Well, we're back at the Magic Mile

Here's a pet peeve of mine.

You know how when you're on a major 2-lane highway and every once in a while there'll be one of those hills, and on said hill, they'll put in one of those "slower cars keep right" lanes? Yeah, those.

Why is it that the 18-wheelers won't just let the passenger cars by? I mean, that's the whole reason they have those lanes in the first place. Of my 2 hour, 45 minute trip over to Loudon, I must have spent 2 hours of it behind either the largest Budget Rental truck on the planet or a grandmother in a caravan going 30 mph in a 50 mph zone.

Oh, well. I made it.

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Some interesting Busch East Series notes to pass along.

Ryan Moore, who is the car chief for Erin Crocker at Gillette Evernham Motorsports, is entered in a family-owned car. He's one of 41 cars entered in tomorrow's Aubuchon Hardware 125 at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Brad Leighton, the winningest BES driver in history at NHIS, is also here. Though he has 8 wins on the Magic Mile, it's hard to believe he hasn't won here since this event in 2003. Only Ted Christopher has more NHIS wins, with 5 in a Busch car and 4 in a Modified.

Joey Logano leads Matt Kobyluck by 82 points atop the BES standings with 2 events remaining. Logano, a BES rookie driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, can clinch the series title tomorrow. If he wins and leads the most laps, Kobyluck must finish inside the top-5 to remain alive.

Essentially, Logano need only leave here with a 118-point cushion. Only 30 cars will start the season finale at Dover, Del., next week.

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This will come as no surprise to regular readers of the blog: J.J. Yeley was not the fastest driver in Thursday's Whelen Modified Tour practice.

Yeley, though, is entered in Saturday's New Hampshire 100 for the tour. He's in the No. 7ny car (a replica of the late Tom Baldwin's ride) prepared by Martin Truex Jr.'s DEI crew chief, Kevin "Bono" Manion. Yeley did turn a lap inside the top-12 in practice.

40 cars are entered in the New Hampshire 100.