Garrett Duke

Well y'all...I got some good news to share with you!!!! Only two more days and I will be cured of this horrible NASCAR withdrawal I've been suffering through the past two weeks. Better yet...we are going night racing at Richmond Saturday night. And more good news...Jeff Gordon is still your points leader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least I have been able to hold onto that info the past two weeks...love seeing Gordon's name out on top like that...just be better this year if he had a win alongside his name. But if he keeps racing the way he has...that win is bound to come. Personally, I am hoping it will come Saturday night. But I bet y'all didn't already know that...right? LOL. (Sorry slow news or anything NASCAR lately and had to post something...LOL)

You are so right Roger...I am going to go CRAZY with no NASCAR. I mean what were they thinking? .... Yeah you are right again. It is for a good cause. But still, what am I going to do without my Hendrick Boys. Or any of NASCAR? You are telling me I am going to have to wait another week to see how this Bowyer/Kurt Busch deal is going to work out? LOL. Sorry Hoss...I don't know if I'd get up at three to watch a NASCAR race not a lone another sort of racing I really don't watch or know all the rules. At three...I am in bed sleeping. If not, there is something wrong. LOL. Talking about other sort of racing, Jeff Gordon finally put his six year old daughter in a quarter midget car the other day and let her drive it. Perhaps one day it will be her behind the 24 wheel...LOL. Or his son Leo, who is three at the time (will be four in August).

Well...I missed the first two hundred laps last night of the race, but did get to watch the last half of the race. Darlington is known as earning it's stripes and it earned at least nineteen if not more throughout the night. Including Kasey Kahne who was leading the race when I turned it on and had to take it to the garage later on. Paul Menard had a rough night as his tire caught fire at one point and then later on caused another caution...can't recall why. I assume he hit the wall as well. Jeff Gordon sounded like he had a solid car last night but he was better on the long run and was HORRIBLE at restarts last night. He led some laps but fell back at the end of the race to finish seventh. Jimmie Johnson started 26th and came back to contend for the win only to come up short. For the first time this centurty, the winner won from the pole. Kevin Harvick won from the pole with a dominant car. I am not sure at the moment am sure he got the max points yesterday. And this being his second win of the season he is pretty much garaunteed into the Chase.. Eight races in and already in the Chase... Clint Boywer surely didn't make any new friends last night with Kurt Busch...as he spun him into the wall and ended his night. Kurt was obviously mad and according to the announcers so was Bowyer as he accused Busch of lifting. Though from what I saw it looked like Bowyer spinning Kurt Busch out. Hopefully for Clint's sake that the weekend off will calm Kurt off before Richmond. Though if memory serves me correctly,(I may have a faulty memory, but not when it comes to NASCAR. LOL. I remember Kurt taking Gordon out a few years ago saying it was for what happened several races earlier...) I am pretty sure Kurt has a good memory when it comes to things like this and he is a driver who is not afraid to give a little pay back. Personally I am not a fan of either driver (Clint or Kurt) but do have to take Kurt's side in this incident. There was no need for that to happen... Here is the official results: 1. Kevin Harvick 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3. Jimmie Johnson 4. Matt Kenseth 5. Greg Biffle 6. Kyle Busch 7. Jeff Gordon 8. Kyle Larson 9. Tony Stewart 10. Ryan Newman 11. Austin Dillon 12. Clint Bowyer 13. Carl Edwards 14. Marcos Ambrose 15. AJ Allmendinger 16. Jamie McMurray 17. Brad Keselowski 18. Casey Mears 19. Denny Hamlin 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 21. Josh Wise 22. Danica Patrick 23. Justin Allgaier 24. Aric Almirola 25. Landon Cassill 26. Brian Vickers 27. Martin Truex Jr. 28. David Gilliland 29. Alex Bowman 30. Parker Kligerman 31. Kurt Busch 32. David Ragen 33. Travis Kvapil 34. Joe Nemechek 35. Joey Logano 36. David Stremme 37. Kasey Kahne 38. Cole Whitt 39. Reed Sorenson 40. Ryan Truex 41. Paul Menard 42. Michael Annett 43. Dave Blaney Well NASCAR has an off weekend next weekend for Easter. I hope you all will have a great Easter. Next race will be at Richmond in two weeks... And as a positive note...Gordon is still number one in points going into the off season. Though the announcers and I think Gordon said during the post race show last night that he needs to win to get in...and that first in points right now means little when it comes to the Chase. But for the time being, I will stay positive and be happy with the points at this moment of time. At least for a couple of weeks he'll be first in points.

