Garrett Duke

Every Light in the House is on - Trace Adkins (Am listening to Trace Adkins right now if you can't tell ) Glad you knew I was only joking...wouldn't want to offend you or anyone for that matter. Couldn't resist myself.

*Bo continues to run his finger around and around the stone he had picked up as he continues to follow Jesse before Jesse comes to an abrupt halt and quickly alerts him of the noise. The noise he had blocked out with his empty thoughts. Bo hears himself gasp aloud and his throbbing head and back is quick to remind him of what his last encounter with the beast. He was lucky enough to escape death the first time, could he be as lucky the second time? Bo takes an unconscious step backwards as he forces himself to remain calm despite his pounding heart within his chest. A moment later the beast steps out of the bushes, his fiery eyes staring angrily down upon both of them. Looking at Jesse, Bo states, "Yeah. Here we go again. Now what?" Bo goes silent. "I'd vote we make a run for it. Anything you throw at him is only to make him even more upset than he already is."*

There's a Girl in Texas - Trace Adkins Trace must be singing about Texas Daisy, right? She's gotta be the only girl in Texas.

1. Jimmie Johnson 2. Denny Hamlin (-6) JJ better get his gear next weekend to seperate himself from the elven team! 3. Kevin Harvick 4. Kyle Busch 5. Jeff Gordon 6. Carl Edwards 7. Tony Stewart 8. Jeff Burton 9. Kurt Busch 10. Matt Kenseth 11. Greg Biffle 12. Clint Bowyer 13. Jamie McMurray Well, y'all, I wouldn't get too comfy with the points as they are now. I have a feeling after Talledega Sunday, that things may look a little different than they do now. Though...am hoping that JJ will still be listed as number one after Talledega (Sorry GLG...know you like Hamlin.) Hopefully Gordon and the rest our favorite drivers will avoid the big one that Talledega is known for.

Honestly, Waikiki, you are going to leave me with that? Well, I have lost all the respect I once had for you.... LOL. Just joking. But I have no idea of any other song with the word Respect in it, so you've got me stumped with this one.

Ladies Love Country Boys - Trace Adkins

I know who I am - Jeremy Camp Sorry Waikiki, didn't mess up your post.

Who wouldn't wanna be me - Keith Urban

You are very welcome for the report...am always glad to do so. LOL Roger. Thanks for apologizing for JJ...though after the incident with Kurt Busch, Jimmie is the least of my worries. At least Gordon was able to recover with Johnson's move, Busch ruined Gordon's race and his chances of winning the championship. Though Johnson do have to admit that Johnson was driving pretty aggressively today, at least for his style. (Kinda funny. Gordon called into his spotter after Johnson did that to him, and asked his spotter to ask Johnson's cc if Johnson had a spotter or what happened to his spotter! At least he was able to joke about it.) I am sure you are right about the tempers flying now...they only have four races remaining. And with Talledega next week, I really hope no one gets hurt next week or any other race. Hopefully they can keep their cool. I was hoping that Gordon would accomplish his drive for five before Johnson got his, but don't look like that will happen. Right now it is between Johnson, Hamlin (six points behind Johnson now), and Harvick. And seeing as I am not too big of a fan of Hamlin or Harvick, I am going for my number 2 driver...JJ. Though I am definately not giving up on Gordon. He may not win the championship, but he still has four races that he could win...especially Talledega if he can escape the big accident as he was unable to do in April.

