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What are you doing this weekend, Boris? What's that? You're helping TGOM win the Blaniac Challenge, you say?

Most of the road race ringers were shut out by rain this weekend at Watkins Glen International, but at least one driver thought it would be a shame not to have Boris Said behind the wheel of a race car. I totally agree!

Wood Brothers/JTG Racing co-owner Len Wood:

"Bill [Elliott] came to me and said, 'In the best interest of the team, let's put Boris in. Bill is an excellent road racer - the first race he ever won was at Riverside. He suggested putting Boris in. We first cleared it with our sponsors and then went to NASCAR and cleared it with them."

Woohoo! I'm sure that makes the Said Heads happy. But more importantly, it makes me very happy!

Both the WBJTF #21 and BDR #22 cars will finally push the Ginn Racing #13 out of the top 35 in owner points and one of them will officially gain the spot. With the #21 only 26 points behind the #22 heading to a road course with Said behind the wheel, it's highly likely they could steal the Ginn Gift back from Dave Blaney, who would then be on the outside looking in again next week at MIS.

This weekend I'm a Said Head!

NASCAR announced today that if If Robby Gordon messes up again, he's outta here.

On top of a $35,000 fine and probation, Gordon was threatened with indefinite suspension from NASCAR if, for the remainder of 2007, "there is another action by Gordon that is deemed by NASCAR officials as detrimental to stock car racing or to NASCAR, or is disruptive to the orderly conduct of an event, he will be suspended indefinitely from NASCAR."

I think they forgot "tampering with the outcome of a race," but I suppose that falls under detrimental actions like just about everything else under the sun.

All things considered, Gordon seems to have matured. In 2005, when Michael Waltrip wrecked him under caution, Gordon went after him with his helmet. This week, after Marcos Ambrose got him under caution, Gordon offered him his first Nextel Cup ride this weekend at The Glen.

The infamous "helmet incident"

Jamie McMurray starts on the pole today. That's only happened twice before in his five-year Nextel Cup career, the last time at the 2005 Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway on July 24, 2005. He finished 11th. His first Bud Pole Award came at Homestead in 2004 where he finished 9th.

Robby Gordon will start 2nd in the Toyota/SaveMart 350. Last time he started that high in the field was here in 2003. He won. He owes TGOM a thank you. Because he was excluded from the power rankings, he has a shot at repeating.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. starts 3rd. Previously, his best start at Infineon Raceway came in 2005, which didn't work out too well for him. He started 10th, finished 42nd.