Track Schmak

This week on the schmak, we discuss the awesome racing at Fontana, what caused it to be so good, the mid-week predictions on the schmak and what went wrong, the Logano/Hamlin feud, Tony Stewart's jackassery, and more!

Picks for Martinsville in two weeks:

Coach: Jimmie Johnson

Rob: Brad Keselowski

It was a greaaaat day for some greaaaat racing in the hills of Tennessee. But the schmakers still found some stuff to schmak about.

Restarts - is NASCAR just sort of letting them happen now?

Keselowski - only driver to finish in top 5 each race so far.

Dale Jr. - only other driver to finish top 10 in each race so far.

Why I haven’t picked Khane this season so far.

And of course the Denny vs. Joey thing.

Shortlist for next week at Fontucky:

Kyle Busch

Jimmie Johnson

Brad Keselowski

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Kevin Harvick or Matt Kenseth

Watch the finish to the 2011 race - pretty darn good.

Picks for Fontucky:

Coach: Kyle Busch

Rob: Dale Jr.

This week on the world's best racing podcast, discuss the racing at Vegas, Keselowski's jumped restarts, Danica Patrick's "best" track, all the new cams (gyro, flying, thermo), Kyle Busch post race comments, & Matt Kenseth and Mike Bliss fun facts.

Picks for next week:

Rob: Brian Vickers.

Coach: The bottom 3 Hendrick drivers.

This week, on Amurica's favorite NASCAR nerdcast, the boys break down the parade in Phoenix.

Topics covered include:

Danica Update

Gyro Cam and Suspension Cam

Right Fronts, and whats up with them

Phoenix - NOT A SHORT TRACK

Busch Brothers Broadsiding the Barrier

Newman, will you be a MyFitnessPal buddy?

DW, as off the wall as ever

Bowyer getting mad at his crew because he ran over them

Bonus Beardless Riker bit, and more!

Picks for next week:

Rob: Jimmie Johnson

Coach: Tony Stewart

This week's schmak, hot on the heels of the Daytona race weekend, covers a lot of ground. We debate the naming of the duals, not once acknowledging the difference in spelling between "dual" and "duel". We also started a new segment (well, continued an old one, but now with a name!) called "NASCAR, you're welcome" - this week, we discussed a way in which qualifying races could spice up race weekends. We also talked about that Nationwide wreck, the Daytona 500, the gyro cam, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Jr's surge, and Danica's great "rookie" performance. All this and more, in the schmak. Picks for next week: Rob: Mark Martin Coach: Danica Patrick (total bandwagon pick)

In our inagural podcast of 2013, we here at track schmak discuss:

the NASCAR.com website debacle

our own new and improved website

the new car

Eldora

Danica

and umm, some other stuff that I can't remember

Picks for the Daytona 500:

Coach: Kevin Harvick

Rob: Clint Bowyer

New rules this year - once your pick wins, you are not allowed to use that pick again in the regular season.

The Final Finale is over, but the schmak lives on!

Picks for next week... oh wait, not needed. How did our picks do this week? Coach picked Kyle Busch who finished 4th, Rob picked Tony Stewart who finished... 17th. We ended the regular season tied, but the score at the end of the chase is: Coach 6, Rob 4.

Well, that was fun. Phoenix happened, evil Jeff Gordon appeared, Brad Keselowski solidified his championship run, and a few other things happened, all covered by our podcast this week.

Other news - Nationwide to mid-Ohio, Trucks to Eldora, and more...

Picks for next week:

Coach: Kyle Busch

Rob: Tony Stewart

TrachSchmak championship scenarios - if Tony Stewart wins, Rob wins the schmak pool. If Tony Stewart finished ahead of Kyle Busch but doesn't win, then we tie. If Kyle Busch finishes ahead of Tony Stewart, then Coach wins.

Listen this week as Coach takes every position possible on rating the race, Jimmie Johnson's consistency, halftime during the truck races, and relative points, where the top 2 contenders are tied. Speaking of ties, the schmak picks are back to tied this week. Can Rob's pick of Jeff Gordon bring him the lead over Coach's pick of Kasey Kahne?

We'll find out after Phoenix.

So technical difficulties (i.e., Coach did not push the right buttons) caused us to lose the hilarious audio of Rob trying to do a show while Coach had a mouthful of Payday candy bars. Nonetheless, take 2 and take 3 of the TrachSchmak podcast (sponsored by trackschmak.com and the TrachSchmak podcast) were recorded and edited and now exist on our server, for your listening pleasure.

We still found things to enjoy and laugh about at Martinsville, our most recent 5 star race. Also, our most ridiculous outro song ever.

Picks for next week:

Rob: Matt Kenseth

Coach: Mark Martin