Garrett Duke

I like challenging tracks as well, just like the tracks more where I can go into the race knowing he'll have a good finish. Though he has a win at all but one track so far, so that only means he has one challenging track left to face. Hopefully he can get it this year. Goodyear supplies the tires for each race so they don't bring the tires...well they might, but they don't get a choice as to what tire they want to race. Though Goodyear and the drivers seem to communicate as to which tire works best at what track and so far. Just like Sunoco supplies the gas...they gas up or refuel several times during the race. Interesting to hear the difference between the two racing leagues! Never knew much about F1 other than their cars look different. LOL .

Sounds like you have an exciting race to watch. Glad both your guys or drivers are doing well. I prefer the oval tracks over the road courses because they go faster and there tends to be more action on the track. The road courses are fun and exciting in their own right, just it is hard for them to pass one another so they seem to stay in the same position for awhile. Of course that makes it more challenging for the drivers...LOL. Each track is different than one another, there are half mile tracks to two mile tracks and the lengths of the race varies as well. Pocono's track is in the shape of a triangle. I like the longer tracks...the mile, mile and a half tracks. Though I do love Bristol and Bristol is the shortest track out there...Bristol is just a short track full of action, lot of emotion on that track. Don't know if you feel this way with your F1 races, but I tend to like the tracks that my favorite driver is good at. LOL. F1 only puts caution or yellow flag on that section of the track where there is debri or an accident at? I'd think that would be hard to slow down in time. NASCAR yellow flags the whole track for a few laps until the accident or the debris is all cleared. They have a pace car setting the pace for everyone and after a lap or two around the track, pit road opens up and a lot of drivers will make their pit stop. The only way they can pass under yellow is if they beat another driver out of pit road and they have a slow speed for pit road - they get caught speeding, they have to serve a drive through penalty. If an accident is real bad, they will red flag it and everyone has to park and no one can work on the car or do anything with the car. They also will throw a caution or yellow flag if there is any sort of debri out on the track as well which can get frustrating depending on where your driver is at and if they need a pit stop or not. Then once the track is all cleaned and set, they will drop the green and they have a double file restart to start the race again. This year they have done something different...if the yellow falls before the white flag falls, they give them three more laps to race to the white. Once the white flag falls, it's set...the caution comes out, they just stop the race and whoever is leading, wins...or everyone races around the 'accident' to the finish line. Hope that helps. Too bad they don't show it...the pit stops are interesting to me to see how much time they take, what strategy they use, and of course, who gets out of the pits fastest. LOL

Thanks ... was glad to find my name in the mix. Sorry for the K...not my fault they put a K in Duke. Any name with Hazzard would be difficult to do, not much with a z in it. Looked through a few, think I found Roger's, but that was about it. Maybe Daney's if I remember right. . .

Hijacking the NASCAR Q&A thread...LOL Hoss. Thanks for returning it to NASCAR...seeing on how I know very little about F1. Sounds like you know a lot about it, so I will leave those questions for you and I think I'll stick with the racing I know most about; NASCAR. Think most of the drivers I had thought came from F1 to NASCAR was actually Indy like Sam Hornish Jr now to think of it. Except for Juan Pablo Montoya. You do know your F1 racing. Four week break? Dang...I'd be going crazy with that long of a break. Though guess I do bet a three MONTH break at the end of the season before the next season. Those are the longest months ever. Know how you must be feeling right now. Hope your driver or whoever you go for will do good at the next race you are talking about. NASCAR actually has two road courses...the Watkins Glen that they just finished at and they have one at Sonoma called Infineon. Jeff Gordon (my favorite driver) is pretty good at road coarses so I enjoy them. Thanks for the info, Hoss! As I said, I'll leave the F1 stuff to you and stick with what I actually know. LOL.

Raked gutter? Well at least my gutter's cleaned out.

