Opinions, Everybody Has Them.

Look, no one is perfect, we all make mistakes and I am sure I do things that people don't agree with and that's fine. But the bottom line is in this world, you are in control of you, if you don't like what you hear on the radio, turn it, if you don't like what I have to say, don't follow me on Twitter, it is as simple as that. I am a sports fan, and in the sports world, their are so many different opinions on players coaches teams and games. One of the best things about sports is hearing someone Else's opinion and debating it. Put it this way my roommate and best friend of the past 16 years does not cheer for any of the teams I do. We can discuss our teams, and it not get too heated, but at the end of the day he is still my best friend. Some of the best conversations I have had were with friends that have their own opinion, but realize.. we are talking about SPORTS and nothing PERSONAL. Just because my opinion differs from yours, doesn't mean I like you any less as a person. When people start name calling and getting personal, talking about your job and what you bring to the table, that's getting out of line. Act like an adult, and RESPECT each other's opinion. It is that simple.

Life Update

It has been awhile since I have blogged.. but it has been a stressful few weeks. It all started on my normal drive into work downtown when a lady turned left on a red light.. came across 3 lanes to hit my driver side. Pretty hard impact, but  I was OK an fortunately I was able to drive away. Still, the next few weeks sucked getting an estimate, finally getting it to a body shop, getting a rental car and dealing with insurance companies, just a pain in the ass while she is probably sitting not having having to do anything. The Brickyard weekend a few weeks back was a great escape from it all. I was thankful my two brothers and Dad could come down and stay with me for the race weekend. We were fortunate enough to meet a bunch of drivers which made my 6 year brother happy, and he got to meet his favorite two drivers of all time and get his picture with them, Dan Wheldon and Kasey Kahne, if he only knew about his older brother Tony's adventure with Dan the night before. I was fortunate to be able to take a ride around Lucas Oil Raceway in a pace car which was awesome, still sad and bitter to see that place go, but I bet it returns. Very Cool to see Paul Menard win it. The Summer is wrapping up, as the weekend sports show I am on, Indiana Sports Talk starting last week. I don't mind though, work Friday and Saturday night.. get paid, and spend less time at the bars and less money, I mean come on, I get off at midnight, in Broad Ripple by 1230, all the women are already drunk, so I don't have to buy them a drink! Total joke, but kinda true. My buddies and I are planning a trip to Vegas in October for my birthday and the final Indy Car race, so I'm taking any extra hours at work I can get and no time off, not that I have taken any time off at well, its a perk to liking your job though. NFL is finally here, and I'm excited to spend my Sundays (only day off) sitting on the couch, watching games and being lazy, which is what I do anyway, but at least I get the NFL. Doing my best to stay positive in life, manage my money, not stress myself out like I usually do, and remember that I'm 22, all the hard work and dedication will hopefully pay off.

Wanker Free Rankings After Toronto

What a wild and ridiculous race from the streets of Toronto. One of the most historic street courses in open wheel history turned a lot of heads after the Honda Indy Toronto, here's this weeks Indy Car Power Ranking, the Wanker Free version.

1. Dario Franchitti- He also ranks #1 on Will Powers hit list. Both sides disagree on what went down, but everyone can agree, the Indy Car Series can benefit from some trash talking.

2. Scott Dixon- Dixon again ran a solid 2nd at Toronto, but still hasn't reached victory circle this season. He sits 28 points back of Will Power for 2nd, gaining 48 points on Will over the past two races.

3. Marco Andretti (+3)- I know I know, its hard to believe Marco could be #3, but after a 4th place finish in Toronto, coming off the win in Iowa, Marco's 26 team is one of the hottest in the series.

4. Oriol Servia- (+1)- I guess this is mainly due to the struggles of Will Power and Tony Kanaan, Servia had a solid day going but wound up 12th.

5. Will Power-(-1)- 32 Laps led, sat on the pole, Will is slipping as of late when it comes to results, but after his post race comments, who really cares? Hopefully he uses this as motivation and walks the walk at Edmonton after talking the talk after Toronto.

6. Graham Rahal-(+1)- Graham didn't get the break he needed, still a solid day leading 23 laps on the day.

7. Tony Kanaan-(-4) I think the accident with Briscoe was a racing deal, looked like Briscoe's 6 car stepped out and took out TK, either way, a last place finish is never good.

8. Ryan Briscoe-(+1) - I took Ryans side with the TK incident, but this has been a sub par season for Briscoe, three top ten's so far this season, not exactly a good season so far.

9. JR Hildebrand-(+2) JR continues to climb the chart, breaking into the top ten with another solid run at Toronto, bringing home an 8th place finish.

