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David Pearson the Silver Fox passed away @ the age of 83 https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/11/12/nascar-hall-of-famer-david-pearson-obituary/ RIP wheel legend One of the best finishes in the King and Silver Fox's rivalry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeoxvQJhPaE

Got our first measurable snow today just wish it didn't have sleet mixed in with it, roads are slicker than a wet day on Hazzard dirt roads. Don't look like I'm going to be able to get the wife that kitten for her birthday tomorrow, talked to the girl neighbor yesterday who took them to their foster home and she was an emotional mess. Apparently her and her boyfriend had a falling out or something and she's moving out. She forgot to call about the kitten and probably didn't do it yesterday after I talked with her for a bit, oh well. She's a sweet girl so I hope she finds someone that can treat her right instead of the bozo she was with, and that's about the nicest thing I can say about him without breaking the cuss rule lol.

For one thing CMT is owned by Viacom and Viacom is all about Ratings and Reality shows. I doubt it has anything to do with politics.

Jeffrey Earnhardt just got his biggest break yet he'll get a chance in top tier xfinity ride with Joe Gibbs Racing's #18 Toyota next year https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/11/10/jeffrey-earnhardt-to-run-select-xfinity-races-for-joe-gibbs-racing-in-2019/ .

Finally made the rumors official: Martin Truex Jr & Cole Pearn to move to the #19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for 2019 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/11/07/martin-truex-jr-cole-pearn-move-to-joe-gibbs-racing-for-2019/. Really unfortunate the dirty way that Joe Gibbs got them by basically overcharging Barney Visser right out of competition just to get MTjr and Cole Pearn. In other Nascar news: Nascar penalized several teams after Texas. Most notably Kevin Harvick's win is now encumbered after his car failed post race inspection https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/11/07/nascar-penalty-to-kevin-harvick-team-means-he-not-locked-into-title-race/ they were docked 40 driver and owner points. If a car passed pre race inspection how did it fail post race inspection. This makes no sense to me but we are talking about nascar here and what they've done over the past decade makes little sense anyways. Kevin Harvick is still 4th in points so he'll likely makes it into the championship Miami race unless he has a bad Phoenix race or one of the drivers 5th-8th in points wins. Ryan Blaney and Erik Jones also received penalty's https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/11/07/nascar-penalizes-ryan-blaney-erik-jones-for-texas-infractions/

That would be neat Roger. Past 2 mornings I watched some scary DoH episodes while eating breakfast, Hazzardville Horror and Ghost of General Lee. Set decorators really outdid themselves on Hazzardville Horror, even I would be scared to walk into that spooky house.

I figured he would be, the dance he did last week was lousy, he was stiff and seemed 1 step behind his partner the whole dance and since they eliminate dancers by scores and votes from the previous week. Now this week's dance was his best and it's unfortunate that he was sent home. He should be proud, he lasted a lot longer than most 50+yr old men do on this show.

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Yeah we're gonna adopt her if she's available. Just got to contact the foster person(s) and see if it's ready for adoption yet. Hopefully it's still available and would be ready to adopt around Nov.16th which is my wife's birthday and that cute little furball would make a great present and give the wife a good memory for her birthday as last year we had to put down our oldest cat on her birthday.

That was a good F1 race yesterday was hoping Vettel would win and keep the points battle going. Also wish they still had the screaming v8's and v10's of years past instead of those anemic sounding v6's. Hendrick Motorsports finally announced who would be taking over main sponsorship of Jimmie Johnson's #48 and it's Ally Financial https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/10/28/hendrick-motorsports-reveals-jimmie-johnsons-sponsor-for-2019-20/ an interesting little bit of info is Ally used to be GMAC which sponsored several Hendrick cars over the years.

Technically didn't happen 24 hrs ago but... I finally managed to catch some stray kittens Friday that someone dropped off in the parking lot a few days after Labor day. Woke one morning to find them all huddling on my patio with their mother. A month long of feeding them finally paid off Friday morning when all the remaining kittens went into our cat's carrier to eat and I quickly shut the door by pulling the string I tied to it, mother cat and one of the kittens disappeared a few weeks ago so I do not know what happened to them. Now they are off into a foster home until they are cleared for adoption. We might end up adopting the white one but we're not sure at the moment.

I heard on one of the morning news shows a while back that some smartphone apps monitor things you write and say during phone calls so be careful what app you put on your phones.

