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Garrett Duke

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  1. Well y'all...I don't even know where to start with all this mess. NASCAR has went through Saturday night's race at Richmond...investigating Clint Bowyer's spin out at the end of the race that ultimately took Ryan Newman out of the Chase and put Bowyer's team mate, Martin Truex Jr in the Chase...also had taken out Jeff Gordon out of the Chase. Despite how obvious it is to me that Bowyer's spin out on purpose, I had assumed NASCAR wouldn't see it that way and wouldn't do anything about it. Well NASCAR has came out and said that they went through the tapes and what not and find Bowyer's actions and his communication with his crew to mean that Bowyer deliberately spun out...in turn to change the outcome of the race. I should be happy right? Well I am not... I have no clue what NASCAR is thinking by their punishment to Michael Waltrip (who owns Bowyer's, Truex Jr's and Vicker's cars...and to Clint Bowyer. Ultimately what NASCAR has done is they took Martin Truex Jr (who had NOTHING to do with the spin and as far as I know, had no idea it even happened!) out of the Chase and has put Ryan Newman back in the Chase. They have fined Michael Waltrip 50 car owner points...and Bowyer 50 championship points. Though (get this...) Bowyer's point reduction won't go towards the Chase. So therefore he will be going into the Chase with as many points as he was before this punishment...and will be seeded seventh in the Chase. Michael Waltrip was fined $300,000. Truex Jr's and Bowyer's crew cheifs were put on probation until the end of the year. And oh yeah...Jeff Gordon, who was also affected by Bowyer's move (as well as Waltrip pulling Vickers into pits...) is still outside of the Chase. Am I the only one having a hard time understanding what NASCAR is thinking in all of this? Bowyer barely gets slapped with anything...who was the one who spun out on purpose!....while Truex Jr is pulled out due to Bowyer...and didn't have a play in it?! Don't get me wrong, I am happy Ryan Newman got in since he was one of the drivers robbed of the Chase by Bowyer. If NASCAR wants to pull anyone...it should be the driver who did the act. My opinion... Here is the article I read...feel free to give your opinion - as long as it is respectful. NASCAR's Punishment for Bowyer's intentional Spin
  2. Thanks for the laugh Hoss...sounds like fair punishment to me! Lizzy - you may be right, but that didn't stop NASCAR from punishing Jimmie Johnson a few weeks ago when he supposedly jumped the restart due to Juan Pablo Montoya laying back...or not getting started on his restart. Honestly, I didn't catch the restart until I turned the post race back on for a minute and the announcers were saying that Edwards may have jumped the restart. Personally I like Edwards so am happy for him to get the win, but if NASCAR is to punish one driver, it should go to all the drivers. Not just the ones they think should be punished...
  3. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2013/09/08/clint-bowyer-spin-martin-truex-jr-ryan-newman-chase-richmond/2781487/ Well NASCAR is saying that they are investigating the race from last night and won't say anymore until they come out with penalties or whatever they decide to do with what had happened. My guess they won't do anything...they punished Dale Jr several years ago when he intentionally spun out to save himself at Bristol...but only when he was talking about it afterwards. So I am doubting that anything will be done about it...but am hoping that I am wrong. LOL
  4. No...Bowyer was looking everywhere but at Jamie Little during his interview. (Though John Darby...he is one of the leaders in NASCAR organization, don't know his title off hand. It was reported on Facebook that he supposedly looked that the video and thinks Bowyer's spin was unintentional. Though of all that I am reading of fans and what not on Facebook...he is so far the ONLY ONE that I know of to think that...) I didn't even catch the debris report...I knew they had a caution for a debris (maybe two.) I wish I could help you on that one Hoss. Makes you wonder...why can't they just race? Also in question was the final restart. Even the reporters during the post race show (I turned it back on for a minute) made a statement that Carl Edwards jumped the restart...and NASCAR gave him the win anyway..(or something like that). Don't get me wrong...I like Carl Edwards and was happy to see him win, but if he jumped the restart, NASCAR should've docked him for it. Several races ago, Jimmie Johnson was accused of jumping the restart (though I think half of his problem was that Juan Pablo Montoya didn't get going on the restart...) and NASCAR put JJ back of the longest line. And yet Edwards does it...and gets the win? Once again, we are back to NASCAR's lack of consistency with their penalties...
