The Nascar Champions Awards are going on today and it’s supposed to be a particularly fun affair. This year, they made some changes. Normally, in the past, they have done this event in New York City, but in an effort to change a few things, save some money and to shift the image a little bit, they are having it in Las Vegas, a no less flashy place but sufficiently “real American” to offset the benefits offered by New York. So far, there isn’t much news to come out of the awards, other than that Dale Earnhardt Jr. is still the most popular member of the crowd of competitors. That’s not a huge surprise, even though he hasn’t won the way he used to. Hopefully he will be able to ride that popularity forwards.