NASCAR goes road racing again this weekend. And since I'm not at The Glen on duty, I guess I can look forward to a little naptime Sunday as I watch the race from my office. Those who have read my columns or heard me on radio know I'm not a big fan of stock cars on road courses. I'm not alone, Dave Moody or MRN, who has me as a frequent guest on his "Sirius Speedway" show, also doesn't understand why NASCAR bothers with the road courses.

I guess I'll have to live with it because neither Watkins Glen or Infineon, fine tracks by the way, will be losing the Cup Series from their schedules anytime soon. I'd rather just see open wheel racing or sports cars compete at these two tracks and keep the stock cars on ovals where they belong.

At least neither road course is part of the "Chase" portion of the season, which would be an even bigger mistake. Diversity in the championship run is necessary, but road courses are such a foreign animal to the norm they don't belong in the stretch to determine the season champion.

I would like to see one of the road course "ringers" win this week at The Glen. It would be cool to see Scott Pruett or Boris Said or Ron Fellows standing in victory lane rather than Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon or Ryan Newman.

But my eye is on next week when the series returns to Michigan and in my opinion, "real" stock rac racing.