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Thanks, Lizzy. I did make it to the end tonight, and I did make notes in case I had to write the review, but I'm way too tired to make sense of them at the moment. I re-read your review in the morning and see I've got anything to add. I think you covered all the important stuff, and as you said, there weren't any major incidents or disputes to report. They've just had a report on Jimmie Johnson, and it sound like he's just dehydrated, which is good news.

I see Garrett will probably miss the race, and night races aren't good for me, so I don't know who'll do the review this week. I'll definitely watch the beginning of the race, but may not make it to the end. Unless anyone else volunteers (Lizzy?), or Garrett gets to watch the race, I'll try to do a review tomorrow.

Welcome to HazzardNet, Tony .

Thanks for the video, Roth, that looked like a lot of fun. The DirtFish rally school also appeared in the Top Gear USA 'Off Road Racing' episode.

Well, it's nearly time for the last race where all the drivers without a win this season get a chance to make it into this year's Chase. Tonight's qualifying at Richmond was run over two sessions, with the top 12 drivers progressing to the second one. Quite a few drivers, including Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin, were still waiting to get their cars through the technical inspection when qualifying started earlier. NASCAR said the delay was caused by cars having the wrong rear camber, and that several teams had had to fix their cars and then get them retested. Consequently, some drivers missed over 10 minutes of the first (30 minute) session. Jeff Gordon set the fastest lap in the first session after 8 mins. Despite this, he apologized to his team on the way back to the pit lane because he said he couldn't find the grip. Even after the second session he said he never hit turns one and two properly, and was only saved by good pace through turns three and four. Ricky Stenhouse Jr went out midway through the first session and claimed third. This was reduced to fifth by the end of the session. Jimmie Johnson made his first run after 17 minutes, and was green for about half the lap before setting the second fastest time behind Jeff Gordon. Joey Logano didn't get his car back from inspection to the pit lane until about 20 minutes into the session, and only had just over six minutes of the session left when he finally made it onto the track. Despite the setback, he still set the third fastest time to make it through to the second session. Danica Patrick was in 12th with a couple of minutes to go, but eventually lost out by just two hundredths of a second, and even a late run couldn't improve her time. In the second session, all the drivers had set times by just over the halfway point, and the commentators wondered if anyone would go out in the last four minutes. In the end, about half of the drivers did make a second run, but it didn't make much difference to their starting positions. Brad Keselowski ended up with the pole, but Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were only just behind in second and third respectively. After his late start, Joey Logano claimed the fifth spot, and I was pleased to see Ricky Stenhouse Jr get seventh. Kurt Busch starts back in ninth. Here's the full lineup: 1. Brad Keselowski 2. Jeff Gordon 3. Jimmie Johnson 4. Kevin Harvick 5. Joey Logano 6. Clint Bowyer 7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 8. Kyle Larson 9. Kurt Busch 10. Carl Edwards 11. Denny Hamlin 12. Ryan Newman 13. Danica Patrick 14. Paul Menard 15. Jamie McMurray 16. Matt Kenseth 17. Greg Biffle 18. Brian Vickers 19. Tony Stewart 20. Kyle Busch 21. Kasey Kahne 22. Casey Mears 23. AJ Allmendinger 24. Dale Earnhardt Jr 25. Alex Bowman 26. Aric Almirola 27. Justin Allgaier 28. Austin Dillon 29. Martin Truex Jr 30. David Gilliland 31. David Stremme 32. Reed Sorenson 33. Marcos Ambrose 34. Landon Cassill 35. Cole Whitt 36. Josh Wise 37. Travis Kvapil 38. J.J. Yeley 39. Mike Bliss 40. Michael Annett 41. Joe Nemechek 42. David Ragan 43. Ryan Truex I'm not sure how qualifying at the bottom of the grid works. David Ragan and Ryan Truex didn't make it through the pre-qualifying technical inspection, and didn't set a time, but will start from 42nd and 43rd, respectively. Clay Rogers set the 39th fastest time, but didn't qualify for the race. The Federated Auto Parts 400 from the Richmond International Raceway is this Saturday night at 7:30 PM ET. It's live on ABC. After making a couple of appearances in recent NASCAR races, Juan Pablo Montoyo returned to the Formula 1 pit lane today for the first time since leaving the sport several years ago. He was only in Monza to watch the practice for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, although I bet he'll be there all weekend. When asked, he said he was happy doing what he's doing, and had no plans to return to Formula 1. Monza is one of the great historic tracks still on the F1 calendar, and the long straights meant that drivers were hitting speeds of up to 215 MPH in practice today. The race starts at 8.00 AM ET on Sunday for anyone who's interested.

