Welcome, gay Nascar fans! Well it was another exciting Sunday at the speedway for my own personal fantasy race team! Friends, DeVine 91/2 drivers now hold down 7 of the top 10 points slots -- get on up there, Jamie, Mark and Ryan! -- and finished in two of the top three at Martinsville, with Jr. 3rd (missing what would have been his second win in two weeks after dominating for many laps), and #24 Jeff Gordon grabbing his first checkered flag in 15 races. Jeff has now won at least once in 10 consecutive years of Winston Cup racing -- what a (4x) champ! Frequent visitors to this site will know how very, very happy this Gordon win makes my own dear mama, Mother DeVine!

Jeff started from the inside front, and late in the race was third coming off pit road after Bobby Labonte, who took only two tires. After a near-wreck with Craven slowed Jr., Jeff tried and tried to get around Bobby -- then finally the #24 nudged the #18 up the race track and took the lead with 14 to go, "drawing a mixture of roars and boos from the crowd of 86,000," Nascar.com reported. Labonte had only kind words for Jeff afterward; good sports all around! Well, except for Tony Stewart trying to spin out Elliot Sadler after the show -- what's up with that, Tony? It's always someone else's fault, isn't it...

GENTLEMEN, SO START, ALREADY!

Are some of y'all Southern, like moi? Have y'all ever been to a funeral where they had just too many preachers, and it Absolutly RUINED the funeralizing? Oh yes, we all have! Well that's what Nascar is fixing to get like if they add on any more pre-race tub-thumping! I mean, at Martinsville, they had the presentation of the colors, the opening prayer (all good so far), then some little chaps reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, then a glamour gal giving us a "God Bless America" that made us miss Kate Smith so very much, then, finally, at last Mary, the "Star-Spangled Banner," and this delivered by the 5 finalist contestants on "Nashville Stars," USA Network's pick-the-star show. By the time they get to the start these days, I tell you, you're already hoping for caution so you can grab your next refreshment!

DALE JR. TOPS FOX POLL OF SEXY DRIVERS!

Dale Jr. was about a full lap ahead of his closest competition, Tony Stewart, in Foxsport's online election for the sexiest Nascar driver -- Jr. pulled in a whopping 34% of the votes. Behind Tony were Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Steve Park, Dale Jarrett (Dale Jarrett??), Michael Waltrip, Terry Labonte, Kevin Harvick and Jamie McMurray. It's cute that they picked 6 of the DeVine 91/2 for this manly racing pageant! The pix are still up on the Foxsports.com site and there are lots of cute ones, especially of Jamie and his girlfriend, Cielo Garcia, who stepped down as Miss Winston when Jamie moved up to Cup so she could keep on dating him (Nascar rules or something.) Now y'all, that is love! The pictures are really cute -- check it out.

Jamie, by the way, was looking like the big mack daddy Sunday, bulling his way up to 3rd, but then his car tore up on lap 319 and that was it for him. The TV coverage did not focus enough on Jamie this weekend; we did, however, enjoy the brief shot that showcased his gorgeous highlights! Go Jamie go!

HOWDY NEIGHBORS!

Since we've moved up to be the #1 site for gay Nascar fans in the whole world on Google, we've been welcoming so many new friends and old tricks that we can hardly keep up with it all! Thousands and thousands of y'all have made your way through my little trackside trailer, and I do appreciate it! If you're a first-time visitor, please read our mission statement and enjoy the driver introductions in our Welcome to Gaytona section!

WHEN BOYS GO WILD!

We want to see more of the 3 Doors Down video that Fox previewed on Sunday. In it, you think Jr. and Tony are both trying to flirt with the same girl on the highway, then you realize they're actually looking at each other, and that they're not flirting, but they're kind of punking each other out and wanting to street race, which they do! It's wacky! I went to the band's Web site to find out more about it, but wouldn't you know it would be one of those automated Web sites with every kind of explosion and talking dog, and so forth? Honey I just had to quit right out of there. But the little video looked cute.

PEACE, Y'ALL

As we roll into Holy Week and prepare to take a week off of racing for Easter, I'll wish all y'all a peaceful and happy holiday time, which ever holidays y'all celebrate. If I find out any really sweet grease about our favorite speed jocks, I'll issue an emergency update!

See you for the California 500 on April 27!