HOT OR NOT - THUNDER VALLEY- THUNDER ROAD
Sunday, August 23, 2009, 01:57 PM EST [NASCAR]
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
THE RACE THIS WEEK WAS NOT BAD, BUT THE RACES OF OLD , WITH ALL THE BEATING AND BANGING, ARE GONE FOREVER, I AM AFRAID. YES, THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG ONE THANKS TO THE 29 CAR, BUT IN THE OLD DAYS WE WOULD HAVE SEEN 3 OR 4 LIKE THAT.
IT WASN'T A GREAT WEEK FOR THE TOP 12 CONTENDERS, 5 OF THEM: STEWART, GORDON, EDWARDS, MONTOYA, AND KAHNE ALL FINISHED OUTSIDE THE TOP 15. IF THEY KEEP THIS UP MONTOYA AND KAHNE MAY FIND THEMSELVES ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. HERE IS HOW I SAW THE RACE THIS WEEK.
NOT:
1. #14 TEAM: DURING THE LAST 2 WEEKS IT HAS SORT OF APPEARED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RESTING ON THEIR LAURELS, EITHER THAT OR TONY PEAKED WAY TO EARLY AND IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG END OF THE SEASON.
2. #24 TEAM: THE CAR WAS LOUSY ALL NIGHT LONG, IT LOOKED LIKE THE TEAM JUST TOOK THE WEEK OFF AND WAS DEPENDING ON FAITH AND JEFF TO KEEP THEM UP AND RUNNING IN CONTENTION. GUESS WHAT, IT DIDN'T WORK. FELLA'S IT AINT OVER TILL IT'S OVER AS YOGI SAID ONE TIME.
3. KASEY KAHNE: 2 LAPS DOWN AND RACING AND BLOCKING THE RACE LEADER, MARK MARTIN IS SO MUCH KINDER THEN I AM. I THINK KASEY'S ANTICS MAY WELL HAVE COST MARK THE RACE. I DO BELIEVE THAT IF I WAS MARK MARTIN I WOULD HAVE A LITTLE " COME TO JESUS" MEETING WITH MR. KAHNE, AND TELL HIM IF YOU EVER PULL THAT ON ME AGAIN, I WILL PUT YOU IN THE NICKEL SEATS.
4. KEVIN HARVICK: JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE HAVING A BAD RACE AND SEASON, DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON YOUR TEAMMATE, THAT WRECK DAMAGED BOWYER'S CAR ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS AND STARTED WHAT WAS TO BECOME A HORRIBLE NIGHT FOR THE 33 CAR, AND SORRY I DON'T BUY YOUR INTERVIEW EXPLANATION FOR ONE SECOND.
5. MICHAEL WALTRIP: STUPID MOVE NOT PITTING WITH THE REST OF THE CARS, THAT 5 POINTS WAS NOT GOING TO HELP YOU A BIT AND YOU VERY WELL MAY HAVE FINISHED WHAT HARVICK STARTED, " DRIVING THE LAST NAIL IN BOWYER'S COFFIN. I WONDER WHAT THE CHANCES ARE OF GETTING TRUEX IN YOUR CAR BEFORE THE NEXT RACE.
HOT
1. KYLE BUSCH: "THORN" STARTED 18th AND HAD A FEW PROBLEMS EARLY, BUT RATHER THEN WHINING AND THROWING A FIT, HE GAVE GOOD INFORMATION TO THE PIT CREW AND GOT BETTER ALL NIGHT LONG, I DO BELIEVE THAT HIS TALK WITH MR. ADDINGTON LAST WEEK PAID REWARDS, WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THEY STAY IN PLACE. WITH A LITTLE LUCK AND 2 MORE GOOD FINISHES KYLE WILL MAKE THE CHASE AND THEN MORE OR LESS GET TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
2. MARK MARTIN: I DO BELIEVE THAT MARK HAD "TONY THE TIGER" IN HIS TANK NOT JUST ON THE CAR. MARK RAN SUCH A GOOD RACE AND WAS MUCH KINDER TO KASEY KAHNE THE I WOULD HAVE BEEN. WITH HIS SECOND PLACE FINISH MARK MOVED UP 2 PLACES IN THE POINTS. SUPER RACE.
3. MARCUS AMBROSE: THIS CAT IS SO COOL, AND HUMBLE AT THE SAME TIME THAT IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE. STANDING THERE AFTER A 3rd PLACE FINISH AND SAYING HE DIDN'T FEEL HE DESERVED TO BE RACING WITH THOSE OTHER GUYS, MARCUS RAN AN ALMOST PERFECT RACE, CONTINUING TO PROVE THAT HE DESERVES TO BE IN NASCAR AND THAT HE WILL BE A FORCE TO RECKON WITH.
4. GREG BIFFLE: GREG HAD ANOTHER GOOD RACE, BUT HE JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AT ONE TIME. GREG SORT OF REMINDS ME OF CHESTER ON THE OLD "GUNSMOKE" SERIES, HE IS ALWAYS RIGHT THERE BUT JUST A LITTLE LATE AND ONLY IN A SUPPORT ROLE. HE WILL MAKE THE CHASE, BUT I THINK HE WILL BE JUST AN "ALSO RAN" AGAIN.
5. DENNY HAMLIN: DENNY HAD A HECK OF A RACE, HE STARTED 41st AND FINISHED 5th, MOVING UP ONE SPOT FOR THE CHASE. THE YOUNG MAN HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO DO BIG THINGS AND I DO BELIEVE WE MAY SEE ANOTHER WIN OR TWO BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RUNNING OF THE RACE THIS WEEK, ALL OF THE TOP 10 GUYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED BUT JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THAT , SO WILL JUST SAY THAT JOHNSON AND KURT BUSCH OVERCAME GIANT PROBLEMS TO FINISH WELL ALONG WITH KENSETH, AND NEWMAN AND EARNHARDT HAD EXTREMELY GOOD RUNS, I REALLY HOPE THE LAST 2 WEEKS ARE JUST A PEEK OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM JR. IN THE FUTURE THIS YEAR.
