Tuesday, July 6, 2010

HOT OR NOT - COKE ZERO 400

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:


WOW, THEY SAY THAT IT IS BETTER TO BE LATE THEN NOT AT ALL, SO I HOPE YOU WILL EXCUSE ME FOR BEING LATE. THINGS OVER THE HOLIDAY WERE A LITTLE STIRRED AROUND SO AM RUNNING BEHIND. REALLY GOOD RACE LAST WEEKEND, AND TALK ABOUT A SURPRISE ENDING, I DON'T THINK UNCLE REMUS COULD HAVE COME UP WITH A BETTER ONE. HERE IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, WITH THE ENDING WE HAD I KNOW IT LOOKS A LITTLE DISJOINTED AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE OUT OF LINE.


NOT:

1. #16&#29 CREWCHIEFS: 2 TIRE CHANGE ON THE FIRST PIT STOP GOT THE LEAD FOR A SHORT WHILE , BUT THEN THEY LOST THIER BUTTS ABOUT AS FAST. HARVICK WENT FROM FIRST TO 13TH AND BIFFLE FROM 2ND TO 28TH IN JUST A MATTER OF A SHORT TIME. THIS WAS A BAD CHOICE AND I FIGURED THAT WAS THE END OF THE BOYS FOR THE NIGHT. OF COURSE KEVIN SURPRISED ALL OF US AND HIS ENDING WAS JUST A LITTLE BRIGHTER THEN BIFFLE'S.

2. JUAN MONTOYA: POOR CHOICE IN TIME TO FIGHT OVER 2" OF RACE TRACK. JUAN COULD HAVE BACKED OUT FOR A 1/10 OF A SECOND AND LET KYLE SLIDE BY. KYLE WAS LEADING THE RACE AND IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN JUAN WAS A LAP DOWN.

3. KYLE BUSCH: KYLE EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE LEAD, YOU GOT TO KNOW WHO YOUR PASSING, YOU KNOW JUAN WON'T GIVE YOU AN INCH. JUST NOT GOOD JUDGEMENT AND NOW YOUR CAR IS RECYCLE MATERIAL FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN A ROW.

4. DAVID REGAN: DAVID JUST HAD A HORRID WEEK START TO FINISH, WRECKED EALY IN THE WEEK THEN WRECKED HIMSELF DURING THE RACE AND TOOK OUT McMURRAY AND TRUEX TO BOOT, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE CALLED JUST ADDDING SALT TO THE WOUND.

5. NEMECHECK- PAPIS-BLANEY: BETWEEN THE 3 OF THEM THEY RAN LESS THE 1/3 OF THE RACE, AND WALKED AWAY WITH A WHEELBARREL FULL OF MONEY. NASCAR HAS GOT TO PUT A STOP TO THIS CRAP. BONNIE AND CLYDE DIDN'T STEAL AS MUCH MONEY AS THESE GUYS AND I FEEL THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO INSTITUTE A MINIMUN LAP REQUIREMENT BEFORE YOU CAN COLLECT FROM THE PURSE. THIS WOULD OF COURSE NOT INVOLVE DRIVERS OR CARS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN WRECKS CRASHES AND THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT I AM GUESSING THAT IT TOOK LESS THEN 2500.00 TO REPAIR ALL THREE CARS AND THEY TOOK HOME ABOUT 90,000.00 BETWEEN THE THREE.

HOT:

3. JEFF GORDON: JEFF RAN A GOOD RACE, STAYED CLEAN AND USED HIS HEAD TO STAY CLOSE, BUT OUT OF THE MIX, ALL IN ALL STILL RUNNING AND THINKING LIKE A CHAMP.

2. KASEY KAHNE: KASEY STARTED IN THE 20TH SLOT AND MORE OR LESS HID OUT ALL NIGHT AND STAYED OUT OF TROUBLE, HE MUST HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF DODGE BALL IN SCHOOL CAUSE HE CERTAINLY HAS THE KNACK OF BOB AND WEAVE
DOWN PAT TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE AND NOT GET RUN OVER.

1. KEVIN HARVICK: AFTER A REAL MESS UP ON THE FIRST PIT STOP I THOUGHT KEVIN WAS THRU FOR THE NIGHT, BUT HE WORKED HARD AND SMART AND WITH THE HELP OF A GREAT ORGANIZATION HE PULLED OFF THE WIN. CONGRATES TO KEVIN AND THE WHOLE RCR ORGANIZATION, EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF WORKING TOGETHER.

