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Yeah it's well known Rusty Wallace did not like Jeff Gordon. He even tried getting Dale Earnhardt Sr to team up with him to wreck Jeff as many times as possible but Dale Sr obviously didn't agree with Rusty. Heck Dale even took Jeff under his wing a bit giving him advice over the years. Their "rivalry" helped make NASCAR huge in the mid to late 90's. If you haven't listened to them yet I recommend the Dale jr download podcasts with Jeff Gordon. What Austin Dillon did Sunday night was just poor sportsmanship. Then to lie about it on Dale Jr's weekly winner interview portion of his Tuesday podcast was just stupid, especially with the smt data proving he turned the car away more left to take out Denny Hamlin. "Um I didn't know he was there", BS you didn't you'd have to be blind not to see that car and if you are that blind than you need to get outta the driver's seat. I think if Bass Pro/Cabela's CEO wasn't there and one of his sponsored cars didn't win NASCAR would have dq'd Austin Dillon. He dumps millions into NASCAR and they probably didn't want to drive that money away.

Was waiting to post Richmond's results to see what NASCAR was going to do. Austin Dillon was on his way to a win in the final laps till Ricky Stenhouse and Ryan Preece ran out of talent and crashed into each other causing a caution. On the GWC restart Joey Logano got the lead and until turn 3 looked like he would win but Austin has other plans full sailing it into turn 3 hitting Joey Logano causing him to spin. Denny Hamlin was 3rd and thought he was going to win since Austin full sailed it and was way up the track but Austin had other plans again turning as far left as he could tappin the right rear of Denny's car sending him hard into the wall. Austin went on to win. Denny and most of the rest of the drivers called foul and forced NASCAR to finally put a line in the sand on what they will allow. NASCAR finally decided to allow Austin to keep the win but take all the points away and make him illegible for the playoffs. It's funny because Dale Earnhardt Jr said this would probably be the best outcome for everyone on his podcast yesterday. Top ten 1, Austin Dillon, encumbered win 2. Denny Hamlin 3. Tyler Reddick 4. Bubba Wallace 5. Ross Chastain 6. Christopher Bell 7. Kyle Larson 8. Carson However 9. Chase Elliott 10. Daniel Suarez I personally think they should DQ Austin Dillon and take the win away but I guess this outcome is just as good as it does show everyone there is a line not to cross now.

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I wish the government didn't allow monopoly's. So sick of dealing with my ISP who unfortunately is the only one that services our complex because we're on the wrong side of the street. Last month they talked my wife into a service ""upgrade"" that would save us $20+/month from our grandfathered in plan. That ""upgraded"" plan has doubled our bill this month since the associate completely fubar'd our account. Heck we couldn't even log in to see our bill until tech support unlocked it last night. He also looked at the account trying to figure out what the associate did and try to fix it. Unfortunately it looks like he was only able to knock $20 off the bill as our bill is still ridiculously high. I told the wife if they won't lower it to what they said then cancel it.

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And that right there is why F1 is not even in the top 5 of my favorite Motorsports to watch. Lando should have kept that 6 second lead and won the race since he was clearly the better car and driver for the race. If that were to happen in NASCAR that would most likely earn the team a 'not to do it again' warning at least. Most teams in NASCAR let the drivers race the teammates as for whatever spot as long as they don't wreck. Sure on the regular season finale race teammates will give a spot up to another teammate to try to get them in the "Chase for the championship" but they wouldn't give up a win.

Cole Custer to move back up to cup for 2025 season in Haas Racing #41 Ford. Haas will become a satellite team for Rush/Fenway/Keselowski Racing. https://www.jayski.com/2024/07/20/cole-custer-to-drive-for-haas-factory-team-in-2025/

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Ryan Blaney won Pocono yesterday, this is the '23 champs 2nd win of the year and moves him up to 5th in championship standings. Corey Lajoie might be the driver of the week to be fined for on track conduct. He turned Kyle Busch after Busch threw a block on a late restart. If he would have turned Busch during the block it probably would have been called a racing incident but since Corey turned Busch well after the block and took out 4 other cars doing it he'll probably get a fine. Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Daniel Suarez and Ty Gibbs got nailed for speeding on their last pit stops which mixed them back in traffic. Chase Elliott was able to get all the way back up to 9th, his teammates Alex Bowman and William Byron got top 5's.

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I'm done making plans this year because I never get to follow through with them. Something always comes up and ruins the weekend. At least I took out today's frustration on the weeds in the flower bed.

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Lee's (Famous Recipe Chicken) Dixie Chicks fan here, could care less about petty squabbles between musicians.

Noah Gragson is the latest SHR driver to find a new team, he'll be moving to Front Row Motorsports probably taking over the #34. https://www.jayski.com/2024/07/10/noah-gragson-signs-multi-year-deal-with-front-row-motorsports/ The Chicago street race was a good one to watch again. Too bad some protesters had to delay the start for almost an hour because they chained themselves to one of the fences. They were arrested and banned from all future NASCAR races. It was once again turned into a timed finish due to a red flag period to somewhat dry the track. One thing I can't figure out is why they added a lap though. They said numerous times once the clock hit 00:00 the leader would get the white flag but for some reason the flagman gave the 2 to go signal instead. The Xfinity Chicago race was a good one to watch too so if they put it up on the YouTube channel check it out.

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Yeah hybrid powertrains are coming most likely around 2026 or so. Hopefully they will keep the V8's though Toyota is pushing for a V6. If that happens they will have to use balance of power rules to put the V6 and V8 on more equal footing. I watched a formula e race once, won't make that mistake again .

Because for the most part actors and actresses don't sign with one single studio. They sign contracts for Movies or TV shows. Back when studios where just starting in the 1910's, '20's and '30's etc... some actors and actresses did sign multi-year contracts with one studio and could not work for another unless given permission or buying out their contract. Musicians sign with one record company for a certain number of years or albums.

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NASCAR is going 'lectric racing https://www.jayski.com/2024/07/06/nascar-abb-reveal-ev-prototype-and-launch-electrification-innovation-partnership/

They're expensive but I can recommend Michelin Cross Climate 2's. Best all season tire you can get without having to get winter tires. But if you live where you don't see much snow than go for a cheaper tire. Like Hobie says work out a budget and stick to it. Also throw $5-10 into a savings account every week and don't touch it unless absolutely needed. Also since you got the transmission fixed trade that Focus in on another car before the transmission grenades again because it will.

It's Official Josh Berry is going to Wood Bros. Racing in 2025 https://www.jayski.com/2024/07/03/josh-berry-to-drive-for-wood-brothers-racing-next-seasonafter-signing-multi-year-deal/

Looks like Josh Berry will be signing with Wood Bros. Racing to drive the 21 Ford Mustang for 2025 season. Also looks like his crew chief Rodney Childers will be staying put at Haas to be the chief of the lone remaining Haas car next year.