Bo 45 Luke 38 Jesse 17

*Landing hardly on the dusty ground on the other side, Bo lets out a sigh of relief before gunning the car forward and excitement builds within him at seeing Sheriff Coltrane's car at a dead halt on the opposite side.* Yee Haa *Bo lets out his famous rebel call and looks ahead only for his excitement come to a dead halt and dread settles within him as Deputy Strate's car comes into view coming right at him.* Oh no *Bo groans while continuing to drive forward fastly despite the oncoming police cruiser. A moment later, realizing Enos wasn't stopping or turning around, Bo cusses under his breath before he shoves forcefully on the brakes and yanks the wheel to slide sideways to a halt. Bo holds his breath while watching Enos do the same thing only to come to a halt three inches away from Bo's passenger door.* Damn it *Bo cusses as he watches Enos crawl across his passenger seat to open the door and climb out.* "Bo and Luke Duke you two are now under arrest for -" *Enos starts to say as he looks into the car to only find Bo sitting behind the steering wheel of the famous General Lee, the passenger seat empty.* "Uh I mean," *Enos fumbles for words* "Bo Duke you are under arrest for excessive speeding on county roads. Now if you don't mind stepping out of The General, we can get this done and over with." *Bo eyes Enos and more dread fills him. He had been expecting a speeding ticket, not to be under arrest for his misadventures he decided to go on after being dismissed from The Boar's Nest. Jesse's really gonna kill him now.* "Wish I could do that for you, Enos, but I can't. You see, with Luke and Daisy outta town for the next few days to help out with our sick aunt," *Bo goes silent and forces a sad face to play on Enos' guilt and emotions towards the aunt Bo barely even knew.* "I can't go to jail. Not now. Now I have to be home to help out Jesse with the chores and all."* *Enos eyes his friend with sad eyes.* Sorry Bo. The law is the law and you broke it. Jesse's gonna have to fend for himself and you have your own sorry self to blame. Now get out of your car or else I'm going to have to add resisting arrest onto your charges." *Bo eyes Enos with surprise. Normally Enos wasn't so serious or that upset towards him and Luke. Then again, it was now just him. Enos and Luke were the same age, same grade in school. Bo just tagged along.* "No can do, Enos. Hate to do this to you, but you leave me no choice." *With that, Bo glances down at Enos' nicely shined boots, looks up at Enos, nods and presses harshly onto the accelerator. Feeling his heart race rapidly within him, Bo drives quickly away from the standing deputy to drive on the bright green grass, driving between trees, Bo looks back to find Enos racing to his parked car; yelling something into the summer air.*

Santa will be coming in four months and fourteen days.

Hoss...don't mind you answering, especially since you know more about F1 racing than I do. But I do know some of the drivers that did switch from F1. May not have remembered them at first. Juan Pablo Montoya is by far the biggest one that has succeeded, but Sam Hornish Jr I believe drove F1 or Indy before coming to NASCAR. It amazes me all the different types of racing out there...guess for me, I'll just stick with NASCAR - the one I know about. Boris Said is a big guy and I would think that may have some disadvantages...I know Michael Waltrip (Darrell Waltrip youngest brother) is 6'5" (I think) and when he was still racing with the old car, Darrell said Mikey's head would touch the roof of the car. The new cars was easier for Michael to get in and out and had more head room. Am sure that would go for Said as well. Though don't know exactly how much disadvantage for the weight and the car and all that. Hmmm Jimmy Johnson owned a car? Well Roger, you knew more than I did about that. I knew some Dallas players at one time owned a car (believe perhaps Reutimann's when he first came to NASCAR. Could be wrong about that.) but don't know anything about the football Jimmy Johnson. THat would be interesting to look up. . .

Well I am glad that it was someone you knew and the kind of track that you would know. Perhaps that helped lead you into NASCAR. The battle between Montoya and Ambrose was good...I was really bummed when Ambrose had troubles at the end there. I was really hoping that Ambrose would have pulled it off to win the race. It wasn't to be I guess. I hope that you will be able to catch more races or race reviews in the future.

*Several miles of pushing The General to his limit the all too familiar sound of the sirens begin to scream through the country silence and Bo glances into the rearview mirror to find Rosco only a few feet behind him.* Damn it *Bo cusses aloud, his thoughts turn back to Jesse and their lack of money. Jesse'd kill him if he took home a speeding ticket, especially since he was actually guilty of it.* Hang on, General *Bo speaks aloud as he pushes the accelerator down farther down to send The General faster ahead and farther away from the sheriff. Coming to another road, Bo sharply turns and races down that road and a smile crosses his face as he sees the familiar road sign that boldly reads: Bridge out. And a moment later the large gap between the two lands comes into view only for Bo to press harshly upon the accelerator.* See ya later, Rosco. Me and General are going flying. *Bo speaks aloud just as he feels The General hit a large lump of dirt and the solid ground disappears from under The General and Bo finds himself looking out the window and down at the thick body of water that lies several feet below.*

That is a great quote! Thanks for the laugh!