LUCKY:

2. DALE EARNHARDT JR.: JR. WAS HAVING AT BEST A HALF-ASS MEDIAN RACE, BUT WITH MORE LUCK THEN HE DESERVED HE SURVIVED THE "BIG ONE" AND MANAGED TO GRAB A 4TH PLACE FINISH. THIS MOVED HIM IN TO THE TOP 12, NOW LET'S SEE IF HE CAN STAY THERE.

1. JEFF BURTON: JEFF RAN WELL, BUT I HAVE TO SAY HE WAS MORE LUCKY THEN ANYTHING ELSE THIS PAST WEEKEND. HE IS REALLY LUCKY HE DIDN'T GET WIPED OUT BY THE BIG ONE , THAT HE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CAUSED, AND LUCKY THAT KURT DIDN'T CLIMB OUT OF HIS CAR AND POKE HIM IN THE NOSE FOR RUNNING HIM OFF THE TRACK.


THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, HOPE SOME OF YOU AGREE AND IF YOU DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

GOOD CALLS - BAD CALLS & I'M SORRYS

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE HAVE SEEN TONS OF CALLS ON BOTH THE BALL DIAMONDS AND THE SOCCER PITCH, THAT HAVE RANGED FROM HMMMM TO TOTALLY WRONG, BUT RIGHT OR WRONG "INSTANT REPLAY" IS THE WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO SPORTS. AERIAL VIEWS GIVE US A TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE ACTION THEN WHAT ANY OFFICIAL ON THE FIELD HAS. NOW WHEN THEY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUT A CAMERA ON THE PERSON OF EACH UMPIRE IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT STORY, ALTHOUGH I REALLY DOUBT IT.

NOW DON'T GET ME WRONG, IF AN OFFICIAL MISSES A CALL & REALIZES IT, THEN HE IS FREE TO CHANGE THAT CALL AND ALL IS GOOD, THEN HE JUST GETS BOOED FROM THE OTHER SIDE. IT IS ONE OF THOSE DAMN IF YOU DO AND DAMN IF YOU DON'T THINGS. RAISE CANE ALL YOU WANT IF HE MISS CALL ON A RULE, BUT TO QUESTION WHAT HE SAW IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH. I'LL TELL YOU FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE, IF YOU HAVE NEVER HAD THE BLUE SHIRT ON, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

NOW TO HAVE OFFICIALS WATCHING REPLAYS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE OR ONES SHOT FROM ABOVE AND THEN THEM SAYING " I'M SORRY" IS EVEN WORSE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A STORY THAT I FEEL GIVES THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION: "DID YOU MISS THAT CALL?"

IN 1982 THE CITY OF LAWTON, OKLAHOMA WAS HOSTING THE PONY BASEBALL COLT ZONE TOURNAMENT, THE WINNER WOULD ADVANCE TO THE WORLD SERIS.
WE HAD TEAMS FROM ROME, GEORGIA, MIAMI, FLORIDA, THE NATIONAL TEAM FROM OLD MEXICO, BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA, DALLAS TEXAS, AND LAWTON WAS THE HOST TEAM. IN THE SEMI FINAL GAME, LAWTON WAS PLAYING ROME GEORGIA, IT WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH INNING, THE BASES WERE LOADED, AND THERE WERE 2 OUTS, AND LAWTON WAS BEHIND BY ONE RUN.

RANDY WEBB HIT A SHARP GROUNDER TO THE SECOND BASEMAN, HE BOBBLED THE CATCH JUST A LITTLE THEN MADE THE THROW TO FIRST. THE FIRST BASE UMPIRE CALLED THE RUNNER OUT AND THAT ENDED THE GAME, IT ALSO PUT LAWTON OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.

IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT A PHOTOGRAPHER FROM THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER WAS STANDING RIGHT AT FIRST AND GOT A PICTURE OF THE ACTION. THE NEXT MORNING IN THE LOCAL PAPER IS A 4 COLOUM PICTURE , WHERE WE SEE THE RUNNER'S FOOT ON THE BAG, THE FIRST BASEMAN'S FOOT ON THE BAG AND THE BALL , IN FLIGHT, ABOUT 6" AWAY FROM THE FIELDER'S GLOVE.

I COULD NOT WAIT FOR THAT UMPIRE TO GET TO THE FIELD THAT NIGHT. WHEN HE ARRIVED I WALKED OVER TO HIS CAR AND SAID " HEY BUGGS, DID YA SEE THE PAPER TODAY?" HE SAID "YEP" THEN I ASK "DID YA SEE THE PICTURE?" AND HE SAID "YEP" THEN I ASK "WHAT DO YOU THINK?" HE STOOD THERE FOR JUST A SECOND THEN ASK" WHAT DOES IT SAY IN THE SCOREBOOK?" I REPLIED "IT SAYS HE WAS OUT." HE REPLIED "THERE YOU GO" THEN SMILED AND WALKED AWAY.