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW AND WHAT YOU THINK, GOOD BAD OR OTHERWISE I WANT YOUR VIEW.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
HOT & NOT - GEEZ, RAIN AND FUEL MILEAGE AGAIN
Sunday, August 16, 2009, 09:05 PM EST [NASCAR]
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL, EXCEPT FOR GUESSING WHO MIGHT RUN OUT OF GAS TODAY, YOU CAN'T SAY IT WAS A REAL EXCITING RACE, IT WASN'T BAD BUT NOT ONE WHERE YOU HAD TO SIT ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT FOR.
JR. FANS GOT SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT DURING THE RACE NOT JUST DURING THE DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS, AND JOEY LAGANO AND SAM HORNISH JR. SHOWED THAT THEY DID IN FACT DESERVE TO BE IN NASCAR.
ALSO IT PROVED THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER BELIEVE A THING THAT A WEATHER MAN SAYS. THIS FUEL MILEAGE THING IS GETTING OUT OF HAND, MAYBE NASCAR SHOULD START PUTTING IN A REQUIRED CAUTION WITH 10 OR 15 LAPS TO GO, THAT WOULD PUT AN END TO THIS FUEL MILEAGE JUNK AND WE WOULD SEE SOME GOOD OLD-FASHIONED DIRT TRACK SCRAMBLING AT THE END OF THE RACES.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE AND I HOPE THAT A FEW OF YOU SAW IT MORE OR LESS THE SAME WAY, IF NOT TELL US WHAT YOU SAW DIFFERENT, IT WON'T MEAN THAT I AM WRONG OR YOU ARE RIGHT JUST HOW DIFFERENT FOLKS SAW THE RACE.
NOT:
1. CHAD KNAUS: I GUESS TODAY PROVES THAT CHAD IS NOT INVINCIBLE, HIS MISCALL ON PITTING FOR FUEL CAUSED THE MOST DOMINANT CAR TO COAST IN FOR A 33 rd PLACE FINISH AND DROPPED JIMMIE JOHNSON TO THIRD IN THE CHASE. THIS MISTAKE DID NOT COST JIMMIE A LOT BUT CHAD KNOWS JIMMIE IS UNEASY WITH THIS TYPE OF THING AND IN THIS CASE HE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THE DRIVER.
2. ALAN GUSTAFSON: JUST LIKE HIS HMS FELLOW CREWCHIEF, ALAN MADE THE CALL OR DIDN'T MAKE THE CALL, EITHER WAY IT COST MARK MARTIN BIG TIME. MARK RAN THE BIGGEST PART OF THE RACE IN THE TOP 3 TO 5 SPOTS ONLY TO FINISH 31st BECAUSE HE RAN OUT OF GAS. THIS MISTAKEALSO DROPPED HIM 1 SPOT IN THE CHASE TO 12th , AND NOW I HAVE TO THINK THAT RATHER THEN STANDING ON THE BUBBLE HE IS JUST HANGING ON TO THE EDGE OF IT WITH BOTH HANDS.
3. ROBBY GORDON: HIT THE WALL BLEW A TIRE AND THE REST OF HIS DAY ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP. HE STARTED 24th AND FINISHED 37th, SOME FOLKS WOULD SAY HE IS SPENDING TO MUCH TIME ON QUALIFING.
4. PAUL MENARD: PAUL GOT THE LEAD ON A CAUTION AND LOST IT BEFORE HE WAS COMPLETELY ACROSS THE START-FINISH LINE ON THE RESTART. HE IS THE POSTERBOY FOR THE FACT THAT WHILE "DADDY'S MONEY" CAN BUY YOU ARIDE IT CAN NOT BUY TALENT OR ABILITY.
5. KURT BUSCH: KURT SEEMED TO BE RUNNING A LITTLE TO MUCH ON THE CAUTIOUS SIDE FROM THE START OF THE RACE, THEN HE CLIPPED DAVID REGAN AND THEY BOTH WENT SPINNING, BUT KURT TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE AND SPENT A BUNCH OF LAPS IN THE GARAGE. THIS MISTAKE COST KURT 2 POSITIONS IN THE CHASE. HE IS STILL SITTING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BUT DOES NOT NEED ANY MORE RACES LIKE TODAY.
6. KEVIN HARVICK: FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW KEVIN'S MOUTH HAS GOTTEN HIM ON THE DOWN SIDE OF THE HOT OR NOT. HAVING PROBLEMS IS BAD ENOUGH AND CAUSES ENOUGH STRESS ON THE TEAM, BUT TO THEN HAVE THE DRIVER SAY THAT IT IS NO MORE THEN WE DESERVE, IS JUST TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR. I THINK KEVIN MAY BE TRYING TO GET MR. CHILDRESS TO FIRE HIM SO HE DOES NOT HAVE TO HONOR THE LAST YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT AND CAN TRY TO GET ON WITH STEWART-HASS RACING.
HOT:
1. BRIAN VICKERS: FINALLY BRIAN WAS ABLE TO PUT ALL THE GOOD STUFF TOGETHER AT ONE TIME AND WIN A RACE, BRIAN'S LAST WIN WAS IN 2006 (I THINK) AND HE IS MORE REMEMBERED FOR TAKING OUT JIMMIE JOHNSON AND DALE EARNHARDT TO WIN THE RACE THEN ANYTHING ELSE. CONGRATS TO BRIAN A WELL DESERVED WIN.
