Garrett Duke

OK I am like the dumbest person, Roger...I apologize, I totally read your question wrong. I thought you were asking about pit road speeds for some dumb reason. This is where I give you permission to hit me...just not too hard. So, I will now try to answer the question rightfully this time. I am looking it up right now, I really didn't pay much attention to speed yesterday. Carl Edwards got the pole by going 124.432 in qualifying. Took him seventy seconds to pull it off. The fastest all time lap at the Glen was Mark Martin going 103.9 in 1995. The slowest record is held by Kyle Petty going 50.879 in 1992. That didn't exactly answer your question about the average speed, Roger...I apologize. That is about the closest I had found with speed on a site that had info about every little thing or stats of the race and track. Though didn't look up Infineon...Though I can sum it up, not as fast as they run on an oval track. Looking at Edwards' qualifying run there, they must run faster by themselves than with other cars around on the road race, would be interesting to look and see if the same would be true with ovals. Guess it'd make sense since there would be no one in their way and all.

Here is the official Sprint Cup top fifteen points standings as of August 9, 2010: 1. Kevin Harvick 2. Jeff Gordon (-185) 3. Jeff Burton 4. Kurt Busch 5. Jimmie Johnson 6. Denny Hamlin 7. Kyle Busch 8. Tony Stewart 9. Carl Edwards 10. Matt Kenseth 11. Greg Biffle 12. Mark Martin 13. Clint Boywer (-10 out of the top 12) 14. Ryan Newman 15. Jamie McMurray Well the points are starting to get either exciting, nerve wrecking, or both depending on who's your favorite driver is. They only have four more races until the chase will be set and the chase will start for the championship. I can't believe we are this close already...the season really seems to fly by ... or is it just me?

Marcos Ambrose won the Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen Saturday, followed by Joey Lagano. There was a ten car pile up that looked kinda scary of the little footage they showed on the prerace show of the Spint Cup race at the Glen. Here is the top ten race after Saturday's race: 1. Brad Keselowski 2. Carl Edwards (-327) 3. Kyle Busch 4. Just Allgaier 5. Kevin Harvick 6. Paul Menard 7. Steve Wallace 8. Trevor Bayne 9. Brendan Gaughan 10. Jason Leffler

I agree with you Roger. I don't know how Boris Said didn't know Stewart was there, especially how he did seem to be shoving Stewart off the track. Can't say I blame Stewart for doing what he did...anyone else would have done the same thing if Said did the same to them. Don't have nothing against Boris Said, but I am with Stewart on how it went down and he did what he had to do. Sadly I now also agree with you about JJ and Hamlin as well. At the time it was easy for me to be upset at Hamlin for running into Johnson like that, but he had no way of knowing that Johnson was there. That was disappointing for them both. If Kyle Busch didn't go and make it three wide like that, Burton wouldn't have bumped JJ to start it all...but as they say, what's done is done. We are off to Jeff Gordon's favorite track next Sunday...Michigan.

Hmm that's a good one Roger. Today's pit road speed for Watkin's Glen wasn't the fastest...it was 35 MPH which seems slow, but the road courses races themselves are slower than normal with all the turns. Most of them are 55 to 65 MPH. I'll have to check up on the specifics of that one!

Has to be close enough...Hazzardnet seems to be one big family with a variety of different names.