BUGGS BOYDEN HAD 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND WAS THE BEST UMPIRE I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH, AND I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING HE COULD DO TO MAKE ME RESPECT HIM MORE, BUT WITH THAT SIMPLE REPLY, MY RESPECT DOUBLED FOR THE MAN, HE KNEW HE HAD MISSED THE CALL, BUT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BELITTLE THE WORK OF THOUSANDS OF UMPIRES IN AMERICA BY SAYING "OH, I MISSED THAT CALL AND I AM SO SORRY."

THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT

Monday, June 28, 2010

HOT OR NOT - LOUD AT LOUDEN

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

WELL WELL, ANOTHER GREAT RACE WITH QUITE A BIT OF EXCITEMENT AND EVEN A FEW GREAT EXAMPLES OF GOOD, CLEAN, HARD RACING. OF COURSE WE DID HAVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF DUMMYNESS ALSO BUT I GUESS THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED. HERE IS HOW I SAW THE RACE AND I HOPE THAT YOU MORE OR LESS SAW IT THE SAME WAY.

NOT:

1. ROUSCH-FENWAY RACING: HOW DO THEY EXPECT ANY OF THEIR TEAMS OR DRIVERS ARE GONNA BE A WINNER IF THEY KEEP PLAYING MUSICAL CREW CHIEFS? I GUESS I COULD BE WRONG BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THE DRIVERS ARE OK WITH ALL THAT CRAP, BUT I GUESS THERE ISN'T MUCH THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT.

2. START & PARK THIEVES: 7 CARS OUT BEFORE HALF WAY IN THE RACE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER A WRECK. I REALIZE THEY ONLY DRIVE THE CARS, BUT I WOULD HATE TO SHOW MY FACE IN THE GARAGE, WITH WHAT THEY ARE PULLING. I HAVE TO FEEL THAT AT SOME POINT PRIDE HAS TO COME INTO PLAY, BUT I AM NOT SURE WHEN THAT IS GOING TO BE.

3. KASEY KAHNE: TALK ABOUT START AND STOP, OR MAYBE I SHOULD JUST CALL IT UP & DOWN. THIS KID REALLY DESERVES BETTER THEN WHAT HE IS GETTING. IT'S KIND OF LIKE BUILDING UP A LITTLE KID'S HOPES THEN DASHING THEM RIGHT AT THE HIGHEST POINT. I KNOW KASEY HAS TO BE SO WISHING FOR THIS SEASON TO BE OVER WITH.

4. REED SORENSEN: DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY CALL FOR THE PAYBACK, EVEN THOUGH IT TICKLED ME TO SEE JUAN SPINNING LIKE A TOP. REED NEEDS TO PRACTICE STAYING ON THE LEAD LAP THEN WORK ON THE PAYBACK THING.

5. CARL EDWARDS: THE DUCK CAN'T GET NO LUCK THIS SEASON, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE DRIVER, THE TEAM, OR THE ORGANIZATION, BUT SOMETHING IS REALLY WRONG IN THAT CAMP AND UNTIL IT WORKS THRU, CARL IS JUST GONNA LOOK LIKE A COOKED GOOSE RATHER THEN A MIGHT DUCK.

HOT:

5. KEVIN HARVICK: KEVIN IS STILL MAKING PEOPLE SCRATCH THEIR HEADS ABOUT HOW HE IS STAYING IN THE LEAD, BUT I HAVE FIGURED IT OUT. HE HAS BEEN TAKING LESSONS FROM MARK MARTIN, AND THE TORTISE, FROM TORTISE AND THE HARE , SLOW AND STEADY IS THE KEY TO CONTINUED SUCCESS.

4. JEFF GORDON: JEFF MAY HAVE BEEN TAKING THE SAME LESSONS. I THINK HE HAS DECIDED THAT SOMETIMES PUSHING, PUSHING, PUSHING ISN'T THE BEST ANSWER. SOMETIMES TAKING WHAT YOU CAN GET WITH NO HASSLE IS THE BEST ANSWER AND HE SEEMS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

3. KURT BUSCH: I DO BELIEVE THAT THE ADDITION OF STEVE ADDINGTON TO THE 2 CAR'S CREW HAS BROUGHT MORE THEN ANYONE EXPECTED. I DO THINK IT HAS ADDED TO KURT'S GROWTH BOTH AS A MAN AND AS A DRIVER. KURT DROVE A GREAT REACE AND PUT ON A GREAT CLASS ON THE PROPER METHOD OF BUMP AND RUN. I STILL THINK KURT WILL BE ONE TO RECKON WITH BEFORE IT IS ALL OVER.