2. JEFF GORDON: JEFF SHOWED THE STYLE AND ABILITIES TODAY THAT HAVE BROUGHT HIM ALL OF HIS CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE DROVE HARD ENOUGH TO STAY WELL WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE, BUT SMART ENOUGH TO KEEP THE CAR ALL IN ONE PIECE AND ENOUGH FUEL IN THE CAR TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH THE MOTOR STILL RUNNING.
3. #88 RACING TEAM: THERE IS NO WAY TO SAY JR. DID THIS, OR McGREW DID THIS OR THE PIT GUYS DID THIS, IT WAS A TOTAL TEAM THING START TO FINISH. McGREW BUILT THE CAR AND MADE THE RIGHT CALL, EVEN IF JR. WSN'T SURE IT WAS RIGHT, THE PIT CREW MADE NO MISTAKES IN THE PITS AND JR. KEPT THE CAR OFF THE WALL AND DROVE THE WHEELS OFF OF IT.
4. CARL EDWARDS: "THE DUCK" KEPT HIS DRIVER IN THE GROOVE ALL DAY TODAY AND OUT OF TROUBLE. CARL DODGED A COUPLE OF CLOSE ONES THEN PUSHED HARD AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME. THIS AND KURT BUSCH'S BAD LUCK MOVED CARL UP 2 SLOTS IN THE CHASE. COULD A DRIVER WITH NO WINS REALLY WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP?
5. SAM HORNISH JR.: WITH A 4th AND A 5th IN 2 OF THE LAST 3 RACES, SAM IS PROVING THAT HE BELONGS IN NASCAR. ALSO THE ABILITY TO REBOUND AFTER THE CRASH LAST WEEK SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT SAM'S WANT TO MAKE IT IN NASCAR. HE IS STILL A LONG WAY FROM THE CHASE BUT SAM MOVED UP 2 PLACES IN THE STANDINGS, AND THIS IS A GOOD SIGN FOR THE FUTURE.
6. JOEY LAGANO : THIS KID IS MAKING IMPROVMENTS EVERY WEEK AND GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, WHILE STILL APPEARING TO BE HUMBLED BY THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE. I AM STILL NOT SURE THAT " HE IS THE GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD" BUT FOLKS HE AIN'T BAD AND IS GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME.
GUYS AND GALS THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE TODAY, IF I MISSED ANYTHING TELL ME, AND IF I SAW SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT ALSO. IF THE LORD IS WILLING AND THE CREEK DON'T RISE, I'LL SEE YA NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ABOUT 7:05.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Sunday, August 16, 2009, 09:05 PM EST [NASCAR]
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL, EXCEPT FOR GUESSING WHO MIGHT RUN OUT OF GAS TODAY, YOU CAN'T SAY IT WAS A REAL EXCITING RACE, IT WASN'T BAD BUT NOT ONE WHERE YOU HAD TO SIT ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT FOR.
JR. FANS GOT SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT DURING THE RACE NOT JUST DURING THE DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS, AND JOEY LAGANO AND SAM HORNISH JR. SHOWED THAT THEY DID IN FACT DESERVE TO BE IN NASCAR.
ALSO IT PROVED THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER BELIEVE A THING THAT A WEATHER MAN SAYS. THIS FUEL MILEAGE THING IS GETTING OUT OF HAND, MAYBE NASCAR SHOULD START PUTTING IN A REQUIRED CAUTION WITH 10 OR 15 LAPS TO GO, THAT WOULD PUT AN END TO THIS FUEL MILEAGE JUNK AND WE WOULD SEE SOME GOOD OLD-FASHIONED DIRT TRACK SCRAMBLING AT THE END OF THE RACES.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE AND I HOPE THAT A FEW OF YOU SAW IT MORE OR LESS THE SAME WAY, IF NOT TELL US WHAT YOU SAW DIFFERENT, IT WON'T MEAN THAT I AM WRONG OR YOU ARE RIGHT JUST HOW DIFFERENT FOLKS SAW THE RACE.
NOT:
1. CHAD KNAUS: I GUESS TODAY PROVES THAT CHAD IS NOT INVINCIBLE, HIS MISCALL ON PITTING FOR FUEL CAUSED THE MOST DOMINANT CAR TO COAST IN FOR A 33 rd PLACE FINISH AND DROPPED JIMMIE JOHNSON TO THIRD IN THE CHASE. THIS MISTAKE DID NOT COST JIMMIE A LOT BUT CHAD KNOWS JIMMIE IS UNEASY WITH THIS TYPE OF THING AND IN THIS CASE HE NEEDS TO LISTEN TO THE DRIVER.
2. ALAN GUSTAFSON: JUST LIKE HIS HMS FELLOW CREWCHIEF, ALAN MADE THE CALL OR DIDN'T MAKE THE CALL, EITHER WAY IT COST MARK MARTIN BIG TIME. MARK RAN THE BIGGEST PART OF THE RACE IN THE TOP 3 TO 5 SPOTS ONLY TO FINISH 31st BECAUSE HE RAN OUT OF GAS. THIS MISTAKEALSO DROPPED HIM 1 SPOT IN THE CHASE TO 12th , AND NOW I HAVE TO THINK THAT RATHER THEN STANDING ON THE BUBBLE HE IS JUST HANGING ON TO THE EDGE OF IT WITH BOTH HANDS.
3. ROBBY GORDON: HIT THE WALL BLEW A TIRE AND THE REST OF HIS DAY ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP. HE STARTED 24th AND FINISHED 37th, SOME FOLKS WOULD SAY HE IS SPENDING TO MUCH TIME ON QUALIFING.
