Garrett Duke

Thanks for the screen grab...always great to see Jeff Gordon next to the number 1. Where it should be! Your drivers you listed are doing pretty good themselves at their starts... You don't know what a batting average is? Dang Hoss...you are really missing out! The batting average is how many times a batter hits the ball or gets on base ... so the higher the average the better. Normally it is .230 - .250 a pretty good average. Some are at .300. Always great to have your batter batting .300. (if that makes sense) Anyway am glad I was able to fill you in on what you missed...not an action packed race, but did enjoy it since most of my drivers had a great race.

It was a good birthday. Thanks Roger. You are welcome...love writing the updates. Especially when my drivers...or most of my drivers have a great race. Hope you enjoyed your family...tell your grandson happy birthday for me.

Great actor, great man. Heaven gained an angel when he died...RIP Denver.

Well Hoss if you missed the last fifty or so laps tonight, you missed the most exciting part of the race. Not that that really says anything... Darlington is known as the lady in black. The track too tough to tame. The track who earns her stripes. With all that said... Nothing much really happened tonight as you would expect from Darlington. In the first half of the race, there was only ONE caution and that was for debris. At one point in the race there was ONLY ELEVEN cars on the LEAD LAP. Kurt Busch led the first 69 laps (most laps he led for a few years...want to say they said '08. Could be wrong though). But after the first pit stop, Kurt fought with his car and slid backwards. Kyle Busch (who led the most laps last night and won in the Nationwide Series race) went on to lead the most laps tonight. The second half of the race was a little more eventful as a few cars earned the Darlington stripe...Tony Stewart was one of them. But I think the defining moment of the race was when Kasey Kahne was fighting Kyle Busch for the lead and finally got it for a minute before Kyle Busch went up the track and either brushed up against the side of him or used the air to send Kasey Kahne into the wall. Kahne went back to finish the race seventeenth. Kyle Busch cut a tire and finished sixth as Matt Kenseth went on to win the race...third race of the season. (In case y'all forgot, Kyle Busch caused the big one when he wrecked Kasey Kahne last week at Talladega. Second time in two weeks of wrecking KK = uncool! Then again Kahne is a Hendrick driver so my opinion is biased.) Though this Jeff Gordon fan, though he didn't get his much deserved win, thinks this is one of the best races of the season. Of course it helps that Jeff Gordon stayed in the top ten most of the night, led a couple of laps, and finished THIRD...moving him up unofficially to twelve in points! As I said, this was his seven hundredth career NASCAR start, this was also his three hundredth top five. The announcers said that if he were playing baseball, his batting average would be .429. Is that awesome or is it awesome? Here is the finishing order for tonight's Darlington race: 1. Matt Kenseth 2. Denny Hamlin 3. Jeff Gordon 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Kevin Harvick 6. Kyle Busch 7. Carl Edwards 8. Juan Pablo Montoya 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10. Ryan Newman 11. Clint Bowyer 12. Martin Truex Jr. 13. Greg Biffle 14. Kurt Busch 15. Tony Stewart 16. Jamie McMurray 17. Kasey Kahne 18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 19. Paul Menard 20. Aric Almirola 21. Jeff Burton 22. Joey Logano 23. Travis Kvapil 24. Regan Smith 25. Mark Martin 26. Bobby Labonte 27. Dave Blaney 28. Danica Patrick 29. David Gilliland 30. Landon Cassill 31. Joe Nemechek 32. Brad Keselowski 33. Timmy Hill 34. Marcos Ambrose 35. JJ Yeley 36. David Reutimann 37. Casey Mears 38. Josh Wise 39. David Ragen 40. David Stremme 41. Scott Speed 42. Michael McDowell 43. Mike Bliss Well, we are going to take a week off from point racing to do some non point racing as the All Star race is next week at Charlotte. (Well Hoss lucky for you, my internet automatically tells me when I miss spell words...HA HA) Where last year's and up to this part of the year drivers who has won races, poles, and perhaps the top twelve in points get to race...everyone else has to stay home or watch from the sidelines. Do believe it is a night race as well...and then the week after that is the longest race of the season at the same track at the Coca-Cola 600. At the track that was once known as Jimmie's house!

Happy birthday to the late great Denver Pyle...you are greatly missed!

Sorry Hoss to hear you are not feeling well. Hopefully Ricky Jr will help you to feel better. Sorry to let y'all down with my NASCAR review...I went out for my birthday last night. We left right after the qualifying got over and didn't have time to write it...then left early this morning. Just got home. Thank you Hoss for filling in for me. You did a great job. Though you forgot to mention... That today is JEFF GORDON'S seven hundredth consecutive start in NASCAR! Seven hundred races ago, NASCAR got a lot better! KHEE! Hoping for a safe and fun race for everyone...and that Gordon will get his 88th win on his seven hundredth race.

