For those of you who don't follow NASCAR, you'll want to skip this entry.

Ralle Racing in thedustin.com Ri fantasy racing league is in disarray. Jeff Green is out of the RCR #30 AOL Chevrolet and Steve Park is out of the DEI #1 Penzoil Chevrolet. But ... Jeff Green is replacing Steve Park in the DEI #1 Penzoil Chevrolet. The good news for Ralle Racing (owned by yours truly) is that I own both of these drivers. Oh what is a fantasy league owner to do. My only hope now is that Steve Park fills in for the #30 AOL Chevrolet at RCR, or I'll have to trade for John Andretti.

Aside from being a quasi-car owner, I have to admit this is quite a shock and kinda disappointing. From the time I got into racing about ten years ago (from an occasional watcher to an avid fan), Dale Earnhardt was always my man. Naturally, my admiration of him evolved into an admiration for Richard Childress Racing and then, of course, DEI. I haven't been a big fan of RCR's hirings lately, with the exception of Kevin Harvick, but I've really grown fond of DEI's drivers and the brilliant marketing that surrounds them. Certainly, Steve Park has been a little off his game since being injured in a crash, but I was really rootin for him to rebound. If DEI was going to get rid of him, I wanted them to get someone like Elliot Sadler or even the underacheiving Casey Atwood. As for Jeff Green, I suppose he's a good driver (good enough to be part of my fantasy racing team), but I just don't really like him.

I guess the moral of the story is my opinion doesn't matter. I want DEI to do well, and technically Jeff Green's still part of Ralle Racing, so I'll root for him, but I won't like it. As for Steve Park, I hope he takes a Ricky Craven-like break and comes back stronger than ever.