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Rumor is Erik Jones will be filling the #43 seat next year. A lot of racing on this weekend, Nascar in Kansas, V8Supercars in Bathurst, IMSA at Road Atlanta, NHRA in Texas etc...

Years ago Bob & Tom used to play a song Jeff Gordon's gay a lot especially that one year when Clint Bowyer spun on purpose to keep one of his teammates in the Chase for the championship which kept Jeff Gordon from making the cut till Nascar fixed it the next day and added him as the 13th driver in the Chase.

You know Roger, you and HossC should get together and write a book. I'm serious, Roger your reviews are insightful and HossC could provide the interesting trivia tidbits.

Seen 3 General Lee's at Walmart yesterday. One on the Dukes of Hazzard dvd set, one on a History if Cars puzzle and the 3rd was a hot wheels car monster truck. Even though the puzzle and HW car didn't have the rebel flag you could tell which tv car inspired them since they were both orange . Interesting even in this chaotic time the 'car that can't be named' likeness is still used to make money. Also seen at Walmart a new Monopoly game, Jeff Foxworthy edition . Definitely getting that one for game night.

That car is the reason I first watched that show. What's funny is in one of the first episodes Nash tells another character that it's a 1970 'Cuda when it's clearly a 1971. I also liked the Ranchero that Isp. Harvey drove. The old Ford Nash's dad drove in one episode reminded me of the one in Dragnet.

Yeah I always thought that was odd for Chips, with it being a cop show, that they rarely drew their weapons. Recently I've been watching Nash Bridges episodes since I have a free trial of CBS all access. Every episode some bad guy gets killed. Every time that happens I think in real life the cop would be put on about a week paid vacation while the shooting is investigated to see if it was justified.

Not a happy camper today. Yesterday had to pass on a job with a nice payday for a measly $20 job which basically paid for the new trim board, working for family sometimes doesn't pay off. Found out today that I probably won't be needed for the other job for the weekend as most of it will be done today. At least today I made nearly triple what I did yesterday for the few hours I had available today.

Clint Bowyer retiring at the end of the season will join Jeff Gordon and Mike Joy in the Fox commentator booth https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/10/08/clint-bowyer-heads-to-fox-sports-booth-in-2021/ This opens the #14 seat up for Chase Briscoe who has won 8 Xfinity series races so far this season for Stewart Haas Racing and us looking to make the jump to Cup next season.

https://www.autoclassics.com/news/448014/general-lee-true-shade-orange/ Interesting, I always thought it was a cheap color and the cheapest colors that was carried in the paint store I worked at many years ago were school bus yellow and an orange color that a local industrial rental shop bought by the barrel. Both of those colors were about $9 a gallon.

Matt Dibenedetto will stay with the Wood Bros. Racing for one more season and then Austin Cindric will take over the ride for 2022 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/10/08/matt-dibenedetto-to-run-for-woods-in-2021-before-austin-cindric-takes-over/ Surprise surprise the Michael Jordan/Denny Hamlin team will basically be a Joe Gibbs Racing satellite team https://www.jayski.com/2020/10/08/joe-gibbs-confirms-plans-to-work-with-michael-jordan-and-denny-hamlins-new-team/ Toyota must be funneling a lot of money into Nascar execs pockets to turn the other cheek unless they're going to rewrite the rules.

Daniel Suarez to drive for new team in 2021 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/10/07/nascar-daniel-suarez-joins-trackhouse-racing-in-cup-in-2021/ Mike Wallace's indefinite suspension upheld https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/10/07/nascar-mike-wallace-final-appeal-of-indefinite-suspension-denied/ I wish it would come out what he was suspended for, though it must've been bad if all his appeals were denied.

Alex Bowman is switching numbers for next season, will drive the #48 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/10/06/passing-the-torch-alex-bowman-to-drive-no-48-car-jimmie-johnson/

If only more parents brought their kids up like this.