Well the race at Watkins Glen has just gotten over with. Did anyone else get to watch it? The first half was uneventful but the last third or so of the race was interesting to watch. Kyle Busch started his race in the pits even before the green flag first flew with something wrong underneath his car...can't remember seeing that before. Though he did salvage a top ten finish at the end of the race. Juan Pablo Montoya and Marcos Ambrose spent the day fighting for first place...Montoya led the most laps and won the race. Ambrose had trouble restarts and had something amiss with his car at the very end to finish third after Kurt Busch who had his best road race finish for his career. Tony Stewart who in the past six races at this track has finished first or second ended that trend, but did get a top ten finish as well. At the last two thirds of the race, he was racing Boris Said for nineth when Boris Said (said he didn't know Stewart was there) tried to take Stewart's outside lane and Stewart ended up spinning and taking Boris out of the race. Jimmie Johnson had a troublesome race again today. He had tire issues in the first half of the race. He then raced his way to nineth. (This was a few laps after Stewart's accident.) Johnson was racing Jeff Burton when Kyle Busch pulled up besides Burton to race Burton and gave Burton no where to go and he spun Jimmie Johnson. Johnson hit the wall and put a bit cloud of smoke around...Denny Hamlin didn't see where he was going and hit Johnson hard to take him out of the race. Jimmie Johnson came home on the lead lap, but 28th position. Here is the top ten finishes of the race: 1. Juan Pablo Montoya 2. Kurt Busch 3. Marcos Ambros 4. AJ Allmindinger 5. Carl Edwards 6. Jamie McMurray 7. Tony Stewart 8. Kyle Busch 9. Jeff Burton 10. Jeff Gordon

*Finishing the glass of beer and looking up at the clock, Bo sighs heavily in contemplation of what to do. Jesse had told him to wait, but he should have been there by now. Only to send worry to grow within Bo, worry that perhaps something had happened to Jesse. Perhaps Jesse got caught into Coltranes' speed trap, but Jesse knew better than that. Though if Jesse found Molly on her way out or on the road, Jesse could have gotten sidetracked by talking or helping Molly out. If that was the case, Bo would find himself at The Boar's Nest by himself for a long time.* Thanks Jerry *Bo puts down his money for his beer and nods at the bar tender before making his way to the door, once again wishing Luke was there with him as he always was in the past. It just feels so different without Luke there. To be alone and on his own.*

Bo 44 Luke 43 Jesse 13

Bo 43 Luke 45 Jesse 12 Sorry Jami Lee...can't let ol' Luke get too far ahead of Bo.

They will be racing at Watkins Glen tomorrow afternoon which is the second and last road course of the year. Road races aren't known to be fast or hold as much excitement as the round tracks or normal tracks, but Sonoma earlier this year was pretty action packed for a road race. So we will see if the trend will stick tomorrow. Last year this race got rained out and had to be raced on Monday which meant I had to miss most of the race since they race in the afternoon, though did get to watch the end and was actually glad to see I missed that one. Only because Gordon was involved in a big accident after Sam Hornish Jr missed Kasey Kahne to hit the tire walling they have that spun him above ground, Gordon had no where to go and got hit by Hornish and spun him off ground as well. Last year Gordon's back was killing him and that clearly hurt his back worse by how he climbed out and walked into the back of the abulance. Luckily they both were OK (other than Gordon's already aching back.) Tony Stewart went on to win the race. Here is the starting lineup for tomorrow's race (top ten): 1. (Pole) Carl Edwards 2. Jamie McMurray 3. Juan Pablo Montoya 4. AJ Allmindinger 5. Kurt Busch 6. Tony Stewart 7. Greg Biffle 8. Scott Speed 9. Jimmie Johnson 10. Kyle Busch

I think the crew cheif gets the ultimate call on tires and all that they will do on their pit stop or when to pit and when to stay out, but I think they mainly work together with that one.

Physically I think ...well as far as I know, they are both 100% healthy now. Emotionally? That's another story. According to Kurt Busch he may not intentionally go after Jimmie Johnson and wreck him. He's still upset at Johnson and claims all the drivers at Hendrick are Pretty boys...even included Kasey Kahne who will be driving there in a year and a half. Him and Johnson has had history together in the past, he made it sound like it was all Johnson, but I am pretty sure it is fifty-fifty if you ask me. Johnson is not a driver to intentionally wreck anyone and I am sure all that was as Johnson said it was as not being intentional, but an accident on his part. But Busch don't seem to be thinking that. I am highly hoping he don't go and wreck Johnson on purpose...and if he sadly does so, hopefully Gordon is no where around there! Though not a Kurt Busch fan and am a JJ fan, I do understand how he and Elliot would be upset at him for what happened. I just hope they can learn from it all and move forward and not bring it to Watkins Glen on Sunday.

