For about fifteen minutes I was enthused about the road course race out in California. That was probably because it was in high def. After I got used to it being in high def I quickly lost interest with it. Folks, I have to say this again, Road courses are just boring and a gross waste of a racing weekend.

What can I say? Its just boring! It is near impossible to pass and it makes a great driver look like an idiot. I won’t mention names, take your pick. After full course cautions that take forever, to the commentators trying to fill during the cautions, I had had enough and went looking for anything else to do. I think I did our weekly grocery shopping while the California snooze fest was going on. And I am not the only one who feels this way, just watch the replay of the race when it comes on whatever channel it replays on and look at the stands out there. There were great gaps in the seating. Give that date to Kentucky and the New York snoozer to Texas!

IN OTHER NEWS

The drag racing world is reeling after the on track death of Scott Kalitta during qualifying at Englishtown New Jersey. At over three hundred miles an hour it appeared that Kalitta’s engine exploded sending the car down the track in flames. Watching the video in horror I saw Scott’s chute burn up and the car go off the end of the track still at a terrifying speed. What followed was, well, I can’t describe what I saw. It was every drag racers worst nightmare. If you go looking for the video let me warn you ahead of time, it is horrific and shocking. As for myself, I sorta wish that I hadn’t seen it. My heart goes out to the family of Scott Kalitta and all his cohorts in the drag racing family.

After the tragedy at Englishtown Scott’s team mates, cousin Doug Kalitta, Dave Grubnic, and Hillary Will, all of Kalitta racing, pulled out of the event giving their challengers a bye run and a step up the ladders.

Kalitta, a two-time NHRA champion in Top Fuel dragsters, came out of retirement to race in that series in 2003 and started driving Funny Cars full time in 2006. The son of Conrad “Connie” Kalitta, one of the first drivers in the NHRA’s top national categories, Scott Kalitta started his Top Fuel career in 1982 and had 18 event wins in the elite drag-racing series, including back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995.

Scott Kalitta was born Feb. 18, 1962, in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In addition to his father and cousin, Kalitta is survived by his wife, Kathy, and sons Cory, 14, and Colin, 8. Funeral arrangements haven’t been announced.

NASCAR WRAP UP

In light of what happened in the NHRA race at Englishtown I am not putting up the finishing order or the points from this weekend’s race. Go to Nascar.com to get the results.