Thanks Hoss for covering once again. Yeah I am happy that Gordon will start in the top ten...but disappointed to see Johnson start way back there. HOpefully he will have a fast and strong car to get up there tonight. Dillon is having a strong year so far...which I am happy with since he is on my money fantasy NASCAR league. Him and Larson. Plus I have my Hendrick boys...and Edwards. They all better have good years. Lizzy - you are right about the points, but unless Gordon can stay at top all regular season long without a win, he doesn't have much of a chance. No matter how good or consistant he is. He has had a solid year so far so I don't see him going winnless, but just feel that NASCAR has put too much weight on wins and not enough on consitancy. I understand wins are important and each driver should go out there for the win...NASCAR shouldn't have to put such weight on wins to motivate the drivers to win. If that makes sense. Talking about rookies...y'all see who won his second race in a row in the Nationwide Series? CHASE ELLIOT is the youngest driver to win at Darlington. He got his first win in Nationwide last week...and backed it up Friday night with another win. Am super excited for Chase and to see him doing so well. That kid's got talent!

Thanks Hoss for coming to my rescue...again. I am the ultimate failure this week. I listened to most of the race at work and got home to watch the last five laps or so. Am happy with second, but he really needs that win that he was so close to getting. LOL I am super excited to see Jeff Gordon's name on top of the point standings...even if it is by four points. But as of right now, the points don't mean NOTHING thanks to NASCAR's new Chase format. I came into this season not liking the new Chase set up and with each race that goes by, the more I don't like it. So for Gordon has had a pretty good and solid season and has been very consistant. But thanks to the new set up they have, that means absolutely NOTHING. Gordon can run second for the rest of the season and not make it into the Chase, because right now, all that matters is WINS. OK I get it, really I do. Wins are important. They always have been and they should be. But, there has to be something said for the drivers that are consistantly good or in the top five or ten race in and race out. Berfore, if a driver missed a race, it was a huge deal because they had a lot of work to do in order to make the Chase. Now, like Denny Hamlin who missed a race last week, he can make it into the Chase easy. All he has to do is get a win. Which is good for him, I guess because he shouldn't be punished for being hurt or sick by points. But there is also something said about every race meaning something. Every race earning something. Right now a driver can have 20 bad races and a couple of wins and make it into the Chase. The driver who runs consistantly in the top ten for twenty races or so misses it because he doesn't have a win. Just seems so wrong to me. And DW and the other announcers did make a point last week when Keselowski got mad at Kurt Busch and missed a whole bunch of laps and came out and went after Kurt...that since Keselowski had that one win, he doesn't have anything to lose by going after Kurt. So once they have a win or two under their belt, they are already considering themselves in the Chase and don't have nothing to lose. Even Jr made a statement after his win at the 500...that he feels better knowing he is now in the Chase. One race into the books and he already knows he will be in the Chase. (Which, being a Jr fan, am happy about.) But the fact that one win enters you into the Chase just seems so wrong and well, I don't like it. Yeah Gordon is in first place in points right now. Yes he is off to a great start to this season. But he is winless. So his great season means absolutely NOTHING without a win to back him up. As is Johnson at this point. So I guess for now I will celebrate and be happy with Gordon's points and how consistant he is...and with how he has ran this season so far, I am almost willing to admit that that win is around the corner. But won't be too excited, too happy, or too relaxed about this season until that win comes. Yeah I am starting to think that Brian France should resign and give me the reigns to NASCAR...I will be glad to point NASCAR back on track to the great sport it is. I will always love NASCAR and will try to find the positive side to it, but it doesn't mean I have to agree to this new point system. And yeah, I pointed out Gordon's season...but I would feel that way no matter who my favorite driver is. And of course...all that is my opinion. Would be glad to hear what y'all think of the new system??? BTW...18 year old Chase Elliot won his first Nationwide Series race at Texas this past weekend. He drivers for JR Motorsports and has done great so far in his rookie Nationwide Series season. He is the son of Bill Elliot who is a retired NASCAR driver. Hendrick has kinda taken Chase under his wing as he moved along in his young racing career. I have been keeping tabs of Chase through Facebook and so forth on how he is doing and am glad to see him in the Nationwide...he seems to have a lot of talent in him. He is also the driver that is said to be the one to take over the 24 car once Jeff Gordon hangs up his helmet and retires from NASCAR. What a sad day that will be...