You are welcome, Jami Lee. But for your proposition there...that's a hard one. I mean the only other person to steal points from is poor ol' Uncle Jesse and he hardly has any points. . .LOL

Hazzardnet is the closest I'll ever come to living in Hazzard County.

Congrats Jami Lee! You are very well deserving of this honor...even if you keep stealing my points away from Bo in the Duke game. Congrats!

*Several minutes later, Bo finds himself parking The General in the parking lot of The Boar's Nest and hears himself mumbling under his breath as his bad mood continues to grow worse as the day grows on. As if things weren't bad enough lately, now he has been sent into town to check on Cousin Alice and Molly. If they were in town, it generally brought trouble to him and his family, but despite how he feels about them, he would never wish harm to them or anyone. Despite how he feels about them, he would do all he could to help them out in any way he could. That was how he was brought up and taught. Walking into the Boar's Nest it takes a while for Bo's eyes to adjust the smokey shadowy room and takes a deep breath to control his emotions. Spotting Alice and Molly at the bar, Bo makes his way over there and sits down next to Alice who seems to be oblivious to him.* Well Cousin Alice and Molly," Bo forces a smile as they slowly turn to face him "this is a pleasant surprise. What's the special occasion?" *Alice gives Bo a stern look before looking away and giving Bo her back and Bo is instantly relieved not to hear her famous question that is always directed at him *do you wanna wrastle?* but is quickly reminded of what Jesse had said that would mean if she didn't ask him that. Molly stares at Bo for a long moment and opens her mouth to say something before going silent in second thought. A moment passes she looks away from Bo and at Alice and says, "OK Alice, we're all done here. Let's get going while the day's somewhat young." *The two ladies stand up and move to the door. Molly looks over her shoulder at Bo and says, "Have a nice day now, Bo." *Before Bo could say anything, they leave.* "Well that was a waste of time," Bo states to himself before the bartender approaches him and he orders his normal water down beer as he waits for Jesse to arrive.

Ryne Sandberg is my all time favorite baseball player. He played second base for the Chicago Cubs before retiring and is now the manager of the AAA Cubs in Iowa.

Elliot Sadler and Kurt Busch are both lucky to be OK. They both had a hard hit, especially Sadler. Never saw an engine out on the track like that. Gordon had a hard hit in Las Vegas two or three years ago that sent car parts flying across the track, but not his engine like that. Luckily NASCAR has the car and the HANS device highly protective of the driver and most of the walls. Don't know if the walls they hit had the safety barrier that the outside wall has. Know Las Vegas' track's inside wall didn't have the safety barrier when Gordon hit it and they fixed it after his accident. Guess Pocono is in the process of fixing it up to be more safe, they were just waiting for this race to be done with so they could get it started. So hopefully next June when they return there won't be any more accidents like that one.

Interesting question. I have never heard of a NASCAR driver leaving to drive Formula 1...though you are right there has been several that has left to drive NASCAR.

Bo 43 Luke 48 Jesse 9

Either have I, I don't think, but am sure I'd love it since I love Waylon's music.

Official points as of 8-4-10 1. Kevin Harvick 2. Jeff Gordon (-189) Little FYI today is Gordon's 39th birthday (August 4) 3. Denny Hamlin 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Jeff Burton 6. Kyle Busch 7. Kurt Busch 8. Tony Stewart 9. Matt Kenseth 10. Carl Edwards 11. Greg Biffle 12. Clint Bowyer 13. Mark Martin (-34 points out of the top twelve)

Here is the top ten in points after the Iowa race last Sunday: 1. Brad Keselowski 2. Carl Edwards (-231) 3. Kyle Busch (who won the Iowa race - the second race here in Iowa, and he won them both.) 4. Justin Allgaier 5. Paul Menard 6. Kevin Harvick 7. Steve Wallace 8. Trevor Bayne 9. Brendon Gaughan 10. Jason Leffler