson finished 3rd and moved up to 7th in points. kurt busch still leads the points, but by one over carl edwards.

floridat state capped of night four of the ncaa tourney with a 71-57 win over notre dame and will face VCU in one sweet 16 matchup. VCU pulled off one upset beating purdue 94-76. marquette pulled off the other upset beating syracuse 66-62 and will face north carolina in anothe sweet 16 matchup. the rest of the matchups are: kentucky vs ohio st, kansas vs richmond, duke vs arizona, uconn vs san diego st, BYU vs florida and butler vs wisconsin. by this time next sunday we will know the final four.

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