Garrett Duke

What ya think of Numb3rs? (If you watched it. LOL) It was great chatting with you. Hope you have a great weekend!

Wasn't plannin' on it, I have to be up early tomorrow for a retreat. Though Numb3rs don't start up until nine central time which is another hour and fifteen minutes. Does your show end in another fifteen minutes or is there another episode? If not today we can do it later. Just thought I'd offer.

Wanna chat for a few minutes? Dont' know how long I'll be on for, but I'm on and see you on. . .

Hey what's cookin'? LOL Hope all is well with you. It is great to see you on the board again!

Thanks...yeah Fontana should be a good race and Gordon and JJ should have great races. HOpe your drivers do too. Can't wait to hear what you have to say about the race and the results. Hope you have a great weekend!

LOL...see you are at the thread right now. Yeah it's a killer alright. Didn't anticipate that happening...Garrett and his big mouth!

Yes I should be...it's gonna kill me in a few hours when the alarm goes off. I'm too busy getting shot...perhaps this'll wake Garrett up.

Well Lori has a very big job for her, of which, I am sure she does well. Tell Lori, Garrett says hi. Glad you are able to write other stuff. All Garrett seems to know how to do lately is to get his sorry self into trouble, leaving me behind to try to get him out of the trouble he gets himself into. Ah well. He wouldn't be Garrett if he didn't do that, now would he? I have a few stories going at the same time. None doing too great, but one better t han the others. . .

As ol' Rosco would say: "Oh goody!" Khee. Get any writing done? Hope Lori is cooperating with you. Better than Garrett is with me at least.

I will keep you posted as much as possible. As I said, once I get started on it, I don't stop. The next race is th is Sunday...two central time and is a track Gordon and Johnson have won at before, so hopefully they will have a comback from last week. on my club is more news or talk as well about NASCAR...I also posted a trivia section to it last night. Let me know if you chose a driver to follow...

God bless!

Hey long time no see! Thought you were ignoring me...or worse, forgot about me! HA HA. Hope all is well with you - it was greating hearing from you!

They are going way over board with Danica...I don't think it is that big of deal. I mean so far, she hasn't proved anything. Yes she is a big name, but she still has to prove herself in the sport. Fontana is this week, hopefully it will do better for the ratings int eh SPrint cup race...

I know exactly what you mean and I agree with you a hundred percent. DW and Hammond are my favorites by all means and for the most part they do alright, but not by doing that. Dale Jr and Kyle Busch seems to be DW's favorites. The other announcers on the other stations seems to pick favorites too and to follow them. Hopefully DW will be more partial to everyone. I guess it would be hard to be in ehis position and have to to stay neutral, but if he is in the spot like so to speak like he is, he needs to be. He has to understand that there are 43 drivers out t here and each driver has th eir fan base. By picking drivers out as favorites, you are going to upset fans.

Thank-you for your posts or your novel as you called. Enjoyed your view on the race!

People on Gordon's fanforum for his fan club really dislike him especially after DW accusing Gordon of bumpdrafting in the corners and then what he supposedly said when Gordon crashed on the last lap. I like DW and the announcers on FOX the best, but they were on a roll on Sunday I thought. Prerace show, DW stated that with Gordon's wife expecting again, it is sure to slow him down with two kids. And how he may have to leave to come back again when they are older. Why? When Ella was born, he won six races and would have won the championship if it weren't for the new point system. Sorry...don't mean to vent about it, but why does it seem like he wants to see the negative about Gordon on Sunday for? On Gordon's site they think he is always so negative about Gordon, but I always thought he was the one that was the most positive. NOt on Sunday though. . .

Everywhere I go I hear people complaining of DW and the announcers since Sunday. LOL. I thought of you when he called Jr Junebug. But yeah he should be more careful with who he goes for. He makes it obvious that he likes Jr.

Elliot's wife beat Carl's wich is ironic since Carl's wife is due any day and Elliot's isn't or wasn't due until next week. A baby boy they named Wyatt. Mom and baby are well I heard.

I loved the Kyle Busch commercial - it was great seeing him in it. You should do it! I would love to see what you have him wearing and driving! HA HA HA HA. I wonder how much they paid Kyle to do that!