When God Ran - Phillips, Craig, and Dean

For the Grace of God - Keith Urban

I apologize for slacking. Just realized I didn't put in the starting order. Can't recall the top ten, but I do know that Denny Hamlin won the pole position to start today's race. He started first...and for all you elven fans, will be happy to know, he finished first too. (You see that GLG? I thought of you when I saw that.) Well today was a very eventful and active day. A lot of guys having troubles and a lot of guys with good cars. A lot of team rivalries seemed to be going on. Starting with Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. Gordon went to pass Jimmie and Jimme quickly blocked him or closed the door on him to get Gordon loose and Gordon lost a couple of places with that. Jeff Burton and Kevin Harvick got into it a little bit themselves. Joey Lagano and Kyle Busch had a little contact with each other as well. They had a lot of cautions and a lot of lead changes. Jeff Burton got credited with the most laps led for today's race, Harvick led his share of laps, and of course, Denny Hamlin led a lot to win the race. Gordon led some laps himself when he opted to stay out of pits during a caution...JJ didn't lead a lap today I don't think. But Junior Nation was finally able to cheer and get excited when Jr passed Gordon and take the lead. I think he led some ninety laps today...they said he had only led 71 laps of this season up til today. It is always great to see Jr have a good day! Well, know some or most of you are not Jeff Gordon fans and some may really dislike him for some odd reason or another, but I do have to vent. Gordon was having a great day today until his pit crew costed him five spots during a caution to get him out nineth after coming in fifth or fourth. Which wasn't no big deal until he kept dropping positions. He then went to pass Kurt Busch who I guess thought there wasn't enough room for Gordon below him and went down to block him or something, well the two had a little contact. Which was no big deal for any of the two drivers. Sure Kurt was frustrated about it, but am sure Gordon wasn't too thrilled about it either. Well Kurt then retaliated against Gordon to turn him into the wall! He finished 20th and two laps down...and is now over two hundred points behind point leader Jimmie Johnson. I know I am biased here, but there was no need for Kurt to retaliate that big at Gordon...or anyone else that may have done that. In my opinion, he just ruined any chance Gordon had left of winning the championship by what he did. As I said, I am sorry for venting, but being as big of a Gordon fan that I am, I very frustarted by what had happened. After two poor races by Gordon due to car issues and pit road speeding penalties, Gordon was having a good race today to be ruined by that incident. Here is the top ten finishes of today's race: 1. Denny Hamlin 2. Mark Martin (Martin did an great job today after getting wrecked and starting out poorly, he raced hard to finish second.) 3. Kevin Harvick 4. Kyle Busch 5. Jimmie Johnson 6. Joey Lagano 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr (Way to go!) 8. Carl Edwards 9. Jeff Burton 10. Brad Keselowski Thanks for all that listened to my venting...I try to keep my opinions limited here, because I do know that every driver has it's fan base, and everyone has a right to like whoever is out there...or dislike any of the drivers (no matter who I like and who I don't care so much for. LOL) We are off to Talledega next week where "the big one" is always lurking around the corner. It'll surely change the points for sure...we're off to restrictor plate racing. Should be exciting...just hope Gordon and ALL of our favorite drivers will be able to escape "the big one" (accident.).