Here's the view from the helicopter of the last 2 laps https://www.reddit.com/r/NASCAR/comments/j58ygx/i_dont_think_nbc_showed_the_helicopter_view_of/ Boy did Nascar officials muck this up. IMO the yellow line rule should not count on the last lap, either that or build a wall along the start finish line on the yellow line. Also even though Nascar officials say the post race penalties were "clear cut" they rescinded Chase Elliot's penalty overnight and gave him back his 5th place finish. Since they did that they penalized Chris Buescher instead. With the penalty rescinded Chase now sits 3rd in points instead of on or near the bubble that is 7th or 8th place. Instead of racing the Charlotte Roval next Sunday they ought to just borrow a wrestling ring from WWE and have a "Royal Rumble" match with all the drivers. It'll take less time and be way more entertaining.

Wow not enough that they stole the win away from Matt Dibenedetto but now they penalized him, what a load of . This is officially it Nascar has turned into the WWE. After this season I'm done, I'll just watch the plate races and road courses and short tracks that will be on Fox or NBC. I'm done wasting my internet data on Nascar streaming.

I guess as long as you're in a JGR toyota you can do whatever you want to win the race. What a joke that Talladega finish was . Bad enough NBC took the finish of the race off NBC.

I'd be racing meadowmuffin in Daisy's Roadrunner 

Rumor is since Atlanta's getting repaved they might go back to it's original oval layout, which some of you might remember from the beginning of Smokey and the Bandit. I for one hope that rumor becomes reality, the less of the cookie cutter tri oval 1.5 milers the better.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RaJOiA1JK9M Jay plays Roscoe while a stunt driver plays Bo.

Hendrick Motorsports and RCR to join forces on engine development https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/10/01/nascar-rcr-hendrick-to-collaborate-on-common-chevy-engine/

Here's the 2021 Nascar cup Schedule https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/09/30/2021-nascar-cup-schedule-features-new-tracks-bold-changes/ Notable Changes: Bristol Spring race will be a Dirt race Chicagoland and Kentucky lose their races for all 3 Nascar premier series. Homestead Miami moves to the 2nd race on the schedule Brickyard race will be run on the Road course Road America and COTA is added which will make for a total of 6 Road course races for next season. The Clash will be run on Daytona's Road Course.