10. James Hinchcliffe(+2) You can take 10-20, put them in a hat, and pull it out and get the exact opposite of what I put, and still be right, Hinch gets 10th because he has to be on cloud 9 with back to back Canadian races.

11. Ryan Hunter Reay- Ryan climbs all the way to 11th with this podium finish. A well needed, well deserved effort for the entire team that has been down down down for a lot of the season, congrats on the marriage as well.

12. Danica Patrick ( -2)- Knocked out in an accident that was not her fault, I'm sure she would have rather been in Kentucky.

13. The #19 car (+5) Sebastian Bourdais returned to the 19 as the road course guy, an impressive 6th place run moves the Dale Coyne Team up after Alex Lloyd had a solid night in Iowa.

14. Helio Castroneves- Problems all day for Helio, it was a horrible, horrible day for anything Penske related in Toronto.

15. Vitor Meira-(+4) Vitor grabs his first top five of the season for AJ Foyt, overall a great day for the 14 team, kept the nose clean, that's the most important part.

16. Simona De Silvestro- Simona climbs back into the power rankings with her third top ten of the season, after what she has gone through, you have to think this is almost a victory for the team.

17. E.J. Viso- Top 10, only car not wrecked for KV, shocked? I am too.

18. Justin Wilson-(-3) - It frustrates me that Wilson has not had a top five this entire season. He should contend week in and week out on road/street courses.

19. Ana Beatriz-Ana breaks in for the first time with a solid 11th at Toronto, her best showing of the season.

20. Takuma Sato- (-12) - Takuma was 8th last week, as I gave him the benefit of the doubt for the impressive pole at Iowa, should really have been 15th or 16th after last week.

Lucas Oil Raceway Loses Nascar Events

By now, you have all heard, The Nationwide and Truck Races have been moved from Lucas Oil Raceway to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway starting in 2012.

From IMS's standpoint, they needed something to boost the Brickyard 400, having all the support races at the same track could bring more people in, and would be more convenient for the drivers, but the decision I cannot agree with. Most drivers who do Nationwide and the Sprint Cup series have no problem making the 8 mile trip on over to LOR, hell, some drivers travel from California to Wisconsin for a double header of racing on both series.

The racing at LOR took you back to the roots of Nascar, and as much as Nascar is trying to grow, they have made it an important topic to stay close to its roots, the beatin and banging, 200 lap under the light feature that LOR put on was a battle of today top starts against new up and coming drivers, who all gritted their teeth on Saturday night short track racing under the lights. Now look, I'm looking on both sides, most of you think that 42 bucks for general admission to a Nationwide is a bit steep, when you can spend 30 and get a ticket to the 400, that may be true, but LOR always sold out, the stands, the hills in Turn One and along the front stretch are always full on Friday and Saturday nights, how is 40,000 fans going to look at IMS for a Nationwide race? Empty.

Now I'm not blaming IMS at all, If your co workers smoking hot girlfriend said she would rather date you, wouldn't you? I blame Nascar for wanting this, I realize LOR may be a hard sell to those corporate sponsors, but that doesn't take away from the product it puts out. Nascar wants Danica and the other up and comers to get a shot at the Brickyard. Maybe Nascar wants to add this to learn for the Sprint Cup Series to make it more competitive, But if you give me 50 bucks and say pick a race, sorry IMS, I love you to death, but I'm heading to LOR the night before to catch the Nationwide race.

I hope LOR gets the races back, even if its a stand alone type event, I also would like to see Indy Car jump on this and put the Lights cars on the oval, and see if it is possible for the Indy Cars to get on the road course out there, to all the fans reading this, enjoy the race weekend at LOR that some have enjoyed since 1982.

TOP NFL Quarterbacks heading into this season.

Hopefully the lockout gets lifted and some NFL can take place so we are not forced to do yard work, shovel, laundry or anything else we should do on Sunday, but instead sit on the couch for ten hours, eat boxes of pizzas, cases of beer and not even think about Monday, except for what it will take for our fantasy team to win if we have players playing Monday Night. Many experts have debated the top quarterbacks in the league, if my projections are right for starters, I rank all 32 probably starting Quarterbacks in the league.