Well I say they come up with a new sponsor for this race then if the weather suits the Ducks. Something dry and warm. Maybe Sunblock can sponsor the Texas races? Boy I am really failing this week. I didn't get to qualifying and didn't update on the dang weather. Just been bummed out about it...and had family over so a bit sidetracked. As Rosco would say...Bad news, bad news! Race has been postponed til tomorrow at new on your local Fox station. And to top it off...I have to work tomorrow so I won't be able to watch the race. Will try to write up a review whenever I get home tomorrow night upon what I read. (Do have to work at my part time job tomorrow night so will do my best...) Hope I will read about Jeff Gordon winning them six shooters. Perhaps this rain delay is so I can't jinx my Hendrick boys.

Nope...you were talking baseball. So you had to have been talking about Junior Lake. Let's go Junior!!!!!!

Roger- You are welcome... and no it is not. What would Uncle Jesse say or think of you taking such great joy in my agony? Think he'd be a bit disappointed in that, don't you? I mean, we all know, that despite living in Georgia...they were die hard Cubs fans as well. The Dukes were pretty loyal...and we all know that the Cubs have the most loyal fans ever. Just joking...congrats on your season opener win. And perhaps another one tonight if the Cubs don't step it up...so far they aren't having the stellar World Series season we all know they are going to have this year.

I saw that...I just forgot to mention it. Pit road must have been a mess today! Glad he was able to pit even if it was backwards. LOL. Think he was back a ways when that happened...could be wrong though. Thanks for reminding me of this...sorry I didn't include that in my write up.

Well the Martinsville race has ended...and nope Gordon didn't take home the grandfather clock. Neither did Johnson (though he led the most laps today!) or any of my Hendrick boys. Always next time...perhaps they'll take home the guns next week at Texas. It started off with a bang today as Parker Kligerman wrecked on the first lap and had everyone checking up...a lot of cars had stuff hanging off the back of their cars after that wreck. Think they had ten to twelve cautions today thanks to some banging and a couple of debris cautions to go in the mix. They had a competition yellow on lap forty due to the rain/snow they had yesterday/last night. Well...it caused a lot of drama when Brad Keselowski ran into Kasey Kahne...and in turn Kurt Busch ran into Brad Keselowski. It sent Brad Keselowski to the garage for thirty some laps and upset at Kurt Busch for just running into him (forget the fact that he himself just ran into Kasey Kahne that had started all this...). Which in turn got Kurt Busch upset saying that his day is done and so on and so on. When Keselowski got back on track he was quick to find Kurt and they banged back and forth for a bit before Kurt decided to be the bigger one and drive on...though saying on his radio that he will find Keselowski and punch him in the face. Though they did wreck Ricky Stenhouse Jr when he went to pass them...didn't really hit him but sent him up the track. Jeff Gordon started sixth today...but had an ill acting race car that sent him to the pits during a caution where most driver stayed out in. He spent most of the day in the mid twenties. He finished twelveth today and sadly that almost feels like a win...sad to see him have a poor race car at a track he is so good at. Jamie McMurray got spun out by (hate to blame him...you know I do like him...) Dale Earnhardt Jr who didn't give him any room.. Jr later went on to get the lead for a few laps and finished third. Jimmie Johnson led the most laps today but with thirteen or so laps to go, Kurt Busch stole the lead away from him and went on to win...ending his 83 race winless streak. Good for Kurt Busch...he did win it fairly, but as a JJ fan, was disappointed to see the win escape his reach once again. Though, I guess it is better that Kurt won than Clint Bowyer who did lead a few laps today after he banged into Jimmie Johnson to get it. (I apologize to any Bowyer fans...that is just how I feel after how he has raced Gordon in the past and now Johnson today. Perhaps it is just me that he hates so he is taking it out on my drivers? LOL. ) Here is the official results: 1. Kurt Busch 2. Jimmie Johnson 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr 4. Joey Logano 5. Marcos Ambrose 6. Matt Kenseth (wow am surprised to see him finish sixth! At the first half of the race, he was fighting for the lead, then next I knew he was struggling to stay on the lead lap and may have went down a lap (announcers never said why...) Kudos to Matt for overcoming that!) 7. Kevin Harvick 8. Aric Almirola (Great to see the King's car finish in the top five. Richard Petty's wife Lynda passed away this past Wednesday at the age of 85. Very sad...my thoughts and prayers are with Richard and his family.) 9. Clint Bowyer 10. Paul Menard 11. AJ Allmendinger 12. Jeff Gordon 13. Carl Edwards 14. Kyle Busch 15. Austin Dillon 16. Brian Vickers 17. Tony Stewart 18. Greg Biffle 19. Denny Hamlin 20. Ryan Newman 21. Martin Truex Jr. 22. Kasey Kahne 23. Justin Allgaier 24. Casey Mears 25. Landon Cassill 26. David Gilliland 27. Kyle Larson 28. David Ragen 29. Cole Whitt 30. Ryan Truex 31. Michael Annett 32. Danica Patrick 33. Travis Kvapil 34. Reed Sorenson 35. Josh Wise 36. Alex Bowman 37. Michael McDowell 38. Brad Keselowski 39. David Stremme 40. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 41. Parker Kligerman 42. Jamie McMurray 43. Joe Nemechek I didn't watch the post race show due to having to take an online course for work, but seeing how Kurt Busch turned an "I'm done" day into a win...I doubt he followed through with his threat of punching Keselowski...which is for the better. LOL. Next week we will be going to the Lone Star state and do the Texas two step...LOL.