Well I don't know if this is real newsworthy since a lot of it is told to be rumors and have sat on it for awhile to think about it, but think I'll just post it as sort of a heads up. So a lot of this is yet to happen or to made a fact... In 2000 Richard Petty got into owning his own race team...that is a fact. LOL. He owns his own number 43 which is now drove by AJ Allmindinger and now owns Elliot Sadler's car (will be leaving at the end of the season), Paul Menard...who will be leaving at the end of the season as well, and the number 9 car that was drove by Kasey Kahne until earlier this week when he was released. Don't know how many cars he had owned when he started out or when he went to four cars, but that is how it is this year. A couple of years ago Richard Petty ran into money troubles and had to join with another team that is owned by George Gillet Jr.(He took over for Ray Evernham who had owned Kahne's car and perhaps another one.) That too is a fact. Who I believe ran Richard Petty's own son, Kyle Petty out of his car to fill it with another driver. Can't remember the details of it, but knew it kinda bothered me that some guy would jump in and take over like that with a guy like Richard Petty who had a big deal into making NASCAR what it is. Well with Kasey leaving, have read where Gillet is running into his own money issues and lost his soccer team (can't remember where it was at.) But it sounds like there is money issues that has plagued the entire Richard Petty Motorsports team. Rumor has been going around, I guess, that they don't know if they even know if they can race past Sunday. Though Robbie Loomis, who works for RPM as director for competition, said that he remains optimistic for 2011...but didn't argue that RPM's future is in doubt and even stated he hoped that they would be racing in Talledega (October 31...scary ain't it? Talledega on Halloween. Can't think of a better track to be racing at on Halloween!). But Loomis did say that a lot of it is speculation...and sounds like he is still making plans for 2011. Sounds like Gillett has the control over RPM and that Richard is trying to get investors to get Gillett's share of the team. But Loomis said he didn't want to speculate on that either. It is sad to sit here and see the King of NASCAR facing these sort of troubles. After being such a big part of NASCAR, now his and his team's future seems to be doubt. NASCAR without Richard Petty or any other Petty just seems wrong. Sadly NASCAR was robbed of another great Petty driver when Kyle Petty's son, Adam Petty had died in an accident in 2000 in a practice in his Busch (now Nationwide Series) car at the age of 19. Hopefully Richard and RPM can rebound and that we will not only see them in Talledega but at Daytona 500 next year. Being a Jeff Gordon fan, I have to point out his connection here. Ray Evernham, who once owned Kahne's car before he left, was Gordon's crew cheif the first nine or ten years of his career. Won three of his championships with him. Evernham was replaced by Robbie Loomis (RPM's competition director) and was with Gordon when he won his last championship. Robbie Loomis was replaced with Steve Letarte later one when Robbie left to return to RPM where he had started his career at.

*Bo nods. "Hogg and Rosco wouldn't believe you if you told them you saw a dog out here not alone a beast," Bo states sarcastically, "I wouldn't count on them to believe you or give us any help. Best bet is to go with Cooter." He goes silent as he rubs his fingers upon a medium sized gray smooth stone he had found before they had left the campsite, seeming to find comfort upon the smooth texture of the stone. *

Long Black Train - Josh Turner (How you guess that, Hoss? )

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Well I watched Cars tonight when my neice came over and I have to correct myself. It is Mario Andretti that is in it. Not John. I argued with myself with the two when I made the post and just went with the one that seemed more right. Guess I was wrong.

Great photo Hoss...they really get into their sponsors and such. Twelve guys behind the wall and working on the car in pits sounds like a lot of bodies to get in the way of each other. But obviously they make it work otherwise they wouldn't have that much. If I recall correctly, NASCAR can have only seven. Not sure if that is the amount that can work on the car at a time or that is behind the wall. Do know if they are over, they will get in trouble for it.

Well I posted to this when it originally got started, but thought I'd update my list Am not too big on watching movies at home, just because it takes time and I don't usually find that much time together to watch a movie...if I do, I usually end up spending it online or writing if I am lucky. 1. Smokey and the Bandit (the first S&B. Still ranks as my all time favorite movie!) 2. Cars (may be a kids movie, but I still find it to be a great movie. It being about racing, cars, and has Dale Jr, Darrell Waltrip, John Andretti, Richard Petty and his wife all in it - it has to be a great movie! ) 3. Black Dog (Haven't seen it in a long time, but still a good movie in my book!) 4. Remember the Titans (I guess my favorites hasn't really changed afterall...just added Cars to the mix.) Can't really think of any other movie right now...sure there are more. S & B 1 and Cars are my all time favorite movies.

My Last Name - Dierks Bently (Hoss...well I guess technically your Talk, Talk, Talk would be three words in a sense, but since it is the same word, it'd have the same affect as if you just put : Talk, down. Now wouldn't it? )

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Hoss - those are neat pictures. That's awesome that the crew decked out for it and all. I have a small Jeff Gordon car at home that has Star Wars on the hoods...So I am assuming that he was sponsored by the movie for one race, though don't remember seeing it or when it was. I highly doubt his crew cheif and crew got all decked out like that though for it! Hopefully they were able to take the costumes off during the race...could see where the outfits would slow down pit stops. (Do they make pit stops in F1? If not, they miss a lot of excitement. LOL) Thanks for sharing that with us, Hoss!