Time to Wise up

There's one thing I'm looking forward to this afternoon at New Hamphshire International Speedway, and it's got nothing at all to do with Nextel Cup cars, Kyle Busch's future plans or wunderkind Joey Logano.

I want to see Josh Wise in action.

The 24-year-old driver from Riverside, Calif., starts 3rd in today's New England 125 for the Busch East Series. It's the first time the 2006 USAC Silver Crown champion has seen New Hampshire.

In fact, development driver only found out on Tuesday that he was going to be here in the Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota entry. Wise said that the team was so hurried to get here that the seat in the car isn't even his. He doesn't know how many more BES races, if any, he'll be running, and his only prior stock car experienced is in ARCA cars and Craftsman Trucks.

There's no better way to see if a guy's got some talent than to throw him to the wolves and see how he reacts.

Green flag's at 5:10 p.m.