It's a joke I throw out often to drivers as I stroll through the pits, and did so with Dale McDowell as I was leaving Eldora Speedway on Sunday.

"See you at the Summernationals!" I joked, knowing full well that McDowell, and most of the other drivers leaving Dream XVI, had no intention of following the aptly described Hell Tour that features 29 races over the next month.

"You think I'm crazy?" McDowell shouted back. 

No, but I wish he was. Because make no mistake, be it driver or media, and MORE