Random thoughts from the everywhere I am wrong.

I think it was about two months ago I made predictions on the Sprint Cup Chase. As usual, I was wrong.

There are few things I dislike more than the Dallas Cowboys. So, as such, I can’t wait for Jerry to put Tony Romo back in the starting lineup.

I had Jimmie Johnson done in August. Again, as usual, I was wrong.

I’m a North Carolina State fan and I thought they would be decent this year. Wrong. How in the hell can a team almost beat Clemson in Death Valley (stupid kicker), then get blown out by Louisville the next week, then lose at home on homecoming to a winless-in-the-ACC since 2014 Boston College team?

NASCAR, it shouldn’t take you 30 laps to get timing and scoring straightened out. That is very, very, very bush league. It’s bush league.

Someone in the ubiquitous – and hilarious – T-Rex costume was allowed to perform with the Denver Broncos cheerleaders last Sunday. The dinosaur is winning at life.

I had Jimmie Johnson done at Martinsville after the contact with Denny Hamlin and the extended pit stop. Once again, as usual, I was wrong.

I saw a story earlier this week saying the Chicago Bears had hired an outside consultant to evaluate its football operations. Why does this give me Office Space feels?

NASCAR.com has a story about the Stewart-Haas drivers being in trouble in the Chase. It’s like they have never met Kevin Harvick.

I am still not sleeping well after the season premiere of The Walking Dead.

I was a huge fan of Robert Yates Racing. Davey Allison, Ernie Irvan, Dale Jarrett and Ricky Rudd were some of my favorite drivers. Here’s wishing Robert the best in his cancer treatment.

I love Houston Texans’ Braxton Miller’s t-shirt about the Chicago Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber. It’s a picture of high school Schwarber attempting to tackle high school Miller. The caption reads, “I made Kyle choose baseball.” That’s good real-world trolling.

NASCAR announced a new rule beginning in 2017 limiting Sprint Cup drivers’ participation in Xfinity and truck races. Cup drivers with more than five years experience can only race in 10 Xfinity and seven truck races. It’s the Kyle Busch rule. Busch has won nine of 16 Xfinity races entered this year. I’m afraid we are going to see one of those law of unintended consequences things. Fans want names in the Saturday races. Sponsors want names in the cars they spend money on. This may be on where a vocal minority led NASCAR to a bad decision. I get the point of giving the Xfinity and truck drivers more chances to win, but does it matter if no one cares?

When did green and purple co-opt black and orange as Halloween’s official colors?

If you follow the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, you know who John Wes Townley is. It is a running joke about the wrecks he causes and gets in. Last week at Martinsville was spectacular. He hit a guy who is in the championship hunt a full five seconds after the initial spin. Dude is special.

As I am writing this, there are just over 170 hours before the polls close, which may be the best thing I’ve written. Ever. Then only thing to top it will be when the election is over.

Andy Cagle, a former spokesman for Rockingham Speedway and motorsports public relations consultant, writes about NASCAR in a weekly column

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Andy Cagle

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