Garrett Duke

To continue my review...I just read something and I stand corrected. It doesn't sound like Gordon had bad pit stops, just other cars were passing him when he was going the speed down pit road. At least the last one. Which in my opinion, means they were speeding and won unfairly. Oh well...it was a race Gordon should have and could have won, but coming home third isn't all that bad. He was very dominant and strong ALL race long which is very promising for him..and his fans going into the chase. I just wanted to correct myself and take my blame of Gordon's crew that is normally great in any race. They may have had a part in it...don't know, but sounds like they had some help at coming out sixth and not one or two. All I know is what they show and say on TV...

Well the night race at Bristol was last night and it was as great of a race as I had expected it to be...though for this Jeff Gordon fan, was kinda disappointing. Ryan Newman earned the pole and led the first four laps before getting passed. Matt Kenseth led a lot of laps...but Jeff Gordon led the most laps with leading 206 laps out of the entire five hundred lap race. In my opinion, his pit crew kinda was lacking something. Everytime he went into pit road, Matt Kenseth came out first and Gordon had to pass him again on the track. Except when they made their final pit stop with eighty to go when he got back out on the track sixth to lose five positions! Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr took two tires instead of four as Gordon and other cars took four. After winning the past three out of five races at Bristol, Kyle Busch had a rough night when with seventy or so laps to go he got smushed in between two cars. He came home fourteenth. Mark Martin tried to get in between Brian Vickers and Bobby or Terry Labonte but there wasn't enough room and he got sent into the wall and out of the race. David Stremme and another car got into and got a chain reaction when Denny Hamlin and Paul Menard hit each other. Menard came home thirtieth while Hamlin finished seventh...both are fighting to get into the chase that will start in three weeks. Few guys who needed to have good races for the chase had bad races last night. Tony Stewart who had a horrible qualifying and started as the last car on the track finished three laps down. Kevin Harvick was a lap down, but he is pretty good in the top ten. Clint Bowyer had a poor race as well. Greg Biffle had his tire go flat under green and during the next caution pit stop, he got caught speeding in pits and he finished a couple or so laps down. Brad Keselowski held on to win the race. Making him the hottest driver of August after winning twice and having a couple of top tens or something like that. Gordon went on and fought his way to finish third which is a pretty good finishing spot. One I should be happy with. But knowing that he should have had the win if his pit crew had been has good as other's has been. Here is the top ten finishing spots: 1. Brad Keselwoski 2. Martin Truex Jr 3. Jeff Gordon 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Jamie McMurray 6. Matt Kenseth 7. Denny Hamlin 8. Ryan Newman 9. Carl Edwards 10. Marcos Ambrose We have two more races until the chase starts at Chicagoland...Atlanta next Sunday night and then Richmond. So far, Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson are locked into the chase. Right now, doesn't look like I'll be able to be watching the Atlanta race next week due to going to go see Marty Stuart with my family. Hopefully will be reading up on and posting what I read...Still hate misisng any races. Atlanta is always a good race!

LOL Roger. Yeah just about as dramatic...then add to it the dramatic pulling of hair in the Nationwide Series race of Steven Wallace. Then to add to the drama that Bristol will most likely to add to the drama...

"Don't Turn off The Lights" NKOTBSB (New Kids on the Block with the Backstreet Boys They are performing on "Dancing with the Stars" I love this song! Really makes me want to go to another concert! Awesome song...awesome groups! The video goes onto another song or two of the groups...best video I could find though. Call it a bonus on the thread!

Miss Marty Stuart and his music...am looking forward to seeing him in concert in a couple of weeks! Love his music.

Not the New Kids, but they put on a great concert with the NKOTB in June when I went and saw 'em both in concert...it was NKOTBSB! So want to go to another concert!

Love this song...and at the moment am in the mood for some NKOTB.

Know I posted this already, but had to post something NKOTB tonight...