4. PAUL MENARD: PAUL GOT THE LEAD ON A CAUTION AND LOST IT BEFORE HE WAS COMPLETELY ACROSS THE START-FINISH LINE ON THE RESTART. HE IS THE POSTERBOY FOR THE FACT THAT WHILE "DADDY'S MONEY" CAN BUY YOU ARIDE IT CAN NOT BUY TALENT OR ABILITY.
5. KURT BUSCH: KURT SEEMED TO BE RUNNING A LITTLE TO MUCH ON THE CAUTIOUS SIDE FROM THE START OF THE RACE, THEN HE CLIPPED DAVID REGAN AND THEY BOTH WENT SPINNING, BUT KURT TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE AND SPENT A BUNCH OF LAPS IN THE GARAGE. THIS MISTAKE COST KURT 2 POSITIONS IN THE CHASE. HE IS STILL SITTING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BUT DOES NOT NEED ANY MORE RACES LIKE TODAY.
6. KEVIN HARVICK: FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW KEVIN'S MOUTH HAS GOTTEN HIM ON THE DOWN SIDE OF THE HOT OR NOT. HAVING PROBLEMS IS BAD ENOUGH AND CAUSES ENOUGH STRESS ON THE TEAM, BUT TO THEN HAVE THE DRIVER SAY THAT IT IS NO MORE THEN WE DESERVE, IS JUST TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR. I THINK KEVIN MAY BE TRYING TO GET MR. CHILDRESS TO FIRE HIM SO HE DOES NOT HAVE TO HONOR THE LAST YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT AND CAN TRY TO GET ON WITH STEWART-HASS RACING.
HOT:
1. BRIAN VICKERS: FINALLY BRIAN WAS ABLE TO PUT ALL THE GOOD STUFF TOGETHER AT ONE TIME AND WIN A RACE, BRIAN'S LAST WIN WAS IN 2006 (I THINK) AND HE IS MORE REMEMBERED FOR TAKING OUT JIMMIE JOHNSON AND DALE EARNHARDT TO WIN THE RACE THEN ANYTHING ELSE. CONGRATS TO BRIAN A WELL DESERVED WIN.
2. JEFF GORDON: JEFF SHOWED THE STYLE AND ABILITIES TODAY THAT HAVE BROUGHT HIM ALL OF HIS CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE DROVE HARD ENOUGH TO STAY WELL WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE, BUT SMART ENOUGH TO KEEP THE CAR ALL IN ONE PIECE AND ENOUGH FUEL IN THE CAR TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH THE MOTOR STILL RUNNING.
3. #88 RACING TEAM: THERE IS NO WAY TO SAY JR. DID THIS, OR McGREW DID THIS OR THE PIT GUYS DID THIS, IT WAS A TOTAL TEAM THING START TO FINISH. McGREW BUILT THE CAR AND MADE THE RIGHT CALL, EVEN IF JR. WSN'T SURE IT WAS RIGHT, THE PIT CREW MADE NO MISTAKES IN THE PITS AND JR. KEPT THE CAR OFF THE WALL AND DROVE THE WHEELS OFF OF IT.
4. CARL EDWARDS: "THE DUCK" KEPT HIS DRIVER IN THE GROOVE ALL DAY TODAY AND OUT OF TROUBLE. CARL DODGED A COUPLE OF CLOSE ONES THEN PUSHED HARD AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME. THIS AND KURT BUSCH'S BAD LUCK MOVED CARL UP 2 SLOTS IN THE CHASE. COULD A DRIVER WITH NO WINS REALLY WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP?
5. SAM HORNISH JR.: WITH A 4th AND A 5th IN 2 OF THE LAST 3 RACES, SAM IS PROVING THAT HE BELONGS IN NASCAR. ALSO THE ABILITY TO REBOUND AFTER THE CRASH LAST WEEK SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT SAM'S WANT TO MAKE IT IN NASCAR. HE IS STILL A LONG WAY FROM THE CHASE BUT SAM MOVED UP 2 PLACES IN THE STANDINGS, AND THIS IS A GOOD SIGN FOR THE FUTURE.
6. JOEY LAGANO : THIS KID IS MAKING IMPROVMENTS EVERY WEEK AND GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, WHILE STILL APPEARING TO BE HUMBLED BY THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE. I AM STILL NOT SURE THAT " HE IS THE GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD" BUT FOLKS HE AIN'T BAD AND IS GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME.
GUYS AND GALS THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE TODAY, IF I MISSED ANYTHING TELL ME, AND IF I SAW SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT ALSO. IF THE LORD IS WILLING AND THE CREEK DON'T RISE, I'LL SEE YA NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ABOUT 7:05.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Monday, August 10, 2009
HOT OR NOT - SMOKE 'N THE GLEN
Monday, August 10, 2009, 08:12 PM EST [NASCAR]
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL FOLKS, WE HAVE TO ALL SAY A LITTLE PRAYER TO THE RACING GODS FOR NO MORE MONDAY RACES, IS JUST SEEMS THAT THE MOOD NEVER GETS QUITE RIGHT.
WE SAW QUITE A CROSS - SECTION OF DRIVING THIS WEEK, OF COURSE WE HAD OUR REGULAR WRECK OF THE WEEK BY MR. STREMME AND THE SUPER DUPER FEATURE, WITH KASEY KAHNE, SAM HORNISH JR., JEFF GORDON AND JEFF BURTON. WE ALSO SAW EXCELLENT DRIVING AND PIT WORK FROM BOTH MARCUS AMBROSE, TONY STEWART AND THEIR TEAMS.
THIS MY FRIENDS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, I HOPE WE WERE WATCING MORE OR LESS THE SAME ONE.
