Hey, look, it's the NASCAR Super Bowl

And, yes, they're still racin'. 

"But why?" you're saying.

I don't know. They just are.

"In November?" you're saying.

Yes, in November.

"When do they stop?" you're saying.

Well ... they stop Sunday, when the final race of the season -- NASCAR's Super Bowl, as it were -- takes the green in Phoenix. Four drivers will decide who wins the Cup title for 2021 that day. They are defending champion Chase Elliott; former champion Martin Truex Jr.; the season's most dominant driver, Kyle Larson; and Denny Hamlin.

The Blob likes Larson, if only because he's won 10 times this year, including three of the last four races and four of the last seven. Or maybe Elliott, because if he wins he'd be the first back-to-back Cup champ since Jimmie Johnson won five straight titles between 2006 and 2010.

Also Elliott is a good dude. And his daddy, Bill, is a good dude.

"What about Truex?" you're saying.

Well, he's a good dude, too.

"What about Hamlin?" you're saying.

Well, the last we saw of Hamlin he was trying to interfere with Alex Bowman's burnout and saying some ugly things about him last week at Martinsville, because Bowman rooted Denny out of the groove on his way to the win. This happens all the time on short tracks like Martinsville, and you'd think Hamlin would know that by now, but, nah, guess not.

Of course, if he wins Sunday, he'll be all sweetness and light and we'll forget what a douche canoe he was last week.

"I won't," you're saying.

And why is that?

"Because the Packers are playing the Chiefs  at the same time," you're saying.

Ah.