Garrett Duke

Forget the time start...dang I love that 24 car! Got to be the best looking car on the track. Well it is 1:18 central time here...so that would be 2:18 ET. TVGuide.com says it will start at two my time...which will be 3 EST. See Hoss, you got to have reliable information before posting...otherwise people will be disappointed when they turn it on and it is only TNT's pre race show. HA. I assume the 2:00 EST start included the pre race show...the three start time is the start of the race. Maybe? LOL

Well I could use that commercial, Hoss, but I found this awesome Jimmie Johnson commercial where JJ seems to be talking to you, Hoss...have to agree with JJ...shame to miss seeing JJ race due to your music. Just sad. (Sorry Hoss, couldn't help myself )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LX8_vTgCFE I love Gary Allan's new song "Pieces"

Dang you too Hoss...I was just about to post this one. Beat me to it. LOL Stewart may not run in triathlons...but there is a few NASCAR drivers who do. Like Jimmie Johnson! And do believe JJ does well in them as well...does well in them as well.

Hoss- I love Clint Black's music and this is one of my favorite songs by him. And just as much as I loved the song you picked out, I am absolutely positive you will love the song I have picked out...as well as this awesome video. After all, how could you not love this song or video or band?

Well Hoss for your first remark...I did read that yesterday. Just didn't have time to write or add onto it.

So Hoss...does this mean I am fired? LOL It is interesting the different way they did it...did hear someone on Facebook or somewhere talk about group qualifying but didn't know what they meant by it. Thanks Hoss for keeping us updated. I didn't get a chance to watch qualifying and have been out all day. On a side note...AJ Allmindinger won the Nationwide Series race at Road of America. Personally, I really hope that AJ will find a good Cup series ride soon...know he messed up last year, but at least he is big enough to know that too and take the proper steps to make it right. Am glad to see he won today in the Nationwide Series... We will be making right turns tomorrow . On a sad note we lost another race car driver as Allan Simonsen when he wrecked early on in the Lemans 24 hour race (the accident happened in the first hour of the race). Simonsen was only 34. Another sad day in racing...RIP Simonsen!

Thanks Roger. I enjoyed every minute of it...except for when all the rude fans began booing the Cubs for a mistake or calling them names. Don't understand what good booing anyone does, but your own team? I will never understand that...at all. It was a great game, a great day. Wish I could go back tomorrow...

You are very welcome Roger. Feel like I failed this weekend and normally if something happens to Gordon, I watch for Johnson...or just to watch. But Gordon getting taken out on the sixth lap was frustrating...and figured it was time to get out to visit my grandparents. Did get back to watch the end of the race, but it didn't end any better than it had started. For me at least. Am sure there are other people just as happy with the end...but all that is racing. Am looking forward for some road racing at Sonoma next Sunday. Very tragic about Jason Leffler. He seemed to have been a great guy, a great dad. Just so sad.

Thanks Hoss...I heard on Facebook that Kasey's wreck was pretty bad, but didn't hear how bad. Am so glad that he is OK. Sad day for all my Hendrick drivers. But am glad they are all OK. Sad Jamie Mac had a tire blow too. Just a sad race all in all. Do like Biffle but rather have a Chevy up front. Ricky's top ten will come sooner or later, Hoss. This is his first year in Sprint...give him some time.

Well I got back home to watch the last thirty laps... did feel bad for leaving the race after Jeff Gordon's wreck, but with him ou tof the race, felt like I should go visit my grandparents. But have to say after what I have ehard and read...well this Hendrick Motor Sports fan did NOT miss any thing. First, Bobby Labonte got loose and spun out in front of Jeff Gordon and wrecking Jeff Gordon into the wall. Gordon finished 39th today thanks to the wreck. Dale Earnhardt Jr. got his last two wins at Michigan, didn't get one today as of what I read, did have the car up front but then had his engine blow. Kasey Kahne had a dominant car when he got wrecked out of the race...think it was a tire. And then there is Jimmie Johnson. When I turned it on, JJ was second and going after Greg Biffle who was leading. Only with four laps to go he hit the wall (may have been a tire) and I don't think he even finished the race. After having to fight for first and coming home short last week at Pocono, Greg Biffle was able to hold onto the race and to win at Michigan today. Here is the finishing order: 1. Greg Biffle 2. Kevin Harvick 3 Martin Truex Jr. 4 Kyle Busch 5 Tony Stewart 6 Matt Kenseth 7 Clint Bowyer 8 Carl Edwards 9 Joey Logano 10 Jeff Burton 11 Austin Dillon 12 Brad Keselowski 13 Danica Patrick 14 Paul Menard 15 Trevor Bayne 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17 Aric Almirola 18 Ryan Newman 19 A J Allmendinger 20 Juan Pablo Montoya 21 Casey Mears 22 David Gilliland 23 Marcos Ambrose 24 J.J. Yeley 25 David Ragan 26 Mark Martin 27 Travis Kvapil 28 Jimmie Johnson 29 David Stremme 30 Denny Hamlin 31 Dave Blaney 32 David Reutimann 33 Jamie McMurray 34 Ken Schrader 35 Kurt Busch 36 Joe Nemechek 37 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 38 Kasey Kahne 39 Jeff Gordon 40 Josh Wise 41 Mike Bliss 42 Michael McDowell 43 Bobby Labonte We are going road racing next week at Sonoma...

Well y'all, lap six and Bobby Labonte just wrecked Jeff Gordon into the wall. Gordon now out of the car and into the garage. Am sure y'all can guess who is not happy right now. Will probably be heading out for a while...which I wasn't going to do, but without Gordon in the race, well I might as well as go out. Will give my review on what I read after the race...

