Hobie Hartkins Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, Garrett Duke said: As entertaining that would be...I doubt some of the sponsors would have a word or two about that. Plus they wreck each other more than they should to begin with...they don't need alcohol to help with that. LOL We usually don't have that many wrecks believe it or not! ....We use " The Force" to help guide us! RogerDuke and Garrett Duke 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Duke Posted February 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 minute ago, Hobie Hartkins said: We usually don't have that many wrecks believe it or not! ....We use " The Force" to help guide us! The less wrecks the better...LOL. I prefer to watch the racing. Hobie Hartkins and RogerDuke 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 9 hours ago, Garrett Duke said: I never understood why they felt the need to build the Coliseum or what their fascination is with it...take it dirt track at Bristol. I'd be all for that. Just not for the publicity stunt they are throwing around now... Los Angeles will be hosting the Olympics again in 2028. Although the Coliseum was built in 1923, it was an iconic venue for the previous games in 1932 and 1984, so maybe it's a bit of early publicity. However, it doesn't look that well suited to NASCAR racing. It's a shame they closed the Riverside Raceway in California (as seen in footage in 'Undercover Dukes'). That closed in 1989 and held its last NASCAR race a year earlier. The site is now covered by housing and a shopping mall. RogerDuke and Garrett Duke 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 6:43 PM, Garrett Duke said: I guess they will be taking away the California Auto Club Speedway in 2024 for a couple of years due to construction. People are throwing out the idea of putting the Coliseum in it's place in the play offs. Like Denny Hamlin said...they had a hard time fitting all the cars on the track as it is...how they going to put 40 cars out there. I don't think they will do that at the Coliseum. It's just not big enough. They might try Portland for just one race to replace Auto club speedway for 2024 season. They're turning auto club speedway into a short track. The plan is to basically use the front stretch and then put in two narrow turns like Martinsville and a short back stretch so it'll look like a shorter narrower Richmond. It's supposed to be done for 2025 season. Garrett Duke and RogerDuke 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Duke Posted February 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Spike said: I don't think they will do that at the Coliseum. It's just not big enough. They might try Portland for just one race to replace Auto club speedway for 2024 season. They're turning auto club speedway into a short track. The plan is to basically use the front stretch and then put in two narrow turns like Martinsville and a short back stretch so it'll look like a shorter narrower Richmond. It's supposed to be done for 2025 season. Well then...I'm not too excited for their update. HA. I like the short tracks that they got out there now, but don't feel like they need more. I feel NASCAR is looking for more wrecks and so forth to bring in more people. Oh well...I will take any NASCAR right now. LOL. EIGHT MORE DAYS UNTIL THE DAYTONA 500!!!!! Bet y'all can't guess who's excited... RogerDuke and Spike 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted February 11, 2023 Report Share Posted February 11, 2023 Following on from my last F1 post, Red Bull confirmed a tie-up with Ford to supply engines from 2026. The F1 teams are currently launching their 2023 cars ahead of pre-season testing in Bahrain in a couple of weeks. Hopefully that'll enable us to move on to happier news after a few recent controversies. All the drivers have expressed concern that the FIA (the sport's governing body) have prohibited "personal, religious and political statements" by drivers without written consent. It might also be the end of the pro-diversity 'We Race As One' campaign that F1 has promoted since 2020. The FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, is also stepping back from direct involvement in the sport after trying to control aerodynamic changes to cars himself, commenting on financial matters and the discovery of misogynistic comments on a historic website of his. Roll on the return to racing! Spike and RogerDuke 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Duke Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Guess what's on Sunday y'all...the Daytona 500. The Super Bowl of NASCAR. It's been a busy speed weeks with qualifying and the duals last night. But the field has been set and teammates Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson will start out front as they were set by qualifying. The rest of the field were set by the duals last night. Joey Logano won the first dual so he will start third and Aric Almirola won the second dual and he will start fourth. Dual results and the starting line up for the Daytona 500! This will be NASCAR's 75th year of racing...I'd say I'd hope it be the best one yet, but I feel like all those were back when Gordon and Johnson were both racing full time. LOL. I'm biased. Johnson will be racing in the Daytona 500 though for his own team and in car #84. His old number 48 will be starting first...LOL. It will be the 65th running of Daytona 500. The race will be Sunday, February 19 at 2:30 ET on channel FOX. Two more sleeps y'all! Bet you can't guess who is excited... Hobie Hartkins and RogerDuke 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Thanks! I'm going to mark that down! RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Garrett Duke said: Guess what's on Sunday y'all...the Daytona 500. The Super Bowl of NASCAR. Who's doing the half-time show now that y'all need a musical break in the middle of a race? RogerDuke and Skipper Duke 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Garrett Duke said: This will be NASCAR's 75th year of racing... It will be the 65th running of Daytona 500. Interesting......I didn't know Daytona came around 10 years later. Ya always learn something when you hang out with Garrett. Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) On 2/17/2023 at 2:18 PM, RogerDuke said: Interesting......I didn't know Daytona came around 10 years later. Ya always learn something when you hang out with Garrett. Very true! You guys will need to come to the Moonshine 400 when it comes around this year! Edited February 19, 2023 by Hobie Hartkins RogerDuke and Skipper Duke 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper Duke Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Garrett Duke said: Guess what's on Sunday y'all...the Daytona 500. The Super Bowl of NASCAR. It's been a busy speed weeks with qualifying and the duals last night. But the field has been set and teammates Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson will start out front as they were set by qualifying. The rest of the field were set by the duals last night. Joey Logano won the first dual so he will start third and Aric Almirola won the second dual and he will start fourth. Dual results and the starting line up for the Daytona 500! This will be NASCAR's 75th year of racing...I'd say I'd hope it be the best one yet, but I feel like all those were back when Gordon and Johnson were both racing full time. LOL. I'm biased. Johnson will be racing in the Daytona 500 though for his own team and in car #84. His old number 48 will be starting first...LOL. It will be the 65th running of Daytona 500. The race will be Sunday, February 19 at 2:30 ET on channel FOX. Two more sleeps y'all! Bet you can't guess who is excited... Um 2 more sleeps? Lol. Don't ya mean 2 more weeks cousin? Garrett Duke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Duke Posted February 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 2/17/2023 at 4:17 PM, Skipper Duke said: Um 2 more sleeps? Lol. Don't ya mean 2 more weeks cousin? Nope...the Daytona 500 is TODAY!!!! No more sleeps now. Just a couple of more hours and the checkered flag will drop. LETS GO CHASE ELLIOTT!!!! RogerDuke and Skipper Duke 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Duke Posted February 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 2/17/2023 at 1:18 PM, HossC said: Who's doing the half-time show now that y'all need a musical break in the middle of a race? Hopefully that is a thing of the past and that no one is. NASCAR needs a wake up call on what sport they are in. We are NASCAR...not football! RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Garrett Duke said: Hopefully that is a thing of the past and that no one is. NASCAR needs a wake up call on what sport they are in. We are NASCAR...not football! Sometimes language can be confusing. Hoss calls soccer, football. I wonder if he calls NASCAR football too. I mean, they do tackle each after races sometimes. Enjoy the race everybody. Edited February 19, 2023 by RogerDuke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, RogerDuke said: Sometimes language can be confusing. Hoss calls soccer, football. I wonder if he calls NASCAR football too. I mean, they do tackle each after races sometimes. Enjoy the race everybody. What you call football is the third or fourth sport known as football over here. The first two are soccer and Gaelic, and the third and fourth are American football and Aussie rules. The Super Bowl was widely covered over here, and some people took the Monday off work to watch it, but Rihanna's pregnancy was probably bigger news than the result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Garrett Duke said: Nope...the Daytona 500 is TODAY!!!! No more sleeps now. Just a couple of more hours and the checkered flag will drop. LETS GO CHASE ELLIOTT!!!! What I'm doing now, is watching the Daytona 500 and I'm gettihng ready for the Moonshine 400! And I'm enjoying some AB ( Adult Beveriges!) !! Green/White checkered....... Edited February 19, 2023 by Hobie Hartkins Garrett Duke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted February 19, 2023 Report Share Posted February 19, 2023 Ricky Stenhouse wins!! ( better luck next time for all the Hazzard boys!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Duke Posted February 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Hobie Hartkins said: What I'm doing now, is watching the Daytona 500 and I'm gettihng ready for the Moonshine 400! And I'm enjoying some AB ( Adult Beveriges!) !! Green/White checkered....... Am sure your race will be better than the Daytona 500...I think they were drinking your shine during the second half of the race. LOL Hobie Hartkins and Skipper Duke 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Duke Posted February 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Hobie Hartkins said: Ricky Stenhouse wins!! ( better luck next time for all the Hazzard boys!) He did...it was a wreck fest the last few laps. I think they forget how to race when the race comes to an end... LOL. My guys didn't fare too well. Jimmie did so well until he was ran into the wall towards the end of the race. So disappointing! Chase was wrecked in the first half. Not a great race on my end. LOL. Edited February 20, 2023 by Garrett Duke Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) I honestly think I could've driven better than a lot of them on the last 5-10 laps! My wife works at Krogers oddly enough!! Edited February 20, 2023 by Hobie Hartkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Duke Posted February 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 Just now, Hobie Hartkins said: I honestly think I could've driven better than some of them on the last 5 laps! The last five laps was ridiculous. I was thinking the same...I could do better. I get it's the big race and only one person wins...but why wreck everyone? Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Garrett Duke said: The last five laps was ridiculous. I was thinking the same...I could do better. I get it's the big race and only one person wins...but why wreck everyone? quite true! This was somewhat absurd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Duke Posted February 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Hobie Hartkins said: quite true! This was somewhat absurd! I am glad that I wasn't the only one feeling that. Was thinking that maybe I was thinking that because it affected most of my drivers. But it shouldn't be like that. I will be glad next week when we are not on restrictor plate track any more. I feel like drivers forget common sense when it comes to restrictor plate racing. Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 As soon as those plates are off ...The B.S. stops!! Garrett Duke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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