Pete Pistone	Brian De Los Santos
Did Danica Patrick overstep her bounds or did she have a legit gripe in her dustup with Milka Duno?
Danica is a lightning rod there's no doubt about it. At times I think she's guilty of getting too emotional and whining about everything and anything. But in the case of Duno, she's absolutely right and not alone in her frustration with what many drivers in the garage refer to as a "rolling roadblock." The old IRL had room for Duno, a woefully inexperienced driver with major funding. But in the post merger open-wheel world, there will be less of an opportunity for these dangerous drivers, who are so slow they're track hazards. The media went wild for the IRL "cat fight," but Danica was within her rights to confront Duno.	I think she had a legit gripe, but she didn't need to make it as public as she did. Methinks she just likes the spotlight, and so, since much of the fuss has died down since her win at Japan in April, she needed to do something to stir the pot a bit. Duno, who has no top 10s in 15 IndyCar starts, was an easy target. She probably is in a bit over her head and as Pete mentioned, Patrick isn't the only driver concerned about steering clear of Duno on the track. But Patrick could have easily taken her gripes to COO Brian Barnhart or spoken to Duno behind closed doors. Instead, the diva of IndyCar Racing made a show of it.

From GoBraves18: Will NASCAR do the right thing and detune the Toyotas back to where they are supposed to be or will NASCAR gift Toyota with a championship in only their second year so they can keep Toyota from crying and threatening to leave Cup racing?

Well at least in the Nationwide Series, NASCAR has decided there was an unfair advantage to the Toyota engines. After conducting a dyno test after Chicagoland, a technical bulletin was distributed this week with changes to be implemented at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. While Toyota has been strong in the Cup Series, it's nothing compared to the dominance on the Nationwide circuit where Joe Gibbs racing's No. 20 ride has won nine races alone. I would expect a hard look at the Toyota Cup program this week in the wake of the Nationwide news and a similar detune may be on the horizon.

It's rather funny that I saw this question right after it was announced that NASCAR was going to make some changes to the Toyota engine in the Nationwide Series. However, in the Cup Series it will remain as is. Quite frankly, I don't think NASCAR should be doing anything to anybody's engines in any series. I think it should be up to the other teams and manufacturers to catch up with Toyota, not vice versa. In essence, Toyota -- or more precisely Joe Gibbs Racing -- is being told it's doing its job too well. That's just ridiculous.

Who will kiss the yard of bricks? Any chance of a surprise winner?
This year's Brickyard is a little bit of a mystery because the new Sprint Cup car is in the equation. Flat track specialists will be the drivers to beat, and you can use Pocono, the track most similar to Indy, as a barometer. That points to Kasey Kahne, who won at Pocono in June, and Denny Hamlin, who has struggled this year but always runs well on the flat speedways. However, with his career plans now out in the open and with something to prove on his way out of Joe Gibbs Racing, I see Tony Stewart once again kissing the bricks and climbing the fence Sunday for the third time in the last four years.	Well, Kyle Busch has to be considered the early-line favorite. Not only is he on a spectacular tear, but he has run well at Indianapolis with three top 10s in his three visits. Another interesting trend is that he's improved three positions with each subsequent trip: 10th in 2005, seventh in 2006 and fourth in 2007. It doesn't take a math whiz to figure out what should come next. Busch's JGR teammate Tony Stewart, who has won two of the past three Brickyards, should be a factor as well as most of the usual suspects (Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, etc.). I like Brian Vickers as a possible sleeper. His record at Indy isn't sterling, but his recent performances indicate he's knocking on the door of a breakthrough win with Red Bull. It wouldn't surprise me if it came Sun. at the Brickyard.
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