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Kurt Busch has some advice for all you white folks wonderin' how to get your African American buddies to enjoy NASCAR -- just force 'em!!!

The racing champ was traveling at relatively low speeds around D.C. yesterday ... so we got a chance to ask him a crucial question about his sport: how do you get black people to watch it?

Check out the video for the full tutorial -- you'll be having bi-racial NASCAR parties in no time!

Tonight we were lucky thanks to these guys we still have a house!

Talladega cutting seating capacity: Talladega Superspeedway, which once boasted some of the largest crowds to see NASCAR races, will see its seating capacity reduced to approximately 80,000 seats by next season, tracks officials confirmed on Wednesday. The largest change will come from the recent demolition of the Allison Grandstands, a large swath of seats located on the backstretch of the 2.66-mile speedway which had a seating capacity this season of 18,000. In recent seasons, many of the track's frontstretch seats have been tarped over while the speedway still sold tickets - usually at lower price - for the backstretch. "The changes are simply a reflection of our current attendance trends," track spokesman Russell Branham told The Observer. "The goal will be a better fan experience and that will be entirely on the frontstretch from now on." As recently as 2007, track attendance estimates had more than 307,000 fans attending Talladega's two Sprint Cup Series race weekends. At the time, the track's listed capacity was 147,000 grandstand seats. This season, the track's listed capacity was listed at 109,000.(Charlotte Observer)(11-28-2013)

Healthy sport

Kevin Harvick said it a few years ago... why not remove ALL the seats from Talladega, so they can remove the plates and do some real racing?

To answer my own question and Harvick's... I guess because then it wouldn't be safe for the drivers either.

If you remove the seats, you can remove the fencing.

And then you can line the track with a big ballpit.

Would be a bitch to clean up after a tornado, though.

All this discussion makes me wish EA had made a legit sequel to NASCAR Rumble. (I don't count the unlicensed version they did on PS2)

EA hate aside, I wore out my Playstation playing it in my younger days. That, and Dirt 2 Daytona.

All this discussion makes me wish EA had made a legit sequel to NASCAR Rumble. (I don't count the unlicensed version they did on PS2)

EA hate aside, I wore out my Playstation playing it in my younger days. That, and Dirt 2 Daytona.

Jeff Burton to test and drive limited schedule for MWR:

Michael Waltrip Racing announced it has contracted Jeff Burton to test and drive in a select number of races during the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season in the #66 Toyota Camry. Burton, a 21-time winner in the Sprint Cup Series begins testing for MWR Dec. 9 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The first scheduled NASCAR Sprint Cup race for Burton will be the March 9 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In the upcoming weeks, MWR will announce any other events added to Burton's schedule. MWR will field the #15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry with driver Clint Bowyer and the #55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota Camry with driver Brian Vickers in 2014. Burton will test for Vickers until late January when Vickers returns from medical leave. Team Co-Owner Rob Kauffman said Burton will help MWR both on and off the track. "Michael Waltrip Racing has two teams and drivers racing for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in 2014 and our third team will play a very important role in that pursuit," said Kauffman. "We were extremely fortunate to have a driver as experienced and respected as Jeff Burton come available. He will be able to have an immediate impact as we continue to strive for that last one percent that separates champions from contenders." Michael Waltrip will drive the #66 in the Daytona 500 on Feb. 23 as he seeks his third victory in the sport's most prestigious event.(12-2-2013)