NOT:
1. DAVID STREMME: ANOTHER WEEK AND ANOTHER WRECK AND 2 MORE GOOD CARS READY FOR THE JUNK PILE, STREMME MORE OR LESS TOOK OUT KEVIN HARVICK AND PUT QUITE A DAMPER ON JEFF GORDON'S DAY EARLY. I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK CLOSE BUT HAS THERE BEEN A WEEK WHEN DAVID DIDN'T WRECK EITHER HIMSELF OR ANOTHER DRIVER.
2. RYAN NEWMAN: RYAN SHOULD HAVE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DAY BUT A EARLY TRIP TO THE PITS FOR A BATTERY CHANGE SORT OF BROUGHT HIS GOOD DAY TO A STOP REALLY QUICK. HE ENDED UP 21st , BUT HE DID MANAGE TO HANG ON TO HIS 9th PLACE SLOT IN THE STANDINGS.
3. KEVIN HARVICK: I KNOW THAT KEVIN HAS HAD A TOUGH YEAR AND WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WITH STREMME JUST ADDED FUEL TO THE FIRE, BUT KEVIN'S DISPLAY OF ATTITUDE JUST DID NOT GO OVER REAL WELL WITH ME. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT HE SAID THAT HE HOPED HIS CAR WOULD NOT BEABLE TO RETURN TO THE RACE. IF THAT IS HIS ATTITUDE THEN MAYBE MR. CHILDRESS MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT SITTING HIM ON THE PIT BOX NEXT WEEK.
4. DALE EARNHARDT JR.: JR. HAS TO BE WISHING THAT HE COULD TURN THE 88 CAR INTO A TIME MACHINE AND PROPEL FORWARD TO THE DAYTONA 500 2010. DALE HAS HAD SO MUCH BAD LUCK THIS YEAR, MUCH OF IT HIS OWN MAKING, BUT ALSO A LOT OF IT DUE TO CAR PROBLEMS AND MISHAPS IN THE PITS, HERE'S HOPING FOR BETTER LUCK AND BETTER RUNS IN THE FUTURE AND IN 2010.
5. KASEY KAHNE: KASEY HAD A SHORT LAPSE IN DRIVER ABILITY TODAY, AND CAUSED THE SUPER DUPER FEATURE FOR WATKINS GLEN, HE DROVE SAM HORNISH JR. INTO THE TIRE WALL WHICH WAS BAD ENOUGH, THEN SAM SLINGSHOTTED BACK ACROSS THE TRACK COLLECTING JEFF GORDON AND JEFF BURTON IN THE TRIP. IT IS TRULY A MIRACLE THAT THOSE 3 DRIVERS WALKED AWAY IN ONE PIECE. KASEY A LITTLE LESS SPEED OR A LITTLE MORE PRACTICE ON THE ROAD COURSES.
HOT:
1. TONY STEWART: TONY PROVED TODAY THAT WATKINS GLEN IS HIS HOUSE MUCH THE SAME WAY LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY IS JIMMY JOHNSON'S. TONY WORE BOTH THE DRIVER HAT AND THE CREW CHIEF HAT TODAY AND IT PAID OFF IN SPADES. HE STARTED 13th AND WON WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE ANOTHER FUEL RACE. HE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE CHASE AND IS REALLY BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE HE WILL GO INTO THE CHASE AS THE MAN IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOT.
2. MARCUS AMBROSE: LOOKING AT THE STARTING POSITION (4th) AND THE FINISH POSITION (2nd), IT APPEARS THAT MARCUS DROVE AROUND FOR 90 LAPS AND SOMEWHERE IN THERE PICKED UP 2 PLACES, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL, MARCUS DROVE AN EXCELLENT RACE, DISPLAYING AN ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND WITHIN THE PACK AND TO KEEP HIS CAR ALL IN ONE PIECE, USING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A VERY STRANGE PIT STRATEGY MARCUS COMPLETED HIS BEST FINISH IN CUP RACING AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE UP TO 17th IN THE POINTS STANDINGS.
3. CARL EDWARDS: THE "LUCK OF THE DUCK" STRIKES AGAIN. CARL STARTED THE RACE AT ABOUT THE CORNINGWARE FACTORY AND RAN AN EXCELLENT RACE, HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE UP SLOTS ALL DURING THE RACE ON RESTARTS AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MISS THE BIG ONES AND THE LITTLE FENDER BENDERS ALLOWED HIM TO FINISH 3rd FOR ONE OF HIS BETTER FINISHES ON A ROAD COURSE.
4. GREG BIFFLE: MUCH LIKE AMBROSE, IF YOU ONLY LOOK AT GREG'S START POSITION AND FINISH POITION IT LOOKS LIKE HE CRUISED AROUND FOR A WHILE AND THE RACE WAS OVER, BUT THAT IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH, GREG WAS RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRAY ALL DAY LONG, HE KEPT ALL OF THE CAR PARTS IN THEIR CORRECT PLACE AND DODGED THE PILE-UPS THUS ALLOWING GREG TO GET A GOOD TOP 10 FINISH AND MOVE UP 2 PLACES TO 10th IN THE STANDINGS.
5. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA: JUAN STARTED 10th AND FINISHED 6th, THUS MOVING HIM UP 1 SPOT IN THE STANDINGS FOR THE CHASE. HE IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE CAR EVERY WEEK. ONE THING THAT I THINK IS HELPING HIM ALOT IS THAT HE APPEARS TO HAVE DECIDED TO LET HIS FINISHES PROVE THAT HE HAS EARNED A PLACE IN NASCAR.