2. TONY STEWART: TONY SEEMED TO HAVE MORE LITTLE PROBLEMS YESTERDAY THEN CUSTER HAD INDIANS, BUT WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED, TONY WAS SITTING PRETTY. TONY'S CREW IS MOST LIKELY THE SECOND BEST "FIX UP AND CATCH UP" CREW GOING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT FACT IS GONNA PAY BENNIES BEFORE THE SEASON IS OVER.

1. JIMMIE JOHNSON: THERE IS AN OLD SONG ABOUT DALE EARNHARDT, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HIM GETTING SENT TO THE BACK OF THE PACK FOR A ROUGH DRIVING CALL, HIS ANSWER IS " WE ARE DOWN, BUT WE'RE COMING BACK" THIS BEST DESCRIBES THE 48 TESM RIGHT NOW, JIMMIE AND MATES ARE THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE "NEVER SAY DIE" ATTITUDE. I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS MUCH CHANCE OF A FIVE'ER, BUT NOW I AM STARTING TO CHANGE MY MIND.

A TIP OF MY HAT HAS TO GO OUT TO RYAN NEWMAN, CLINT BOWYER AND DALE JR. THE LAST 10 LAPS OF THE RACE BETWEEN THESE 3 WAS SOME OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE.

THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE AND I HOPE MOST OF YOU AGREE OR AT LEAST SEE WHERE I AM COMING FROM. IF NOT CHIME IN AND LET US KNOW.

THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT

Monday, June 14, 2010

HOT OR NOT - FUN IN THE IRISH HILLS

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

WELL RUNNING A LITTLE LATE WITH THIS BUT STILL UP BY MONDAY NOON. I THOUGHT THE RACE WAS PRETTY COTTON PICKIN' GOOD, FOR ONE IN YANKEE LAND. I DID THINK THE TNT GUYS DID A MUCH BETTER JOB THIS PAST SUNDAY, BUT THEN I LOVE LISTENING TO KYLE PETTY, I JUST WISH THEY HAD DALE JARRETT TO GO WITH HIM. HERE IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD WHATEVER I MISSED.

NOT

1. MARCUS AMBROSE: FOR SUCH A WHIZ-BANG ENDING TO LAST YEAR MARCUS IS SURE GETTING KILLED THIS SEASON. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING BIG JUST A TON OF LITTLE THINGS THAT KEEP FOULING HIM UP.

2. MAX PAPIS: THIS GUY IS SUCH A WASTE OF MONEY AND EQUIPMENT, HE BARELY GETS STARTED BEFOE HE HEADS FOR THE TRAILER. I REALIZE HE MAY NOT BE THE GUY MAKING THAT CALL, BUT HE IS THE ONE THAT THE PUBLIC SEES.

3. RED BULL RACING: GOOD GRIEF, IF YOU CAN'T OR WON'T RACE WITH EACH OTHER HOW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GONNA RACE WITH THE REST OF THE GUYS. I UNDERSTAND THAT LAST WEEK RED BULL HAD A "COME TO JESUS" MEETING WITH THEIR F1 GUYS, SO MAYBE ONE WITH THE NASCAR GUYS IS DUE NOW.

4. A.J. ALMENDINGER: SON, YOU CAN'T EVEN KEEP YOUR CAR STRAIGHT ON THE TRACK AND YOUR TRYING TO BLOCK HORNISH, WHO IS GOING PAST YOU LIKE YOUR UP ON JACKS, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO GET OUT OF NASCAR AND GO DO CROSS COUNTRY RACING IN THE PAINTED DESERT.

5. JAMIE McMURRY: JAMIE HAD A GREAT STARTING POSITION YESTERDAY, BUT LIKE MY FARMVILLE GAME, HE WAS JUST OUT OF SYNC, THE WHOLE DAY. JAMIE DIDN'T LOSE ANY POSITIONS IN THE STANDINGS SO I FIGURE ALL THAT GOT HURT WAS HIS FEELINGS AND THAT SHOULDN'T LAST TO LONG.


HOT

5. TONY STEWART: WELL, WE KNOW THAT IT IS THE MONTH OF JUNE, BUT THEN WE WOULD KNOW THAT EVEN WITHOUT THE HOT WEATHER OR A CALENDER, HOW? BECAUSE SMOKE IS PICKING UP THE PACE FOR HIS ANNUAL SUMMER RUN ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP. TONY STARTED TODAY ABOUT MIDPACK AND HAULED IT TO THE FRONT AND STAYED THERE PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY. THE BOYS BETTER GET READY TO START SEEING A BUNCH OF TONY'S REAR BUMPER IF THINGS GO AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.