1 Aaron Rodgers -GB


2 Peyton Manning-IND

3. Tom Brady-NE

4. Mike Vick-PHI

5. Drew Brees-NO

6. Ben Roethlisburger- PITT

7. Phillip Rivers- SD

8. Matt Ryan-ATL

9. Matt Schaub-HOU

10. Mark Sanchez-NYJ

11. Eli Manning -NYG

12. Tony Romo-DAL

13. Jay Cutler-Chi

14. Joe Flacco-Bal

15. Matt Hassellback-SEA

16. Sam Bradford-STL

17. Matt Stafford-DET

18. Matt Cassell -KC

19. David Garrard-JAC

20. Josh Freeman-TB

21. Tim Tebow-DEN

22. Donovan McNabb-WAS

23. Colt Mccoy -CLE

24 Chad Henne-MIA

25. Cam Newton-CAR

26. Kerry Collins-TEN

27 Christian Ponder-MIN

28 Jason Campbell-OAK

29. Derek Anderson-ARI

30 Alex Smith.-SF

31 Andy Dalton-CIN

32 Ryan Fitzpatrick-BUF

2011 Indy Car Power Rankings- Iowa

What an awesome event at the Iowa Speedway under the lights for the first time Saturday night for the IZOD Indy Car Series. Marco Andretti Snaps a 78 race win less streak that dates back his rookie season in 2006 when he won at Sonoma. Here's this Weeks Power Rankings.

1. Dario Franchitti- Dario continues his dominance after leading 172 laps Saturday night, a bit disappointing to not get the victory, but will Will Powers incident, Dario adds to his points lead.

2. Scott Dixon(+1)- Another podium for the Ice Man this weekend, even more satisfying after qualifying in the 23rd position, his worse qualifying effort of his Indy Car career.

3. Tony Kanaan(+3)- TK quickly put Milwaukee behind him with a runner up finish at Iowa. It is only a matter of time before TK and KV Racing Technology grad a win.

Photo Taken by : Eric Schwarzkopf

4. Will Power (-2)- Iowa was good at all to Will. A single car accident in turn 2 on lap 89 put Will 21st. A slight concussion was reported, the series couldn't return to a road course fast enough for this guy.

5. Oriol Servia- Servia had a solid run going throughout most of the night, the next few races are crucial for Servia, we will find out if he is a contender or a pretender.

6. Marco Andretti (+6) What a huge win it was for Marco and all of Andretti Autosport. He hadn't led a lap all season until Iowa. Iowa has always been a great track for AA, Congrats on his 2nd win.

7. Graham Rahal (-2) Graham just didn't have it at Iowa finishing 15th after starting 20th. Sometimes you just totally miss the set up

8. Takuma Sato- (+1) I'm going to move Takuma up one spot for his first ever pole effort. He lead seven laps, but, as we have grown use to , his night ended earlier after contact.


9. Ryan Briscoe (-3) Briscoe was 6th at Iowa, something tells me his seat is really getting hot at Penske, just hasn't had the results we are use to when it comes to the 6 car at Penske.

10. Danica Patrick (-2) A solid top 10 for Danica after starting on the outside of the front row. Shes ripped off 3 straight top 10's. She really did nothing to lose two spots, just how the ball rolls sometimes.

11. JR Hildebrand (+3) JR had a solid 4th place finish, leading 7 laps on Saturday night. He hhadn't finished higher than 18th since the 500.

12. James Hinchcliffe (+1)- The Rookie continues to impress on the Short ovals with a 9th place finish. I except Hinch to contend at Toronto in his homeland

13. Helio Castroneves(-2)- Helio scores his 4th straight top 10 with a 7th place run. He has been quiet most of the season, but its time for Helio to make some noise in the next few races.

14. Alex Tagliani (-4) Tags is struggling. He ran mid pack at Iowa and hasn't had the results that are expected. Maybe Schimdt's return is catching up to the team, but losing an engineer never helps.

15. Justin Wilson (+1) Wilson was 12th in Iowa. Fortunatly, the series will head for a few road courses to revamp the #22 cars season.

16. Ed Carpenter ( +3) - Don't be fooled by Ed moving up 3 spots, but an 11th place finish at Iowa is solid for the 67 team. Taking the next three races off, I except Carpenter to return to the ovals with a chip on his shoulder.

17. E.J Viso(-2) Viso's night ended early after handling issues, Toronto hasn't been to kind to EJ, the goal here should be to keep it on the asphalt.

18.  Alex Lloyd(New) Lloyd breaks into the rankings with a solid 13th place finish, more importantly finishing on the lead lap. He ran solid at Milwaukee, unfortunately, Sebastian Bourdais will be in at Toronto.

19. Vitor Meira (-1) Vitor needs to finish a race, plain and simple. AJ cannot be happy, what so ever.

20. Charlie Kimball- Basically 20th by default, Its surprising that Charlie has not had better results to speak of.

2011 Indy Car Power Rankings After Milwaukee

Yes, I do realize we are about half way through the season, but I realized it would be a cool idea to do, Indy Car Power Rankings. Power Rankings are huge during the NFL and NBA season, so maybe it will take off. I will do 20 drivers, quickly recap their last race and as we move forward, where they were the week before. I will take in account results, streaks and qualifying performances, just because I rank a driver 7th doesn't mean he or she is 7th in points. Obviously it will differ every week, and it will mostly be drivers that run full time. Hope you Enjoy!

