Garrett Duke

Just a reminder that the race is on TNT for a few races, starting today. Opening ceremonies are under way and the boys are about to climb into their cars...and the sun is OUT. Well for now...hoping they get the entire race in today! As I said, I prefer the races on FOX...but one thing that is great that comes with NASCAR on TNT and ESPN...is Race Buddy. Where you can follow certain drivers on the computer. Listen to their in car conversations. Talk to other fans. Here is the address: Race Buddy

Well Roger I am proud to announce that the Blackhawks won in second overtime tonight to clinch the series...now onto the series that will lead to the Stanley Cup. Woo hoo! Am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET'S GO BLACKHAWKS!!!!!!!!!! LET'S BRING THE STANLEY CUP HOME TO CHICAGO...WHERE IT BELONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been following the game through what people are writing on Facebook...sounds like they started out so good tonight. Will be a hard loss if they do lose. Really hope they will win and clinch it TONIGHT. LET'S GO BLACKHAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does it have flames with the number 24 on it? Then it might... I saw you were there and do feel bad for you, but please don't give up. Think a lot of it has to do with luck...you can go by all the stats and who is best at that track and what not and yet have the driver wreck or someone to wreck him or have something go wrong with his car. Like last week they predicted that Kenseth would do good. I picked him and he had engine problems. A guy at work that is playing was doing good like you in the beginning and has fallen a few places as well...then again, he doesn't watch NASCAR or didn't think of NASCAR before he joined. So hang in there...am sure you can rebound higher than this. After all, look at where I am at in your fantasy baseball league...horrible! LOL

His car looks awesome with the flames on the side! Can't wait to see it in Victory Lane!

Well Hoss thanks for covering for my laziness. I would guess Jeff Gordon but I don't recall him ever shaving his head or having a goatee...just the mustache. Todd Bodine? Though I don't see him looking like Jeff Foxworthy...

Well Roger enjoy your win that the Cubs gave you today...you won't get so lucky tomorrow when the Cubs ace pitcher Jeff Samardja takes the mound. I am sooooo anxious and excited for this upcoming Thursday as I will be heading on a bus trip to Chicago to see my CUBS play the Cincinnati Reds...at the best stadium...EVER! WRIGLEY FIELD! Really hope to get to hear their signature winning song that they play at every home game that they win! LOVE this video...it starts off and has several scenes with my hero Ryne Sandberg. He was the player with the #23 and the Cubs second baseman. Great baseball player, great man. Really miss him in Cubs uniform...not only that but also shows my second all time favorite Cubs player Kerry Wood and shows him hugging his son last year on his last day as an active Cubs player. Miss both those guys...class acts all the way. Ah and it has Harry Carray, Ron Santo...Oh and if you listen to the lyrics...they say the Cubs have the greatest fans. That is hard to argue! This has got to be the greatest song, greatest video EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh and Roger, if you watch the video all the way through...half way through it shows the Cubs beating your Pirates 11-2! Woo hoo...was that a great game or what?! Going for the Chicago Blackhawks now? About time you go for a great team...am really hoping they will win the Stanley Cup this year. Am not a huge hockey fan...in fact don't think I have ever sat down and watched a game, but have been following the Blackhawks a lot this year. I need to have at least one of my teams make it...right? LOL

Well Roger...make it stop raining! After the long week I have been having, I NEED a race to watch on Sunday! Not only that but Jeff Gordon is to shine his new paint scheme and sponsor on Sunday...Axalta Coating Systems...which was Dupont Performance Systems. Talking of which I am SUPER EXCITED to announce that not only does Gordon have a new sponsor in Axalta, but he has just signed a THREE year contract with them! Meaning we have at least THREE MORE YEARS with Jeff Gordon behind the wheel of the number twenty-four car. Bet y'all can't guess who's excited...now can you? Jeff Gordon signs with Axalta through 2016! Closer to Michigan, Roger? Well then...you'll be interested to find out that, that is Jeff Gordon's favorite race track. Michigan. But yeah...you really need to hide all that nasty rain and turn on some sunshine for the race on Sunday. It can rain all that it wants to starting Monday....

Onto Pocono this week...where it is supposedly rainy. Qualifying has been rained out and the forecast on Sunday doesn't look too good either. So whenever they have the race, the drivers will line up as of where they are in points. JJ will get pole. And once again...the race will be on TNT. You go to FOX and you will not find the race...sadly. Really wish the races would stay on FOX...

I agree with the Keselowski deal getting a few points taken away like Truex Jr...just don't know what they would do with his crew chief since he is already on probation. . . let y'all know what is said and done about it.