4. JEFF GORDON: JEFF HAD ANOTHER OF WHAT I GUESS YOU COULD CALL A SO-SO DAY. HE STARTED 6th AND STAYED PRETTY MCUH CLOSE ALL DAY BUT LIKE SO MANY TIMES ALREADY THIS YEAR, HE WAS JUST 2 OR 3 SPOTS SHORT OF THE WIN.

3. KURT BUSCH: KURT STARTED ON THE POLE AND WAS NEVER TO FAR AWAY ALL DAY, I DON'T THINK HIS ABILITY HAS IMPROVED ANY BUT HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD OTHERS IS MAKING THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM LOOK UP TO HIM AND WANT TO DO BETTER FOR HIM, AND FOR ME THAT IS THE COOLEST PART OF THE WHOLE DEAL. I SO THINK BEFORE THIS IS OVER KURT IS GOING TO BE THE NUMBER 1 GUY AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

2. KASEY KAHNE: WELL, IT WASN'T A WIN BUT KASEY WORKED HARD FOR HIS GUYS, JUST AS THEY WORKED HARD FOR HIM. IT IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF " DON'T WORRY ABOUT NEXT SEASON, GET IT FOR YOURSELVES TODAY".

1. DENNY HAMLIN: I'M REALLY GETTING TIRED OF WRITING NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS KID, BUT HE KEEPS DESERVING THEM SO I GUESS I WILL, DENNY GETS MORE IMPRESSIVE EVERY WEEK, AND NOT BECAUSE OF WINS OR TOP 5 FINISHES, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE ENCOURAGES AND PRAISES THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. HIS ATTITUDE MAKES THE PEOPLE ATTEMPT THE IMPOSSIBLE JUST TO MAKE HIM LOOK GOOD.

LIKE I SAID THE RACE START TO FINISH WAS PRETTY GOOD, BUT THE BEST RACING DURING THE WHOLE DAY WAS THE LAST 10 LAPS FOR 7th PLACE, BETWEEN JR. AND JEFF BURTON. THAT WAS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF HARD, NOSE TO TAIL, CLEAN RACING I HAVE SEEN IN AWHILE. WHATEVER I MISSED PLEASE TAG IT AT THE BOTTOM IN THE COMMENT SECTION. TILL NEXT WEEK, SO LONG , BE SAFE, STAY FREE.

THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT

Monday, June 7, 2010

HOT OR NOT LONG DAY AT LONG POND

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN UP EARLIER BUT FOR SOME REASON BLOGGER WAS DOWN FOR 5 HOURS SO I JUST HAD TO WAIT. FOLKS, FOR SOME REASON I JUST COULD NOT GET INTO THE RACE YESTERDAY, PLUS DUE TO MY OWN STUBBORNNESS I MISSED THE END OF THE RACE, I HAD SAT A 6:00 TIME TO MEET ANN'S SISTER AND HUSBAND FOR DINNER, THEY WERE LATE GETTING THERE BECAUSE THEY WATCHED THE END OF THE RACE. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I HAVE NO CLUE EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON DURING THE WHOLE RACE.

HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT I FEEL THAT MY BEST BET IS TO HAND OUT A LITTLE PRAISE AND LET IT GO AT THAT.

HOT:

5. KURT BUSCH: KURT SEEMED TO ME TO BE IN AND OUT ALL DAY, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO HIS AND ADDINGTON'S CONCERN OVER THE FUEL SAVING THING, BUT IN THE END IT DIDN'T MATTER ALL THAT MUCH. BUT BETWEEN DODGING WRECKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT 6TH ISN'T A BAD DEAL AT ALL AND LET'S FACE IT HE IS STILL MOVING TO THE FRONT.

4. JIMMIE JOHNSON: JIMMIE JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BEABLE TO GET IN GEAR SO HE USED THE OLD 1 CAR 2 CAR PASSING MODE TO WORK HIS WAY TO A GOOD FINISH. JIMMIE IS SORT OF LIKE A BAD PENNY, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO WITH IT OR HIM, HE JUST KEEPS SHOWING UP AT THE END.

3. TONY STEWART: TONY MAY STILL NOT BE SITTING THE WOODS ON FIRE, BUT HE HAD A PRETTY GOOD CAMPFIRE GOING YESTERDAY. I FELT THAT HE PUT ON A EXCELLENT DEFENSIVE RACING CLASS YESTERDAY, SHOWING HOW TO FORCE OTHER CARS TO DRIVE HIS RACE RATHER THEN BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THEIR OWN. IF HARVICK DOESN'T TAKE OUT LAGANO, TONY HAS SECOND PLACE WRAPPED UP AND ON THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.

