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OK, as promised, I'm going to try and explain this year's Chase rules. There are 16 drivers in the Chase, 13 of them qualified by winning at least one race, while the other three had the highest points of the remaining drivers. Each of these 16 drivers start the Chase with 2,000 points plus three bonus points for each race win (starting points in brackets): 1. Brad Keselowski, (2,012) 2. Jeff Gordon, (2,009) 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., (2,009) 4. Jimmie Johnson, (2,009) 5. Joey Logano, (2,009) 6. Kevin Harvick, (2,006) 7. Carl Edwards, (2,006) 8. Kyle Busch, (2,003) 9. Denny Hamlin, (2,003) 10. Kurt Busch, (2,003) 11. Kasey Kahne, (2,003) Atlanta) 12. Aric Almirola, (2,003) 13. AJ Allmendinger, (2,003) 14. Matt Kenseth, (2,000) 15. Greg Biffle, (2,000) 16. Ryan Newman, (2,000) The remaining 10 races have been split into four rounds, the first three consisting of three races each, followed by the Championship race at the Homestead Miami Speedway: 1st round ("Challenger"): Chicagoland, New Hampshire and Dover. 2nd round ("Contender"): Kansas, Charlotte and Talladega. 3rd round ("Eliminator"): Martinsville, Texas and Phoenix. Championship: Homestead After the first round, four of the drivers will be eliminated. Race winners automatically go on to the next round, with the other places being filled by the drivers with the highest points. Any tied positions will be decided by best finishing positions in that round. All the advancing drivers will have their points reset to 3,000 for the second round. Another four drivers will be eliminated at the end of the second round, leaving eight drivers in the Chase. They all get their points reset to 4,000. After the third round the field will be halved, and we'll be down to four drivers who each start the Championship race with 5,000 points. There are no bonus points or points carried over from one round to the next, so drivers will start the second and third rounds, and the Championship, level on points. Once a driver has been eliminated from the Chase, his points are converted back to the usual points system, and the highest he can finish at the end of the year is fifth. I hope that clears things up ahead .

The uploader obviously didn't want me to watch that video as they haven't made available in my country . From what I've read online, this rather poignant song is at least partly based on a friend of Mr. Dolby, but he's not saying who it is. Screen Kiss - Thomas Dolby

Jimmie Johnson update: Jimmie spent about 90 minutes in the medical center after the race being treated for dehydration. He took five liters of intravenous fluids before being released. In an interview afterwards, Jimmie said he wasn't sure what had happened. He had not trained much this week because he had been due to take part in charity triathlon today. ------------ Lizzy, I've just compared my notes to what you wrote in your review. Although I'd written about twice as much, and included more details, I think your version was much more concise and easy to read. If it falls to me to write another review this year, I'll definitely try to lean towards your style - thanks again . From my point of view, I was sad to see Ricky Stenhouse Jr slip back from his great starting place. He actually gained a position at the start, but then started losing places. I saw Greg Biffle interviewed after the race, and he said the whole team missed the right set-up last night. ------------ Brad Keselowski's fourth win of the year at Richmond last night has put him top of the Chase grid. Here are all 16 drivers who made this year's Chase: 1. Brad Keselowski 2. Jeff Gordon 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4. Jimmie Johnson 5. Joey Logano 6. Kevin Harvick 7. Carl Edwards 8. Kyle Busch 9. Denny Hamlin 10. Kurt Busch 11. Kasey Kahne 12. Aric Almirola 13. AJ Allmendinger 14. Matt Kenseth 15. Greg Biffle 16. Ryan Newman The top 14 drivers qualified by getting at least one race win, but the last two places were filled by drivers with the highest points. Ryan Newman got in quite comfortably with ninth place last night (he had to finish 18th or higher), but it was closer for Greg Biffle. Greg had to finish in 22nd or above, and scraped in with a 19th place finish, two laps down. I've been looking over the rules for this year's Chase, and the way that drivers are eliminated after each race. I'm not convinced that a format requiring a couple of pages of explanation is a good thing, but I'll have to wait and see. I'll put together a simplified version of the rules and post it during the week.

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.

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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.