Three hours later and the race is over. Greg Biffle started from the pole and lead a lot of laps until he got passed through pit stops and came home twentieth. It was an up and down day for most drivers. Kurt Busch hit the wall at least three times before causing the final caution with four laps to go. Carl Edwards had something break under the hood during the first half of the race and had to go to the garage for a lot of laps before coming back out. Denny Hamlin too had to go to the garage after hitting the wall. Jeff Gordon led a lot of laps before Matt Kenseth got lead under green flag pit stops...Jimmie Johnson who has yet to win at Michigan, led some laps before getting passed by Kyle Busch...who went on to win his first race at Michigan - and won his fourth race of the season so far. Kyle Busch has now clenched his spot in the chase... 1. Kyle Busch 2. Jimmie Johnson. 3. Brad Keselwoski 4. Mark Martin 5. Ryan Newman 6. Jeff Gordon 7. Kasey Kahne 8. Clint Bowyer 9. Tony Stewart 10. Matt Kenseth Next race is next Saturday night on ABC for one of my favorite races of the year as we'll be going night racing at Bristol! May be the shortest track on the circuit, but has got to be one of the most exciting racing as well.

NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan on ESPN is about to start and after running out of gas and getting into a fight with Boris Said after the race at Wakins Glen, Greg Biffle will start on the pole. And going winless so far, he is one of many who is looking for a win to get into the wild card spot for t he chase.

Very true...didn't think of that. Then again, I never saw that movie. Sad, now ain't it? Just seen photos of 'em with facial hair. Dang I miss watching the Dukes. Can't think of the last time I actually sat down and watched them...or wrote my story. Don't have my DVDs with me, but hopefully get some writing in. Sorry...this thread is forcing me to realize just how much I miss sitting down and watching the Dukes or writing. Sad when you get too busy to watch your favorite show or write about it, now ain't it Love the photo you posted, Hoss. Though they both look pretty sad or worried about something, makes me wanna give 'em a hug.

A few of 'em were also road racers...like Boris Said and Ron Fellows. Robby Gordon does good at road races as well. . .as is Marcos Ambrose as I stated earlier. Jeff Gordon is known as the road course king on the Sprint Cup...so too bad he didn't make an appearance for today's race. HA HA. Don't know if that is why you would know 'em or not, Hoss. Just thought I'd make note of it. There are a few others that are probably good at road courses as well, just don't know for sure or not.

Dang it! Stupid computer! Eh it's probably my bad. I tried doing I'm going to Leave You Tomorrow...but it wouldn't play on my computer. So I went with What's a Memory Like" instead. Perhaps forgot to copy and paste that link? Anyway, thank you Hoss for capturing my mistake and fixing it! Don't know if John has a beard and a mustache in "I'm gonna Leave You Tomorrow" (Since I couldn't watch it. . .but if he didn't', my remark would not make any sense. Anyway, thanks Hoss for coming to my rescue...again!

What an awesome today's Nationwide Series race was in Montreal! Lot of bumping and sliding today....with the worry of rain. It was Patrick Carpetier's last race and was doing pretty well until the end when something happened to his car and he ended up parking it off of the track and watching it on a stand...he is from Canada so he was a home favorite to win. Sad to see him go out like that. He took it pretty well, though. Robby Gordon was racing a good race til just after Patrick's accident when he ran too hard and ran into the back of another guy to take him out. Could tell he was really frustrated. Trevor Bayne had a off and on race as well. He got into a small accident when a rookie spun out and went back out on the track (around a blind corner) and had to go into pits to repair his car. He rebounded and with ten to go he was fifth or so. He finished 23rd or somewhere around there so something must have happened to him. Disappointed for Bayne. He's such a good kid and would love to see him succeed at more than just Daytona. But was very excited to see Marcos Ambrose win his first Nationwide Series race. Last week he won his first Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen and he has followed it up with his first Nationwide Series win today! So happy for him. He is just always so positive, always has a smile on his face. Both races are road races...he was a road racer before coming to NASCAR so he knows a thing or two about road races . Now for him to win at an oval... Here is the top ten finishers of today's Nationwide Series race: 1. Marcos Ambrose 2. Alex Tagliani (from the Montreal area...) 3. Michael McDowell 4. Steve Wallace 5. J.R. Fitzpatrick 6. Scott Speed (Driving for Harvick...great finish for Speed!) 7. Carl Edwards (great finish for Edwards after forgetting his passport at home! Hung out around fifteenth place all day. Snuck in to get a top ten!) 8. Justin Allgaier 9. Jason Leffler 10. Elliot Sadler Sprint Series will be racing at Michigan on channel ESPN at Noon central time! Enjoyed watching some of the truck series at Michigan where Kevin Harvick won his second truck race in a row. Enjoyed, more so, the Nationwide Series race at Montreal since I knew more of the drivers. But most of all, am looking forward to Michigan tomorrow for the Sprint Cup. All I have to say is, it better NOT rain!!!!!!!

