Catching up with our year-long Fireball Cup competition, recognizing excellence in the field of NASCAR brawling. And through five races, it's been a pretty damn boring season, frankly. We could use some more anger and fist-throwing; everybody's just too darn calm these days. Recall our rules, which can and do change on a whim: • Verbal/Twitter exchange; slightly aggressive driving leading to issues: 1 point • Bumping cars in an aggressive, making-a-point fashion: 2 points • Spin, non-critical: 3 points • Spin, critical: 4 points • Out of car, punches thrown: 5 points Fireball Cup stats, Bristol and California: Jeff Gordon: 1 point for jawing at Dale Earnhardt Jr. over a flat tire. (Bristol) Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 1 point for overly aggressive driving that knocked out Gordon. (Bristol) Kevin Harvick: 1 point for threatening to put Tony Stewart in the wall. (California) So that gives us the following standings: Jeff Gordon, 4 points Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3 points Kevin Harvick, 1 point Matt Kenseth, 1 point Joey Logano, 1 point Ryan Newman, 1 point Danica Patrick, 1 point David Ragan, 1 point With Martinsville on the horizon, we should have plenty more opportunity to add to these totals. Come on, guys! Step it up!