I am sooooo looking forward to seeing them in concert in another month and a half!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well y'all, you remember over a month ago when reigning 2012 NASCAR champ, Brad Keselowski (with his team mate Joey Logano) was found with something wrong with their rear end housing? They got hit pretty hard at first before they appealed it and then went to the final step in the appeal process where Middlebrook reduced the penalty by suspending their crew chiefs for two races... Well today was the first race back for both Logano's and Keselowski's to return to the track and well...get this... I am getting word that Brad Keslowski's number two car failed post race inspection. The front of his car was too low...now his car will be shipped to NASCAR's Research & Development Center for further inspection. Will keep you all updated with this as more info comes out...though it doesn't look good for Keselowski's crew chief Paul Wolfe who is already on probation for his earlier penalty...

NASCAR should do something different...though after the incident with the camera cables last week doubt they will be putting in another overhead camera any time soon. I don't know who Chris Brown is...is he a singer? LOL. If it isn't country or Christian...or NKOTB, I know very little. Sorry. Though I know I didn't mean what I said in any bad way...other than for Ricky to beat Danica in rookie of the year points.

I am sure they are comparing their RPMs to the rest of the Gen 6 cars or the rest of the NASCAR cars they use and not to another type of car. Glad your's are so high...as for me, whatever works for NASCAR; works for me. Ricky did pretty good...which I am glad since I had him on both of my NASCAR fantasy teams (my paying one and non paying one). David and Ryan did talk to each other with more respect than other drivers have in the past...would be surprised to see David get upset enough to start throwing stuff. He isn't known to throw fits like that...then again it surprised me to see Ryan wreck him like he did. I for one am happy with Jeff Gordon's third place finish...he is now unofficially eleventh in points. Jumping up four spots from fifteenth. So I for one am happy with that....and upset about the whole JJ deal. But will keep my opinion to myself on that topic... Though Hoss, you will be happy to know that Ricky Stenhouse Jr, as of right now, is leading for rookie of the year. So far beating out his girl friend, Danica Patrick.

You are welcome Roger. I enjoy it. Well the race at Dover just got over...first half was pretty uneventful with a few long green flag runs. Denny Hamlin led the first few laps before Matt Kenseth took the lead to lead 79 laps only for his engine to blow and take him out early. Jimmie Johnson had a rough start of the race...went a lap down and all. But after a couple of pit stops it brought him out to the front. Ryan Newman ran into the back of JJ going into the pits and then came out and ran into David Gilliland's car several times before wrecking them both out of the car...both were two laps down. Personally don't understand why Ryan was being so aggressive when they are TWO LAPS down...not only did he wreck Gilliland, he wrecked himself too. After the whole incident David got out of his car and talk or confront Ryan about it. Think the turning point of the race was when they restarted after a caution with Juan Pablo Montoya leading and Jimmie Johnson second...well JPM didn't start right off and JJ passed him...until NASCAR black flagged Jimmie Johnson for jumping the restart. JJ had to do a drive through penalty. Went from winning to a lap down and seventeenth. Jeff Gordon who had spent most of the race around fifteenth spot decided to stay out and not pit for position and got him to fourth spot...and when he needed to pit, Denny Hamlin's tire blew and he hit the wall. Tony Stewart who has had a pretty bad season thus far, raced Juan Pablo and got his first win of the season... Here is the official results of Dover...the Monster Mile: 1 Tony Stewart 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 3 Jeff Gordon 4 Kyle Busch 5 Brad Keselowski 6 Clint Bowyer 7 Joey Logano 8 Kevin Harvick 9 Mark Martin 10 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 11 Jeff Burton 12 Kurt Busch 13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 14 Carl Edwards 15 Greg Biffle 16 Casey Mears 17 Jimmie Johnson 18 Aric Almirola 19 Marcos Ambrose 20 Paul Menard 21 Bobby Labonte 22 David Ragan 23 Kasey Kahne 24 Danica Patrick 25 Josh Wise 26 David Reutimann 27 Austin Dillon 28 David Stremme 29 Dave Blaney 30 J.J. Yeley 31 Joe Nemechek 32 Landon Cassill 33 Jamie McMurray 34 Denny Hamlin 35 Timmy Hill 36 Ryan Newman 37 David Gilliland 38 Martin Truex Jr. 39 Travis Kvapil 40 Matt Kenseth 41 Mike Bliss 42 Michael McDowell 43 Scott Riggs I am also sad to announce that today's race was the last race of the season on FOX...the races will move over to TNT for a few races before moving to ESPN. I say sad in a matter of my own petty opinion because I highly wish the entire NASCAR season would be on FOX...I have nothing against TNT or ESPN or their announcers, I just personally like FOX and the announcer/reporter team better than the other stations. I am already missing Darrell Waltrip, Jeff Hammond, Larry McReynolds, and Mike Joy. But as I said, that is of my own opinion. For what it is worth...

