If only wishes would come true

In the season of giving, a few people in racing could use some help with their wish list for the holidays.

The 2010 season would be a lot more fun if these presents were under the motorsports tree:

For Michael Schumacher: A time machine so he can dial back a few years to his former greatness and have a triumphant return to Formula One.

For Dale Earnhardt Jr.: A special genetic pill, which would immediately add a little more of his father's DNA while driving a race car.

For Danica Patrick: A certificate for one Nationwide Series victory so she can silence all the naysayers.

For Patrick's Nationwide car: Some fresh paint to cover up the hideous lime green, black-and-orange combination it has now, looking like a Halloween leprechaun on wheels.

For John Force and Tony Pedregon: T-shirts that read: "I'm Too Old to Fight."

For F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone: A device implanted in his brain that shuts off his vocal cords whenever he starts to praise Hitler.

For Ford's Sprint Cup drivers: A shiny new engine, which lives up to all the expectations everyone had for it in 2009.

For Ashley Force: A practice Christmas tree, NHRA style, to improve her reaction times and get her a Funny Car championship in 2010.

For all NASCAR teams besides Hendrick Motorsports: A manual listing all the team secrets at Hendrick.

For David Pearson: A gold-plated gift card, guaranteeing his entry in the second class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, along with an apology from the voters who failed to place him in the first class.

For the Nationwide Series: A 2010 champion who isn't a full-time Cup driver.

For the 2010 Chase: A close championship battle between three or four drivers that goes down to the final race.

For Kentucky Speedway: A contract which states it will host a Cup race in 2011, and that the date comes from Pocono.

For the McLaren Mercedes F1 team: An anger-management coach for the inevitable feuds that will develop between new teammates and F1 champions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.

For Mark Martin: A free refill of that jug from the fountain of youth. And some funny black leather pants for that GoDaddy.com commercial he'll have to do with Danica Patrick.

For Carl Edwards: A safe backflip in the delivery room when his baby is born, moments before he passes out.

For crew chief Steve Addington: A season in which his new driver, Kurt Busch, finishes one spot ahead of his old driver, Kyle Busch.

For Formula One: Some love from new manufacturers to make up for the loss of Toyota, Honda and BMW.

For Milka Duno, Chrissy Wallace, Alli Owens, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Sarah Fisher and any other female driver: An "Oh, Snap" moment on the track that brings one of them one-tenth of the attention Danica will receive in 2010.

For the IndyCar Series: More than two teams (Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Penske Racing) that can compete for the championship.

For Sprint Cup: More than one team (Hendrick Motorsports) that can compete for the championship.

For Auto Club Speedway: The same seat fillers they have in L.A. for the Academy Awards.

For Brad Keselowski: A light-up peace symbol to place on his rear bumper and turn on whenever Denny Hamlin is behind him.

For Helio Castroneves: An IndyCar Series championship so people won't start calling him the Mark Martin of open wheel (the best driver never to win an IndyCar title).

For Graham Rahal, Marco Andretti and A.J. Foyt IV: A season as successful as their names imply.

For Talladega Superspeedway: A great Cup race without cars flipping through the air at the end.

For Kyle Busch: Hope that the maturity required in being a new team owner (in the Camping World Truck Series) has an affect on his Cup performance.

For the Camping World Truck Series: An increase in the number of trucks that run the full 2010 schedule, which was only 15 in 2009.

For Sam Hornish Jr.: A note from Juan Pablo Montoya that says: "The third time's the charm," telling Sam how 2010, his third Cup season, can become as successful as Montoya's third season was in 2009.

For NASCAR: A big thank-you note for going back to earlier start times in 2010.

For Formula One fans in the USA: A plan for bringing F1 back to America in 2011.

For the Indy 500: All 250,000 seats occupied, like it was in the good old days.

For the NHRA: A return to its roots by going back to quarter-mile races at tracks capable of doing it safely.

Terry Blount is a senior writer for ESPN.com. His book, "The Blount Report: NASCAR's Most Overrated and Underrated Drivers, Cars, Teams, and Tracks," was published by Triumph Books and is available in bookstores. Click here to order a copy. Blount can be reached at terry@blountspeak.com.