Nascar star’s former squeeze likes to get nekkid

This is Amanda Beard (not to be confused with Amanda Huginkiss). She’s a very successful Olympic swimmer, winning seven medals from 1996-2008.

But what’s she doing on Gridcrasher, you ask? Well, she used to get jiggy with Nascar star Carl Edwards, which is more than enough to qualify her as a Grid WAG. That and the fact she has taken her clothes off for Playboy.

More photos after the jump (some include nekkidity, so don’t click if the boss is standing behind you)…

Nascar’s driver of the year blows his whole season in three races

In a recent poll in Sports Illustrated, Kyle Busch’s fellow Nascar pros voted him as the most talented driver on the circuit. Had the same drivers been polled on the more subjective issue of popularity, Busch would have finished bottom of the heap. He has earned a reputation as a sulky, surly, cocky asshat, albeit a sulky, surly, cocky asshat who has won more races this year than anyone else.

At the start of the Nascar Sprint Cup Chase (Nascar’s play-off system, essentially), Busch held a big lead over his rivals, thanks to a stellar regular season. Three disastrous races into the Chase, Busch finds himself more than 300 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson, with virtually no chance of winning the title.

Random stuff we found by the side of the internet…

• First test drive of the all-new Ford Mustang KITT (pictured), star of the forthcoming Knight Rider movie. Does it still have a “Turbo Boost” button? Jalopnik has the answer.

The best of the rest:

• Is there a future for Nascar’s “Car of Tomorrow”? [Sports Illustrated]

• For the last time this season, Martin Brundle answers a whole lot of F1-related questions [ITV]

• Top 10 vehicles made out of Lego [Le Blog Moto]

• Would you boo at an F1 race? [F1 Fanatic]

• Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch ain’t got no love for each other [Ron Ripple]