  5. I am glad you mentioned the whole Bowyer spin out, Hoss, because that is a very highly controversial ordeal in the NASCAR world right now as it is being said that Bowyer spun out intentionally to bring out that last caution. When Bowyer spun out, Ryan Newman was leading (his crew told him this on the radio right before his car supposedly started to have problems and spun out) and most likely would have won the race. Which would have given Ryan Newman a wild card position in the Chase and would take Bowyer's teammate Martin Truex Jr. out of the Chase. So when Bowyer spun out and the caution came out and with the pit stops...Carl Edwards came out on lead and ended up winning the race. Which took the win and the wild card position away from Newman and gave it back to Bowyer's teammate Martin Truex Jr. (also is what took the point away from Gordon and gave it back to Logano. In case y'all have forgotten (I haven't ) Bowyer and Gordon has a history of not getting along with each other.). I have my opinion on the ordeal (you can probably guess what it is) but I will post the video of Bowyer's in car camera before he spun out and the communication he had with his crew before on the radio. Also interview of Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr who was behind him (who Bowyer is trying to blame...despite Jr not even touch his car), and then Martin's interview. Here is the video...feel free to say what you think...
  6. Thank you Roger....I think it being by only one point is what makes that much worse. But he did give it his all and never gave up. Even after his crew didn't put the tire on all the way and he had to go back in to put him two laps down. To finish eight after all that shows just how hard he worked. Sadly eighth wasn't enough for the Chase. I will have to look up his post race interview...I was disappointed and had turned it off as soon as the race had ended. Plus had family over that was leaving at the same time. I did read what he said though and thought that was super big of him to say what he did despite how disappointed he must have been. He is definitely a class act. And no...he is definitely not one of those spoiled brat losers... Thanks Roger.
  7. Thanks Roger.
  8. Well the Richmond race has just gotten over and this 24 fan is highly disappointed so will try my best to be objective to it all. Jeff Gordon started the night off on pole and led the first 49 laps before falling back rather quickly. Brad Keselowski led the most laps before getting into a confrontation with Kevin Harvick that kinda slid him back. Kurt Busch had a great race to finish second and earn a spot in the Chase. Jimmie Johnson started in the back since he didn't qualify his car and was faced with several troubles from battery issues and then later brought out the caution when his tire blew. Then running fifteenth, Jeff Gordon had to go into pits with a loose tire...which put him two laps down. He raced himself up to a lap down before winning the lucky dog. He was in and out of the Chase all night today. He was in by two points ahead of Joey Logano who was having a rough race and two laps down...when Clint Bowyer spun out to bring out the caution with four laps to go. Carl Edwards went on to win the race with Kurt Busch second. Jeff Gordon missed this year's Chase by ONE point to Joey Logano. I think Jeff Gordon sums it up perfectly when he wrote on Facebook "Heartbreaking". Gonna be a long ten races knowing he has no shot at the championship but it is what it is and despite whatever happens, will always be a proud Jeff Gordon fan. Here is the top TEN finishes: 1. Carl Edwards 2. Kurt Busch 3. Ryan Newman 4. Jamie McMurray 5. Paul Menard 6. Matt Kenseth 7. Martin Truex Jr. 8. Jeff Gordon 9. Mark Martin 10. Ricky Stenhouse Jr Here is what the Chase will look like: 1. Matt Kenseth 2. Jimmie Johnson 3. Kyle Busch 4. Kevin Harvick 5. Carl Edwards 6. Joey Logano 7. Greg Biffle 8. Clint Bowyer 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr 10. Kurt Busch 11. Kasey Kahne 12. Martin Truex Jr Onto Chicagoland next Sunday afternoon....
  9. Well in that case ... will be at church during that time. Sorry...you will have to let me know how it goes.
  10. Dang Hoss...you beat me to it. Again. But thanks for doing my job for me. Well Jeff Gordon looks to be starting Richmond off on the right foot as he was fast in practice and now looks like he was fast in qualifying too! Just hope he can keep it up come race time tomorrow...where it counts the most! Just for a heads up, I will most likely be able to watch the race...but at the moment do have plans to go with family as well so I don't know when I will get to the TV. Part of me wants to watch this race...the other part of me is too nervous to watch this race. HA. It all comes down to this for team 24...and I guess a few other teams. Will write my review after the race unless too late and then will do it Sunday. As for your race Hoss...having my race on Saturday night leaves Sunday open for the Bears opening season football game against the Bengals. Thanks again for the update Hoss...am super excited that Jeff Gordon FINALLY has the pole for this year! Jeff Gordon has now passed a new record...to have the most consecutive years with a pole...21 straight years of at least having one pole (if not more). How awesome is that?! LET'S GO JEFF GORDON AND TEAM 24!!!
  11. Yes that is the picture I was talking about! Thanks for posting it...I finally gave up on it. Thanks for coming to my rescue!