Guess what starts tonight y'all....BASEBALL. Dodgers VS Padres. Then tomorrow my Cubs plays Roger's Pirates...Jeff Samardja will be taking the mound for the Cubs for their opening day. Guess who is excited??!!! I AM!!! Too bad the game starts at noon...and I will be at work. But perhaps they will do better without me. LET'S GO CUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cubs going to have some Pirates for lunch tomorrow... This has got to be the best song and video ever to be made!!!! Has my all time favorite player on there, Ryne Sandberg as well as the Cubs old announcer Harry Carrey.. Miss the old Cubs that I grew up with...but do love the new Cubs as well.

Thanks for posting that for me again Hoss...Friday's thus far has either been busy or a bit hard (last Friday) since the season started. Then had to meet my mom this morning, so I didn't get to it. . .thanks for covering for me. I am very happy with Gordon's and Johnson's starting postition. Sadly Jr and Kahne start way down the line up. But my top two drivers did great with qualifying and I am very happy with that. I am happy to see Danica Patrick starting tenth...hope she can finish that high too...she is on my fantasy NASCAR league this week. Personally I am not a Hamlin fan, but am glad to see him back on track. Hate seeing anyone hurt or sick...and being sidelined from the race last week had to have been hard on him. Luckily for him, the way they have the points and all that this year, it isn't that big of a deal that he missed a race as it was last year. All he has to do is win a race and he'll make the Chase. I am really hoping Jeff Gordon will be bringing home another Grandfather clock tomorrow afternoon...which is the trophy for the winner. He has been close this year...he just needs to avoid trouble and drama and have a fast race car and that trophy will be his.

