RogerDuke

You're not the only one who feels that way. I don't know much about it but my NASCAR friends are upset. One says he's going to quit watching but he says that all the time and still watches.

baseball

bird

Well, it's the Dukes favorite NASCAR track so I hope that brings me luck.

carpenter

Happy birthday on Thursday cousin. We'll lift a buttermilk at the Boar's Nest in your honor. We love you and miss you.

This hardly seems fair. What about MY feelings? If we had a better Commissioner the rules would be more fair and I'd be in first place and not last. I'm calling my lawyer.

socks

Wow, it's hard to believe it's been that long!

Hey Garrett. Is fantasy NASCAR just like golf where the lowest score wins? Because if it is I have a huge lead in this thing.

It's not every day there is a reference to Dukes related stuff in a newspaper so I was surprised to see a picture of Cale Yarborough on the front page of the sports section of our local paper (Erie Pa) today. 40 years ago today NASCAR changed forever by going mainstream with the first ever race to be broadcast in its entirety on television. It was the 1979 Daytona 500 and since there was major blizzard up north a lot of folks we're sitting inside watching TV and got exposed to NASCAR for the first time. There were over 15 million viewers. Cale attempted to pass Donnie Allison on the last lap and a crash occured. At the time they were in first and second place. A muddy and bloody fight happened between Cale and Donnie's brother Bobby. The drama couldn't have been better for NASCAR since EVERYBODY was talking about it. That was the day NASCAR went from a southern sport to a national one.

Today is the 40th anniversary of the first time the Daytona 500 was ever broadcast on television in its entirety. Go down to the Cale Yarborough thread for more details.

red

My kinda guy!

I'm enjoying your story!

Apparently it takes a long time to post the results.

It doesn't matter what you are anymore. It matters what you identify as and that orange clunker car will always identify as a ridgerunning redneck racing rebel.

Does this mean there's going to be an Earnhardt racing against an Elliott?!

robin

chimney

Don't ask me why but that actually sounds like a good idea! Hmmm, that is the episode with Nervous Norman, right?

flag

The General was black before he was orange. I wonder if 'ol Cooter still has any of that orange paint left. Remember when Daisy said " I'll paint that flag. I just love that flag!" I bet we can talk her into doing another.

Wild West Yep, and I'm better than Jethro Bodeen at math. I know all my gazintas. As you can tell by my last post I'm purty good at multiplication too.

I saw that on the national news. As long as you've got your DOH videos and your electric is still on you'll be fine. Keep us updated .