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Don’t get me wrong; I want to win every week. But I really, really, really want to win this Sunday.

When you write a column betting fake money on races and the race takes place in Vegas, losing stinks more. Jeff Gordon added an extra ounce to boo with his win last week, leaving me down a fake 100 dollars heading to a place where people lose far more real dollars every day.

Strange thing about the 2011 Sprint Cup season is that while winning has been the sassier story, the losses are what might have a bigger impact on who takes home the Sprint Cup.

My daughter Colleen loves the Disney princess movies. All of them. The ones that were made well before she was born, and even the ones made well before I was born. The time-tested Cinderella is a favorite to my 5-year-old.

The premise is similar among all of the animated films. Young attractive female meets young, attractive male and they are attracted to one another. Some villain or obstacle gets in the way, but is overcome leaving them with a lesson learned. The story ends with our two heroes together and “happily ever after.”

Daytona produced a few underdog heroes. Their “ever after” began when the 500’s checkered flag waved. Disney rarely produces a film that follows up on the prince and princess’s lives after they embrace and ride off in their carriage. But we do get to see our Speedweeks Cinderellas after the symbolic sunset walk.

Chapter two is called Phoenix. Chapter three is called Las Vegas. Chapter four is called Bristol, and so on.