Jimmy Johnson owns Martinsville

It was a song that was probably going to be sung, but the usual Jimmy Johnson - Jeff Gordon duet is getting old at Martinsville. Their mastery of the Virginia paper clip is well documented, but it looked for a while like there may actually some new blood would surface at NASCAR's shortest Cup track. Early race runs by Juan Pablo Montoya, Jeff Burton and even Jeff Green offered hope for a bit of change. The race was slowed by a record 21 caution flags that saw almost a third of the race run at pace car speed. But at the end, it was again Jimmy Johnson and Jeff Gordon who were the big winners. Other than Ryan Newman's second place finish--the day eventually belonged to the remaining Chase Fighters. The Buzz ON PIT ROW is: Does a four race battle by Jimmy Johnson and Jeff Gordon keep your interest if you're not a fan of either? The Fast Lap this week asks: 1) With all the cautions for single-car spins early on;why was NASCAR so slow in throwing one when David Ragan's car was ready to be T-boned at the end? 2) Was the Carl Edward-Matt Kenseth "Fist-Conference" for real or a joke? 3) How could, or should, The Chase be fixed? 4) What would you like to see done with the CoT? Let us know how you feel about these questions, or anything else that happened while clipping the paper in Virginia. If we like your comments, whether we agree or not, we may use them on the air during Tuesday's ON PIT ROW. Leave us a comment on the blog or call the show--toll free at 1-877-502-8255 between 5-7pm edt on Tuesdays.