Sorry Hoss but I can't help but to pick up your sarcastic tone in your voice towards NASCAR... As for the suspensions...I don't know what to think about whether or not it should include the All Star race or if it should really matter. It isn't a point race. All it really is for the fame and the money. Talking about suspensions and so forth...Joe Gibbs and Matt Kenseth has had their appeal today (to appeal the penalties Kenseth had received when the rods in his engine were too small a couple races back) and well the three men appeal panel must have been in a generous spirit today. Kenseth has gotten his fifty championship points penalty down to twelve. His crew chief is now suspended only for one race, but his fine still stands as is. Gibbs penalties that he faced were waived entirely. So now instead of being eleventh in points, Kenseth is now fourth in points. Gibbs and Kenseth said they will not take the appeal any farther...which I wouldn't see why they would.

Well do I dare to reopen this can of worms? Well it is NASCAR news and it is my job to report...so agree or disagree with it. Here it is. On April 13 both Penske cars (Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski) were found with their rear housing being wrong before the race and got hit with NASCAR's penalty. Last week they appealed it and lost, so today they took it to the last step...took it to NASCAR's chief appellate officer; John Middlebrook. Middlebrook has reduced both crew chiefs suspension from six races to two races. Logano and Keselowski has been docked with 25 driver championship points and their crew chiefs has been fined $100,000 as was stated before. The article I read was kinda confusing...but perhaps it is just me . All I really got out of it that the only thing that really got reduced was the amount of races the crew chiefs were suspended for. Matt Kenseth will be appealing his penalty of the faulty engine from a couple of weeks ago tomorrow... And NASCAR has said they will not be fining Ryan Newman for his post race comments he had made after Talladega on Sunday. Newman was frustrated after Kurt Busch's car landed on his hood...and used bad language to display his displeasure at NASCAR for being able to make advances in the car safety wise, and yet not keep it on the track. (This wasn't the first big wreck he has been involved in at Talladega). He was also upset that NASCAR had decided to go ahead with the race after the three hour rain delay... Will let you know how Kenseth's appeal goes tomorrow...if he doesn't like what he gets, he too will be able to take it to Middlebrook.

After several minutes of impatiently looking for Luke, Bo finally finds him in the barn. "Hey there ya are, Luke," Bo states with a casual grin and Luke slowly turns around to face his younger cousin, "you see today's paper?" Luke slowly nods. "Of course I did," Luke states, "and before you go and throw your sales pitch at me, may I remind you who drove last year? Or remind you what you promised last year?" Bo's look of enthusiasm is quick to drain from him and he slowly looks away from Luke while nodding. "I guess I did," Bo slowly states as he forces himself to look up, "but you also said you'd rather be the mechanic. Not the driver." Luke gives Bo a small smile. "Look we still have some time to worry about that. First off we got to worry on whether or not we got the money to pay the entry fee," Luke responds as he gives Bo a pat on the shoulder. "Look we should start to work on that fence before Jesse comes out here and accuses us of slacking."

Welcome to Hazzardnet Melissa! It is always great to meet new friends...Dukes of Hazzard fans. From Italy, huh? What's the weather like? Who is your favorite Dukes of Hazzard character? Bo will always be my favorite Duke character, but I love all of the Dukes. Plus Cooter...and Rosco (even named my dog after Rosco!) Anyway, welcome to Hazzardnet.

Well after the wild race at Talladega, here is the official point standings: 1 - Jimmie Johnson 2 - Carl Edwards 3 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4 +1 Clint Bowyer 5 +1 Brad Keselowski 6 -3 Kasey Kahne 7 +4 Aric Almirola 8 +1 Paul Menard 9 -2 Kyle Busch 10 -2 Greg Biffle wc 11 +2 Matt Kenseth wc 12 -3 Kevin Harvick 13 +2 Martin Truex Jr. 13 +1 Jeff Gordon 15 -3 Jamie McMurray 16 +2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17 -1 Ryan Newman 18 -1 Joey Logano 19 - Jeff Burton 20 - Kurt Busch 21 +2 Marcos Ambrose 22 -1 Tony Stewart 23 -2 Mark Martin 24 - Casey Mears 25 -1 Juan Pablo Montoya 26 +2 David Ragan 27 -1 Danica Patrick 28 -1 Bobby Labonte 29 +4 David Gilliland 29 -1 Dave Blaney 31 -3 Denny Hamlin 32 - J.J. Yeley 33 +2 David Stremme 34 -3 David Reutimann 35 -1 A J Allmendinger 36 +1 Landon Cassill 37 -1 Travis Kvapil 38 +2 Scott Speed 39 -1 Michael McDowell 40 +3 Michael Waltrip 41 -2 Terry Labonte 42 -1 Timmy Hill 43 -1 Ken Schrader

I really think the Dukes of Hazzard writers went way out of their way to make it hard for us fan-fic writers to get any detailed information from the show. So many things change from one episode to the next that it is hard to know what to use or to go by. But do love the fact that I was not imagining the TV set...LOL.

