It’s not often you get to see a fight breaking out in NASCAR racing. I don’t mean some team on team thing, nor a hockey match. I mean the AT&T versus NEXTEL with NASCAR prizefight. The prize is $100 million and that is just the tip of it.

Whether you agree with NASCAR, who has an exclusive deal with NEXTEL, or AT&T, who owns Cingular, you can make an arguement. Exclusive is only that if you back it up. Cingular was allowed in though and the old Ma Bell has a right to put it’s name where it pays the bills. So far the courts are going with AT&T but with a room full of high-priced lawyers who knows what will happen.

The big question is will this affect Jeff Burton and Richard Childress Racing. What is more of a distraction than wondering if you have a sponsor and if you can race. Do you think it might throw off your game face if you had to wonder about this? I suppose only time will tell.