Random thoughts while overcoming my disappointment that nothing blew up during last week’s race.

I am also disappointed that Jimmie Johnson passed me in the Sprint Cup standings last week. He now has 18 points. I still have zero.

Phoenix is not a good second stop on the schedule. NASCAR killed the momentum that it had after a ballyhooed Daytona with an incredibly boring race in the desert.

Recap of sports TV the last couple days: Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Tim Tebow Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Andrew Luck Peyton Manning Peyton Manning Peyton Manning

I get it. He will be playing for a new team this year.

Mark Martin is scheduled to run 24 of the 36 Sprint Cup races this year for Michael Waltrip Racing. Elliott Sadler was going to run the car for five races, then Richard Childress (for whom Sadler drives in the Nationwide Series) put the brakes on that deal. Who wants to bet that Martin runs a full season?

Peyton Manning.

I am still trying to figure out this fine and suspension to Chad Knaus. Were the C-posts on the No. 48 Chevy cheated-up? I have no doubt that they were with Knaus’ history.

But to levy a six-week suspension without putting a template to the car seems a bit much to me.

This thing may be retribution for the car (same car according to Knaus) that he slipped past NASCAR last year at Talladega.

What the hell is the deal with the brooms? If you have time to spend standing your broom on end, you need to find more meaning in your life.

Someone is going to lose a race or miss the Chase because of an electronic fuel injection issue before this season is over. And it may be Tony Stewart. The whole implementation of the change may have been a bit rushed.

How bad is your life if you can’t pass a Mexican drug test? I’m looking at you, Jose Canseco.

Penske Racing South is going back to Ford for their NASCAR efforts. Not a big deal, unless you consider that, save for Robby Gordon, they are the only Dodge team in Sprint Cup.

To add insult to injury for the maligned automaker, they are set to unveil their 2013 car this weekend. Great timing there, Captain.

Goodyear held a test at Rockingham Speedway earlier this week for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to pick a tire for the April 15 race. The tires were wearing, causing speeds to fall off a second to a second-and-a-half over 20-lap runs.

If you’ve read this far, you probably know what that means. If you don’t, it means that the trucks will put on one hell of a show come race day.

Contact Andy Cagle at andycagle@earthlink.net.