Sorry to hear you are disappointed with thirteenth Hoss...but with all things considered, Ricky did pretty good. He over came the pit road speeding penalty and the touch up with the wall during the last accident...yeah thirteenth is pretty good. Especially when you look at Newman and Kurt Busch...or even my fourth favorite driver...Kasey Kahne who finished 42nd. Eleventh is nothing to write home either for Jeff Gordon but after hanging out 28th for the most part of the race due to the damage on the toe of his car during the first big accident and then sliding through the mud during the last big accident, eleventh is a lot better than what I was fearing. So I will take it. Long shot from a win, but it feels like a win with all things considered. As of now, I am just hoping that Jeff Gordon can find his way to the front for a top five finish...compete for the win. Last few weeks it has been one thing after another for the 24 team...and I have to admit, it is frustrating. We are onto Darlington next Saturday night...the track to tough to tame. Or the Lady in Black...

Well after eight hours from the drop of the first green flag at Talladega...the checkered flag has just dropped. Giving David Ragen his second Cup career win. Congrats Roger...bet you are excited about your win! Both Front Row Motorsports driver came home first and second...David Ragen first. David Gilliland came home second. Great to see some underdog teams to win and come home so strong. As I said, it took eight hours for this race to end. It took so long due to a three hour red flag delay due to rain and for the air titan's to dry the track. Matt Kenseth had the dominant car today as he led 142 out of 188 laps today. Talladega with their high speeds is always known for causing the big one...as in accidents. First one was during the start of the race as Kyle Busch got into the back of Kasey Kahne and took out them two cars as well as Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton was tagged in it, and Gordon got some toe damage to his car that had him in the back of the pack all day due to the accident. Trevor Bayne had his engine blow up and leave him in a cloud of smoke right after that accident. Then fast forward three hours and the BIG ONE came at the end of the race where Kurt Busch got hit and flipped over a couple of cars and landed on Ryan Newman's car. Took out Kurt Busch, JJ Yaley, Danica Patrick, Ryan Newman. Stenhouse Jr was hit the wall...and Jeff Gordon slid into the mud in the infield grass. Scary accident and luckily, everyone climbed out. Kurt Busch accident Here is a video of the last big accident. Carl Edwards regained the lead afterwards but got it taken away by David Gilliland pushing David Ragen to the wild finish. As I said, congrats Roger on your driver winning. Bet you are smiling tonight. Here is the official finishing order: 1. David Ragen 2. David Gilliland 3. Carl Edwards 4. Michael Waltrip 5. Jimmie Johnson 6. Regan Smith 7. Martin Truex Jr 8. Matt Kenseth 9. Scott Speed 10. Aric Almirola 11. Jeff Gordon 12. David Stremme 13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 14. Marcos Ambrose 15. Brad Keselowski 16. Dave Blaney 17. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 18. Clint Bowyer 19. Josh Wise 20. Bobby Labonte 21. Michael McDowell 22. Landon Cassill 23. Jamie McMurray 24. Casey Mears 25. Juan Pablo Montoya 26. Paul Menard 27. Tony Stewart 28. Jeff Burton 29. Terry Labonte 30. Kurt Busch 31. J.J. Yeley 32. Ryan Newman 33. Danica Patrick 34. Denny Hamlin 35. Joey Logano 36. Greg Biffle 37. Kyle Busch 38. Travis Kvapil 39. Joe Nemechek 40. Kevin Harvick 41. David Reutimann 42. Kasey Kahne 43. Trevor Bayne Well we are back to racing under the lights next Saturday night at Darlington. 6:00 PM EST on FOX! (Oh yeah that was another problem they had today. Talladega didn't have no lights so they were worrying about running out of day light...which they almost did!)

WOO HOO! Drivers are NOW getting back INTO their cars...getting ready to go back racing. They got 63 more laps to get in 45 minutes or so.

Well they had another storm cell move in so now they are back trying to dry the race...though there is no lights at Talladega. DW said perhaps another hour and a half to two hours before the track will be dried. Would give them 45 minutes to race63 laps before it gets dark. All this talking on FOX is making me nervous...really want this race to get green! Will let y'all know when I can...

Nice one Hoss...though Jeff Gordon led a lap too today. What about him? LOL

Congrats to your Penguins...you are having a pretty good day. Even David Ragen led a lap. Sadly Jr got hit by Kvapil.. We are now under rain delay, but they are talking about getting it started again. Carl Edwards is in front followed by Hoss' Stenhouse Jr. Busch and Kasey Kahne and several other drivers (will talk more about it in my review). Gordon can get his car fixed if we do go back to green and Gordon can find another driver or two to help him out... C'mon...this is my birthday race. Can't Gordon at least have a top ten? A good point race? This race is soooo frustrating to me right now... Ah well. Though am HAPPY to hear that they are planning on going back to racing...now if only Mother Nature will hold off for the race to finish...am hoping for a good finish from the 24 team!