2. KYLE BUSCH: I JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THIS KID, BUT HE JUST SHOWS A GROWING MATURITY EVER WEEK, LIKE HIM OR NOT YOU HAVE TO ADMIRE HIS " TAKE NO PRISONERS" ATTITUDE, HIS SINGLE VIEW OF RACING IS "WIN OR GO HOME" IS TOTALLY WHAT RACING IS ALL ABOUT. AND LET'S FACE IT NO ONE IN RACING TODAY IS GOING TO BEAT HIM ON A RESTART 9 TIMES OUT OF 10.

1. DENNY HAMLIN: ANTOHER SUPER RACE FOR HAMLIN, HIS "I WON'T QUIT, AND I WON'T LET DOWN" ATTITUDE HAS SEEMED TO EFFECT EVERYONE ON HIS TEAM. DENNY REALLY REMINDS ME OF THE "LITTLE ENGIN TAHT COULD": WITH ONE EXCEPTION, THE LITTLE ENGIN KEPT SAYING " I THINK I CAN , I THINK I CAN" AND DENNY SAYS "I KNOW I CAN I KNOW I CAN".

FOLKS I DIDN'T PUT HARVICK ON THEIS FOR 2 REASONS. FIRST I THINK HE TOOK LAGANO OUT ON PURPOSE, WHICH I KNOW IS DEBATABLE, BUT THAT IS MY VIEW AND SECOND BY BRINGING OUT THE CAUTION HE COST STEWART A SECOND PLACE FINISH AND BY FORCING THE GREEN WHITE CHECKER IT LEAD TO THE TEARING UP OF A WHOLE LOT OF CARS.

THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RAACE, OR MAYBE I SHOULD SAY DIDN'T SEE THE RACE, SO IF I MISSED SOMETHING LET US KNOW.

TAHT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

HOT OR NOT - THINGS STILL GO BETTER WITH COKE

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

WELL I BET SOME OF YOU THOUGHT ME MISSING LAST WEEK WAS A SIGN OF THE DEATH OF HOT OR NOT, BUT NOT TRUE AT ALL, JUST HAD A TON OF THINGS GOING ON LIKE HOEING THEM WEEDS AND CLEANING SLIME OUT OF THE FISH TANKS, BUT THINGS ARE BACK ON SCHEDULE NOW AND WE ARE GOOD TO GO.

A SHORT NOTE BEFORE WE GET INTO THE RACE, WHEN TONY TAKES THE FLAG IN THE BURGER KING CAR IN JUNE I BELIEVE, ANN, MY WIFE, AND TSFAN WILL BE RIDING WITH HIM. THEY MADE THE HOOD SIGNING SPONSORED BY BK.COM.

I FELT WE ALL SAW A GOOD RACE THIS PAST WEEKEND, I MEAN SEEING JEFF BURTON LOSE HIS TEMPER WAS ENOUGH FOR ME TO HAVE ENJOYED THE RACE AND SEEING "THORN BUSCH" HOLD HIS TEMPER WAS WORTH ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT.

NOT:

1. MONTOYA'S LUCK: I DON'T EVEN LIKE THIS GUY BUT HIS LUCK THIS SEASON HAS SUCKED BIG ROCKS. HE HAD A VERY GOOD CAR, THEN CUTS DOWN A TIRE AND THE REST OF THE RACE JUST GOES TO POT. I FIND MYSELF WISHING THAT HE COULD HAVE GOOD LUCK AT LEAST ONCE THIS SEASON.

2. #47 PIT MISTAKE: WITH THE TRACK AS HOT AND STICKY AS IT WAS AND THAT EARLY IN THE RACE, TAKING THE 2 TIRES WAS A TOTAL MISTAKE AND MARCUS PAID THE PRICE , LOSES A TIRE, WRECKS THE CAR, AND WAS SCRATCHING HIS HEAD WONDERING WHY DID WE DO THAT .

3. START AND PARKERS: MAYBE THIS SHOULD REALLY BE DIRECTED AT THE NASCAR BRASS, BUT FOR ABOUT 90% OF THE SEASON WE HAVE ONLY HAD 35 OR 36 REAL HONEST RACE CARS ON THE TRACK SO WHY THE HELL NOT DROP THE FIELD TO 36 OR SO AND HAVE THOSE GUYS EITHER PUT UP OR PACK UP. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE JUST STEALING MONEY FROM TEAMS THAT ARE REALLY OUT THERE MAKING A RUN AT THINGS.

4. JIMMIE JOHNSON: ANOTHER D&F FOR THE #48, MAKES YOU WONDER IF MAYBE THE PRESSURE IS STARTING TO CAUSE THE TITANIC OF NASCAR TO DEVELOP A FEW CRACKS.

