Garrett Duke

Well the race has just gotten over and I am sure NASCAR is eccstatic on how it came down to this... After several rain delays and after passing a lot of drivers...Tony Stewart has won his fifth race of the season/chase and to win his third championship. Congrats to Tony and team 14 on a great race and all of Stewart's fans. Am sure you all are on cloud nine right now... Carl Edwards led the most laps and came home second...points are tied, but since Carl has only one win this year and Stewart as five, the championship goes home with Stewart. Carl raced a good race...a good season. He did everything right...very consistant.He has such great sportsmanship, was able to smile through his interview once he got out of his car...and then went over and congratulated Tony. Here is the top ten positions of the race at Homestead: 1. Tony Stewart 2. Carl Edwards 3. Martin Truex Jr 4. Matt Kenseth 5. Jeff Gordon 6. Clint Bowyer 7. Kasey Kahne 8. Kevin Harvick 9. Denny Hamlin 10. Jeff Burton Here is the top twelve finishing in points: 1. Tony Stewart 2. Carl Edwards 3. Kevin Harvick 4. Matt Kenseth 5. Brad Keselowski 6. Jimmie Johnson 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Denny Hamlin 10. Ryan Newman 11. Kurt Busch 12. Kyle Busch 13. Clint Bowyer (whoever gets thirteenth wins a million dollars) All the points are unofficial, but that is from NASCAR.com... And my NASCAR withdrawl begins...

They are back racing...Gordon even led a lot of laps before being passed by Tony Stewart. Carl Edwards is third, behind Gordon. Tony is now first in points by one point... Holding my breath for Carl to get this thing...(Carl just passed Gordon for second.

Well we are on lap 109 and we are red flag for rain. URGH...though I think it has stopped and they are now drying the track. My NASCAR withdrawl has seemed to have kicked off early at the thought of this being the LAST race of the season... Anyway, so far the races has been a good one for the most part. Tony had a lot of rough luck at the start of the race when he got a hole in his car after Kurt's transmission going out. Though he didn't know how he got the hole. Though he restarted all the way back in the line up, he has now passed a lot of cars and is in the top ten. Carl Edwards had start the race up front and is still leading the race...with JEFF GORDON right behind him. Gordon has had a strong and fast car today. Johnson has had some engine problems and Jr has felt a vibration. Both are still in the race. Marcos Ambrose and David Ragen are out due to their engine blowing...both having Rousch engines what Edwards is driving. Though they are now saying that Edwards is racing with a different engine...am hoping not have engine problems...am holding my breath.

I get a lot of info from NASCAR.com. Great site...usually one of my first stops when I come online.

I figured that much MA...just voicing my opiniuon on the matter. But you are right...

Well the last and final race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Homestead will be at 3:00 PM EST on ESPN...afterwards who ever is in the number one spot in points will be walking away as the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion. Will it be Carl Edwards who is three points ahead of Tony Stewart or will Stewart come back with the win? If they tie in points, the win will go to Tony since he has the most wins of the season... I will make sure to write my review after the race and followed by the points. Here is the top ten starting positions... 1. Carl Edwards 2. Martin Truex Jr 3. Kasey Kahne 4. Kurt Busch 5. Brad Keselowski 6. Matt Kenseth 7. Jeff Gordon 8. Greg Biffle 9. Jimmie Johnson 10. Denny Hamlin (Tony Stewart will start 15th today...) Well today's start of the race is looking good for my fantasy teams since five of my eight drivers start in the top ten. I got drivers starting 1,2,3,5, 9. I am currently 3rd for the playoff secong and 4th for all season...so am hoping to come out first or second....fingers crossed. LOL. As for me, I am hoping that Jeff Gordon will get his first win at Homestead to end his year out with an win...and that Carl Edwards will be the 2011 Sprint Cup Series. Stewart drives Hendrick endgines, but love Edwards attitude. Always positive and he has came close to winning the championship a few times, just never came through with the deal thanks to a driver by the name of Jimmie Johnson who has won the last five years. Being a JJ fan, hate to see his great streak come to an end, but all good things sooner do come to an end. Both Stewart and Edwards has two wins at this track...Edwards won at Homestead last year.... Who do y'all want to win? The race and the championship?

