Garrett Duke

Thank-you soooo much for your message! I enjoyed reading EVERYTHING you wrote - though it is a bummer your computer died on your other one .

LOL...you sound exactly like me on Saturday night. Yelling at Vickers to Go, Go, GO. I was keeping an eye on Gordon and Vickers all night Saturday night through the race that is. I feel bad for wishing Kyle out of the chase and all, but Kyle can thank his attitude on that one. Yeah, of what I heard of his interview after the race, he sounded really mature and calm about it. (I was on teh phone with my mom when they were talking to him. I had to call her and tell her he didn't make it. I'm horrible, I know) So maybe that is a sign of maturing up. I think he has matured a lot in some ways from last year so there is hope for him. Yeah I remember Kurt being like him or somewhat like him. I especially remember him and Stewart not getting along - never understood why Kurt chose Stewart to pick on.

I am really HAPPY with who is in the chase this year. I am always happy when Gordon is in it (that wa a long last ten races the year he didn't make it )And Johnson. LOL. I am happy that Vickers made it into the chase and not only because of who he knocked out of the chase. Vickers is one of the drivers I wish well for or like and all that. I was sad when he left Hendrick, so I am happy to see him doing well. I think he deserves it.

I saw that Carl was slipping back in points and that he wasn't doing very well during the race. I hope he will improve and yeah maybe he caught onto Jimmie's strategy. That is interesting about how he got the nickname, thank-you for explaining that to me. I never understood it...now it makes sense.

Yeah I also heard that Petty and Yates would be merging and that Petty would go to Ford. Didn't hear the thing with Rousch but I heard a while ago that he'd have to lose his fifth driver (Never understood why he could have five drivers when everyone else coudl only have four?) Sad to see him change from Dodge after all these years. I didn't read the article or anything, but just read the headline of it. It will be interesting to see all the changes that will take place for next year...though I am sure it won't be nothing as big as the last two seasons were - with Jr going to Hendrick and Stewart leaving his ride for his own partially owned team. And yeah, Pat Tryson has put his word in on his departure at a wrong time. Hopefully they can shove next year behind them for now and work on the present.

I was sooooooooooooo excited about Saturday night's race. It was awesome - you were right, I was lovin' it! Not only did Gordon have a chance to win, he was really competitive. He had an awesome car that was fast and everything went right until Bowyer had to run into him like that. ERR I was frustrated! LOL. He could have won or at least had put on an awesome end to the race (Though if that were what happened, I'd be pacing the floors and yelling through the last five laps or so ) but I thought he did awesome to richochet back like that and finish third. Sometimes something s mall like that can seem to pop one's momentum and send them backwards. Instead he kept fighting and got his third place finish with only a handful of laps. Him and Hamlin's car was matched perfectly...Glad for Hamlin to win at his track, but would have been even more glad for Gordon. LOL Hopefully they can feed off of his great race last weekend and carry it into the last ten races so he can have a chance to win his fifth championship!

OK I will give Martin credit and say he has had a great season and it is sad to see such a great driver go through so many years and get so close and not get a championship. He deserves it. Gordon already has four so I should be more generous and I may be more so, but I never got to experience him winning those. I was a fan of his for the last two of his championships, but had no idea he won them when he did or knew very much about the sport. It took me forever to really undersstand anything with racing and took me forever to get the patience and the obssession I have today to watch a full race, every race. LOL. So I really want Gordon to win at least one mroe championship so I can live it and experience and get all excited about it. LOL...Greedy ol' me I guess. The closest came was with Johnson the last three years, which is good, but I still need that one from Gordon. (I should have watched him win at least two more if it wasn't for the dang new point system! LOL) But yeah, it would be neat to see a sentimental figure like Martin win.

I feel like I am forgetting to say something here...LOL. As if I haven't bored you enough already. Hopefully all our drivers will do good the last ten races - glad they all made it in. As I said, I like who is in the chase it will make for an exciting past ten races - and we still can't forget about Kyle or any other non chase contenders having their say in the thing as well. You do sound a lot like me...I am excited about the chase, but everytime the chase time comes, I feel dread in knowing it means the season is almost over. I will be shedding big tears come Homestead...especially if Gordon doesn't make it (just jokin')LOL...but because it being over with (the season). Those are a long couple of months until Daytona that I will be counting down the days and who knows what I'll do to fill in the time that I'd normally be watching the race. I guess I should just be gratefull that it is longer than baseball, because before I got into NASCAR, I had to wait from the end of September to the beginning of April for the season to begin. (I'd say October, but that's post season baseball, and I am a huge Cubs fan - when they stop playing is when I normally stop paying too much attention to baseball. LOL) NASCAR, I only have two wait two and a half months. *sighs*

GO GORDON GO

OK

It entirely up to you. Just thought I'd ask or let you know about.

ok

Eh I wouldn't say that...perhaps a little posessive. LOL...just so you don't get into trouble

Uh oh. LOL

Well I just got done reading chapter two...good job Daisy. Hopefully Kristen doesnt' do somethign to Breanna that she may later regret. Can't wait to see what happens next.