Chad Knaus moving to the #24 Pitbox for 2019 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/10/10/hendrick-motorsports-splitting-chad-knaus-jimmie-johnson-after-2018-season/ Kevin Meendering will be Johnsons new Crew Chief

As was rumored Leavine Family Racing is switching to Toyota and will get tech support from Joe Gibbs Racing, basically the same deal Furniture Row Racing had with JGR. And the new driver is Matt Dibenedetto https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/10/10/leavine-family-racing-signs-matt-dibenedetto-joins-toyota-for-2019/ While we're on he subject of the #95, Kasey Kahne is not going to finish out his final season due to health reasons https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/10/09/kasey-kahnes-nascar-driving-career-is-over/

I loved that race. In my opinion Nascar could use a few more road course races and less 1.5 mile oval races. Reportedly Nascar will use the full Sonoma road course next year instead of the short course so that will be interesting to see how they handle the carousel turn.

Here's the new rule packages for 2019 https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/10/02/2019-rules-packages-announced-monster-energy-series/ https://www.nascar.media/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/10/newIMC_2019RulesUpdate_Infographic-Toyota.jpg Wonder if Nascar will even be worth watching next year.

I know he ran well in a few Xfinity races but other than that I don't know much about his career. Official Ryan Preece to drive the #47 JTG Daugherty Chevy https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/28/ryan-preece-signs-with-jtg-daugherty-to-drive-in-cup-in-2019/ Daniel Hemric to drive the RCR #31 Chevy for 2019 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/28/daniel-hemric-to-drive-in-cup-in-2019-for-richard-childress-racing/

Thanks guys. AJ Allmendinger out of the #47 JTG Daugherty Chevy at the end of the season https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/25/aj-allmendinger-out-at-jtg-daugherty-racing-after-2018/ Rumors have Ryan Preece taking the seat for 2019. Although The #31 RCR seat is open Ty Dillon will stay in the #13 Germain racing Chevy for 2019 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/24/ty-dillon-says-he-will-remain-with-germain-racing-after-this-season/ This is one of the craziest Nascar silly seasons if not the craziest one ever. Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski are thru to the next playoff round with each of their wins the past 2 weekends it will be interesting to see who will win the Charlotte Roval race this Sunday which will air on NBC @2PM eastern.

I thought the song choice was bad and didn't flow well with the dance they did. At least he made it to week two

It's official Ryan Newman is taking the wheel of the #6 RFR Ford next season. https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/22/ryan-newman-joins-roush-fenway-racing-for-2019/ Matt Kenseth turned down driving the #6 for a full season so that opened the seat up to Ryan Newman. https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/22/matt-kenseth-feels-comfortable-with-his-future-beyond-this-season/ Looks like the rumors of Daniel Suarez losing the seat to the #19 are true https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/23/silly-season-daniel-suarez-could-hold-key-to-what-happens-next/

Rumors say Ryan Newman is going to be driving the Roush Fenway Racing #6 Ford next season https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/21/reports-ryan-newman-headed-to-drive-no-6-for-roush-fenway/

Hope you have a speedy recovery Roger.

Ryan Newman out of the #31 RCR Chevy for 2019 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/15/ryan-newman-will-not-return-to-richard-childress-racing-in-2019/ https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/16/rcr-says-ryan-newman-was-released-from-contract-last-month/This opens the door for Austin Dillon's brother Ty to join him @ Granddaddy's team. SHR still searching for a driver of the #41 for 2019 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/16/shr-owner-gene-haas-says-no-driver-has-intrigued-us-enough-to-sign-yet/ Brad Keselowski's 3rd win in a row in Vegas gave Team Penske it's 500th motorsports victory https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/16/brad-keselowski-captures-team-penskes-500th-win-in-motorsports/ Vegas race has made the Playoffs interesting to say the least... Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Erik Jones, Chase Elliot and Denny Hamlin were involved in wrecks that ended their race while a handful of others hit the wall in the closing laps.

Trevor Bayne out of the #6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford for 2019 season https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/12/jack-roush-confirms-trevor-bayne-out-of-no-6-in-2019/ https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/09/14/trevor-bayne-faces-uncertain-future-as-he-looks-for-a-ride/ I would not be surprised to see Matt Kenseth in that car next year considering in only 10 races he's bettered Bayne's finishing average in 16 races. It was great to see him have a great run @ Indy and even collect a stage win.

https://www.facebook.com/DavesDukesOfHazzardMobileMuseum/ Here's an interesting blog post from 2012 about it as well http://dukescollector.blogspot.com/2012/08/dave-and-melissia-dewitts-awesome.html