Wow this thread has been greatly left behind...am so sorry. As Rosco would say, Shame on me...everyone knows my name. Anyway the Nationwide series season came to an end last night and here is the final top ten in points: 1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 2. Elliot Sadler (-45) 3. Justin Allgaier 4. Aric Almirola 5. Reed Sorenson 6. Jason Leffler 7. Kenny Wallace 8. Brian Scott 9. Michael Annett 10. Steven Wallace We will be finding our Sprint Cup Series champion later this afternoon...

Well Roger if you are going by our role play...you are clearly mistaken. Your Rosco ran into Gordon...Gordon was an innocent bystander that Rosco's horrendous driving ability took as a victim. And Rosco being Rosco refuses to take any responsability for his own actions...HA HA. Role play aside, I do believe Gordon is deserving of this honor. For what he does on the track but more so of what he does off the track. For all his charities he is in and all that he does to help kids that are sick. Just amazing. Plus he has now been in NASCAR's Sprint Cups (use to be Winston Cup) Series for twenty years...he has had to have some influence on the sport, don't you think? Like his four championships (next year he'll get number five...HA HA:rofl:) and his 85 wins that has put him as the third winningest driver.... Just saying...though my opinion may be clouded a bit by how BIG of a Jeff Gordon fan I am. Thanks Roger I am very happy for Jeff Gordon. May not be his well deserved fifth championship I was hoping for, but I am definately happy with his award.

I've got to be honest...this thread greatly disgusts me and to see it linked to the Dukes is even more disturbing. And no, I did NOT click the link. This is a clean site about a clean show full of family values and this is what it does to it? Very disturbing to me. I saw the first DOH movie with Jessica Simpson in it and refused to see the second one...the first one was bad enough. (Only reason I did go see it was because I felt like I had to give it a chance...bad idea on my part!) As for me...I will stick with Cathy, John, Tom, and Denver and that is the ONLY Dukes of Hazzard there is in my BOOK!

So very true Brian. NASCAR does need some good news...

Sending hugs your way Daney in this time of need ((((((HUGS))))) I am sorry for your great loss and know you are in my thoughts and prayers.

This was my FIRST favorite Country song...can't remember how young I was, but remember thinking of it as Mel meaning baby as in infant and not the way he is intending. LOL. Still love this song and Mel's music... Y'all are gonna love this video...Mel didn't have a video I could see for this song, but the first video that was listed was this one to a slide show of Daisy Duke. How appropriate is that? LOL. Sadly most of her clothing isn't all that appropriate and am surprised she got away with it back then. So if there is anyone easily offended or too young they may not want to watch it. It isn't too bad especially compared to how some people dress now adays, but still not what I was thinking...though ironically Catherine just as that air of innocence about her that she seems to make it work...especially on the show.

Well this may not pertain the whole NASCAR world and may have little effect on anyone on this board other than me and any other Jeff Gordon fan, but had to share the good news. Seeing on how any Jeff Gordon fan after last week's race needs and deserves some good news going into Homestead this weekend. Jeff Gordon has earned the Person of the Year by NASCAR Illustrated for what I think I read third time in a row. I read that yesterday on his fanforum and just got my NASCAR Illustrated, for December, in the mail today!!!! Am sooooo excited and happy to see his face on the cover and to see him honored with such a deserving title. This may not alter NASCAR or the chase any or make any big news headlines, but had to share this exciting and GOOD news to y'all. And after the week I have had, I could really USE some good news right about now.

(Plus "Finally Home" Included. Was sang at the Dove awards...)One of my favorite songs by my favorite Christian group. Have seen them three times and loved every second of it. Great group...Bart Millard and the rest of Mercy Me puts such great emotion into this song; almost brings chills to me.