Love this song...Love John's voice! Very talented man. Now we all can see what Bo Duke would look like with a beard and a mustache.

After watching the end of the Camping World Truck Series am now watching the Nationwide Series race...they have yet to go green. They are road racing at Montreal...the only race outside of America that NASCAR races at...and it could be their last race at Montreal due to money issues. As always, several cup racers are in the race today. Carl Edwards forgot his passport at home so after qualifying at Michigan for tomorrow's race, had to go home and get his passport and drive his own plane to Montreal. Talk about a stressful weekend. Jacques Villeneuve and Alex Tagliani are on the front row of today's race and are both from Canada. The green flag just flew...am ready for a great race. (Looking forward to the Sprint Cup race at Michigan tomorrow afternooon!)

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Yeah I saw it a couple of times and it can go either way. And the way Said talked did make it sound like he did it on purpose, but I don't know. Ragen and Biffle are generally clean racers...only seeing Said a few times here and there it is hard to tell. Does seem like he was in a wreck or wrecked someone at Infineon, but could be wrong so I am not judging him either way. Just glad both Ragen and Reutimann are both OK and that the were able to walk away from it all. Just read an article on NASCAR.com and it looks like Said and Biffle talked over the phone and worked things out. Said shoved Biffle off the road while on the carousale, whatever that is...ha ha, and Biffle got upset over it thinking Said shouldn't have raced him like that in taht particular area...an area that Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton got into huge wreck (Biffle's words) last year, so he had that in mind as well when he got upset in the car. Made him more upset when Said wrecked his team mate at the end (Ragen) then parked behind Biffle's car instead of Said's own hauler or going and checking on both Davids. Biffle did give Said credit for being a talented driver at the end of the article. Glad to hear they have it worked out and now we can move onto Michigan on Sunday. Biffle will be there...Said who is a road racer, will not be there. The race will be at one EST on Sunday on channel ESPN.

NASCAR (Well after the Boris Said and Greg Biffle "fight" think it proves there is drama in NASCAR...)

Don't know how you can wait that long for a race! Hope it goes by quicker than what you imagine it will! Thanks for your feedback. After posting what I did and not saying it, got worrying that I saw it wrong. All I saw was what was on the internet on NASCAR.com and they didn't interview Greg Biffle, just Boris Said. Though from watching Biffle on TV, he seems like one of the more quieter ones on the track and the least likely to be made easily like that. Guess I no longer have room to complain about my wait til next week to watch the race...perhaps you can watch NASCAR to fill in your gap.

Well Hoss, you saw more of the race than I had, what is your view on it? It is only Tuesday and since I missed this past weekend's race already starting to feel my NASCAR withdrawl kick in. Am highly anticipating Sunday to see the boys racing at Michigan...Gordon's favorite track! (It just better NOT rain...let it rain in Iowa. Not Michigan! LOL)

I heard Said say all that...found it ironic that he would say he wouldn't wreck anyone when he just got done wrecking David Ragen and David Reutimann. But then again, perhaps it wasn't on 'purpose' either. As I said, all I saw was the replays on nascar.com that did show Said's interview. Perhaps giving Said the bird isn't professional, but is threatening to go to another driver's house and give him a whooping any more professional? Sorry, those were just things I was thinking when I heard his interview. Never had a big issue with Boris in the past, but have to say, of what I have heard online, have to say I am on Biffle's side. Biffle is normally a laid back guy who isn't easy to upset like that.