  12. Guess what y'all? Jimmie Johnson will be racing at Richmond tomorrow night!!!!!!!!!!! Well before you go roll your eyes and say what else is new...Jimmie Johnson's wife was expecting their second child around the time the Chase start and had Ragen Smith (who races for Jr in the Nationwide Series) practice and get use to the 48 car in case their second child came during the weekend. (JJ has been locked in on points for the Chase for the past few weeks...so it wouldn't have been a big deal if he were to miss a race...for the Chase that is. It would be a big deal for ME!) But not to worry! (In case anyone other than me was worried about this... ) Chandra gave birth to a daughter, Lydia Noriss Johnson, today. Making their three year old daughter, Genieveve Marie a big sister! Ragen Smith will drive the 48 car today for practice and qualifying, but Johnson will be back behind the 48 wheel tomorrow for the Richmond race. Ragen Smith for Practice and Qual, Johnson in for the race due to the birth of Johnson's daughter (Well Hoss, tell me if I did this wrong with the picture...have no idea on how to do this!) The picture in the article of Genevieve holding her little sister is so adorable...Genevieve looks so proud and happy of her little sister! Congrats Jimmie, Chandra, and Genevieve Johnson!
  13. Say what, Roger? Do believe you messed up your post...we all know you meant the NASCAR thread is the best one in the history of the internet...right? Just kidding...am sure the behind the scenes are great and interesting.
  14. Well she got her fifteen minutes of fame...hope she finds it worth $2500... As for the million dollars, I assume it is for the whole team to split up...but I am not a hundred percent sure on how they do it. I would have to look it up when I have more time. Great question Roger!
  15. In the article I read, it didn't exactly come out and say that...but did say that Max went into Skeen's hauler to talk to him and his girlfriend got in the way (something like that) and Max shoved her aside to get to Mike. So, personally, it sounds like Mike and his girlfriend were trying to use that against Max. I guess it all depends on the way Max did it...but if the NASCAR officials were there as Mike had said, they would have fined Max as well if they saw him do something wrong against his girl friend. . .and I haven't seen anything that points at any wrong doing at Max after the claim. Which I am glad of. Max seems like a good guy...
  16. Another Chase contender article. More detailed... Well the plot thickens as we get to the last race of the regular season...where has the season gone? Anyway I am going to post the drivers in and elgible for the Chase. Everyone who doesn't get into the Chase will still race and can win races, but the best they can finish in points is thirteenth...which earns them a million dollars. DRIVERS LOCKED IN THE CHASE 1. Jimmie Johnson 2. Clint Bowyer 3. Carl Edwards 4. Kevin Harvick 5. Kyle Busch 6. Matt Kenseth DRIVERS IN THE WILD CARD POSITION 1. Kasey Kahne is clinched into the Chase since he has two wins so far this season (Kasey is currently 12th in points.) DRIVERS ELGIBLE TO MAKE THE CHASE 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8. Joey Logano 9. Greg Biffle 10. Kurt Busch 11. Jeff Gordon (12 in points is Kasey Kahne who already clinched his spot with his two wins.) 13. Martin Truex Jr. 14. Ryan Newman 15. Brad Keselowski 16. Jamie McMurray 17. Paul Menard As the article says drivers in the 14 - 17 positions would need a super great race and help of other drivers ahead of them having bad races to get in...but it still can happen. It is only Wednesday...the race is Saturday night at 6:30 and I am already NERVOUS for Jeff Gordon. I may have to watch this race with my eyes closed:popcorn:. (On a side note about the truck race and Max Papis getting slapped. Mike Skeen's girl friend who slapped Papis has been fined $2,500 and suspended from all NASCAR track activity indefinately. Skeen's crew cheif has been fi ned $2,500 as well...the crew cheif is suppose to be in charge and have control over his driver and crew...she should be arrested, but am glad to see NASCAR FINALLY stepping in and doing something about this.)
  17. Excuse me if you don't mind...why wouldn't he want to see the Pirates play the Cubs? They may not be ranked as high as the Cardinals, Reds, Pirates and the such, but that doesn't make them an uninteresting team or one you wouldn't want to see play in the playoffs. No matter how many times they have played...I agree with Roger. It would be awesome to see the Cubs play the Pirates in the play offs...it would probably have to be for a wild card position, but still, it would be awesome to watch! Hmmm I wonder how much money Roger has that I can win off of him when the Cubs beat the Pirates in the play offs?