Well this has little to nothing to do with NASCAR, but had to say that I now have complete sympathy for Jeff Gordon on Sunday's race when his brakes went out. Not that I didn't then, but now I REALLY know how he must have felt or somewhat. Halfway going to work today and had to step on my brakes in case someone walked in front of me (it was dark and couldn't see but a shadow...) and my brakes went out. Have never been so scared in my life and can't imagine how much worse it must have been going at the speed Gordon was going. I made it to my apartment fine (where I was to drop off my dogs at) due to having a little brakes. Turns out there was a hole in my brake line and now have to get it all fixed. Dang where is Cooter when I need him?! But after I was home safely and got thinking of how much worse it could have ended, I found it sadly ironic that on the same week Gordon finishes as the last car left on the track due to his brakes failing on him, my own brakes fail on me. Was definately not a fun ride...

Well the race is now over and we are no better than we were when we started...at least when it is concerning Stewart and Edwards. Stewart is still trailing Edwards by three points. NASCAR has got to be loving this since the chase and the points are so close together. Closest they have been together. By the start of the race it looked like there would be a lot of cautions and there was quite the few, but not as much as it was looking to be. Geoffery Bodine casued three cautions with spin outs before taking it to the garage. Matt Kenseth who won the pole for the race and led a lot of laps before slipping back for some reason. And then Brian Vickers felt neccessary to pay Kenseth back for Martinsville and wrecked him pretty good to take him out of the race. Kyle Busch had engine problems during practice and had to replace the engine to take him to the end of the pack...only for his engine to blow and to be taken out of the race. Tony Stewart led ALOT of laps and did good to f inish third...Carl Edwards led a lot of laps as well and came home second. Kasey Kahne went on to win the race...Gordon's future team mate next season. Talking of next season...am REAL ready for next season to start. Was a very FRUSTRATING race for this 24 fan. Gordon lost his brakes and pretty much limped across the finish line in 32 six laps down and now is 11th in points. :mad: Here is the top ten finishing positions... 1. Kasey Kahne 2. Carl Edwards 3. Tony Stewart 4. Jeff Burton 5. Ryan Newman 6. AJ Allmindinger (who stole David Ragen's crew after his crew messed up...) 7. David Reutimann 8. Marcos Ambrose 9. Paul Menard 10. Clint Bowyer Here is the unofficial points after the race: 1. Carl Edwards 2. Tony Stewart (-3) 3. Kevin Harvick 4. Brad Keselowski 5. Jimmie Johnson 6. Matt Kenseth 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr 8. Kurt Busch 9. Ryan Newman 10. Denny Hamlin 11. Jeff Gordon 12. Kyle Busch Am so ready for Daytona 500 in February for a fresh new season for the team 24 and Jeff Gordon. Really frustrated with the race and even more so to see him sitting outside of the top ten in points. This chase has been nothing but a lot of bad luck for Jeff Gordon and team 24...and a lot of good luck to Tony Stewart who had a so -so regular season. The boys will be racing at Homestead, Miami. One of the two race tracks where Gordon has NOT won at before and I am hoping for his first next week. Carl Edwards has won the past two races at Homestead...and is a track where Stewart has NOT won at either. It is also the track where they will be handing over the championship trophy to the driver in the number one position in points. And this year, they will be handing it over to someone other than Jimmie Johnson who has taken home the last five championship trophies. (Know I am in the minority to feel this way, but am sad to see his streak come to an end...) I am hoping that it will be going home with Carl Edwards and team 99. He is a great driver and a great guy. Always smiling and always positive. Through all this he has had nothing but good things to say about Stewart. As has Stewart about Carl. This is a great championship chase with Carl and Tony so close to each other...only three points seperating them and we are left with only ONE race remaining of the season. And then my NASCAR withdrawl will kick in...

Green flag just dropped and already an accident on lap one...David Ragen and Ragen Smith got collected in a wreck when they tried passing Kasey Kahne for eigthth place...lucky for Kahne they didn't collect him. Will be holding my breath that Gordon and Johnson will not get involved in ANY of the MANY accidents that is predicted to be of today's race. Am watching it on TV and have Race Buddy on the computer -am following Jimmie Johnson since they have no Jeff Gordon camera on today. LET'S GO JEFF GORDON AND TEAM 24!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now we are onto the second caution on lap 7 (right after they went back to green) when Geoff Bodnine spun out - by himself. Ragen Smith went to the garage...but with the caution David Ragen got back on the lead lap. Stay tuned to my post race review...