FOLKS THIS WAS A GOOD RACE, AND COMING FROM ME, THAT SAYS ALOT, I DON'T LIKE ROAD RACING AND MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND LESS ABOUT IT THEN I DO REGULAR TRACK RACING, AND I STILL HAVE SO SO MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT THAT. I HOPE A FEW OF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I SAW, AND WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK IF THE LORD IS WILLING AND THE CREEK DON'T RISE.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Monday, August 10, 2009, 08:12 PM EST [NASCAR]
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL FOLKS, WE HAVE TO ALL SAY A LITTLE PRAYER TO THE RACING GODS FOR NO MORE MONDAY RACES, IS JUST SEEMS THAT THE MOOD NEVER GETS QUITE RIGHT.
WE SAW QUITE A CROSS - SECTION OF DRIVING THIS WEEK, OF COURSE WE HAD OUR REGULAR WRECK OF THE WEEK BY MR. STREMME AND THE SUPER DUPER FEATURE, WITH KASEY KAHNE, SAM HORNISH JR., JEFF GORDON AND JEFF BURTON. WE ALSO SAW EXCELLENT DRIVING AND PIT WORK FROM BOTH MARCUS AMBROSE, TONY STEWART AND THEIR TEAMS.
THIS MY FRIENDS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, I HOPE WE WERE WATCING MORE OR LESS THE SAME ONE.
NOT:
1. DAVID STREMME: ANOTHER WEEK AND ANOTHER WRECK AND 2 MORE GOOD CARS READY FOR THE JUNK PILE, STREMME MORE OR LESS TOOK OUT KEVIN HARVICK AND PUT QUITE A DAMPER ON JEFF GORDON'S DAY EARLY. I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK CLOSE BUT HAS THERE BEEN A WEEK WHEN DAVID DIDN'T WRECK EITHER HIMSELF OR ANOTHER DRIVER.
2. RYAN NEWMAN: RYAN SHOULD HAVE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DAY BUT A EARLY TRIP TO THE PITS FOR A BATTERY CHANGE SORT OF BROUGHT HIS GOOD DAY TO A STOP REALLY QUICK. HE ENDED UP 21st , BUT HE DID MANAGE TO HANG ON TO HIS 9th PLACE SLOT IN THE STANDINGS.
3. KEVIN HARVICK: I KNOW THAT KEVIN HAS HAD A TOUGH YEAR AND WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WITH STREMME JUST ADDED FUEL TO THE FIRE, BUT KEVIN'S DISPLAY OF ATTITUDE JUST DID NOT GO OVER REAL WELL WITH ME. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT HE SAID THAT HE HOPED HIS CAR WOULD NOT BEABLE TO RETURN TO THE RACE. IF THAT IS HIS ATTITUDE THEN MAYBE MR. CHILDRESS MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT SITTING HIM ON THE PIT BOX NEXT WEEK.
4. DALE EARNHARDT JR.: JR. HAS TO BE WISHING THAT HE COULD TURN THE 88 CAR INTO A TIME MACHINE AND PROPEL FORWARD TO THE DAYTONA 500 2010. DALE HAS HAD SO MUCH BAD LUCK THIS YEAR, MUCH OF IT HIS OWN MAKING, BUT ALSO A LOT OF IT DUE TO CAR PROBLEMS AND MISHAPS IN THE PITS, HERE'S HOPING FOR BETTER LUCK AND BETTER RUNS IN THE FUTURE AND IN 2010.
5. KASEY KAHNE: KASEY HAD A SHORT LAPSE IN DRIVER ABILITY TODAY, AND CAUSED THE SUPER DUPER FEATURE FOR WATKINS GLEN, HE DROVE SAM HORNISH JR. INTO THE TIRE WALL WHICH WAS BAD ENOUGH, THEN SAM SLINGSHOTTED BACK ACROSS THE TRACK COLLECTING JEFF GORDON AND JEFF BURTON IN THE TRIP. IT IS TRULY A MIRACLE THAT THOSE 3 DRIVERS WALKED AWAY IN ONE PIECE. KASEY A LITTLE LESS SPEED OR A LITTLE MORE PRACTICE ON THE ROAD COURSES.
HOT:
1. TONY STEWART: TONY PROVED TODAY THAT WATKINS GLEN IS HIS HOUSE MUCH THE SAME WAY LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY IS JIMMY JOHNSON'S. TONY WORE BOTH THE DRIVER HAT AND THE CREW CHIEF HAT TODAY AND IT PAID OFF IN SPADES. HE STARTED 13th AND WON WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE ANOTHER FUEL RACE. HE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE CHASE AND IS REALLY BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE HE WILL GO INTO THE CHASE AS THE MAN IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOT.
2. MARCUS AMBROSE: LOOKING AT THE STARTING POSITION (4th) AND THE FINISH POSITION (2nd), IT APPEARS THAT MARCUS DROVE AROUND FOR 90 LAPS AND SOMEWHERE IN THERE PICKED UP 2 PLACES, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL, MARCUS DROVE AN EXCELLENT RACE, DISPLAYING AN ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND WITHIN THE PACK AND TO KEEP HIS CAR ALL IN ONE PIECE, USING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A VERY STRANGE PIT STRATEGY MARCUS COMPLETED HIS BEST FINISH IN CUP RACING AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE UP TO 17th IN THE POINTS STANDINGS.
3. CARL EDWARDS: THE "LUCK OF THE DUCK" STRIKES AGAIN. CARL STARTED THE RACE AT ABOUT THE CORNINGWARE FACTORY AND RAN AN EXCELLENT RACE, HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE UP SLOTS ALL DURING THE RACE ON RESTARTS AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MISS THE BIG ONES AND THE LITTLE FENDER BENDERS ALLOWED HIM TO FINISH 3rd FOR ONE OF HIS BETTER FINISHES ON A ROAD COURSE.
