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Last year the race was controversially sponsored by the NRA. For the previous eleven years the race was the Samsung/RadioShack 500 (2002–2006), the Samsung 500 (2007–2009) and the Samsung Mobile 500 (2010–2012). This year it's being sponsored by the family from Duck Dynasty! Duck Dynasty stars to sponsor NASCAR race at Texas

Garrett, if you and Roger don't mind, I thought I'd use this thread to post something about NASCAR for a change . The qualifying was held earlier today for the Duck Commander 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway. It was Tony Stewart who claimed pole this week, although Brad Keselowski is back on the front row. Sorry Garrett, neither of your drivers made the top ten this week. Jimmie was fastest in practice 1 and seventh in practice 2, so he should do better in the race than he managed in qualifying. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was also faster in both practice sessions, so I'll have to keep my fingers crossed for tomorrow . Here's how all the drivers line up: 1 Tony Stewart 2 Brad Keselowski 3 Kevin Harvick 4 Greg Biffle 5 Carl Edwards 6 Denny Hamlin 7 Trevor Bayne 8 Ryan Newman 9 Marcos Ambrose 10 Joey Logano 11 Kurt Busch 12 Jeff Gordon 13 Paul Menard 14 Kyle Larson 15 Jamie McMurray 16 Jimmie Johnson 17 Aric Almirola 18 Martin Truex Jr 19 Dale Earnhardt Jr 20 Austin Dillon 21 Casey Mears 22 Justin Allgaier 23 Brian Vickers 24 Danica Patrick 25 Clint Bowyer 26 Matt Kenseth 27 Michael Annett 28 Michael McDowell 29 Kyle Busch 30 Alex Bowman 31 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 32 Kasey Kahne 33 AJ Allmendinger 34 David Reutimann 35 Dave Blaney 36 Parker Kligerman 37 Travis Kvapil 38 Reed Sorenson 39 David Gilliland 40 Landon Cassill 41 Josh Wise 42 Cole Whitt 43 David Ragan The race is on tomorrow (Sunday) at 3:00 PM ET on Fox. My favorite headline on the NASCAR website this week was this one: Teams look up to 'Big Hoss' for strategy You'll have to click the link to found out how I'm not involved in any way .

Thanks for mentioning the Hazzard Square thread, Roth. It does include a load of businesses. There's another thread, started by CountyCommissionerKing, called Map of Hazzard County. It has a good list of people. businesses and locations.

Michael Schumacher's agent released a short statement earlier today as doctors try to bring him out of a medically induced coma. Sabine Kehm said: "He shows moments of consciousness and awakening. It's not much, but it's the best news we've had so far. More info here.

I knew I'd covered this building in the Hazzard Square thread, but I didn't have time to look for it the other night. It's the 'Tri-County Truck Sales & Rentals' building from 'Cooter's Confession'. My DVDs list it as episode 22 of season 6, but IMDb says it was episode 21. I agree with your location.

He did well to finish sixth. On lap 414, during the pit stops, he had his car spun around by Edwards. His crew ended up performing the pit stop with his car facing the wrong way (although legally inside his pit box)!

That stunt appeared in 'The Law and Jesse Duke' (S04E26).

I don't remember anyone saying that Abe was Boss's only brother - I may be wrong. With regard to great aunt Emma Lou Hogg's will, Boss and Abe were described as "the sole survivors", which implies (to me) that they originally had other siblings.

Sorry I didn't post this line-up last night. A combination of internet problems and wanting to be up early to watch the qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix meant that I didn't have time . Brad Keselowski's run of front row starts has finally come to an end as Kyle Busch claimed pole for the STP 500. Denny Hamlin missed last week's race due to having a sliver of metal in his eye. He was cleared to race on Wednesday and starts tomorrow's race in second. I'm sure Garrett will be happy to see Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon starting in the top five. Danica Patrick also qualified well in 10th. 1 Kyle Busch 2 Denny Hamlin 3 Joey Logano 4 Jimmie Johnson 5 Jeff Gordon 6 Matt Kenseth 7 Tony Stewart 8 Carl Edwards 9 Jamie McMurray 10 Danica Patrick 11 Greg Biffle 12 Clint Bowyer 13 Brian Vickers 14 Brad Keselowski 15 AJ Allmendinger 16 Ryan Newman 17 Marcos Ambrose 18 Kevin Harvick 19 Alex Bowman 20 Aric Almirola 21 Paul Menard 22 Kurt Busch 23 Casey Mears 24 David Ragan 25 Justin Allgaier 26 Dale Earnhardt Jr 27 Kasey Kahne 28 Kyle Larson 29 Travis Kvapil 30 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 31 Martin Truex Jr 32 Michael McDowell 33 Josh Wise 34 Austin Dillon 35 Cole Whitt 36 Landon Cassill 37 David Stremme 38 Ryan Truex 39 David Gilliland 40 Michael Annett 41 Parker Kligerman 42 Reed Sorenson 43 Joe Nemechek Sunday's STP 500 from the Martinsville Speedway starts at 1:00 PM ET, and will be live on Fox.

