Robbie Reiser will be doing a Q&A session this Tuesday on NASCAR Garage, get your questions in early.

This weekends race is the Dura-Lube 200 at Darlington Raceway. Qualifying starts Friday at 2:05 Eastern and the race is Saturday at 1 Eastern, televised live on ESPN.

The track that is “Too Tough to Tame” has been a good track for Matt where he finished 3rd earlier this year.

With the good comes the bad and Team Lycos had their share of the bad last weekend at Bristol. Matt started the race back in the 18th position. The first wreck happened on lap 4 in front of Matt and he spun into the wall to avoid contact. Extensive suspension damage kept Matt behind the wall for much of the race, but the crew was able to get him out and get some laps in to finish 34th.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. had some problems himself and was just out there making laps but was able to finish in 15th and gain points on Matt. Jr. now has a 95 point advantage on Matt in the championship battle.

It appears as though Elliott Sadler is the leading candidate to replace Michael Waltrip in the Wood Brothers car next year. Last week Waltrip and the Woods announced that they would not continue their partnership next season. It also appears as though the second Wood Brothers team for 1999, which has been talked about so frequently this season, will not happen until at least the 2000 season. (MRN Radio)

The Busch series returns to Bristol Motor Speedway this Friday night for some great short track racing. Qualifying for The Food City 250 starts Friday at 4:10 Eastern and the race is at 7:30 PM, televised live on ESPN.

An article from the JournalNow about Michael Waltrip’s replacement. Note:  These are just rumors... as far as I know, Matt plans on being in the #17 full time next year....

Team Lycos had the fastest Chevrolet and Busch series regular in the field today at the Pepsi 200 in Michigan. Matt started from the 6th position and went quickly to the front, leading one lap early in the race. Dale Earnhardt Jr. starting from the 10th spot went right to the front and led 13 laps but fell off pace due to a tight race car. Jeff Burton was the class of the field, leading the most laps and winning the race by a couple car lengths over Bobby Labonte. Matt brought the Lycos Chevrolet into a 3rd place finish, gaining 10 valuable points over 5th place Earnhardt Jr.

Matt is now 38 points out of first place with 9 races left in the season. Kenseth tightens up points race.

After a week off, the Busch cars are headed to Michigan Speedway for the Pepsi 200 presented by DeVilbiss. First round qualifying on the 2 mile superspeedway starts Thursday at 3pm Thursday and the race is Saturday at 11am EST televised live on ESPN.

Matt will be signing autographs tonight at the Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna for the ReMax Challenge series race.

My sympathy goes out to Mark Martin and his family on the death of his father, Julian Martin, who was killed in a plane crash in Nevada.

Team Lycos had another top ten finish this weekend at the Indianapolis Raceway Park. Matt qualified a career low 32nd for the Kroger 200, he was the last car to qualify on time. Matt was running well through most of the race but really put on a show after his last pit stop. Taking the green flag from 22nd place with about 50 laps to go, Matt put his 4 new tires to work and came all the way up to finish 6th. Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to prove he has the best car in the field by taking his 5th win of the year and a 48 point advantage over Matt in the championship battle.