Well the race is on right now...earlier than what I thought it was going to be on. Sorry I didn't write this sooner. Dale Jr got tagged by another driver (think it was Kvapil. Could be wrong) gave him a flat tire and JR now a lap down. They are now under caution as Trevor Bayne's car went up in smoke as his transmission blew... Will write my full review once the race is over...

Well perhaps I am wrong...it has been known to happen a time or two ... but it does seem like I remember an old TV set in one of the episodes. As I said, I could be wrong - sadly it has been a long time since I had time to sit down and watch an DOH episode, but it does seem like there was one at least once...but perhaps it is just me.

Ah OK Hoss...you had me wondering there for a minute if I was losing my touch. I am generally really good with who races with what number so when I saw the 34 on the car it didn't register as her. Had me arguing with myself if it was ten or if it was just me...guess it wasn't. HA. Yeah I bet David Regan would miss the 34 on his car if she stole it from him too. Talking about the Nationwide Series sounds like it was a lot of accidents. I didn't get to see it but sounds like they had a three hour delay, the big accident, and then had to call the race short due to the lack of day light left. Congrats to Regan Smith who ended up the winner in what sounds like a close finish between him and Kasey Kahne. Regan Smith was driving for Dale Jr in today's race. So congrats to Regan Smith and Dale Jr for today's...er...tonight's win.

That works...don't know why it wasn't showing up on my computer. Sorry Hoss. Though don't understand why they show Danica driving the number 34 car when she normally drives number 10? Or perhaps my memory is fading...LOL Thanks Hoss.

Sorry Hoss but at least on my computer your picture didn't come through...but do have to say I love Jeff Gordon's car that he will be racing tomorrow! I agree . . . it does make it hard to find them sometimes when their cars are different, but it is nice to see different paint schemes every once in awhile. And yeah, the sponsors would NOT be happy if they would stick with only one paint scheme. And at a time like this when sponsors are dropping left and right and are getting more hard to find, I think it would be wise if they would do all things possible to keep them HAPPY. As for the time... I do the best that I can. Sorry if that is not satisfactory for you Hoss...went out for lunch and church. Got to it when I got home afterwards. I didn't know you were an impatient NASCAR fan...that it was only me who got impatient to see who starts where.

Well Mother Nature got in the way of qualifying today...hope she got all the rain out of her system until at least Monday. Qualifying was rained out so they will line up on how they finished in practice on Friday. Here is the starting grid for tomorrow's Talladega race: 1. (99) Carl Edwards 2. (56) Martin Truex Jr. 3. (9) Marcos Ambrose 4. (22) Joey Logano 5. (39) Ryan Newman 6. (20) Matt Kenseth 7. (11) Denny Hamlin 8. (48) Jimmie Johnson 9. (24) Jeff Gordon 10. (5) Kasey Kahne 11. (2) Brad Keselowski 12. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr. 13. (18) Kyle Busch 14. (55) Michael Waltrip 15. (21) Trevor Bayne 16. (27) Paul Menard 17. (16) Greg Biffle 18. (43) Aric Almirola 19. (34) David Ragan 20. (15) Clint Bowyer 21. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 22. (13) Casey Mears 23. (10) Danica Patrick 24. (29) Kevin Harvick 25. (14) Tony Stewart 26. (35) Josh Wise 27. (30) David Stremme 28. (1) Jamie McMurray 29. (31) Jeff Burton 30. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya 31. (38) David Gilliland 32. (93) Travis Kvapil 33. (78) Kurt Busch 34. (51) Regan Smith 35. (83) David Reutimann 36. (95) Scott Speed 37. (32) Terry Labonte 38. (98) Michael McDowell 39. (47) Bobby Labonte 40. (7) Dave Blaney 41. (87) Joe Nemechek 42. (33) Landon Cassill 43. (36) JJ Yeley, Well I have learned not to just go by Yahoo! Sports on their line up once again this week. Jimmie Johnson said on Facebook that he would be starting eighth...and Jeff Gordon said he would start nineth if qualifying got rained out. So when I went to Yahoo! Sports to see it showed Jeff Gordon 13th and I don't know where they had Jimmie Johnson lined up at, but it wasn't in the top ten. Back to using NASCAR.com on Chrome for info... Tomorrow's Sprint Cup race at Talladega will be on Fox at 2:00 EST...

Jesse's hat was red...his overalls light blue color or blue. Hope that helps or what you were looking for.