One word seems to sum the Fontana race perfectly: TIRES! Tires has been an issue for every driver. Hit early for Kevin Harvick who had a back tire go flat in the strait away. Harvick had other tire issues towards the end of the race where his back tire went out again. It hit Carl Edwards who had a flat tire...as well as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Each driver/team was given eleven sets of tires for the race...and they were all worried on whether or not if they would run out of tires. And being a Jeff Gordon fan...I have to brag a little bit. He started sixth or seventh today. He didn't waste much time to get to second and was racing for the lead when Harvick had his first tire issues. They went into pits...Gordon got caught speeding on pit road. And since everyone was still on th lead lap...Gordon went to 43rd. Though it didn't take him long to pass everyone and was back in the top ten, if not the top five. And then on another caution, NASCAR kept the caution light at red (meaning drivers can not pit) well the top eight drivers saw that and stayed out...everyone else pitted. So when the top seven (Brad Keselowski stayed out) they came out in back (including Jeff Gordon)...Gordon and another driver tried talking to NASCAR about it, but NASCAR didn't do anything to fix it. So once again, Gordon fought his way back to the front and had led several laps. Hanging in the top five for the most of the last half of the race. Though, was better on the long runs than the short runs. JJ was better on the short runs. Well with fifteen laps or so to go, JJ leading and Gordon fighting him for the lead, Gordon complains of vibration...and JJ's tire goes flat and he hits the wall. Gordon gets the lead...only for Clint Bowyer to spin out (surprise surprise) with two laps to go. Gordon goes to pit with old tires and goes back out sixth. After a green-white-checkered restart, Iowa native Landon Cassill led, since he didn't go to pits...Going to the checkered Kyle Larson (who won his first Nationwide Series race Saturday) fought with Kyle Busch at the end...and Kyle Busch went on to win the race. Fontana official result: 1. Kyle Busch 2. Kyle Larson 3. Kurt Busch 4. Matt Kenseth 5. Tony Stewart 6. Jamie McMurray 7. Brian Vickers 8. AJ Allmendinger 9. Paul Menard 10. Carl Edwards 11. Austin Dillion 12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 13. Jeff Gordon 14. Danica Patrick 15. Casey Mears 16. Clint Bowyer 17. Sam Hornish Jr. 18. Cole Whitt 19. Micheal Annett 20. Ryan Newman 21. Reed Sorenson 22. Alex Bowman 23. Martin Truex Jr. 24. Jimmie Johnson 25. Landon Cassill 26. Brad Keselowski 27. David Ragen 28. Justin Allgaier 29. David Reutimann 30. Marcos Ambrose 31. Ryan Truex 32. Joe Nemechek 33. Travis Kvapil 34. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 35. Brian Scott 36. Kevin Harvick 37. Josh Wise 38. David Gilliland 39. Joey Logano 40. Greg Biffle 41. Kasey Kahne 42. Parker Kligerman 43. Aric Almirola Well, I will admit that I was NOT happy with the end of the race and where Gordon finished. He definitely had the car to beat today and it was super fun to watch him passing cars left and right. He passed over seventy cars today! He keeps this up...that win will be around the corner. My opinion of course...which I have been told is a bit biased when it comes to Gordon. So I guess we will see... We are back to short track racing next week at Martinsville....

Thanks for covering for me, Hoss...as much as I love NASCAR, it was the last thing on my mind Friday. My fourteen year old cat, Daisy made a turn for the worse Friday looking very thin and had a hard time walking and looked weak. She seems to be doing a little better today but still has me worried... But I am watching the race today. Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs #11 driver, has pulled himself out of the race today with a sinus infection that he says makes it hard for him to say. The announcers just said that Hamlin went to the hospital for the infection. Sam Hornish Jr is now driving the 11 car for Hamlin. Hornish will drive for Gibbs in a limited number of races in the Nationwide Series...and was on standby for Matt Kenseth whose wife is due to have her baby any day now. So instead of subbing for Kenseth, he is subbing for Hamlin. Hamlin will not be getting any points for today's race since he did NOT start the race... Talking about Denny Hamlin at Fontana...it was at Fontana last year where Joey Logano wrecked him on the finishing laps and benched Hamlin for four weeks or so with a back injury. So far in the race, Keselowski is leading the race, but Jeff Gordon (who started sixth) is now lurking in second. Hope this means that the 24 will find his way to Victory Lane at the end of the race. Then again I am a Gordon fan... Never mind...he is no longer. Gordon got caught speeding on pit road. Shame on him! Now 43rd. Ah well...race is still young.