I know the Warner Ranch was only used briefly in 'Along Came a Duke' (see here for previous posts), but I thought I'd share this video I found on YouTube: The uploader calls it "a humorous tour of a studio back lot". It mainly centers on 'Bewitched', but also includes references to several other TV shows/movies which were filmed there.

Thanks for the review, Garrett. I saw there was a green-white checker finish, but didn't know the details. I wasn't critcizing you yesterday when I asked if anyone was doing a review, it's just that I didn't want to leave it too long if I had to write one. I only saw some of the race, and my memory would fade if I didn't write it up within a few days. As usual, your review was worth the wait, and better than anything I'd have cobbled together . I was frustrated with Ricky Stenhouse Jr's race this week. He missed out on the first Lucky Dog by one place, and stayed a lap or two down and just out of the Lucky Dog spot for pretty much all of the part of the race that I got to see. I guess it's worth mentioning that Danica Patrick finished in a career-best sixth place on Sunday. Maybe she just wanted to prove Hobie wrong . Here's the full finishing order: 1. Kasey Kahne 2. Matt Kenseth 3. Denny Hamlin 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Carl Edwards 6. Danica Patrick 7. Ryan Newman 8. Kyle Larson 9. Aric Almirola 10. Greg Biffle 11. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12. Jamie McMurray 13. Kurt Busch 14. Joey Logano 15. Brian Vickers 16. Kyle Busch 17. Jeff Gordon 18. Paul Menard 19. Kevin Harvick 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 21. Michael Annett 22. Casey Mears 23. Martin Truex Jr. 24. Austin Dillon 25. Ty Dillon 26. Justin Allgaier 27. David Ragan 28. David Gilliland 29. Reed Sorenson 30. Cole Whitt 31. Landon Cassill 32. J.J. Yeley 33. Josh Wise 34. Brett Moffitt 35. Alex Bowman 36. Ryan Truex 37. Joe Nemechek 38. Clint Bowyer 39. Brad Keselowski 40. AJ Allmendinger 41. Tony Stewart 42. Marcos Ambrose 43. Mike Bliss

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Is anyone writing a review of the Atlanta race? I only saw about three-quarters of it, and it looks like I missed a lot of action at the end. If no one else volunteers, I can put something together tomorrow.

It's happened a few times in the last few months, but other days still have at least half a dozen replies. Maybe it's about time to get a new computer so you can be on here more often, Roger .

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At least one of the onboard cameras at F1 races these days is infrared to show how hot the tires get. Here's a wider view of what an F1 car looks like in infrared. It really shows how many hot marbles come off the tires.

