thankfully, it is almost here.

One more race of "There's the 48 car of Jimmie Johnson, sailing into the corner alongside 50-year-old Mark Martin, who is now being shown in the Fourth Position" and then I can take a long, well deserved ESPN vacation.

A car pulls into the pits for a crucial pitstop. His team rushes around the car to change the first two tires. ABC puts up a timer accurate to tenths of a second that starts ticking. Can they do it? What will their time be?

Eh, who cares. The ABC camera cuts away before the pitstop is complete so we can see another driver pull into their pit and begin their own stop. Was the first pitstop successful? Did they get out in 13 seconds or 18?(SportsNetwork.com) - The demotion of Washington Redskins franchise quarterback Robert Griffin III has attracted more attention in the nation's capital than President Barack Obama's "selfie" during the memorial service for Nelson Mandela.

The look on First Lady Michelle Obama's face while her husband snapped a photo with Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt and British Prime Minister David Cameron could resemble some of the facial expressions of Redskins fans upon learning the news that head coach Mike Shanahan has shut down Griffin III for the final three games of what has been a disappointing season.

Shanahan will hitch his wagon, and possibly his job status, to fellow second-year QB Kirk Cousins and the experiment begins Sunday against the just-as-lowly Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome.

Cousins understands that this is still