Well y'all the Bristol race may have started in the day but raced most of the race at night. . .and I know someone on this here board should be pretty happy right now. Right Hoss? Stenhous Jr finishes second today...pretty good finish if you ask me. Well I should have started this review during the two and a half hour rain delay seeing on how horrible my memory is...so please forgive me if I forget something. Jimmie Johnson had his tire shred that had put him two laps down. He finished nineteenth and a lap down... Kenseth led a lot of laps before Timmy Hill (rookie) ran into the back of him, did a lot of damage to Kenseth's car and took Hill out of the race. Kenseth was able to come back and lead more laps before he almost hit the wall. Started out with a brush up against Hamlin and Gordon which didn't go very far...then on the competition yellow, Gordon was going out of his stall and ran into David Ragen. Put Gordon back to 35th after going in in the top ten. Later on David Ragen got into with Michael McDowell...bumped him or something. McDowell went to show him his displeasure and ended up spinning him out. Kyle Busch had troubles with his tire going out and he went up and hit the wall, Kurt Busch ran into his own brother... the wall threw Kyle down the track where he was lucky not to get hit by any other cars. Kevin Harvick was in the top five when he had a tire go out or something (my dogs were barking like crazy when this happened so didn't get to see why it happened) but was smoking...on his way to the garage caught on fire. Luckily he was OK. McMurray tried breaking for him and Keselowski got into the back of him and tore his hood off. Was an interesting end to the race...Carl Edwards was leading after not pitting after the Harvick incident. And with two and a half laps to go, the caution light goes off for little to no explanation. Then it starts pouring! Luckily they finished the race...even if it was under caution! Carl Edwards went on to win his 22nd Sprint Cup win...and we got to see his famous backflip! Love his backflips...even in the rain! Gordon finished seventh after battling with his team mate, Kasey Kahne the last part of the race. The first time in his 22 year career where he started the season with the four top ten finishes in a row. As for Jr...he had some sort of issue and came home 24th. So half my drivers did pretty good...the other half, well not so good. We are onto Fontana California next Sunday. Official finish at Bristol: 1. Carl Edwards 2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 3. Aric Almirola 4. Tony Stewart 5. Marcos Ambrose 6. Denny Hamlin 7. Jeff Gordon 8. Kasey Kahne. 9. Brian Vickers 10. Kyle Larson 11. Austin Dillion 12. Greg Biffle 13. Matt Kenseth 14. Brad Keselowski 15. Clint Bowyer 16. Ryan Newman 17. Justin Allgaier 18. Danica Patrick 19. Jimmie Johnson 20. Joey Logano 21. Paul Menard 22. David Gilliland 23. Josh Wise 24. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 25. AJ Allmendiger 26. Michael Annett 27. Casey Mears 28. Reed Sorenson 29. Kyle Busch 30. Landon Cassill 31. David Ragen 32. Alex Bowman 33. Travis Kvapil 34. Parker Kligerman 35. Kurt Busch 36. Martin Truex Jr. 37. Michael McDowell 38. Jamie McMurray 39. Kevin Harvick 40. Cole Whitt 41. Joe Nemechek 42. Ryan Truex 43. Timmy Hill We are onto race number five of the season in Fontana California...and guess who is looking forward to it? LOL Congrats Hoss on your driver excelling for you today.

No need for umbrellas...they are racing again! It is on Fox Sports 1...

It is what it is. Perhaps there is a little to blame both ways. Glad it is early and Gordon is moving up. We are back to red flag due to rain...so far over two hours into this rain delay.

Sounds like a good idea Hoss...though don't think they would buy into it. They are racing...and they are on lap 69 and so far I am not HAPPY. They had a competition yellow for the rain. So far, Gordon has had a fast car and on the third or so lap Denny Hamlin ran down into Gordon. Got away with some damage thanks to Gordon's expertise to back out of it...otherwise Waltrip said that that would have caused the big accident. So Gordon saved it there... Then on the competition yellow, in pits...Jeff left his pit stall only for David Ragen to HIT Gordon. Gordon went in in the top ten or so and is now back 35th or so. Gordon must have a target sign on him or something... Now they are back under yellow after a lap of green due to the 23 battery pack on the track.... Hoping and praying that Gordon will get back up there...JJ is in the lead as of now.