4. GREG BIFFLE: MUCH LIKE AMBROSE, IF YOU ONLY LOOK AT GREG'S START POSITION AND FINISH POITION IT LOOKS LIKE HE CRUISED AROUND FOR A WHILE AND THE RACE WAS OVER, BUT THAT IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH, GREG WAS RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRAY ALL DAY LONG, HE KEPT ALL OF THE CAR PARTS IN THEIR CORRECT PLACE AND DODGED THE PILE-UPS THUS ALLOWING GREG TO GET A GOOD TOP 10 FINISH AND MOVE UP 2 PLACES TO 10th IN THE STANDINGS.
5. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA: JUAN STARTED 10th AND FINISHED 6th, THUS MOVING HIM UP 1 SPOT IN THE STANDINGS FOR THE CHASE. HE IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE CAR EVERY WEEK. ONE THING THAT I THINK IS HELPING HIM ALOT IS THAT HE APPEARS TO HAVE DECIDED TO LET HIS FINISHES PROVE THAT HE HAS EARNED A PLACE IN NASCAR.
FOLKS THIS WAS A GOOD RACE, AND COMING FROM ME, THAT SAYS ALOT, I DON'T LIKE ROAD RACING AND MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND LESS ABOUT IT THEN I DO REGULAR TRACK RACING, AND I STILL HAVE SO SO MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT THAT. I HOPE A FEW OF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I SAW, AND WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK IF THE LORD IS WILLING AND THE CREEK DON'T RISE.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Thursday, August 6, 2009
, August 3, 2009, 07:25 PM EST [NASCAR]
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL TO SAY THE LEAST, IT IS AN EXCITING RACE AND I SUPPOSE THE BEST DRIVER WON. THE RACE BEING RAINED OUT YESTERDAY REALLY DID CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR ME SINCE I DID HAVE TO WORK TODAY, BUT FRIENDS AND FAMILY COVERED THE EARLY PART AND I BROUGHT UP THE REAR, AS NORMAL
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE JUST A SECOND TO SAY TO THE FAMILY OF DENNY HAMLIN, THAT THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OF MY FAMILY GOES OUT TO THEM IN THIS TIME OF SORROW, AND WHILE THE WIN TODAY WILL NOT EASE THE PAIN, IT IS A COMFORTING THOUGHT TO KNOW THAT YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU AND SHE COULD NOT BE ANY HAPPIER.
NOW ON TO HOW I AND MY BACKUP CREW SAW THE RACE, I HOPE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I SAW, AND IF YOU DON'T PLEASE CHIME IN WITH HOW YOU SAW IT.
NOT:
1. KYLE BUSCH: "THORN" CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS, HE STARTED 14TH DUE TO THE RAIN LINEUP AND FINISHED 16th, BUT IN BETWEEN HE RAN ALL OVER THE BACK OF THE PACK , AND FROM LOOKING AT HIS CAR I WOULD SAY HE RAN ALL OF THE WALL AS WELL.
2. DAVID REGAN: NOT PAYING ATTENTION, THIS CLOWN WIPED OUT BOBBY LABONTE, AND THE RESULTING WRECK TOOK OUT A BUNCH OF OTHERS INCLUDING MIKE WALTRIP AND JOEY LAGANO. DAVID YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU, MAYBE YOU NEED TO RIDE SHOTGUN WITH LABONTE FOR A RACE OR TWO AT LEAST HE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT TO LOOK FOR. I REALLY WONDER IF UPS IS HOPING THAT DALE JARRETT WILL COME OUT OF RETIREMENT.
3. CARL EDWARDS: "THE DUCK" DID NOT FAIR SO WELL TODAY, CARL STARTED IN THE 5th POSITION AND FINISHED A VERY BORING 18th, BY HIS OWN ADMISSION HIS LESS THEN STELLAR PERFORMANCE WAS MUCH MORE HIS FAULT RATHER THEN CAR PROBLEMS OR OTHER DRIVERS. POOR CHOICES LEFT HIM IN BAD TRACK POSITION A GOOD PART OF THE RACE.
4. DALE EARNHARDT JR: JR. STARTED 22nd AND WORKED HIS WAY UP TO 10th AND WAS RUNNING WELL, THEN THE NEXT TIME I LOOKED JR. WAS DROPPING THRU THE FIELD LIKE A ROCK AND ENDED UP 28th.I AM NOT SURE WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE SUDDEN REVERSE, BUT IT SORT OF LOOKED LIKE THE JR. OF OLD, START FAST, RUN GOOD, THE TUBE OUT AT THE END.
5. DAVID STREMME: I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE AND WILL SAY IT AGAIN, THIS GUY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CAR AND PUT IN THE CHEAP SEATS TO JUST WATCH THE RACE. IF THEY ALLOW HIM TO STAY IN THE CAR HE WILL EVENTUALLY GET SOMEONE KILLED.
6. ROBBY GORDON: WHEN YOU LET YOUR MOTORBOAT MOUTH OVER LOAD YOUR STEAMBOAT FANNY, YOUR GONNA GET IN TROUBLE, TELLING EVERYONE IN THE FREE WORLD YOU WERE GONNA WRECK STREMME WAS NOT VERY SMART, BESIDES HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED BY NOW THAT THE GUY WHO HITS SECOND IS ALWAYS THE ONE WHO GETS CAUGHT AND IN TROUBLE.
7. DAVID REUTIMANN: SOMETIMES I THINK SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO PREVENT DAVID FROM HAVING A GOOD RACE IF HE WAS THE ONLY CAR IN THE RACE. DAVID HAD A GOOD RUN GOING THEN GOT PLOWED BY DENNY HAMLIN AND FINISHED 29th, DROPPING HIM TO 16th IN THE CHASE AND JUST THAT MUCH FURTHER BACK FROM THE REALLY BIG SHOW.