  18. Yes it is...lots of different scenarios. I glanced at the article...at least of Jeff Gordon's part and it seems like it is a bit generalized. Thanks Roger. Hopefully you will help him have a great night at Richmond and help him in the Chase.
  19. Well I am ashamed of myself for letting this thread go like this...shame on me! Well, I will attempt to do better now that the Chase is about to start... As much as I want to write through the points and who is where, I better not do it tonight as it is getting too late and I should be in bed (four am comes way too early!). But did find this article that I wanted to share... Roger asked in my other thread on how Jeff Gordon can get into the Chase (Richmond on this upcoming Saturday night will determine who is in and who is out of the Chase for the 2013 NASCAR Championship.) and Jeff is currently six points out of the top ten where needs to be if he is to get into the Chase without a win (eleventh place and twelfth place are the wild card slots and whoever is 11 -20 in points with the most wins gets into the Chase on wild card). So hopefully this article will shed some info on how Jeff Gordon and a few others can get into the Chase...though I am really HOPING and PRAYING Jeff Gordon can get into the Chase... Chase Clinching Scenerios Hope this helps...
  20. This is ONE great commercial if you ask me. The only thing that is WRONG with it is that they don't have Jeff Gordon in with the legends...which irritates me. But they didn't ask me when filming this commercials. Still a great JJ commercial! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6_Ln7_kHgc&feature=youtu.be
  21. Hoss seems like he found the accurate information on how Jeff Gordon can make it into the Chase...either win it or finish six positions before Kurt Busch. Which is what I am hoping will happen. Or Dale Jr or Greg Biffle has some serious trouble on Saturday night that would help Gordon, but I don't want to wish that on Jr or Biffle. As for Max Papis...the story keeps getting bigger. Now Papis is being accused of bruising Mike Skeet's girlfriend (the girl who slapped and dislocated his jaw.) According to Mike, Max barged into his trailer and grabbed her down the stairs in front of NASCAR officials. According to Max, he pushed her away after she was yelling at him and told her he didn't want to talk to her, but wanted to talk to him (I assume he means Mike.) and apologized if that had bruised her. He didn't even know who she was. As of now, I haven't heard anything official from NASCAR. Max Papis is a driver who has visited all three series in NASCAR where as Mike Skeen, well, Sunday was his first truck series race ever. He is, what I read, a sports car racer. Well...great way to make your way into NASCAR with all this fiasco. Personally I don't know who to believe. I saw the slap on a video someone posted on Facebook and Max seems to be a pretty good guy of what I have seen of him. I find it hard to believe he would just run into some guy's hauler and drag some girl he doesn't know down the stairs. But I don't know. Max had slapped a driver in the Nationwide series but with the helmet on...also patted a driver on the face that he was mad at, but didn't slap him. Just patted him enough to let him know he had control but was upset at what he did to him (the driver spun him out on the last lap...).
  22. Congratulations Roger on your Pirates winning 80 games this year! What a great achievement...haven't checked the standings for awhile, but am sure that has got to put them on top! Bet you are one happy fan!
  23. Now Hoss...what is fun about growing up? Besides they are going over a hundred miles per hour, emotions are high...sooner or later they will get upset and then later will move on. And after 500 hundred miles of fighting each other, bumping and banging, fighting with your car, others around you...yeah tempers will flare. And knowing those two drivers and their temperaments, they will have put this long behind them by the times they unload their cars for Richmond for this upcoming race....
  24. Thanks Hoss for the video and the feedback. I agree...Papis should press charges against her. NASCAR should step in and set a good example and stop things like this happening in the future. As for the Sprint Cup race yesterday there was an incident that I forgot to mention (was very tired after the race last night plus allergies made it hard to think...) plus didn't see it lead to much damage until I read it on Facebook. Towards the beginning of the race, Jeff Gordon did a slide job on Carl Edwards...where he passed Edwards and slid up the track right in front of Edwards. Had me a bit worried of a wreck when I saw it, but Gordon made it work. Well towards the end of the race, Carl Edwards and Joey Logano had stayed out while everyone got gas. Which was a bad choice in the end since everyone had fresh tires. Carl was quick to fall back. Logano slid back but was competitive. I don't know if this happened before that caution pit stop or after, but Carl Edwards decided to pay Jeff back for what he did. And in doing so banged the side door of Gordon. (That is how I saw it ... and supposedly how Gordon saw it.) The TV aired Gordon's radio communication and he wasn't very happy with Edwards move. Edwards on the other hand was mad at Gordon for side swiping him like that. I have read on Facebook where both drivers have supposedly agreed to disagree with what had happened. Gordon says it was uncharacteristic of Edwards to be so aggressive towards Gordon and says that after Gordon had passed him like he did, that Edwards raced him aggressively afterwards. Edwards says it was uncharacteristic of Gordon to be racing him like that and will give him the benefit of the doubt. Gordon got frustrated with their conversation and ended up walking away... I personally like both drivers and am really hoping that this is the end of the whole ordeal and that they will move on...as it sounds like they will move on.
