Karma's a Bitch

Go fast, turn left template-racing is just not getting it done:

Had NASCAR fans who dominate the blogosphere been invited, the discussion surely could have included such hot-button issues as the plethora of "cookie-cutter" racetracks (1.5-mile superspeedways in Atlanta, Chicago, Homestead-Miami, Kansas, Las Vegas, Texas and Concord, N.C., where the competition is similar); the erratic start times of races; and the hackneyed banter that dominates the broadcasts on Fox, along with its animated gopher mascot, Digger, who's more overexposed than Madonna