RogerDuke

It sucked when Bo and Luke left in 1982

Cousin Roger... The Skipper can try to get her here.

She is awesome. I wish we could get her here on HN.

I have a vague memory that Margaret Thatcher opened my junior school while she was Education Secretary (it was a few years before I went there, but there was a picture on the wall). It was soon after this that she acquired the nickname "Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher" because she abolished the free milk which schoolchildren used to receive in the '70s.

The satirical puppet show 'Spitting Image' overlapped the latter half of her time as Prime Minister, and showed how they thought she viewed her cabinet with this famous sketch:
 

A while back I seen a documentary on her on the local PBS station. She didn't take crap from nobody. It was said that her and the Queen had a contentious but mutually respected relationship.

BRB(Billie Rae Bates) classified herself as "a geeky nerdy girl!" Wow!

Cousin Hobie & Cousin Roger Thanks for your reactions.

THIS.....needs to be on a T shirt!!
 

Here's the Gen 7 Cup cars 
https://www.jayski.com/2021/05/05/manufacturers-unveil-nascar-next-gen-cars/
Unfortunately with this there will ultimately be layoffs following the final race of this season as teams will not need chassis or body fabricators as well as other jobs that will now be handled suppliers https://m.nascar.com/news-media/2021/05/05/vendors-parts-suppliers-list-next-gen-car/
Wonder how long it will be before they move to a single engine manufacturer like they did in the truck series.

Here's a preview of some of the retro paint schemes for this weekend https://www.jayski.com/paint-schemes/cup-series-paint-schemes/2021-spring-darlington-raceway-announced-throwback-paint-schemes/

So far, the only comment in that story is:

"TALK ABOUT FIXING A RACE LOOK NO FARTHER THAN SUNDAY THEY TRIED BOY DID THEY TRY"

Nascar's explanation https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/05/03/elton-sawyer-chris-buescher-tyler-reddick-nascar-explains-delay-on-caution-for-errant-tire/
love this line
"We don’t want to get in the middle of that as the league."

That's funny Hoss but folks in Hazzard County don't really care about golf so go ahead and enjoy the win. LOL
Now, if there was a race that gave out a Rider Cup we might be interested. (or a Driver Cup would be even better)
Poor Garrett. I turned the football thread into a baseball thread and now the NASCAR thread has become a golf thread.

Thanks for the update GARRETT. I see your fave did pretty well.
Okay, I apologize for being grumpy but my Pirates and Steelers are to blame.
In an odd way to say I'm sorry....let me just post this.....
Congratulations to your BEARS for winnning. My steelers lost.
Okay, now back to NASCAR.......

To answer your question.....no I'm not happy.....and I won't be until DAVID RAGEN (all capitals) wins more championships in a row than JJ and garrett's (no capitals) thread becomes the DAVID RAGEN thread. Is that too much to ask for?
GO DAVID RAGEN!!!!.....beat jeff gordon

Thanks Garrett. I've never seen you put the number one driver in all capital letters. Hmmm, I wonder why. Oh yea, it's 'cause you like the guy and he hasn't been at the top very much this year.
I see David Ragen didn't get all capital letters even though that's probably been his best starting position all year.
I'm starting to sense a little favoritism in your NASCAR posts.
(but I guess I have to put up with it or you'll get mad at me and stop posting)

You'd have to be dumber than a hick to think hicks are dumb. 

They probably thought, " Ah....bunch of dumb hicks....they'll never notice!" Well....fooled you didn't we mr. producer/writer!!   

Cousin Roger... Wow you posted this on my birthday!

Cousin Roger yep!

Take away the number you first thought of, and the winner is...

Nascar Officials once again created controversy with cautions in both the Truck and Cup series races. In the truck race they seemed to randomly call a caution for spinning trucks one time but not other times. In the Cup series with 30 laps to go  it was for a tire that was neither on the pit lane or anywhere near the track. Even Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer and Mike Joy said there was no need for the caution just before the yellow flag was thrown.
Surprise surprise Kyle Busch won the Buschy McBusch 400 race after Nascar's BS tire caution caused multiple wrecks and cautions. Kyle Larson dominated the race and had a big cushion to the 2nd place car before the infamous tire caution. On the restart Denny Hamlin got the lead but couldn't hold off a hard charging Larson and eventually brushed the wall which brought out another caution. On the next restart they never even got a lap in before another wreck and caution. Kyle Larson ended up finishing 19th.
Top 10
1 Kyle Busch
2 Kevin Harvick
3 Brad Keselowski
4 Matt Dibenedetto
5 Chase Elliot
6 Martin Truex jr
7 Tyler Reddick
8 Chris Buescher
9 William Byron
10 Austin Dillon
Onto throwback weekend at Darlington next weekend. Both races will be on FS1 so more than likely there will be a ratings drop from last year's race.
On a sad note Bobby Unser passed away Sunday. He won the Indy 500 3 times in 3 decades, one of only 2 drivers to do that. He also made 3 starts in the Cup series in car numbers 13, 99 and 41. His best finish was 4th at Riverside in 1973. You also might remember him from the Nascar broadcast booth where he worked alongside Benny Parsons from 1986-1992. 

I can see why they'd want an exciting finish, but the way you describe it, it sounds more like manipulating the result.

The main controversy at this week's F1 was varying enforcement of the track limit rules. Due to travel restrictions, some races are taking place at circuits which aren't usually on the F1 calendar. Especially on circuits where they host motorcycle racing, the outside of corners are paved for safety rather than being gravel or grass. To prevent the drivers from gaining an unfair advantage by taking a wide line on corners, at least one wheel must remain within the white line which marks the edge of the track. During qualifying, drivers had their times deleted if they exceeded the track limits, and Max Verstappen had his fastest lap deleted for the same reason. The commentators were suggesting that it would be better if they could remove the advantage of going wide. I'm not sure that there's an easy solution.

Happy anniversary! I loved that movie! Predictable but fun. Great special effects.,
The local dirt track opens on Friday. I'm pretty excited about it. I'm recording the final race of Supercross dirt bikes tonight. 

I'm kinda depressed about David Ragen not being up there anymore. I understand it's because he switched teams and all but still it's getting me down and not making the season as interesting as it was last year.
Hey Garrett, you're pretty well connected in the world of NASCAR. Next time you're in one of the meetings at NASCAR corporate headquarters could you tell them my story and maybe use your influence to get Ragen up there in the top 10? They don't take bribes do they?.....'cause I have $152 in my savings if that will help.