  25. Well I just got done watching the Advocare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and didn't see one person from Hazzard County. Perhaps they were camera shy or something. LOL. It was a fun race to watch for the most part...and with two races (now one) race to the Chase, it added a lot of drama to the mix. Ricky Stenhouse Jr won his first pole in his short NASCAR Sprint Cup career but seemed to fall back rather quickly and do believe he finished sixteenth. NASCAR had thrown a competition caution on lap twenty due to rain earlier today and when they came back, Jeff Gordon had a hard time going and then Matt Kenseth bumped him (bet y'all can guess who wasn't too happy with that move...) which in turn forced a pile up as Jeff Burton got into the back of Jimmie Johnson and spun out Kasey Kahne. (Also bet you can guess who wasn't happy with all of that.) Kasey took his car behind the wall for 31 laps while JJ stayed out but ended up spinning out later on in the race as well. Believe he ended up three laps down. Jeff Burton had fought hard from the accident and was thirteen at one point before he lost a tire and it forced him up into Austin Dillon and the wall. I don't know what exactly had happened to Matt Kenseth, think it was some sort of car issue, but it sent him back to thirtieth for a long time in the race but he held on for a twelve spot finish. Clint Bowyer who led a lot of laps before reported that he thought he was having engine problems (which no one seemed to believe him since it was a new engine he was trying out...) before his engine finally did blow and he had to exit the race early. Later Brad Keselowski was leading when he too suffered from engine problems, but Brad was able to hold on and stay out for a long time before having to end the night early. Clint who is locked into the Chase it was a big deal, but not as big of a deal as it was to Keselowski who is trying to race his way into the Chase. Kyle Busch went on to win his fourth race of the season with Joey Logano second, Martin Truex Jr, and older brother Kurt Busch fourth. Here is the official results of the Advocare 500: 1. Kyle Busch 2. Joey Logano 3. Martin Truex Jr. 4. Kurt Busch 5. Ryan Newman 6. Jeff Gordon 7. Juan Pablo Montoya 8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 9. Kevin Harvick 10. Brian Vickers 11. Jamie McMurray 12. Matt Kenseth 13. Marcos Ambrose 14. AJ Allmendinger 15. Greg Biffle 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17. David Gilliland 18. Carl Edwards 19. Austin Dillon 20. Aric Almirola 21. Danica Patrick 22. Casey Mears 23. David Ragen 24. Paul Menard 25. Mark Martin 26. Dave Blaney 27. Travis Kvapil 28. Jimmie Johnson 29. David Stremme 30. JJ Yeley 31. Timmy Hill 32. David Reutimann 33. Mike Bliss 34. Jeff Burton 35. Brad Keselowski 36. Kasey Kahne 37. Landon Cassill 38. Denny Hamlin 39. Clint Bowyer 40. Joe Nemechek 41. Josh Wise 42. Michael McDowell 43. Scott Speed As of now the top six drivers in points (will update the points tomorrow) is set in the Chase while the others do have a chance to fall out as well as others to work themselves into the top ten in points or to earn a win into the wild card chase. After next Saturday NIGHT race at Richmond, the Chase field will be set. And this 24 fan is nervous...LOL. On a side note...there was some excitement in the truck series race today which was the inaugural race in Canada. I don't watch the truck series nor really keep up with it that much but do hear about it from time to time. Well Hendrick up and coming driver, Chase Elliot (who is Bill Elliot's son) and is only 17 years old, won his first truck race at the truck Series inaugural race in Canada. Sounds like he did something to wreck Ty Dillion (didn't see what happened...) but what has gotten my attention was what happened to Max Papis. I guess him and this 19 year old driver wrecked, both trucks had damage. Well the 19 year old's girl friend got mad about it and started chasing Max yelling at him before she slapped him. Max now says that she has dislocated his jaw by the slap and that he is still hearing ringing noises in that ear. He is seeking the director of the truck series to take action towards the girl friend for what she did to him...if that was to happen out on the streets, she would have assault charges placed on her and yet NASCAR didn't do nothing? No need for that to happen no matter what. (I know this isn't the regular NASCAR Sprint Cup Series that I normally talk about, but did think I should mention it...add onto the drama. LOL)
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