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The year is 2056.

Dale Earnhardt’s championship total of seven is no longer a benchmark of NASCAR excellence.

You see, Bob Franks of Barre, Vermont now has eight championships at Thunder Road Speedway in the Full Frame Antique Division. These cars closely resemble Earnhardt’s earlier championships in the 1980s. Therefore all the titles are being statistically listed under one category.

Who says?

Jim Alexander does. Alexander is a 34 year-old NASCAR historian and is a self-proclaimed motorsports expert. He has read quite a bit about auto racing and is certain that all future stock car records should be kept this way.

“Have at it boys,” was an off the cuff remark. Those words have been used to define the current era of NASCAR Cup racing. The statement referred to less regulation by the sanctioning body of the on-track racing.

Where black and white (and some say sterile) once stood is now gray and subject to interpretation. However to NASCAR, the “boys” does not mean car owners.

Richard Childress’ altercation with Kyle Busch in Kansas last weekend seems almost within the spirit of what has been brewing for the last year and a half.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. _ As singers from honky-tonks to the Grand Ole Opry crooned in downtown Nashville, nobody was more in tune on Saturday than Carl Edwards.

Edwards largely dominated the NASCAR Nationwide Series race near the Music City and scored his second series victory of the year.

Kyle Busch and Edwards were in the top five in both of Friday’s practices. Come race time, they backed up their posted speeds.

This week NASCAR traveled to Hollywood where several drivers took the opportunity to meet with network execs and sign deals for their own shows. In the face of declining ratings for races, NASCAR officials hope the cross-over appeal of NASCAR drivers in scripted TV will boost its appeal. NBC's attempt to infuse its fall lineup with NASCAR programming failed, but experts feel now is the time.

Here's a closer look at some of the TV deals now in development.

While driving from Daytona to Charlotte, Kyle Busch was caught speeding in a Florida retirement community and forced to serve an unusual punishment: Busch has to live retirement community for a year and serve as its driving instructor. It's Golden Girls meets Stroker Ace with NASCAR's bad boy Kyle Busch in the lead role. Joining Rowdy in the cast are emmy-winner Doris Roberts as the meddling neighbor always trying to set up Kyle with single retirees and Darrell Waltrip as the casanova of the retirement community and Kyle's court-appointed roommate.

Another competitor near the end of a NASCAR Cup race spun Kyle Busch. Busch had to restart near the end of the lead lap cars with only a handful of laps remaining. He was vocally upset over his radio. This is a story that we have seen and heard more than once.

But this time the other competitor was Jeff Burton.

That’s right, Jeff Burton.