Well I finally joined the gaming world last month when I bought a Wii and some games last month from a person at work who was selling their's at a garage sale. Well this past weekend, went to a new and used game store at the mall and was very excited when I saw JIMMIE JOHNSON: ANYTHING WITH AN ENGINE in Wii. (For anyone who doesn't know...I love NASCAR and Jimmie Johnson is one of my favorite drivers.) So yeah...I had to get it! I was even more excited when I started to play it and found a SMALL Dukes of Hazzard reference as one of the characters (his characters for the races are not NASCAR drivers but these goofy characters) and one was Hazzard Hicks. Don't know if it has anything to do with Dukes of Hazzard...but he spells Hazzard the same way. Here is a small video for Hazzard Hicks: JIMMIE JOHNSON: ANYTHING WITH AN ENGINE. Hazzard Hicks Well bet y'all can't guess which character I am driving....

Thanks for posting this Hoss...but I didn't let the great game of baseball sidetrack me from doing my job. I was wanting to keep my tribute page up for Jason Leffler a bit longer for people to see. Starting position isn't as quite important as the finish position...but thanks for keeping us updated.

Some more pictures...

Well y'all I had an awesome afternoon at the ol' ball park yesterday. I do believe Wrigley Field is as close to Heaven one can get on Earth. Has got to be the best place on Earth...EVER! Almost as good as being in Hazzard. It was a great baseball game...My Cubs against K Dukes' Reds. Got to admit when I saw Reds' pitcher Mat Latos or Labos and his stats it did have me a tad bit worried especially since the Reds had just gotten done beating the Cubs three games in a row at Wrigley. But I am proud to say that the Reds did NOT sweep the Cubs at Wrigley this series...Cubs and the Reds must have been well matched yesterday as they both played good ball...though the Cubs did play catch up most of the game to the Reds. But the Cubs did come back to beat the Reds 6-5 in 14 solid innings. Sadly the guy that led the bus tour had said it was time to go at the top of the thirteen or fourteenth inning, so we missed the winning run...but it was a great game at the ol' ball park. Even one of the Blackhawks announcers (Eddie O...something. LOL. Have to admit, didn't know who he was until they said who he was) sang "Take me out to the Ball game". And well, I can't help but to take tons of pictures...even took a few of K Dukes' Reds...and of Joey Votto. Seemed to get a lot of player #19...though can't remember who he is. Sure K Duke knows who he is...and had to take a picture of Reds' manager Dusty Baker when he came to relieve the pitcher. Dang I miss seeing him in a Cubs uniform! All in all it was a great game...

I have read that Leffler's autopsy came back saying that Leffler had died from a neck injury he suffered in the accident. Just find this incredibly sad...

I come on here with a heavy heart, a saddened heart, to let you know that NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died yesterday at the age of 37. As of right now, not a whole lot is coming out about what happened other than that he was at a heat race in a 410 Sprint Car event at Bridgeport Speedway when his engine blew and he rolled three times. "Jason Leffler Remembered as a Friend, teammate, father" My thoughts and prayers goes out for Jason, his son, his family, his friends...Jason will be missed on and off the track.

Sorry to hear you had to work Roger and missed the race. You are welcome about the race reports - I enjoy doing them. Congrats to your nephew on getting married...though too bad she isn't related to Jeff Gordon. Thanks Hoss for the movie poster...too funny. So when does it hit the movie theaters? Is Jeff Gordon REALLY in it? LOL Looks like a great movie!

No commercials? That has got to be great...perhaps you should go tell that to TNT. Got frustrated with the commercials. Glad for no rain though. Sorry about Ricky...he's still a rookie. Give him time. Not everyone is Jeff Gordon.

Pocono race has just ended on TNT...once again, the first half of the race was very uneventful and only cautions being for debris and for oil on the track. Know I said I prefer FOX before, but today only reinforced my feelings as we saw more commercials than racing on TNT...well at least the race is on TV. Darrell Waltrip often says that cautions breed cautions and they proved his point during the end of the race as there was several cautions right after each other after Juan Pablo Montoya had wrecked Matt Kenseth. Then Keselwoski and Stewart almost spun out but saved it. End of story...Jimmie Johnson led from the pole, led the most laps, and won his third race of the season. Maximum points for the 48 team today. Figured after the whole ordeal last week where he was leading at Dover before getting black flagged and finished seventeenth, that he would come back with a great finish to prove himself. Final results:[/B] 1. Jimmie Johnson 2. Greg Biffle 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4. Tony Stewart 5 Ryan Newman 6 Kyle Busch 7 Kurt Busch 8 Denny Hamlin 9 Kevin Harvick 10 Joey Logano 11 Jeff Burton 12 Jeff Gordon 13 Jamie McMurray 14 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 Clint Bowyer 16 Brad Keselowski 17 Marcos Ambrose 18 Carl Edwards 19 Mark Martin 20 Travis Kvapil 21 Aric Almirola 22 Casey Mears 23 Martin Truex Jr. 24 David Gilliland 25 Matt Kenseth 26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 27 Bobby Labonte 28 David Stremme 29 Danica Patrick 30 Paul Menard 31 Dave Blaney 32 David Reutimann 33 A J Allmendinger 34 Josh Wise 35 Timmy Hill 36 Kasey Kahne 37 David Ragan 38 Landon Cassill 39 J.J. Yeley 40 Michael McDowell 41 Scott Riggs 42 Joe Nemechek 43 Jason Leffler NASCAR will be racing at Jeff Gordon's favorite track...and the track where Dale Jr has gotten his last two wins...Michigan.

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!