Bo: 44 Luke: 40 Jesse: 16

Daisy Mae Duke is the name of Bo and Luke's cousin as well as the name of my tortoise shell cat.

Looks like Kasey Kahne will be driving one of the Red Bull cars next year. Kasey Kahne has signed a contract to drive for Rick Hendrick in 2012 when Mark Martin's contract ends...he'll be in the number five car. Rick has been working hard to get Kahne a ride for next year since his contract for Richard Petty Racing expires or ends at the end of this year. Right now Red Bull Racing has two cars / drivers and it is unclear as of now which car Kahne will be driving...either 82 of Scott Speed or 83 of Brian Vickers who has been out with blood clotts until at least the end of the year. He won't know until Novemeber if he'll be able to return next season or not. Speed's contract ends at the end of this year, but read Red Bull has a lot invested in Speed or something of the sort. Some odd info...Kasey drove a Dodge last year, a Ford this year, will be driving a Toyota next year, and in 2012 he will be driving a Chevy. Guess he'll know which manufacturear he likes the best when all this gets sorted out.

I have a correction...the Kansas track will be getting a second cup race in 2011 or asked for a second cup race and it is Kentucky track that will be the new track in the Cup series schedule for 2011. I mixed the two up which is why it wasn't making much sense to me...LOL. Sorry for the wrong info I gave out!

Bo 43 Luke 43 Jesse 14 Well ol' Bo and Luke are tied once again...can't think of a better number for them to be tied at than ol' Richard Petty's old NASCAR number.

Those are great pictures Hoss! Thanks for sharing them...wish I was that creative. LOL. Great job!

*Climbing into The General, Bo is in time to hear Jesse's call out to him. Sighing in relief, Bo starts up the General and grabs his CB handle.* Lone Sheep *Bo starts to say to be reminded of what lone means...he's alone. Meaning no Luke.* I read you loud and clear. I'll meet up with you at the farm later on. Take care, now.* Bo throws the handle down as he slowly pulls out of the Boar's Nests' parking lot. Seeing no one in sight and the silence of the early afternoon, Bo presses hard on the accelerator and finds a smile creeping across his face at feeling the strong power of The General.*

Next year will be the Cubs year to win the World Series. I say that long enough, sooner or later it is bound to happen.

I love Waylon's music and have several of his CD's in my CD collection. They do bring you to about every emotion...he is missed by all!

In other news...Jeff Gordon and his wife are now parents of two! Gordon's wife, Ingrid, gave birth to their new son this morning (Monday, August 9, 2010). Baby Leo Benjimen Gordon is healthy and happy, mom is doing well too. My congrats go out to Jeff and Ingrid and to their daughter Ella Sofia (though I doubt they will read it here...) on their new addition. I can now let out a big sigh of relief because Jeff Gordon will be heading out to Michigan later this week to participate in all racing events at the track. I was worrying the last couple of weeks that she'd deliver on the weekend and he'd have a replacement driver drive for him. I still don't know how that works out with points since I always thought that the driver had to start the race in order to get the points...am interested to know how'd that work out, but am glad I don't have to learn how that works out with Gordon. It'd just be wrong to see anyone BUT Gordon drive the Dupont 24 car.

I don't have a lot of detail or a lot of news at this point, but it looks like next year's schedule is going to have some big changes to them. I am excited and sad about it at the same time. Looks like the Kansas track will be getting a race or perhaps two (wasn't sure if they meant they'd get one there or two by the article title.) next year while they are taking out one of the Atlanta races. Am looking forw ard to seeing what Kansas' track looks like and to see how Gordon and the rest will drive there, but am sad to see them taking out an Atlanta race. Atlanta isn't neccessarily my favorite track or race, but I like it all the same. And instead of starting the chase in New Hampshire where I think it has always been started at, it will be started at ChicagoLand Speedway in Joliet Ill - where they normally race in July. I am the most excited about the Chicago race for several reasons...that is one of my favorite tracks/races and it is the closest to me and I think it to be exciting and huge to have the chase start there! (Plus I have been to the track...though not for a race.) I read that Chicago is the second largest media market that is on the Sprint Cup tour...so I am sure they are trying to pull in more viewers and more people to the track since the numbers have been way low the last couple of years. (NASCAR is working on fixing up the chase as well, but has yet to come out with any more details as to what...you ask me, they should just discard the chase and go back to the old point system. Though I can garauntee you that will NOT happen. That's only my opinion...)