Had some free time the other day so I stopped by Walmart on the way home and grabbed a bottle of Meguiar's PlastX cleaner, figured for $7 it's worth a shot instead of blowing $30 on one of those headlight restorer kits. I wasn't expecting a miracle but I'm pretty happy with the results for half an hour's worth of elbow grease . What my headlights looked like before is on top and after is on the bottom https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AA_tUGAEmsmO_U4UJNunpJbF0PAQXB7xD6WyItWy0Uz08_cI-4_pZfEafwVMvOezWfqZzeF5gOujPX_WTtu1Hm9XIdc3eGxrpP7Sj14IHdoh-6IA71NnvRcnJwkjfhEhugtpam-cg9SpLXud79RbaYKUgrWLH4HfyT6ujp3KiFSefGkDoFcna5JwYbHkjq_acTGJOu7oDxefVE121disCZoMva1Q_4lhmnrOI7vMN5NOKkavpiQjmu3arUHwZPJ6qf6OiAEQDoeJnV0V3L5_pywUP-tafm5o9BPsCQxx2n8oBGasoy30CyC3-O7kMDoZs0ogXABg0PZJ9lMFLsL9-u_wbJ-6kEohzkjnZAhZEpaqg40YFLG0c1-fPGs0qGNTt2w/p.jpeg?fv_content=true&size_mode=5 Probably would have come out even better if I bought one of those cloth drill attachments but I didn't want to wait till the drill batteries charged. If you have an older vehicle with headlights that don't look like new grab yourself a bottle and some gloves and a pack of microfiber towels if you don't have any laying around, it's well worth the time especially with the longer nights coming soon. Here's the pics from the local Antique Mall of unique Dukes of Hazzard items https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AA9CmlbmgVlZx493s73hSvd8TO6mJoUEddmuMNvcUeLaJ7NFwyPygwa1mvn-CkeK8l9CvZT8U_VvYbJQJ46wxN7qRx8OlSqX83IUTaymTpS65nQLiOQsBfzzDqWtQpW0XbfEScyD9dI7CSe9-vqnA6GUvW-7st9CKMSCezPcpaBcRKxzH3jhWtKj8h1l_6K1SBXxP5UCOs1sYNCqscPbFfzIl0nJBWSuK6MmRpWNsR1uHEdc6db-VYu5U2o1B5FXH8F5JzCqsKwdE3ozv8LfAZdAro9mbiKzMRlgtLm9VgCH_OQBfb9YE_EDueFkmUMb9mT4mbAfHRc0CK7larsX6JRUTAQZFL_jW8T-_QOxsIyZId59eLv7Vl5bAk25-BJpn6A/p.jpeg?fv_content=true&size_mode=5 https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AA_4mKlnFbpCjGLZ8bPbvId7JZtT206CLMr_Ehje0vskHdy3X0jadgaynNQlTFAFwkFxdED8IJWQ63fjYbgwo7Ba3aFBxArscltGeOetjDwyRj_X0_mRR7c9i5LUVS4a_JKB4U-R7Y2eGr0nX5TUqr_upRs3e8o_neyOxlPzcUPmuL0fRrPjWO3EW2b6Rx0Pgkpyqi4gg7x5tCzaVui-8roIEU_7f4_IjjG55E3biDt6VSZEgFgHuX0Os4PulCmu1-xpgP6ZyHDIiAVkgTymvFSIgcufu7_ttiILHyusoAtLNHGhbUsnDL8Nzeqswkv84FLqApJG_OOMqL6AEf2EfJwANnthdjNjkbrGBMBfLC3tam-Mc9OcNSaVenYH_Vn0w6o/p.jpeg?fv_content=true&size_mode=5 https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AA-rc8yz11cSzkZflwTeEK8NrqpkEJbMiegH_5lI6jntfmd1YlvBvJQ6GqK-aZyYor-wgre9j0qqqWh2ZGR4DnOA4UaDo-P6x4AV81oSd2bf2TvOUdHjwDh9nAnCCJwP001xX88_ghFF3JaQ023_iSevNR22_5uXHXSB2WC5V4yka9_QNqAACgiV5oFV0FNZLDHfQ1sfO5NK3AotRtklTapKXIoa2sr3yCKznDseiecQlxwR_xQRKxMli3xOCk-sB-r36InFGMj0dDCfMUiGQ3o7p0qg_bkSk9e-3-jThx8H0RX94l5tIvRcxMhhAdkFoc5tinc59j-cCNrm9dUl4b_A8IZs56peSNaA-Xt84CM7kjoynOoC0lpTaIxXZl81Df0/p.jpeg?fv_content=true&size_mode=5 I might go back and get a few of these items if they haven't been sold.

This was one of the best episodes from Season 5. I've only seen season 5 completely once as I'm not a Coy and Vance fan but that episode is one that stuck in my mind.

The pandemic has done a number on this historic small town we love to visit several times a year. We stopped there yesterday for the first time since last December. 5 businesses are either closed or will be going out of business. Only the new bar was open for inside dining, the rest of the town's restaurants were takeout only. The town has added a few new picnic tables to help but it's going to be a rough winter for the restaurants there. The town's annual Applebutter festival which is a major influx of cash for the businesses has been cancelled. I hope not but I wouldn't be surprised if next year that town becomes a ghost town.

Kurt Busch finally won at his home track last night in the South Point 400 at Las Vegas. A late caution got him and a few others who stayed out during green flag pit stops the track position. He is now locked into the next round of playoffs. Matt Dibenedetto finished 2nd holding off a hard charging Denny Hamlin. Hopefully this will give the Wood Brothers the gumtion to give him a contract extension for next season. Not sure if it's the addition of Tyler Reddick this season or what but RCR seems to have finally given Austin some better race cars. He was battling for top 5's for the first two stages before having some issues and finishing 32nd. Top 10: 1st Kurt Busch, 2nd Matt Dibenedetto, 3rd Denny Hamlin, 4th Martin Truex jr, 5th Alex Bowman, 6th Kyle Busch, 7th Ryan Blaney, 8th Erik Jones, 9th Chris Buescher, 10th Kevin Harvick. Jimmie Johnson finished 11th in his final Vegas race.