How about an old Kenny Chesney song...

Thanks Hoss for covering for me...haven't been online or on the computer for the past couple of days. My niece and nephew are over so the computer has been shoved aside. So thanks for covering for me...I feel guilty for not doing my job. As for my drivers starting next to Ricky...I do believe it should be the other way around. In fact, it was Tony Stewart this week that was stating how he wished he could strangle Ricky for how he blocks people...just sayin'. Thanks again...will try to do better tomorrow.

You are welcome, Hoss. It was a late race . . . even here. Though I managed to stay up to watch til the end...even if it didn't go my way.

Glad to report that the three injured race fans that was taken to the hospital after the fiber camera cable or wire broke has all been released and sent home.

Well when I said tonight's race was going to be the longest race of the season...I didn't expect two red flags, eleven caution flags, and five hours of racing. The first red flag came when fans were hanging on the fiber camera wire that helped the wire to break and go down on the track. Kyle Busch who was leading the race hit it and it tore his car up...Mark Martin and Marcos Ambrose both hit afterwards to tear their car up. Normally, drivers are unable to fix their cars under red, but NASCAR gave the drivers fifteen minutes to work on their cars before they went back to racing...also gave the drivers their position back to them. Ten fans were injured due to the fiber wire...seven were treated at the track while three was taken to the local hospital for observation. The bizarre incident with the wire didn't slow Kyle down much as he took the lead for several laps before his engine blew...and on the same lap, Dale Jr's engine blew and took Greg Biffle with him. Dave Blaney then t boned Travis Kvapil into the wall in an aftermath of the accident. Ricky Stenhouse Jr wrecked his girl friend...Danica Patrick by not giving her and Brad Keselowski any room and both Keselowski and Patrick hit the wall. Keselowski took the blame for the accident. Jeff Gordon had a great race until he got caught in pits under a caution that had put him a lap down and he was stuck fighting to get his lap down...or the lucky dog. He was racing Aric Almirola for the lucky dog position while Mark Martin made it three wide into the corner and they slammed (accidently) Jeff Gordon into the wall. Am relieved that everyone was able to walk away without any major injuries... (Which brought the race under red flag for the second time...)Right after Gordon's accident, Jimmie Johnson was involved in an accident with Matt Kenseth and Juan Pablo Montoya...and later had his tire blow. Kurt Busch had a great race as he led a few laps, had to change his battery, and came home third. Kasey Kahne led the most laps but lost it during the last pit stops when he stayed out and everyone else pitted. On the restart, Kevin Harvick had a better restart and took the lead and the win. Official results of the Coca-Cola 600: 1. Kevin Harvick 2. Kasey Kahne 3. Kurt Busch 4. Denny Hamlin 5. Joey Logano 6. Ryan Newman 7. Tony Stewart 8. Clint Bowyer 9. Martin Truex Jr. 10. Marcos Ambrose 11. Carl Edwards 12. Jeff Burton 13. Paul Menard 14. Rickey Stenhouse Jr 15. Matt Kenseth 16. Trevor Bayne 17. Regan Smith 18. Juan Pablo Montoya 19. Jamie McMurray 20. David Gilliland 21. David Reutimann 22. Jimmie Johnson 23. Casey Mears 24. Bobby Labonte 25. David Ragen 26. Josh Wise 27. Timmy Hill 28. J.J. Yeley 29. Danica Patrick 30. Dave Blaney 31. Greg Biffle 32. David Stremme 33. Aric Almirola 34. Mark Martin 35. Jeff Gordon 36. Brad Keselowski 37. Landon Cassill 38. Kyle Busch 39. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 40. Travis Kvapil 41. Joe Nemechek 42. Michael McDowell 43. Scott Speed Congrats to anyone whose driver had a great race tonight... As for me, I am looking forward to Dover...the MONSTER MILE...next Sunday afternoon.

Glad you have a race to watch too, Hoss....but that's not the race that matters to me.

Well it is later than normal for a Sunday...how about that? And the race is scheduled to end around 8:30...so by your measurements, it will be dark by the time the race is over. So maybe it is a late afternoon-night race.