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Thanks Roth. When I covered the first season I was only including the patrol cars, but as time went on I added some other vehicles. The tow truck you posted is a 1967 Ford F-350. It was the impound truck in 'The Big Heist', and was also used as Cooter's tow truck during seasons 1 and 2.

I'm just watching the pre-race show for the Spanish Grand Prix, and they've announced that it's the 200th start for both Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber. The highest number of starts is Rubens Barrichello with 322, but F1 has less than half the number of races per season compared to NASCAR, and few of the drivers continue to race after their late-30s.

I nearly forgot the screengrab I took last night. Seeing as I did it for Roger last week, it seems only fair ... Sadly for Garrett, I don't have a similar one for lap 367.

I actually missed about 100 laps. Thanks for updating me. I see Ricky made up a few places and got a lap back, but still finished a lap down. Sorry, I have no idea what this means. Is it an interactive course in witchcraft, or do you mean "misspell"?

Thanks Garrett. It's only a cold - I'm on the coughing/sneezing day today . Hope you had a good birthday outing. Sorry, I missed that Jeff Gordon info. Seven hundred consecutive starts is pretty impressive. I have the race on now, but I dont know how much I'll get to see. No doubt you'll have a summary posted when I wake up .

For some reason NASCAR.com seemed to be hiding the link to the qualifying results of the Bojangles' Southern 500 last night. They were available from other sources, but I wanted to check them. Kurt Busch has rebounded from last week's accident at Talladega to take pole. I'm sure Garrett will be happy to see Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon in the top ten. Here's the whole lineup: 1) Kurt Busch 2) Jimmie Johnson 3) Kyle Busch 4) Kasey Kahne 5) Martin Truex Jr. 6) Denny Hamlin 7) Matt Kenseth 8) Jeff Gordon 9) Greg Biffle 10) Kevin Harvick 11) Jeff Burton 12) Juan Pablo Montoya 13) Clint Bowyer 14) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 15) Paul Menard 16) Dale Earnhardt Jr. 17) Carl Edwards 18) Aric Almirola 19) Casey Mears 20) Tony Stewart 21) Ryan Newman 22) Mark Martin 23) Bobby Labonte 24) Marcos Ambrose 25) Jamie McMurray 26) Brad Keselowski 27) Regan Smith 28) Travis Kvapil 29) David Gilliland 30) Joey Logano 31) David Ragan 32) Landon Cassill 33) David Reutimann 34) Josh Wise 35) Michael McDowell 36) Scott Speed 37) Dave Blaney 38) Mike Bliss 39) David Stremme 40) Danica Patrick 41) Timmy Hill 42) JJ Yeley 43) Joe Nemechek The race is Fox tonight at 6:45 PM ET. I'm feeling a little under the weather, so I'm not sure I'll make it to end, given the lateness of night races in my time zone .

Roger, I think there's only one solution : Hey presto! No more computer problems.

Today's comparison was rather unusual. Normally the choice is between two versions of the same song by different artists, but today it was between two versions of the same song by the same artist. Back in 1974, Gil Scott-Heron wrote 'Your Daddy Loves You' for his fourth album, 'Winter in America'. This is a very stripped-back version with just keyboards and Brian Jackson's flute. He revisted the song in 1980 for the album 'Real Eyes'. This version is possibly a little more mellow, and has more in the way of backing. It was amazing how many of the callers were fathers who used to sing/play this to their daughters. One even likened the task of trying to choose between these two versions to being asked to choose between his daughters. Needless to say, this one was won by Gil Scott-Heron .

I finally remembered to listen to the interview tonight - it was well worth it. Thanks for the link.

That looks like the same bad wig on Uncle Jesse's stand-in that appeared in 'Mason Dixon's Girls' : Well done for making it all the way through the Hazzard Square thread . I'm not sure of all of the changeovers (CDoherty probably knows them better than me). You seem to have it mostly right. Here's a rough guide: Season 1, episodes 1-5 were filmed in and around Covington and Conyers, Georgia, with a trip to Atlanta in 'Daisy's Song'. Season 1, episodes 6 onward used Warner Brothers' back lot, Burbank for Hazzard Square and some other locations. Season 1, episodes 6-13, and season 2 used Disney's Golden Oak Ranch and surrounding roads for Boar's Nest/Duke Farm and some locations, as well as the roads around Lake Sherwood. Season 3 and 4 were mainly filmed at Lake Sherwood on the ranch (Boar's Nest and Duke Farm moved there) and the surrounding roads. Season 5, 6 and 7 were mainly filmed at Valencia Oaks Movie Ranch. I think there was some cross-over between Lake Sherwood and Valencia Oaks. Other locations around (what is now) Santa Clarita, Oxnard, Indian Dunes etc. were also used. I have pretty much all the screengrabs/maps I need to cover the Lake Sherwood area, it's just a question of picking a starting point and writing all the text to go with the pictures.