Stupid track! DW kept saying he didn't think it was the track that broke his car, but if it wasn't that, then it was a BIG coincidence and all that. I bet JJ was upset and rightfully so, but what else could they have done...isn't like they knew about it and kept it there. Hopefully they will have it fixed before the July race. (OK not stupid track, I like it, but still frustrating! HA HA) I saw Edwards finished in the top ten and thought of you. Hopefully it is a good sign for him too. But I agree, this track or race don't mean a whole lot when it comes to the big picture of the season.

As I said, was happy with Jamie winning, but was hoping for JR. He surprised me coming up like that...thought the announcers had made a mistake or something when they said he was in second! That was crazy good. Maybe the beard is a good luck thing for him...thanks! Now he'll never shave it! HA HA. Wasn't big fan of McGraw's beard and mustache. I liked him driving up in a race car. I am a big fan of Tim's so I enjoyed it.Though couldn't get past the beard...it just wasn't him. It was graying and all that as well! Oh well maybe it is to keep his face warm.

I was hoping Jr would have won it...the Daytona race that is. Yeah one more lap probably would have gave him the lead. Second ain't too bad though and am happy for him. Hopefully this is a sign of a great season for him. I thought he was different than last year. More upbeat and positive. Even at the start of last season it seemed like he was down if I remember right. I don't know, maybe it is just me. But I agree with DW that a lot has to do with the driver's attitude as well - it is contagious. Once the main guy hangs his head low...if you know what I am saying.

I was OK with the red flags as long as they restarted it and didn't end it due to the dang hole. THat is up until the very end and then the race seemed to take forever. LOL. Sure that had to do with something with how Gordon ended and all. HA HA. Don't like Kyle Busch at all, but his commercial was funny to see him in pink with kittens on it and all!

Jr's acciden't was very harsh. Glad he is ok...he said it would cost him $650.000 for it. YIKES! I think they are going overboard with Danica...she's good, but has she proved she can be in a stock car? I mean they were saying that her merchandise stand was more popular than Johnsons and Earnhardts that was next to hers. How can that be? Still don't understand. Oh well. . .I heard Chrissy was in it but didn't hear what happened to her.

Sorry to hear about that yucky white stuff. I feel for you and understand completely how you feel! I hope your weathermen are lying to you about it on Friday. Glad to ehar you had a good weekend and got to spend some time with your nephew!

Tell your brother in law congratulations! That is something that happens once in a lifetime and should be celebrated. There will be a race next week to watch, but something like that is something to be proud of and to celebrate as I said. My dad is in the process of working towards becoming a deacon in the Catholic church - it takes a lot of work. Way to go to him.

*Shakes head* How could anyone forget about such an important thing as the Daytona 500...the superbowl of NASCAR?! LOL sorry had to give you a hard time. Sorry your kids were giving you a hard time. Well you missed out on a good long race. The entire race lasted six hours because a big chunk of the track fell out due to the heavy amount of rain they had last Friday there. Red flagged it once for an hour and forty minutes and then thirty laps later red flagged it for a half hour. Glad they finished the race and fixed it -would have been disappointed if they called the race on the second one due to the hole. Though have to say was disappointed with the ending...Gordon crashed on the last lap to finish 26th. My other driver broke an axel - perhaps due to the hole - and had to go to the garage early due to it and finished 35. Oh well it shows stuff like that can happen at anytime to anyone. We are onto California next Sunday. . .

Ok I can go on and on about the race...tell me if you want me to, but I'll shut up before boring you to death. Jr was funny he was lose and said "This is fun, but I don't know how productive this is" HA HA. Then during the red flag he was playing baseball trivia with his crew and then he told an announcer that they should just put a cone over the hole and have the drivers race around it. HA HA. OK as I said, I'll shut up now. I hope you are enjoying that yucky white stuff!

Well Daytona 500-you missed the six hour long race! Six hours...they had to red flag it twice. Once for an hour and forty-one minutes and a second time for over a half hour due to a large chunk of the track falling out! Never seen that before, now I have. It was a great race...up until the end. Gordon got into Kahne with a few laps to go and then on the last lap he wrecked and finished 26! Johnson finished 35 due to a broken axle that took him to the garage early. Jr finished second though which is good for him and Jamie McMurray won it. I like him...but not as much as Gordon. Wait...I don't think there is another driver out there that I like as much as I do Gordon. Johnson is a close second in my books with Jr third.