It's hard to get a good screengrab, but Bo and Luke share a horse in 'Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane'. After the bad guys cut the brake lines on the General, and Bo crashes it into a hay truck, they borrow Old Man Miller's horse to get back to the farm. (I wouldn't have remembered if I hadn't been watching that episode earlier to get screengrabs for another thread )

Welcome to HNet. If you want a black interior, then do it. General Lee replicas are thin on the ground here in Ireland, and the only one I've ever sat in (a couple of pictures here) had a black interior. I asked the owner about it, and he said he prefered it that way. A few owners try to get every detail right for a particular season, e.g. pushbar size, crossed flags decal, exact model of CB radio etc., but take a look at the parade of General Lees (below) and you'll see variations in color, different wheels and various other differences. Most are made to look like 1969 Chargers, but there are some 1968 and 1970 models in there too. My advice is to go with what you want. BTW, don't forget to post pictures of your build .

While watching 'Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane' I spotted the quote below: "Remember, you're Dukes first, and you dislike Rosco second."

As far as I can see, there is an "E" at the end of Rosco's name on the door sign throughout his first meeting with Sue Ann Bliss. But a few minutes later when his mama brings his lunch, the "E" has gone. In the second half of the episode, the amount of damage to the front of the General varies quite a bit from scene to scene.

Pictures of their appearances can be found here (scroll down for John).

Cooter's car in 'Duke vs. Duke' is a 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle - you can find my Fan Art version here. I'll check out the interior shots. I'll have a look tomorrow and post screengrabs if they're clear enough. I've already posted a couple of screengrabs of this in another thread: A Bad Spell of Jesse!

I used Roth's picture to recreate this one. No argument about the location. I know that Cathy also wore that top in 'Baa, Baa White Sheep'.

It's the Hazzard Square Emporium between the telephone company and the post office. I don't remember it lasting too long.

NASCAR is in California this week for the Auto Club 400 from the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. Matt Kenseth grabbed pole after trying out a different line. I caught some of his interview, and I think he said he'd promised to take his crew to In-N-Out Burger if he got the top spot - I'm guessing that he wasn't expecting it to happen. The new qualifying format seems to suit Brad Keselowski, because he starts from the front row for the fourth week running. Just behind them is Jimmie Johnson in third. Obviously I was hoping that Ricky Stenhouse Jr would start higher than 22nd, but he claimed second last week after starting 21st. Garrett, I expect you'd like a race result similar to practice 1: JJ in first with JG in second! 1 Matt Kenseth 2 Brad Keselowski 3 Jimmie Johnson 4 Kevin Harvick 5 Clint Bowyer 6 Jeff Gordon 7 Joey Logano 8 Marcos Ambrose 9 Carl Edwards 10 Tony Stewart 11 Kyle Larson 12 Martin Truex Jr 13 Denny Hamlin 14 Kyle Busch 15 Dale Earnhardt Jr 16 Ryan Newman 17 Kurt Busch 18 AJ Allmendinger 19 Brian Vickers 20 Austin Dillon 21 Aric Almirola 22 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 23 Michael Annett 24 Greg Biffle 25 Jamie McMurray 26 Kasey Kahne 27 Danica Patrick 28 Justin Allgaier 29 David Gilliland 30 Matt Crafton 31 Casey Mears 32 Parker Kligerman 33 David Reutimann 34 Cole Whitt 35 Travis Kvapil 36 Reed Sorenson 37 Brian Scott 38 Josh Wise 39 Ryan Truex 40 Alex Bowman 41 David Ragan 42 Joe Nemechek 43 Landon Cassill The race is on Sunday at 3:00 PM ET on Fox.

Earlier this week, Texas Motor Speedway announced plans to fit the world's largest HD TV on the backstretch of the track. TMS are working with Panasonic to make a screen that's 218 feet long and 94.6 feet wide, or in other words, nearly 12 stories high and almost 21,000 square feet. All being well, it should be ready for the NASCAR weekend in April. I've saved the best bit 'til last - they're calling it "Big Hoss TV" .

I think the one with Black Tilley was 'Werner's Dukes of Hazzard Page', which has also gone. Bill Tilley's page had a orange background. I posted a larger picture of this TV Guide cover on page 38. I played with levels to make this one a bit clearer.

I thought that would be the sign that you were back to normal . I'm glad everything went well for you.

He used to run a very good Dukes site on angelfire.com called 'Tilley's Dukes of Hazzard Website'. It had pictures of a lot of the vehicles from the show, including variations of the Generals used. It also had episode guides, guest stars and many other categories. Sadly, it disappeared a couple of years ago.

You could look for Six Flags Magic Mountain, but I wouldn't go to Santa Clarita on public transport if I were you. You'll need a car to visit all the locations. I did find that MegaBus go from Oakland to Burbank for upwards of $34 each way if you want to visit the WB Studios. It's about six and a half hours each way on the bus. Did you know that the BART line made an appearance on Dukes? It's on the mirrored map they use for Morgan's Airfield in 'Officer Daisy Duke': MaryAnne flipped the map and traced the location to Walnut Creek - see here for more info.

Here's Turk and Moody wearing Boss's masks and wigs to impersonate Bo and Luke when they rob the bank in 'Double Dukes'. That episode also featured another double for one of the show's stars - the General Lee. The General got two doubles in 'Dukes Meet Cale Yarborough' .