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I missed the first 5-10 minutes of last night's qualifying, but I think it's safe to say that it was incident-free this week. Ricky Stenhouse Jr always seems to go out late in qualifying. His only fast lap was initially good enough for 24th place, but two drivers beat his time, pushing him out in the first session. I'm a little disappointed, partly because of his improved performance last week, and also because he was 11th in first practice. Kevin Harvick was only 16th fastest in the first qualifying session, but improved in second session and took pole in the third. Brad Keselowski is back on the front row in second, just in front of Kyle Larson in third. Kyle Busch is eighth, with HMS drivers Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne completing the top ten in ninth and tenth. Denny Hamlin seems to have put last week's temper tantrum behind him. Under the username 'james hamlin', he posted this video on YouTube a couple of days ago. Taken by his girlfriend, it shows Denny lip-syncing to Taylor Swift: As Garrett has mentioned in the NASCAR News thread, Tony Stewart is back this week, and has been declared eligible for The Chase if he gets a win in the next couple of races. So far his pace has been fairly consistent with 10th in first practice and 12th in qualifying. Here's the full lineup: 1. Kevin Harvick 2. Brad Keselowski 3. Kyle Larson 4. Ryan Newman 5. Matt Kenseth 6. Martin Truex Jr 7. Aric Almirola 8. Kyle Busch 9. Jeff Gordon 10. Kasey Kahne 11. Carl Edwards 12. Tony Stewart 13. Austin Dillon 14. Joey Logano 15. Jamie McMurray 16. Jimmie Johnson 17. Denny Hamlin 18. Greg Biffle 19. Brian Vickers 20. Dale Earnhardt Jr 21. Clint Bowyer 22. Kurt Busch 23. AJ Allmendinger 24. Casey Mears 25. Michael Annett 26. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 27. Danica Patrick 28. Mike Bliss 29. Ty Dillon 30. Alex Bowman 31. Justin Allgaier 32. Marcos Ambrose 33. Paul Menard 34. Joe Nemechek 35. Brett Moffitt 36. Josh Wise 37. David Gilliland 38. David Ragan 39. Ryan Truex 40. Cole Whitt 41. J.J. Yeley 42. Landon Cassill 43. Reed Sorenson Michael McDowell was the only driver who failed to make the 43-car field. The Oral-B USA 500 from the Atlanta Motor Speedway is tomorrow (Sunday) at 7:30 PM ET. It's live on ESPN. A night race on a Sunday is really bad for me, so I doubt I'll see much of it .

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I guess that means John Wayne was the first "Duke" to set foot in Hazzard Square . For anyone who wants to see some screengrabs from 'The Shootist', check out the Hazzard Square thread.

I assume you're asking about the cast picture from 'On The Rocks'. It's Hal Williams who played Jonas Jones in 'Cooter's Confession'. He also played Officer 'Smitty' Smith in 'Sanford and Son' (another US remake of a classic British sitcom), Harley Foster in seven episodes of 'The Waltons', Sgt. Ted Ross in the TV series of 'Private Benjamin', and he has had guest roles on many TV shows from the '70s to 2013 (his last role currently listed). You can see his complete filmography here.

I've just spotted another weird (off-topic) connection. Assuming that IMDb is correct, Paul Smith and Richard X Slattery both played a character called Officer McMacMac in different episodes of the mid-70s show 'Monster Squad'. While I was talking about 'Bewitched' earlier, I suppose I should have mentioned that it was one of the later episodes where Darrin was played by Dick Sargent, aka Sheriff Grady Byrd.

He's Richard X Slattery, and you're right, he played the Traffic Commissioner in 'Herbie Rides Again' (the scene where Alonzo Hawk causes a traffic jam after stealing Herbie). By a strange coincidence, the police sergeant from the same 'Bewitched' episode was played by Herb Vigran ... ... who was the window washer in 'Herbie Rides Again'. Of course, 'Herbie Rides Again' also featured Don Pedro Colley (aka Sheriff Little). It looks like someone's updated IMDb since my original post.

Here's another picture of Paul Smith (on the right) in 'Sam's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse', the penultimate episode of 'Bewitched' from 1972. The episode also featured Bernard Fox ('Iggins from 'Southern Comfurts') in one of his many appearances as Dr Bombay.