5. DALE EARNHARDT JR.: I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE DEAL IS , BUT AS MUCH AS I AM A FAN OF DALE JR., I AM BEGINNING TO THINK MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR JR. TO FOLLOW MICHAEL WALTRIP INTO THE OWNERSHIP END OF NASCAR AND FORGET ABOUT THE DRIVING PART OF IT.

HOT:

5. DAVID REUTIMAN: DAVID STARTED 5TH THIS PAST WEEKEND AND DROVE LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL ALL NIGHT LONG. DAVID MAY WELL END UP BEING THE DARK HORSE IN THE CHASE THIS SEASON. LOOK FOR DAVID TO PUSH AND SHOVE HIS WAY TO THE TOP USING WHATEVER TOOLS HE NEEDS TO GET THERE.

4. MARK MARTIN: MARK IS SUCH AN AMAZING MAN, HE MAKES DRIVING 180 MILES AN HOUR LOOK LIKE A HOLIDAY DRIVE THROUGH ELMER THOMAS PARK, MARK STARTED 11TH AND TOOLED ALONG FOR 600 MILES AND FINISHED 4TH, MOVING HIM UP 1 PLACE IN THE CHASE LINEUP.

3. KYLE BUSCH: KYLE DROVE A REALLY GREAT RACE, OVERCAME SOME PRETTY BIG PROBLEMS, TOOK A SEVERE TONGUE LASHING AFTER THE RACE FROM JEFF BURTON AND DIDN'T LOSE HIS TEMPER. ME THINKS THE BOY IS GROWING UP.

2. JAMIE McMURRAY: JAMIE WAS THE MIRCLE BOY OF THE NIGHT HE STARTED 27TH AND FINISHED 2ND, HE DROVE THE WHEELS OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IN A SUPER RACE. WITH THE WAY HE DROVE THAT RACE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY COOL IF HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN JUST A LITTLE BETTER JUMP ON THAT LAST RESTART AND WON THE RACE. WONDER IF HAVING CHIPPIE ON THE PIT BOX DISTRACTED HIM JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE KURT THE WIN.

1. KURT BUSCH: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT KURT, IT TOOK HIM 600 MILES TO ADVANCE HIS POSITION 1 SLOT, WHAT KIND OF DEAL IS THAT. ONLY KIDDING, KURT LEAD THE MOST LAPS AND TURNED IN A SUPER DUPER RACE, BETWEEN HIM AND STEVE ADDINGTON, WE MAYBE FIXING TO SEE MR. PENSKE BACK IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP CIRCLE.

WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, IF I LEFT OUT OR MISSED ANYTHING LET US KNOW.

THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

Sunday, May 9, 2010

HOT OR NOT - THIS LADY IN BLACK AIN'T NOBODY'S DARLIN'

GREETING FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

WELL FOLKS THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH WRECKS AND BANGED UP CARS FOR EVERYONE LAST NIGHT. OF COURSE SOME OF US ENDED UP MORE BANGED UP THEN OTHERS. IT APPEARS THAT THE "DUCK WARS" MUST CONTINUE ANOTHER WEEK, KATIE'S VOODOO DUCK SEEMED TO DO ALL OF HER WORK BEFORE THE RACE EVEN STARTED, CAUSING CARL TO HAVE A HORRIBLE QUAL. TIME AND END UP IN THE REAR OF THE PACK BUT THEN PHIDEAUX STEPPED IN AND STARTED TO WORK HIS OWN KIND OF MAGIC. HIS PROTECTION ENABLED CARL TO SALVAGE A 15TH PLACE FINISH AND HOLD HIS POSITION IN THE CHASE. NOT A BAD NIGHTS WORK FOR A GUY WHO STARTED 41st. MAYBE NOT AS GOOD A MAGIC AS "THORN" BUSCH HAD MOVING FROM 43rd TO 7th , BUT STILL HE WAS ABLE TO FIGHT OFF THE VOODOO DUCK. BUT TO BE HONEST I HAVE TO CALL THE FIRST ROUND NO BETTER THEN A DRAW. AND THIS IS HOW I SAW THE REST OF THE RACE.

NOT:

4. RCR MAINTENANCE CREWS: FOR EITHER THE 2nd OR 3rd TIME THIS SEASON WE HAVE SEEN A RCR CAR WHICH WAS MAKING A GOOD RUN, SUDDENLY GO DOWN AND LOSE SEVERAL LAPS OR END UP OUT OF THE RACE DUE TO BRAKE PROBLEMS, TONIGHT IT WAS CLINT BOWYER AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO KEVIN HARVICK, COME ON GUYS THESE DRIVERS ARE ALREADY WORKING AGAINST 43 OTHER DRIVERS THEY DON'T NEED YOU WORKING AGAINST THEM ALSO.

