David Stremme News

Following Sunday's race in Phoenix , Paul Menard takes a commanding 164-point lead in the FLOPPER standings going into the final race of the year.

The FLOPPER Award picture has cleared up considerably following last week's race in Texas.

With three weeks remaining before this season is in the record books, the pieces of the 2010 roster puzzle are coming together.

Brad Keselowski will start his new job at Penske Racing a little early. Keselowski will drive the No.

CAUTION 6 189 - Another big crash -- Jamie McMurray will win! GREEN FLAG - Lap 188: Jamie McMurray leads.

Lap 338: Juan Pablo Montoya is up to third. Lap 321: Jimmie Johnson passes David Reutimann for the lead.

Every year, certain races on my list of events are must-sees during the season. Along with the Pay Less Little 500 at Anderson Speedway and the All American 400 in Nashville is the annual Winchester 400.

Good news for Paul Menard. The race in Kansas on Sunday tightened up the FLOPPER standings.

Penske Racing will host its annual Fan Appreciation Day on Oct. 16 at the NASCAR Sprint Cup team's headquarters in Mooresville, N.C. Cup series drivers Kurt Busch, Sam Hornish Jr.

Bad news from the Tokyo Game Show. Gran Turismo 5, the next game to feature NASCAR cars and tracks, will not be released in Japan until March 2010.

Lap 224: We are in the window where drivers can make their final stops, it'll be interesting to see when people start coming in.

Lap 3 -- Denny Hamlin passes Tony Stewart for second. David Stremme up to fourth.

Brad Keselowski won't confirm that he's headed to Penske Racing, but indicated that one of the likely conditions of him making the move is true.

While there is not a flurry of activity on the free agent market, there are several Sprint Cup drivers seeking rides for next season and several teams that need sponsorship for 2010.

HAMPTON, Ga. My mother and I were talking on Wednesday, and she suddenly volunteered, "I can't stand people who complain and make excuses about everything." I thought, well, Mom wouldn't like racing.

Brad Keselowski, who had been hoping to move into a Cup ride with mighty Hendrick Motorsports, accepted an offer from Penske Racing to move to the Sprint Cup Series.

Brad Keselowski has signed to drive full time for Penske Racing in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series next season.

It is the worst award in motorsports the FLOPPER. Robby Gordon took home the hallowed prize in 2008 and he is on pace to do it again.

The Frontstretch: Fanning the Flames: Penalties And Robby Gordon ... A NASCAR Tradition Since 1991! by Matt Taliaferro -- Thursday August 13, 2009 The only thing that makes me cringe more than sponsor plugs during the pre-race invocation is when the sponsor being plugged is Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dip.

Andy Lally needs to be a Cup racer. Each of the two road races on the Cup schedule always brings up questions -- like, should road courses even be on the schedule? To bury that issue quickly, not only should they be there, there should be one in the Chase.