Though I am not a fan of Coke drinks, do love this commercial. Then again, I like most if not all NASCAR commercials.

"Somebody Like You" Keith Urban Awesome song by an awesome artist. Love this song...in fact, love this entire album this song is on.

Well it is finally race day!!!!! The Sprint Cup race is at Phoenix today...though the weather is none too promising. It rained this morning and watching the prerace show they said it was raining on and off...looks cloudy on TV. Am really HOPING for no rain come race time! Jeff Gordon won the Phoenix race at the beginning of the 2011 season and right after had helped with the first dig of the track. The track has been redone and so it leaves the drivers and their teams with large question marks. They said that in the Nationwide Series race that it was slick and there was a lot of accidents that took out mulitple cars in most of them...and now that it has rained out, it will make it more slick than it was last night's race. Here is the starting top ten line up: 1. Matt Kenseth 2. AJ Allmindinger 3. Marcos Ambrose 4. Mark Martin 5. Martin Truex Jr 6. Jamie McMurray 7. David Reutimann 8. Tony Stewart 9. Carl Edwards 10. Kasey Kahne Well with there only two races remaining...including today's race at Phoenix, today could be a big race day for the points. Tony Stewart trails Carl Edwards by 3 points right now...will Tony overcome Carl or will Carl stretch out his point lead over Stewart? Or will they be involved in one of the accidents? Well I am planning on watching to find out and will make sure to write my review afterwards. Am really HOPING that Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson will come out of the race untouched by any accidents...as well as Carl Edwards. But more so...am hoping for a safe and fun race. They just said that by 3:15 at Phoenix time they have sixty percent chance of rain and wind with thunderstorms at night. Go figure...they go to the dessert and it's suppose to rain. Well I am hoping for the forty percent not to rain - will be greatly upset if I have to miss the nineth race of the chase knowing there is only ONE race left of the season. LET'S GO JEFF GORDON AND TEAM 24!!!!!! LET'S SWEEP THE PHOENIX RACES IN '11!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love Country Music or not y'all are gonna love this one! Mark Wills coming in driving our beloved General Lee plus his statement of his first love was Daisy Duke. Love this song...miss Mark and his music.

Very true Hoss...financially what NASCAR fined him didn't make a dent in Kyle's pocket book, but ironically Kyle probably costed himself more than what NASCAR fined him. Kyle owns his own truck that he races in the truck race - in other words, the truck he wrecked trying to wreck Hornday was his own truck that he PAYS for. Can't remember the damage off hand right now and I have no patience for my slow computer right now to look it up, but am sure his truck had to gather some damage that he will have to pay for in order to race this weekend. I am definately not a Kyle Busch fan, but do believe he has matured a lot this year than how he has been in the past. Friday was a huge step backwards in all of that, so I personally feel NASCAR gave him the correct punishment. Not with the fine or the probation, but with parking him. That is the highest penalty that NASCAR has placed upon a driver. (In fact I remember several years ago when Tony Stewart punched a Busch Series driver (am wanting to say it was Kurt Busch, but could be wrong about that...)...and NASCAR ALLOWED him to race in the Sprint Cup race because to take him out of the race would have knocked him out of the championship pursuit. So at least NASCAR decided to park Busch despite him being in the chase...) I am sure getting parked like that and watching McDowell drive his car was enough of an eye opener as anything else NASCAR could have done...

The fine and the probation will mean little to him...being parked is what will have the most affect on Kyle, I think.

Well NASCAR has stepped in again on the Kyle Busch issue...they fined him fifty thousand dollars and put him on probation through Dec. 31, 2011. (He was put on probation through the end of the year last year after the fall Texas race after he flipped off the official who was holding him back for a lap penalty for speeding...must be something about Texas ) Kyle had dropped four positions by being out of Sunday's Sprint Cup race...am sure that is what will make the most effect on Kyle.