1. Dario Franchitti- No Surprise here, he has won two races in 8 days to tie Will Power at the top of the IZOD Indy Car Series Standings. Dario has three wins on the season and has Top 10's in 7 of 8 races.

2. Will Power. Tied atop the Indy Car Series standings, won his first race on an oval last week in Texas. Will came from 17th to 4th at Milwaukee and is tied with Dario with three wins this season.

3. Scott Dixon- Dixon sits 4th in points, but a seventh place finish at Milwaukee to go with a pair of runner ups at Texas has Dixon back on track after finishing outside the top 15 in two of the first three races. Dixon struggles a bit at Iowa, he has yet to land a podium there.

4. Graham Rahal- A quiet runner up at Milwaukee, Rahal quickly put his 30th place finish in the second race at Texas behind him. The only laps Rahal has led this year came at Indianapolis.

5. Oriel Servia- Oriel sits third in points but could easily be flipped with Graham on these rankings. Besides finishing 15th and 21st at Texas, Servia has scored top 10's in each race, including his season high in Milwaukee of 3rd. He has not raced at Iowa since 2008.

6. Ryan Briscoe- Briscoe has had a pretty quiet season so far, he struggled at Indy but scored a 3rd and a 6th place finish in Texas. Briscoe was 11th at Milwaukee

7. Tony Kanaan- TK had a solid run going at Milwaukee, and had the best chance of anyone to beat Dario, but a turn four wreck ended his day early. He led 33 laps in Milwaukee and 39 in Race 2 at Texas, TK heads to Iowa as the defending champion.

8. Danica Patrick- This may be a surprise to most but Danica is starting to gain momentum. She earned her first top five of the season at Milwaukee and was eighth in race 2 at Texas. Maybe focusing on Indy Car will help her over the next few races.

9. Takuma Sato- After finishing dead last at Indy, Sato has put together three consist oval runs. He was 8th at Milwaukee and scored a top five in race #1 at Texas. The addition of TK to KV Racing seems to have helped the entire three car operation.

10. Alex Tagliani- Tags has started on the pole two out of the last four races, two out of three if you take out Texas's blind draw. But the results have not been there. Outside of his fourth place run in race 1 at Texas, he has finished 14th or worse dating back to Sao Paulo.

11. Helio Castroneves- Helio wound up a disappointing 9th at Milwaukee. He lead 31 laps after starting on the front row. After a disappointing 17th place run at Indy, Helio has been in the top ten the past three races.

12. Marco Andretti- Marco is yet to lead a lap this season, and has a season best of only 6th coming in race two at Texas. He has two podiums at Iowa back in 07 and 08.

13. James Hinchcliffe- Hinch Town had his best oval performance at Milwaukee finishing 6th. He quietly has three top tens on the season.

14. J.R Hildebrand- Living off the momentum, or lack their of after Indianapolis, Hildebrand has struggled most of his rookie campaign. Outside of Indy, his best finish is 10th, He has finished 18th or worse in the three races since the 500.

15. E.J Viso- Yes, he did put it into the wall, yet again at Milwaukee, but before that it was a pretty solid weekend at the Mile, qualifying 6th. He had two top tens at Texas, Viso was third at Iowa last year, avoid contact and Viso could move up this list.

16. Justin Wilson- Wilson has struggled for most of the season. He picked up his best oval result (10th) at Milwaukee. He hasn't had the results he is capable of, even on the road courses where he has a high of 7th at Sao Paolo.

17th. Vitor Meira- Meira has be inconsistent to say the least this season. He had a season best 8th place finish at the first Texas race, Meira has only one top ten start this season, that being on a blind draw at the second Texas race.

18th. Mike Conway- After the win in Long Beach, its been all down hill. His first year at Andretti Autosport hasn't gone as smooth as planned, following a 6th at Sao Paolo, Conways best finish is 12th. The road courses cant come soon enough.

19th. Ed Carpenter - Ed has not been up to speed outside of Indy. He is yet to break into the top 10 this year, and has been 16th or worse since Indianapolis.

20th. Charlie Kimball- Three drivers could be consider at the last spot on the list. Charlies has shown promise, despite wrecking at Texas, he placed 14th at Milwaukee

On the Outside looking in is Ryan Hunter-Reay, Alex Lloyd and Simona De Silvestro. Don't forget to watch the Iowa race on Saturday evening at 8 E.S.T on Versus and 1070 The Fan here in Indianapolis