Garrett Duke

Go Cubs Go - Steve Goodman (Sorry Roger, I had to use it. They sing the song at Wrigley Field every time they win at home. Am hoping to get to hear that song a lot this year. (Imagine that, right?) )

You trading on your Pirates for the Cubs, Roger? I'm surprised, but I'm definately not complaining...the Cubs can never have too much fans. Especially now when they just lost their one point lead to be down one point with one inning left to go...(GO CUBS GO!! LOL)

Bo 22 Luke 21 Daisy 11 Jesse 20 Cooter 19 Rosco 1 Enos 6 Took a point from Enos and gave it to Bo

Not me. *Questionable look* What gave you such a silly idea as that?

*Questionable look* Why would I give half the money to the orphanage for? They didn't do anything to help get the money. *Shrugs* Guess it'd make good charity though. And that's where you went wrong, Roger...you assumed because of my last name that I was like the boys or that I was raised by Jesse. Well you assumed wrong. I grew up in Knoxville TNN, where I spent most of it causing trouble. Didn't know Jesse until I was over twenty, so no, he didn't bring me up better than that. (My character that is...LOL) *Sarcastic laugh* A dirt bike? You gotta be kidding. *Serious look* I'm talking about getting myself a new Harley. One like my old one, but newer with more options. Of course I'd keep my old one, I'd just have two Harley's to chose from. Hmmmm...thanks Roger for the idea. Think it sounds like a fun idea to me.

Ready, Set, Don't Go - Billy Ray Cyrus

GLG - I know what you mean. I like to give people a hard time when they don't go for my teams or for Gordon. But if that is your stand point, perhaps I should point out that #48 (Jimmie Johnson) is my second favorite driver so you go for him we'd be going for the same guy. Though I would much rather see Gordon win it than him. Gordon needs it A LOT more than Johnson. Hmmm perhaps I'll go for number eleven Saturday then if you are going to root against me...perhaps then you'd root for Gordon. Nah...that'd be against everything I stand for. I can't go against Gordon. I have a random number for you to pick for Saturday night's race...how about number 24? Sounds like a great number to me! HA HA. Sorry GLG - hope you know I am giving you a hard time about it all. You are free to chose your own driver, but like I said, I tend to give people a hard time when they don't go for Gordon or the Cubs. HA HA.

Well Roger...I hope you have some time on Saturday this weekend as well to watch the race. The race is at Phoenix and will be the first night race of the season...so it'll be on Saturday night instead of Sunday afternoon. Am looking forward to it - I love when they race under the lights. Well actually I look forward to all of the races, but it is something different about night racing. I wish I knew which drivers liked the Dukes the most or at all. Truth be known, I don't know if any or who likes the Dukes. It would be interesting to find out. Am sure at least some has watched the Dukes. And picking a driver for his last name isn't the worst way to pick a driver...trust me. HA HA. Just something different. Hopefully Phoenix will bring everyone a fun and exciting, yet safe race! I know y'all will disagree with me, but am really hoping Gordon gets his first win of the season...especially since he was robbed of it a week and a half ago at Martinsville. Anyone else has a favorite driver they wish to root for Saturday night?

Bo 20 Luke 19 Daisy 12 Jesse 19 Cooter 20 Rosco 4 Enos 6 Took one from Enos and gave it to Bo

Is it too quiet, Roger? I think I may have a solution to make it more loud for you...at least to your liking. *Whispers into Roger's ear* I'll just sneak quietly into Hogg's bank tonight when everyone is asleep and find me some a few bags full of money. I'm sure once they wake up and see what has happened, that'll make some noise for you. You'd have your noise and I'd have money to buy me a new set of wheels. Perhaps another motorcycle and some expensive new boots to go with it. *Steps back and speaks up* How 'bout that? Sounds fun to me.

Soul of a Sailor - Kenny Chesney GLG - what happened to sticking to Lady Antebellum songs? LOL

Denny Hamlin is number eleven, GLG, but by now you already know that, don't ya? Sorry didn't see these posts until today. You're right...I'd tell you to go for Gordon...so why didn't ya? Perhaps he'd have won last Monday instead of Hamlin...trust me, Gordon needs that win way more than Hamlin did. I need that win more than Hamlin did...*Shakes head* What have I ever done to you to make you go against me like that? HA HA HA. Oh well, GLG, you may have won this race, but wait til the end of November when they're handing out the championship trophy to JEFF GORDON...then you'll see who's the driver to go for. (Sorry I couldn't help myself. After my Cubs losing so badly, I had to give someone a hard time and since you went against Gordon, that made you the likely canadite for it. )