3. RICHARD PETTY MOTORSPORTS: THIS OPERATION CAN'T EVEN HOLD ON TO GOOD DRIVERS AND ACCORDING TO ALLMENDINGER, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF THE CARS EITHER. ACCORDING TO HIM THIS IS THE 3rd OR 4TH WEEK THAT HE HAS HAD TO BABY THE BRAKES DURING AN ENTIRE RACE. RICHARD SPARE YOURSELF ANYMORE EMBRASSMENT AND GET YORU NAME OFF THAT RACE TEAM. WE WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID NOT FOR WHAT A RACE TEAM WITH YOUR NAME ON IT DIDN'T DO.

2. TONY STEWART: THESE LAST 3 WEEKS HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR TONY. IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW HE COULDN'T GET A GOOD FINISH IF HE WAS THE ONLY DRIVER IN THE RACE. I KNOW HE IS SO WISHING FOR HIS MIDDLE OF THE SEASON SURGE, AND IF IT DON'T GET HERE PRETTY QUICK WE MAY SEE A MISSING CAR IN THE CHASE THIS YEAR.

1. BOBBY LABONTE: I REALLY LIKE THIS TEXAS BOY, BUT THE LAST 3 OR 4 WEEKS HE HAS LOOKED LIKE EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE 2000 NASCAR CHAMPION. HATE TO SAY THIS BUT MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR BOBBY TO FOLLOW HIS BROTHER INTO RETIREMENT. THE TRUTH IS I THINK MAYBE HE HAS ALREADY DRIFTED INTO THE "HAS BEEN" BRACKET.

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5. JUAN MONTOYA: JUAN CONTINUES TO BE RIGHT IN THE FRAY AND HE KEEPS INCHING UP THE LADDER OF THE STANDINGS, BUT HE JUST CAN'T CLOSE THE DEAL. I FIND MYSELF WISHING HE WOULD WIN A RACE SO THE GUYS FROM FOX WOULD BACK OFF ABOUT HOW BAD HE NEEDS TO WIN A RACE.

4. JEFF GORDON: HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU KEEP COMING UP SHORT AND STILL MOVE UP IN THE STANDINGS, JEFF JUST KEEPS COMING UP JUST A TINY BIT SHORT BUT IS STILL MOVING ONWARD AND UPWARD. I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MUCH LONGER HE CAN KEEP TAKING THE BLAME FOR NOT CLOSING THE DEAL, CAUSE SOONER OR LATER IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT.

3. KURT BUSCH: I DO BELIEVE THAT LAST NIGHT KURT MAY HAVE GIVEN US THE VERY BEST EXAMPLE OF COMBINING LUCK, GOOD DRIVING, AND BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME THAT WE WILL SEE ALL SEASON LONG. KURT HAD A LITTLE LUCK, MADE A LITTLE LUCK WITH HIS DRIVING, AND SEEMED TO BE JUST IN THE RIGHT SPOT ALL NIGHT LONG. BUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU USE TO GET IT A TOP 5 IS AWAYS A GOOD THING.

2. JAMIE McMURRAY: WELL FOR SURE JAMIE CAN'T USE THE SONG "I AIN'T GOT NO HOME" FOR HIS THEME MUSIC. SINCE HIS MOVE FROM ROUSH THIS CAT HAS COME TO LIFE, HE SITS IN 16th RIGHT NOW, BUT IF HE CONTINUES TO MOVE UP 3 SLOTS EVERY WEKK IT WON'T BE LONG TILL HE IS SITTING IN THE TOP 5 REAL SOON.

1. DENNY HAMLIN: THIS BOY IS ON A MISSION AND I DO BELIEVE THAT AS HE CONTINUES ON THAT MISSION HE IS GOING TO END UP IN THE CAT BIRD'S SEAT AND BEABLE TO SAY "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED". THE FACT THAT HE IS DOING SO WELL WITH THE BUMMED UP KNEE IS JUST BEYOND GREAT. DENNY DID A SUPER JOB AND WE MIGHT AS WELL GET USED TO SEEING THAT SAME GOOD JOB WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.

A TIP OF THE HAT HAS TO GO TO "THORN" BUSCH FOR HIS EXCELLENT SHOWING, FOR A FEW MINUTES I REALLY THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA STEAL ANOTHER ONE AND THE CHARLIE BROWN " GOOD GRIEF AWARD" HAS TO GO TO JEFF BURTON. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, CHIME IN WITH WHAT I MISSED.

THIS IS MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
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