I swear Mother Nature has something against me...after a long and very cold winter, we finally had warmer weather. All the snow melted...only for it to snow last night. Of course half of it is melted now and am sure spring is about to come, but still...can really live without seeing the white ugly stuff for another year or a hundred years...lol. And to bring this around to NASCAR...there is a 75% chance of rain today at Bristol...and they are on FOX right now with the pre-race show and guess what...it is RAINING. Though according to Clint Bowyer the sky is cleaning up. Michael Waltrip is doing his grid walk going to motor home to motor home talking to the drivers who came out to talk to him. Well they just said that it is suppose to lighten up or get better...so they say. I hope they are right. I don't know if I have said this before but Bristol is my favorite track! Bristol has lights so they can race tonight if need be...if not they said yesterday that they will race tomorrow at noon. I really hope to get the race in sometime today...I would really hate to miss a race...especially at Bristol! (I will be at work at noon tomorrow so I will not be able to watch it if they race tomorrow...) I am starting to believe that a huge rain cloud just follows NASCAR from track to track...and hate it. Though I have heard them say a year or so ago that the pressure and the all with the cars going so fast that it brings rain or something like that. Then again they haven't raced today so they can't blame that. LOL RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY....COME BACK TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I was meaning to come on here and say this earlier but didn't have time and don't have much time right now...but thought I would send y'all a good update... FB has accepted John back and apologized for their error or something like that. No FB isn't life or death or anything serious. It could have been a lot worse. It was more or less on how John was treated that got me. I never thought I would get on FB but after finding a couple of freinds were on it as well as Jeff Gordon I had to join. It is a great way to read upon my favorite drivers, sports teams, and singers...as well as keep in touch with family and friends. LOL. But it also has it's downfalls and you have to watch what you put on there... Anyways...John is back on FB. Just too bad he has too many friend request that I can't send him one. Sadly I don't have that problem...LOL.

You are in my thoughts and prayers MM...so sorry to hear that you are going through such a terrible time. Hope the surgery goes well and you will recover well. Praying for you.

I get where you are coming from with two hundred more laps added on and your driver having a bad race, but need more accidents? Really? Nope. I refuse to hope for more accidents. I refuse to be the fan who watches for the accidents. Not in me to hope for the bad for anyone. No matter how I feel about a certain driver. It is easy to sit back and think more accidents mean more excitement and for the most part they all walk away just fine from them...but not all the time. Accidents do put in more drama or excitement into the race, but that's not what I want more of this season. Or any season. Besides...I know my luck. My luck is now that you are WANTING more accidents...it will involve Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson or Dale Earnhard Jr or Kasey Kahne . And when/if it does....I am going to blame you Hoss! Remember that. Go ahead, wish for more accidents for your race...just leave NASCAR alone with wishing more accidents upon. I will take two hundred more laps any day over more accidents. Even if Gordon is having a bad day. But yeah...it does make for a long race when your driver is having a bad day...