This seemed like such a simple question ... Just to remind everyone, here's Hobie as the car salesman from 'Goodbye, General Lee' in season 4. As Roth says, the credits just give the actor's name "A. P. Smith", and the only other acting credit for A P Smith on IMDb.com is for an episode of 'Alice'. NB. IMDb lists the character's name as "Hobie Harkins", although the subtitles spell it "Hobie Hartkins". Roth is also right about Hobie appearing in another episode, although the car he was driving was gray, not red. Hobie's first appearance was in 'Bye, Bye Boss' in season 3 (below). In that episode he's credited as "A. Paul Smith", which leads to a completely different IMDb page. Other credits under this name include another episode of 'Alice', and episodes of 'The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo' and an episode of 'Little House on the Prairie'. The dates only range from 1979 to 1982. I carried on searching, and found the Wikipedia entry for Boss Hogg mentions Hobie in connection with Boss' car lot (which would be 'Goodbye, General Lee'), but lists him as "portrayed by actor A. Paul Smith" (the credit name from 'Bye, Bye Boss'). This is when things get confusing, because clicking on the link they provide leads to a page about Paul Smith (American comedy actor), but it lists his years active as 1951-1976. It's worth noting that Wikipedia also says that Paul Smith sometimes gets confused with another American actor, Paul L. Smith, who is clearly not the person we're looking for. So, now we have a third name to lookup - "Paul Smith". Paul Smith's IMDb page lists a load of acting credits (constistent with the Wikipedia page), including the 1957 Elvis movie 'Loving You', 17 episodes of 'Mr. Terrific' (where he played Harley Trent), various single-episode appearances in shows like 'The Andy Griffith Show', 'Ironside', 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' and 'Gomer Pyle: USMC', recurring roles (mainly as cops) in 'Bewitched', and 36 episodes of 'The Doris Day Show' where he played Ron Harvey (below). I don't know why I haven't found any websites that associate "A. P. Smith", "A. Paul Smith" and "Paul Smith" as the same person. The Wikipedia page does mention some of his 'Bewitched' parts were credited to "A. Paul Smith", but these show up on IMDb's page for "Paul Smith". The Wikipedia page also suggests that he retired in 1976, so maybe that adds to the confusion. One of Paul Smith's later credits was for a 1975 appearance in the sitcom 'On The Rocks'. I'm pretty sure the series was never shown on this side of the Atlantic, although the UK show on which it's based, 'Porridge', still continues to be one of the most-loved British sitcoms ever. When I checked out 'On The Rocks', I came across some familiar names. One of the lead roles was played by Rick Hurst, while Sorrell Booke played a judge in two episodes and Patrick Crenshaw (Doc Petticord) was in another. Here's a picture of the cast which I found on www.sitcomsonline.com. Paul Smith isn't in it, but Rick is in the center of the back row. BTW, according to IMDb, Paul Smith was born on February 5, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which makes him 85 years old. Maybe 'shine isn't bad for you after all .

I was going to remind you of 'Return of the Ridge Raiders' which I mentioned in a post on the first page of this thread. Originally I thought that the wall on the right of the bar area (or the left of the screengrab) was flat, but then I went back to look at the scene again and realized that the Indian was hiding most of the corner where the wall goes back to Boss' office door. That means the layout is still consistent with your season 2 plan, except that the booth has been replaced by the small stage. I also realized that the picture of Whistler's Mother that I mentioned in my original post about this episode is on the wall behind the stage (it was partially hidden by the girl on the stage in my first picture). It's also worth pointing out that the top of the set is visible roughly in the center of screengrab below. To be consistent with the exterior, the ceiling should start from the dark beam above the "One Way" sign.

That could well be the reason. I remembered an article called 5 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets From Cheers which says, "It took 30 to 40 extras to fill up the pub set as “customersâ€; any less and the bar looked too empty." I know "Cheers is filmed before a live studio audience", but I'm guessing that the original Boar's Nest took a similar number of extras to look full. BTW, I liked the new plans. Did you notice that Rosco is seen in the closet in Boss' office in 'Opening Night at the Boar's Nest', but the interior is so dark that you can't see any details.

Wow, well spotted, Roth. It can sometimes be videos like this that help to find locations, but in this case we already know where it was filmed . When I saw the opening, I was going to suggest that the location would make a good still site, but then I saw how close it was to the road, and besides, the 'gator didn't look too friendly. The copyright notice at the end says 1984 (Wikipedia says it was released in 1985), which means it was only filmed a few years after Dukes. It was also made by Warner Bros.