*Jumping up and down* YAY!!!!!!!!!!

You must not like the movie very much then, huh? LOL (Sarcastic) I am that way with the first Smokey and the Bandit movie...I love that movie.

I've seen a couple of minutes or so of the movie, but never the whole thing. Looks good though.

How about you?

Hi Daisy...not much. Checking e-mail. I should be working on things for work though or trying to write. Shame on me.

Yes I should have been to bed...LOL. I was up wayyyyyyyy too late last night or up way toooooo early this morning. LOL. However you want to put it. Hope you have a good Sunday .

Say what? That they did talk about him tonight pretty good and positive or that I wouldn't complain? LOL...they did talk about him quite a bit tonight positively and I didn't complain listening them talk about him. LOL.

sorry if I am boring you with NASCAR...you can tell me to shut up anytime, you know?

SOunds interesting. I've never heard or seen the show before. LOL.

LOL Now that sounds like something my mom would say...and no, I probably wouldn't complain if they were only focused on Gordon or even notice it for that matter. I'd just be glad to be hearing about Gordon...well as long as it is for the positive. But to be fair to them, they did talk about him pretty good tonight and were positive.

Hey that sounds like a good idea! I'll sue you the ammount of money that Gordon made last year racing...that'd be for $5,944,145. Sounds good to me.

*Shakes head* Forgets Waltrip and Petty...who could think of such a thing.

Sorry I had to give you a hard time. I wish NASCAR would stay on FOX all year long...I really enjoy listening to Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Hammond and Mike Myers. They are positive about everyone (Including Gordon) and everything. The other announcers are good, but they seem to focus on one driver throughout the duration on the channel which bugs me.

Well I apologize for all the posts I am sending you. Hopefully I am not boring you too much or taking too much of your time. LOL. You'll have a book to read when you come online.

The race has just gotten over...I am looking forward to hearing what you think of it. I thought of you each time they shown Edwards, so hopefully that helped him out some. Gordon had a great night and am excited to see him back to being competitive as he was tonight. Am excited and happy with who is in the chase...or out of the chase if you know what I mean. Very bad of me to say - shame on me. Am glad to see Vickers in the chase, he is a guy I always am happy for when he has a good race and to see him in the chase makes it even better.

OK I will shut up now before I give the whole race away to you.Espeically since you may not have seen it yet and may be wanting to...if not, I'd be glad to tell you all about it! Until then...I will be looking forward to hear what you have to say about the race!

Nah what is a crime is to miss a race. LOL. Glad it was a good show...now if it was Numb3rs, I'd understand more about missing the race for, but that? LOL

Nothing wrong with being old fashioned...there is a lot to like of the past drivers. It is them that made the sport what it is today. I am just familiar with today's racing and racers since that is what I got into watching when I got into the sport eleven or twelve years ago...though do know of a lot of past drivers and some history. (No expert for sure) but do know of them from what was shown through past races or from what I've read.

Now what is wrong is that you could forget about Richard Petty or Darrell Waltrip! Now that's wrong...I can't see how anyone could forget about them especially someone claiming to like the older stuff. LOL Even more shockingly that you could forget about them since they were my favorite retired drivers!!! (Shocked) LOL

Nothing wrong with being old fashioned...there is a lot to like of the past drivers. It is them that made the sport what it is today. I am just familiar with today's racing and racers since that is what I got into watching when I got into the sport eleven or twelve years ago...though do know of a lot of past drivers and some history. (No expert for sure) but do know of them from what was shown through past races or from what I've read.

Now what is wrong is that you could forget about Richard Petty or Darrell Waltrip! Now that's wrong...I can't see how anyone could forget about them especially someone claiming to like the older stuff. LOL Even more shockingly that you could forget about them since they were my favorite retired drivers!!! (Shocked) LOL

Almost forgot? :0 LOL. I didn't think much of it until you said something about rping and Lori finding Garrett. LOL

There's nothing wrong with chosing a retired guy of racing as your favorites...other than you wouldn't be able to watch him race every weekend. Especially someone as talented and good as he was. Do you watch any of the latest racing or just the older stuff? LOL. I fear the day Gordon retires...I'll be so lost without having him to watch. I'd go to my second man in command (LOL) Jimmie Johnson, but it still wouldn't be the same to me. For an older driver, I think I would chose Richard Petty as my favorite or perhaps Darrell Waltrip because I like him now as an announcer. Cale is pretty awesome too though...especially since he was on the Dukes.