Well Roger, I apologize. I totally didn't see the last few posts here so I missed it! Don't know how that happened. . . Today is the opening day for baseball...the day I have been looking forward to and counting down to since the start of NASCAR (since it follows NASCAR's season opener). Anyone have any thoughts to share? I thought of you Roger, saw your Pirates won BIG time today. LUCKY them and LUCKY you. As for me and my Chicago Cubs...what a sad and disappointing game it is. Their ace pitcher pitched his shortest game yet with pitching only 1 1/4 innings to give up eight runs. Another pitcher gamve up six runs in one inning. Now in the bottom of the eigtth, they are losing 15-5 to the Atlanta Braves. Guess Cooter would be happy to sit back and watch this game, bet he'd be celebrating it. Me on the other hand, think I'll go off and cry somewhere. I really hope this isn't any sign of what their season will bring them this year. The Cubs offense and defense seems to be OK...not a lot of runs or hits, but they seem to be pretty good on the field, though with a few errors. Mainly it's the pitching and the lack of control. They had a couple of relief pitchers that did awesome at keeping the Braves' bats silent, but for some odd reason, they pulled them out after a couple of innings! Well they just lost 16-5. Ol' Cooter's headin' to the Boar's Nest to celebrate I'd imagine. Well Roger, at least your team did their job to win BIG time. (GO CUBS!) Am now really looking forward to NASCAR's next race in Phoenix on Saturday night.

You liked Jimmie Johnson only for his last name, Roger? Now I think I heard it all. LOL. Ah well, JJ needs all the fans he can get so you picked the right guy, Roger. He is no underdog that is for sure, but there are a lot of people that hate to see him win and that root against him. Though, I still don't understand why...I am a JJ fan, but a bigger Gordon fan, so I am really hoping Gordon will break through JJ's drive for five with his own drive for five to win the championship this year. (If all that makes sense. LOL) Sorry to disappoint you Roger. I know...I am going through NASCAR withdrawl right now. Lucky for me baseball season starts today so perhaps that will help me get through this drought. Though am very looking forward to Saturday night where they'll be racing under the lights for the first time this season. Five days to go...

Hopefully it was a good birthday...hopefully Boss took you up to the most expensive restaurant in Atlanta to celebrate your special day. If not...shame on him!

Bo 19 Luke 18 Daisy 12 Jesse 17 Cooter 19 Rosco 6 Enos 9 Took one away from Bo and gave it to the better-looking cousin Luke.. LOL Well I stole the point away from Luke and gave it back to Bo (Just since you said that GLG I really have to disagree with you there.)

In a Week or Two - Diamond Rio

I bet that was an interesting article on Junior Johnson, Roger. I never seen him race, but know he is real good at it. LOL. Jimmie Johnson (Gordon's team mate...Gordon owns part of Jimmie Johnson's car) just tied Junior Johnson with fifty wins in last week's race. GLG - Well I was going to give you a hard time for going with Denny Hamlin, but I'll be nice about it. HA HA. Glad that you came up with a favorite driver (even if it isn't Gordon. ) I imagine it would or could be difficult picking one to go for with all the options out there. He is a pretty talented driver. Roger - Joey Lagono is 19 years old, so fo now he's a teenager. I think he'll turn twenty in May though. So, not for much longer. He's shown a lot of improvement so far this year from his first year of last year. I'm sure, give him time, he'll be putting more W's in the win column as well - to add onto the one he has.

Congratulations Daney and becoming the fan of the month! You are very deserving of the title!

Bo 20 Luke 18 Daisy 12 Jesse 16 Cooter 18 Rosco 6 Enos 1 Took a point from Enos and gave it to Bo

(Sorry for the short summary of the race...hope it don't get me fired! LOL. Trust me, the next race that I get to watch, I'll do much better with a lengthy summary. HA HA ) On a side note, Denny Hamlin was scheduled to get his knee operated on, on Monday from a injury he got in the off season playing basketball. I think he got it postponed for today after the rain out on Sunday. Guess it paid off for him to have it postponed since he won the race...and he is from Virginia so I bet that even makes it better for him. Gordon and Kennseth has past history together from a few years ago when Kennseth spun Gordon out on the last lap at Bristol, Gordon had been third at the time, and think he ended up 15th or something like that at the end. Kennseth went over right after they got out of their cars and Gordon shoved him away - which got Gordon a ten thousand dollar fine and six months probation. Just a little history lesson there. Well I looked up the top ten positions from NASCAR.com and this is what I got: 1 19 11 Denny Hamlin 2 17 20 Joey Logano 3 11 24 Jeff Gordon 4 26 39 Ryan Newman 5 20 56 Martin Truex Jr. 6 14 83 Brian Vickers 7 12 33 Clint Bowyer 8 13 99 Carl Edwards 9 3 48 Jimmie Johnson 10 4 16 Greg Biffle And here is the top twelve in points from NASCAR.com: 1 +2 Jimmie Johnson 2 +2 Greg Biffle 3 -1 Matt Kenseth 4 -3 Kevin Harvick 5 +2 Jeff Burton 6 -- Kurt Busch 7 +4 Jeff Gordon 8 -3 Tony Stewart 9 +3 Clint Bowyer 10 -2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 11 -2 Paul Menard 12 +2 Brian Vickers