The race at Las Vegas has just gotten over and o nce again, there isn't much to write about. I think there was four cautions...all for debris. After winning last week's race at Phoenix and leading some laps to day, Kevin Harvick had some break issue go on and had to take it to the garage. They said he was planning on coming back out on the track, but never saw him again to know if he did or not. I think all of Stewart-Haas Racing cars had some issues going on. Stewart and Kurt Busch ran in the back all day. Almirola got into Danica Patrick at some point in the race. The most exciting (and disappointing for me...LOL) part of the race came right to the end where Dale Earnhardt Jr was leading the race and had for some time with the knowledge he may be a bit short on fuel at the end. This was a fuel strategy race (have I ever said how much I don't like that? LOL). Well they were right...half a lap to the checkered flag, Brad Keselowski caught up with him as Jr ran out of gas. Brad Keselowski won the race at Las Vegas...but Jr was able to hold on to get a second place finish. His third top second finish in a row. Best start of a season for him (I think...lol.). Jr was oh so close to getting his second win of the season...and honestly, I am not a big Keselowski fan. I was rooting pretty hard for Jr to win at the end. But came up short. Congrats to Keselowski. It is the crew cheif's job to gamble on the gas calls like that (Jr didn't go into pits in the last caution...) and you win a few that way and lose a few that way. Here is the official results: 1. Brad Keselowski 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3. Paul Menard 4. Joey Logano 5. Carl Edwards 6. Jimmie Johnson 7. Ryan Newman 8. Kasey Kahne 9. Jeff Gordon 10. Matt Kenseth 11. Kyle Busch 12. Denny Hamlin 13. Brian Vickers 14. Martin Truex Jr. 15. Jamie McMurray 16. Austin Dillion 17. Jeff Burton 18. AJ Almendinger 19. Kyle Larson 20. Trevor Bayne 21. Danica Patrick 22. Greg Biffle 23. Clint Bowyer 24. Marcos Ambrose 25. Aric Almirola 26. Kurt Busch 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 28. Casey Mears 29. Michael Annett 30. David Gilliland 31. Justin Allgaier 32. David Ragen 33. Tony Stewart 34. Reed Sorenson 35. Ryan Truex 36. Cole Whitt 37. Alex Bowman 38. Timmy Hill 39. Travis Kvapil 40. Parker Kligerman 41. Kevin Harvick 42. Josh Wise 43. Michael McDowell Is it just me or does these races keep going by faster and faster? Know the drivers feel differently, but would really appreciate it if NASCAR would add on another hundred or two hundred more laps. I'm not asking very much at all. It seems like it starts and a few minutes later it is over...just like that. As I said, congrats to Brad Keselowski on his win...read a title on Yahoo sports where this was the second time of using the knockout qualifying and both times both Penske cars (Logano and Keselowski) got the front row at the start of the race. Guess it suits their style. Personally, I am excited to see all four of my Hendrick boys with a top ten finish today. Sorry Hoss to see Stenhouse Jr didn't fare too well at the end. He had a great starting position. I think he may have gotten caught speeding in the pits and that may have costed him. Not sure what went wrong with the 17 team. They said 19 drivers were tagged with speeding penalities at the Las Vegas Nationwide race yesterday...I think there was just a few of them today. Nothing like that of the Nationwide....know Gilliland and Larson got tagged speeding. Think there were a couple more...Stenhouse Jr may have been one. Seemes like I remember them saying his name with it. Don't quote me on that. Race number three is in the books...will start a new thread for points when they become official since we are not getting a little deeper into the season. Guess what y'all...we are going to my all time favorite race next Sunday!!!!!!!!!! We go from a mile and a half track at Las Vegas to the shortest track on the circuit...we are going to thunder valley! Bristol Tennesee! I am not a huge fan of short tracks, but I love Bristol! Especially the night race in August...but will definately be excited to see Bristol next Sunday! Though on a downfall to Bristol...I think today's race went by fast? Well Bristol goes by faster...or at least they go faster! LOL. And where I didn't have much to write about these past couple of races, well Bristol brings out a few wrecks here and there as well as a lot of tempers being thrown into the mix. Will give plenty to write about. Personally, I can live without the wrecks....always gets me worried about whether or not my drivers are in it or if everyone is OK. But put wrecks aside...I do love Bristol. I never been to a race before, but I have been to Bristol a couple of times as well as to Chicagoland once. Have to admit that helps rank the track up on my favorite list.

Yeah...don't know how they can determine John isn't who he is especially when he is giving them info like that! Seems like something is either missing from the story? or what is going on. Don't make sense at all. Just maddening and frustrating to see John get treated like this. Not having FB or getting kicked off isn't the end of the world by any means, but it is just the matter on how they are treating John and why they would do this for. Or how they even begin to question his identity. If they are doing it to him, perhaps they should start questioning everyone's identity...feel like I am missing something here. Am I the only one?

Well y'all...I got some sad and discouraging news for you. By what I gather out of John Schneider's blog...Facebook has gone and kicked him out of FB along with his accounts. Saying he isn't who he says he is. I really don't understand or see why FB is doing this to John Schneider and I will be honest with you, it makes me upset. They allow a lot of nasty stuff on FB and yet they kick out a great guy like Schneider for such a whimpy excuse? Totally bogus if you ask me. I guess worse things could happen than to be banned from FB and the world does go on beyond FB, but still to treat John this way is beyond wrong! It almost makes me feel like getting off of Facebook but doubt that would do any good and I would miss talking to friends and family on their as well as reading about NASCAR and other interest on FB... John Schneider's blog Above is the link to his blog...what y'all think?