Whoever you root for Roger, do not - I repeat - DO NOT root for He Who Shall Not Be Named (tony stewart - ugh, I hated to even type that). Do not root for him. Do not. Every opinion I have about He Who Shall Not Be Named can be summed up easily. And that's all I have to say about that. Dale Jr, however, yes root for him. Good choice! As for the apparent loss of southern flavor for NASCAR...yeah, it seems a little more cosmopolitian now. There was a time when your biggest corporate sponsors were either booze or cigarettes. Rebel flags flew from nearly every camper and car at every track. Most of the tracks were in the south. Now it's spread out all over the country, cigarette sponsors are gone, booze is still hanging on, but the rebel flags are few and far between and we have the likes of Viagra as sponsors. ("Mommy, what does male enhancement mean?" Ahem....) My brother and I joked that when Winston gave up the main sponsorship of the Cup race, that Koolaid shoulda stepped in. Then we'd have the Koolaid Cup. Or Gerber (the baby food maker) coulda sponsored and we'd have the Sippy Cup. Or the makers of paper cups, Dixie, coulda sponsored and we'd have..well, the Dixie Cup. Southern inference, however, not implied. Or Maxwell House coulda sponsored and we'd have the Coffee Cup... Awright, I better stop. LOL