I came to the same conclusion myself. It looks like the back of the Boar's Nest when they were filming near Lake Sherwood. I think the paint shop in a later episode also uses the back of the Boar's Nest ('The Law and Jesse Duke'?). I had planned to cover the Lake Sherwood area in the Hazzard Square thread, but it's such a big subject it may deserve a thread of its own.

It looks like the aftermath of Cletus and Wilbur driving through the sawmill in 'The Legacy'.

Sarcastic, me . If NASCAR had published an article about their new car with the differences highlighted, then fair enough. It was the way they made their front page story look like some major breakthrough that amused me. With regards to the Kenseth decision, that sounds like a fairer punishment. I wish NASCAR could get it right in the first place instead of dragging in on for two or three weeks after the event. I wonder if the engine supplier will pick up the fines after they apologized for supplying the underweight rod. BTW. Kenseth will now receive credit for the win at Kansas toward eligibility for a wild-card position in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

I think that the reduced penalties are more appropriate, although some of the comments I've read seem to question whether the two race suspension should include the All-Star race. What do you think, Garrett? It's interesting that the comments section of NASCAR's website still isn't working. While I was on NASCAR.com earlier, I spotted the front page story Space age for the race age. The story is about NASCAR using carbon fiber for the hoods and deck lids on their new cars as if it's some kind of new wonder material. The "Space Age" is generally acknowledged to have started in 1957, and carbon fiber came along a year later. The first F1 car to have a chassis made from carbon fiber was in 1981. Well done NASCAR - your new cars are only about 30 years behind cutting edge technology .

Hi Roth, welcome to HNet. You've made it to the right place . Do you watch Dukes in English, or is it dubbed into Dutch?

Well done for spotting the Duke Farm, Roth, it's only on-screen for a few seconds. It's very hard to spot locations in the movie as most of the scenes are at night. I'm sure that the "Autohenge" picture (the one with the stacked buses) shows the Boar's Nest covered with even more hubcaps than usual. When Chevy and Demi are running away, the explosion briefly illuminates the rocks behind it. I agree that I saw no sign of the building exploding, just some barrels. The long shots of the bridge and the mansion clearly use mattes to make the location seem more remote and barren. The road they drive along just before they reach the mansion for the first time looks familiar from Dukes (especially with an old Dodge Monaco on it).

Io non so parlare italiano. (except when I cheat with Google Translate )

Hi Melissa, welcome to HNet. I believe you guys just call the show 'Hazzard', but your theme music is really catchy ('La Ballata di Bo e Luke'). I think that i1976 is the only Italian member who's on here regularly, but there may be others.

You really can learn something new every day . Well spotted Roth and welcome to HNet.

I have to say that I'm a little disappointed with 13th. Ricky started the race poorly, and was down in 41st place for a while, but he came back for some strong top ten running. It's a shame that he got the pitlane speeding penalty, but he came back well. I haven't always been a fan of restrictor plate racing, even 'Dega, with its two-by-two format (see my comments from last year). The aerodynamic changes they've made this year made for much better racing, and I was on the edge of my seat for virtually the whole time after the restart following the rain delay - just my opinion as Garrett would say . Just to prove my earlier post wrong, I took this screengrab after the restart; Little did I realize that I'd be posting this one at the end: I think my buttermilk's going to accompanied by a large slice of humble pie tonight .

I thought about, but it's not such a rarity. I wish I'd moved quicker when Ricky was leading . It may be an old joke, but I liked it when the commentator (sorry, not sure which one) described Ricky and Danica's relationship as "speed dating" .

It doesn't happen often, so I thought Roger might like the moment captured for posterity .

Boss handed over $10,000 for $100,000 of stolen TV sets in 'Road Pirates' (which he never received). There was "a whole truckload of recreation equipment" in 'Return of the Ridge Raiders', but it didn't go into detail - there could have been a TV in there.

I missed the first eight laps, but I don't think I missed much action. After moaning about the paint scheme changes yesterday, I think Jeff Gordon's car is easier to spot than usual. Scott Speed's car looks almost all red from the side - coupled with his number, it's getting close to Lightning McQueen .

Robby and co. watch a NASCAR race on TV in 'Cale Yarborough Comes to Hazzard', but he's in hospital at the time.