Garrett Duke

Since Jesse Duke's Ridge Raiders are going to win your NASCAR fantasy league this year you probably wouldn't watch as much NASCAR anyways because you're so mad that you're going to finish second. 

Well Garrett, if you're ever going to be anywhere close to Franklin Tn. ( my hometown and where he lives) , I'll take you by his house!

Considering how many Truck and Xfinity races he did along with the Cup series, what he's accomplished isn't much different than the 60's and 70's era, also considering he's in top tier equipment with Gibbs/Toyota racing just like Petty was with Chrysler backing. .He's the reason for the rule that Cup series drivers can enter only 5 truck and xfinity series races. There is no comparison though, I don't think he'd last 5 seasons if even that in Petty era Nascar cars,they were a lot harder to drive than the ones they do now. Kyle's 11th in all time Cup Wins but I can see him making it up to 9th but I don't think he'll surpass Dale Earnhardt sr's 76 wins.
 
AJ Allmendinger to get back behind the wheel in the Xfinity series for Kaulig racing driving the #10 Camaro https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/03/21/a-j-allmendinger-joins-kaulig-racing-for-multiple-xfinity-races/

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Thanks Garrett. Boss and my friend were around the same age. Good luck in our second fantasy baseball draft tonight! 

This hardly seems fair. What about MY feelings? If we had a better Commissioner the rules would be more fair and I'd be in first place and not last. I'm calling my lawyer. 

Wow, it's hard to believe it's been that long!

Hey Garrett. Is fantasy NASCAR just like golf where the lowest score wins? Because if it is I have a huge lead in this thing. 

Y'all know I love my NASCAR and I've been a fan too long to stop now, but NASCAR  needs to get their hands out of the car and race and ALLOW the drivers and crews do their jobs...to race. I dont understand why they feel the need to constantly change things and implement new rules when they HAD a great thing to start with. The Chase has put a big dent in it I think and then the illumination segments make it worse and now the stage wins and points?  I'm sorry,  but they change the whole race outcome by all this. They do add some sort of excitement to it, but it's not all about racing anymore as it once was. 
OK my rant is over for now. They have the pre season race "The Clash" on this Sunday at 3 EST on F1.
Y'all hear that?  There is a race this weekend!  Bet you don't know who's excited...(despite my rant.)

I'm not really rooting for the Rams, I'm rooting against the Patriots. My Steelers are the only team with 6 Super Bowl wins. The Patriots, Cowboys and 49ers all have 5 so I root against them. 

No...its better!
 

What kind of scam are you running here Garrett? Okay, I'll chip in $30. Will that get us an orange 01 NASCAR car? 

I think we should all pull together and sponsor him. If we put in enough money we could probably get rights to paint and number the car. It would be cool to see an orange O1 car racing with HAZZARDNET painted on all four fenders. I suspect they won't let us do a Conferederate Flag though. Seriousely though, how expensive can it be? I'll give 20 dollars. Anybody else in? 

And Major League pitchers start organized practices in February. That's next month! There is hope around the corner. Unfortunately for me your Cubs will probably be a lot better than my Pirates.

I'm sorry to hear about your Bears Garrett. At least they went further than my Steelers. NASCAR and baseball will be here before you know it.

Every time I use the ATM at the bank to get cash, I have to press the "Withdrawal" button, and at this time of the year it always reminds me of Garrett waiting for the NASCAR season to start .

I thought I'd complete the loop, but never realized how well it would fit. Roger, it turns out that Charlie Elliott is the name of a wildlife park. Not only is it in Georgia, it's not far from Mill Pond Road. Added to that, they have an astronomy blog - it's like the place was made for you!

Roger's new favorite wildlife park: Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, Mansfield, GA.

My favorite racer: Chase Elliott
My favorite singer: Charlie Daniels
My new favorite QB who is not a Steeler: Chase Daniels

It looks like Trubisky is going to play. They're going to need him against the Rams. I'll do the same thing I always do....root for them unless they're playing the Steelers just like I root for the Cubs unless they're playing the Pirates...just because of you. The Steelers star RB James Connor is out with an ankle injury. I've met him three times. He is friends with my nephew. They went to McDowell High School in Erie Pennsylvania together. Connor is a cancer survivor so McDowell always get mentioned when they do stories about him. 

Hey, two of my favorites are mentioned here....Garrett Duke and Chase Elliott. It sure is good to hear from you Garrett. 76 days will be here before you know it! I'm too excited about Christmas to think about it though. I hope your Bears continue to do well....unless they play my Steelers in the Super Bowl....wouldn't that be fun!

Good to hear from you again, Garrett.

It's 104 days until the 2019 F1 season starts on March 17th (yes, that's St. Patrick's Day).

I guess you'll have to become an F1 fan if you want to continue seeing your favorite drivers .

Thank you Roger. Sadly I missed Chase Elliott's win, but I was so excited for him. Also missed Bristol last week...but did see that a fan tried getting into a fight with Kyle Busch. He was riding his golf cart to his hauler. He had stopped to sign a fan's autograph. Then got back on when another fan grabbed him or hit him in the chest. He got off and the security guards separated them. Saw the video of it and it just upsets me. The fans surrounding them and the one taking the video was cussing him out, booing him. Cheering on that fan that attacked him. I get that everyone has that one driver or more that they don't like or can't stand. I even get that Kyle Busch can rub fans the wrong way. For the longest time I couldn't stand watching him win and he irritated me with how drove and acted...but also am the first one to admit that he has changed and matured since he got married. Also am the first one to say, whether you love him or hate him, you got to respect and acknowledge his talent on the track and how he can win at any track and anything with a steering wheel. I also remember at a driver introduction a few years back where they introduced him and all the fans booed him...he didn't even do anything other than step onto the stage! As I said, I know that fans seem to always have a driver or two that they don't like (I even have my own...) but I don't agree with the booing him and definitely not attacking him like that. NASCAR is probably the one sport that allows fans down with the drivers (athletes) and fans like that is going to be the ones who will ruin that for everyone else. Not that, that will ever effect me, because I don't for see a NASCAR race in my future sadly, but still frustrating...
A lot of this is my opinion. Feel free to disregard it. I am not a Kyle Busch fan, but also have to respect his talent and what he can do on the track. 
My two cents...for how little it is worth.  

As always....good to hear from you Garrett....GO CHASE ELLIOTT!!!

A lot of these drivers were well before I took an interest in NASCAR, and I don't tend to watch/read much outside the actual races, so I'm quite pleased with 30/47. Two of them I got because of Dukes, and I'll credit another three to Garrett .

Some of the questions were lazy - I counted three where two of the wrong answers were the same as each other, another had Danica Patrick as a possible answer for a picture of a male driver, and my favorite where the driver's name was on his car in the background!

Faith!