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I spent the weekend in Homestead working for the Speed Channel. I just had a blast. I did practice shows, I did the truck race, I did a special edition of "Trackside" and I did the prerace show with Kyle Petty.

What a pleasure it is to work with Kyle. He truly is a breath of fresh air. I think we complement each other. We are both outspoken and we try to tell it like it is without getting into too much trouble.

What an incredible weekend of racing that started with an exciting truck race Friday. We got to see Kevin Harvick win his second race in a row. We saw him wrap up the owners championship. Kyle Busch had some issues so that pretty much decided the owners championship.

I love watching the strategy in the truck series. We saw it again Friday. The races are shorter than the Cup events. If you aren't pretty close at the start of the race then you don't have a lot of time to work on it. You also have to make quick decisions about taking tires or not because you don't want to run out at the end. There's just so much pressure in the pits of what to do, when to do and how to do. It sure is fun to watch and even more fun to be doing it from the TV booth.

I heard a guy on the radio over the weekend call in and say that Dale Earnhardt Jr. should run a few truck races to get his confidence back. You know what? That is a great idea. He could get out there in a truck with Harvick and Kyle Busch and be competitive. It might be the shot in the arm that he needs to jump start things again for him. Trust me, winning will do that, no matter what it is you are competing at.

Saturday night saw Kyle Busch wrap up the 2009 Nationwide championship. Man, what a season he had winning nine times this year. I thought it was pretty neat how he held off Carl Edwards and won the race Saturday night. The finish of that race was exciting but to me the entire race was good all night long.

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