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What would you do if you were NASCAR czar for one day? Our guy Terry Blount knows exactly what he'd do. He'd shake up the Cup schedule (Iowa, anyone?) and the Chase.

It's a question that will eventually have an answer, but we have 16 weeks to watch it unfold. Will Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin or David Ragan charge to the Chase?

I'm officially lobbying for a NASCAR rule change. OK, maybe it's unofficial, but you're welcome to join. After four races, two cars rank in the top 10 in the owner standings, but they aren't Chase eligible. For the No. 55 Toyota and the No. 51 Chev...

Every Cup driver opens the season aiming to make the Chase. Our man came up with seven that missed out in 2012 that may turn around their fortunes in 2013.

Did you know that Brad Keselowski was the only driver under 30 to make the 2012 Chase? Or that more drivers from Cali than the South finished in the top 10? The Blount Facts surprise.

Penske Racing has the reigning Cup champion in Brad Keselowski. But Hendrick Motorsports, with five-time champ Jimmie Johnson, remains the top organization in NASCAR.

Kevin Harvick's No. 29 Chevrolet was dented in the left side door panel Sunday when a parachute jumper hit the car on pit road as the jumper was about to touch down two hours before the Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.

The Hendrick gang has nothing but praise for Brad Keselowski. What does that mean for BK in Sunday's Chase race at Texas? Diddly.

The good news: Brad Keselowski minimized the damage at one of Jimmie Johnson's best tracks, Martinsville. The bad news: The final three Chase tracks favor Five-Time in a big way.

Just another so-called cookie-cutter track? Not Kansas Speedway, where Matt Kenseth survived the carnage and record 14 cautions to win for the second time in three Chase races.

NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick> held a midrace news conference at Kansas Speedway on Sunday to retract his previous statement that Dale Earnhardt Jr. was cleared to race next weekend at Martinsville, Va.

Three drivers -- Danica Patrick, Regan Smith and Carl Edwards -- have something to prove at Kansas on Sunday.

Denny Hamlin said he feels "100 percent" one day after jarring practice-session accident at Kansas Speedway caused him some dizziness.

And we thought Talladega was the wild-card race in this Chase? Newly repaved and reconfigured Kansas Speedway is the great unknown. And that means it's dangerous.

There are three much-maligned cookie cutters -- NASCAR's 1.5-mile ovals -- left on the schedule. As we saw in Charlotte, that means fuel mileage may decide the Chase.

AJ Allmendinger, who recently was reinstated by NASCAR after completing a rehabilitation program for substance abuse, will drive the No. 51 Chevrolet this weekend for Phoenix Racing in the Sprint Cup race at Charlotte.