Garrett Duke

Enjoyed Gorodon's speech, of course and seeing him. Found it also funny that Jeff Hammond was stating the kind of dresses the wives were wearing before the show kicked off. I think it was either Steve Byrnes or Mike Meyers that made the statement on h ow Jeff usually states car parts not the kinds of dresses and so forth. (It was great seeing Hammond!) Seeing Hendrick in tears made me feel for him - he is such a great man and highly adored by all, but has gone through some rough times along the way. Jimmie did a great job on his speech as well. Now the official countdown has began...they stated I think nine or eight weeks until Daytona. That is a long time without a race or anything Gordon and Johnson to follow.

Did you watch the award show? If so, what you think of it? I thought it was interesting. Mark Martin was nervous you could tell but he gave a nice and long speech. LOL. I think t hey all gave good speeches and all that. I think they could have done better without the comedian that they had, but my opinion of course. Disliked his segment as Dr. Phil the most. Felt bad for Michael Waltrip for what he said as Dr. Phil as well as others. Found it funny that three or so of the drivers commented that Jimmie should retire after this year. I think Hamlin started it by stating him good luck on his retirement. LOL.

Well I semi-lied to you...sorry. LOL. After posting that last message Friday night I had only one minute to the awards to start my time. I had other stuff that still needed to be done. So I watched the first hour a little interrupted. Then I switched over to Numb3rs and then after that was over, switched back to the award show. I still have the awards on tape since I had continued running it because I was uncertian if I would watch to the end, which luckily, I did. I say luckily, I went by what Tvguide.com had said it would end, added a few minutes afterwards and t hen had it stop recording. When the recording buzzed off, Jimmie Johnson was just getting up to talk at the end of the show. I missed B & D so I will have to rewind the tape to see them...don't know what else I missed in that hour, but they were getting to the drivers when I turned it back on. I think they were at the number 9 placed driver.

Hi Roger...thanks for dropping by and leaving me a message. I am sorry that I missed you. I had a pretty good Thanksgiving, ate too much, but what else is new? How about you? I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and that you'll have a GREAT Christmas season.

LOL you said the opposite than what I was planning on doing, but you made a lot of sense so I may just do th at. If I change my mind I better do it now since it is about to start. LOL Thanks!

LOL. I have never seen the award show myself and am very interesting to see how it is done. That is good that your brother has the channel for you to at least catch some of it if not all of it. Yeah Gordon's pit crew won the fastest pit crew award...YAY TEAM 24 . Am excited about that but was also surprised because he doesn't always have the fastest pit stops. I will take it all the same and am happy about it.

I kinda assumed the award for popularity will go to Jr for awhile and all your reasons make sense. Or what I would think of as well. Nothing against him, he deserves it and am happy for him. Was joking about Gordon. Am sure there are other drivers that would probably win before him, but I could be wrong. I'm not too upset about it since I do know he does have a good fan base following him.

And I am not upset at you and wouldn't be if you were one of those people who love to hate Gordon. I have always heard that about Gordon, but could never understand how anyone could love to hate him...heard he is a guy you either love or love to hate. I guess we all know where I stand on that. LOL.

And you made complete sense...am glad all that has gone onto Kyle Busch. LOL...someone more deserving of it. *Shame on me for saying that!*

oh and if I do find that place, you will be the first I'll let know. I can deal with snow for Christmas, but after that, it all needs to disappear and quick.

Montoya whine? LOL...I say that sarcastically. I remember clearly him whining...think I remember him whining this season as well after running into Gordon intentionall about how hard Gordon is to race.

OK sorry...am not a big Montoya fan if you can tell. LOL. Not just cause the deal with Gordon too. To me he just seems like he expects everyone to give him what he wants. My opinion of course. But yeah it took him three years to get where he is now and Hornish Jr has a ways to go. To me it would be a big risk for Patrick to switch over.

Happy birthday James! I hope your day was safe, fun, and relaxing!