HOT:
1. DENNY HAMLIN: WELL FINALLY DENNY DID BETTER THEN ALMOST, HE DROVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE RACE WHICH ENDED UP WIPING OUT REUTIMANN AND AMBROSE, BUT I GUESS THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS.
2. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA: JUAN STARTED 10th AND RAN A VERY GOOD RACE, FINISHING SECOND MOVED HIM UP 2 PLACES IN THE CHASE TO 8th, I HAVE AN IDEA THAT IF HE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE THAT HE CAN BE A REAL THREAT IN THE FINAL 12, AND THEN MAYBE FOLKS LIKE ME WILL START TO FORGET THAT HE RAN OPEN WHEEL FIRST.
3. CLINT BOWYER: CLINT STARTED 16th AND HE RAN A HECK OF A RACE, HE LED A BUNCH OF LAPS, AND HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR MESSED UP FENDERS FROM AN EARLIER RUN-IN HE MIGHT WELL HAVE HELD OFF HAMLIN AND HAVE GOTTEN THE WIN. CLINT NEEDS TO MAKE UP 115 POINTS TO GET TO THE CHASE AND I THINK HE MIGHT JUST DO IT. NOT BAD FOR A GUY WHO STARTED THE SEASON WITH BRAND NEW EVERYTHING.
4. SAM HORNISH JR.: WOW, WHERE DID THIS GUY COME FROM. SAM HAD A SUPER RUN TODAY, HE STARTED 29th AND I HAVE TO SAY " ALL THE BREAKS CAME HIS WAY." THIS WAS SAM'S BEST RUN TO DATE IN NASCAR AND HERE IS HOPING IT IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF GOOD THINGS TO COME.
5. KASEY KAHNE: THE "BUD MAN" IS COMING TO LIFE IN THE LATE STAGES OF THE 2009 RUN. I THINK HIS SPEAKING HIS PIECE IN THE GARAGE AND TO THE MEDIA SHOWS THAT HE IS MATURING AND BECOMING THE LEADER THE BUD TEAM NEEDED, LOOK FOR ANOTHER WIN OR TWO BEFORE THE END AND KASEY WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT BEFORE IT IS OVER.
6. JIMMIE JOHNSON: WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THIS GUY TO HAVE A BAD RACE, HE WAS 3 LAPS DOWN, HAD TO CHANGE HALF THE JUNK IN THE MOTOR AND WAS, FOR ALL PRACTICIAL PURPOSES OUT OF THE RACE, AND ENDS UP IN 13th PLACE. I THINK THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN 10 MORE LAPS THAT DENNY WOULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER "ALMOST" AND JOHNSON WOULD HAVE HAD HIS 4th WIN OF THE SEASON.
7. TONY STEWART: TONY STARTED 43rd AND HAD WHAT COULD BEST BE DESCRIBED AS " A TANK" DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE RACE. SO ONCE AGAIN GOOD DRIVING AND EXTRA HARD WORK IN THE PITS, AND MOST LIKELY A LITTLE LUCK, ALLOWED TONY TO FINISH 10th AND RETAIN THE LEAD IN THE CHASE. JUST LIKE I SAID WITH J.J., HAD THERE BEEN ANOTHER 10 LAPS, I AM PRETTY SURE TONY WOULD HAVE ENDED UP WITH AT LEAST A TOP 5 AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE A REPEAT OF THE GET THE POLE, CRASH YOUR CAR, START FROM THE BACK, WIN THE RACE DEAL THAT HE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, JUST WISH I COULD HAVE SEEN IT ON SUNDAY, MONDAY IS SUCH A NON-RACE DAY. HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY VIEW OF THE RACE AND IF NOT CHIME IN A LITTLE AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL TO SAY THE LEAST, IT IS AN EXCITING RACE AND I SUPPOSE THE BEST DRIVER WON. THE RACE BEING RAINED OUT YESTERDAY REALLY DID CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR ME SINCE I DID HAVE TO WORK TODAY, BUT FRIENDS AND FAMILY COVERED THE EARLY PART AND I BROUGHT UP THE REAR, AS NORMAL
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE JUST A SECOND TO SAY TO THE FAMILY OF DENNY HAMLIN, THAT THE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OF MY FAMILY GOES OUT TO THEM IN THIS TIME OF SORROW, AND WHILE THE WIN TODAY WILL NOT EASE THE PAIN, IT IS A COMFORTING THOUGHT TO KNOW THAT YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU AND SHE COULD NOT BE ANY HAPPIER.
NOW ON TO HOW I AND MY BACKUP CREW SAW THE RACE, I HOPE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I SAW, AND IF YOU DON'T PLEASE CHIME IN WITH HOW YOU SAW IT.
NOT:
1. KYLE BUSCH: "THORN" CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS, HE STARTED 14TH DUE TO THE RAIN LINEUP AND FINISHED 16th, BUT IN BETWEEN HE RAN ALL OVER THE BACK OF THE PACK , AND FROM LOOKING AT HIS CAR I WOULD SAY HE RAN ALL OF THE WALL AS WELL.
2. DAVID REGAN: NOT PAYING ATTENTION, THIS CLOWN WIPED OUT BOBBY LABONTE, AND THE RESULTING WRECK TOOK OUT A BUNCH OF OTHERS INCLUDING MIKE WALTRIP AND JOEY LAGANO. DAVID YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU, MAYBE YOU NEED TO RIDE SHOTGUN WITH LABONTE FOR A RACE OR TWO AT LEAST HE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT TO LOOK FOR. I REALLY WONDER IF UPS IS HOPING THAT DALE JARRETT WILL COME OUT OF RETIREMENT.
3. CARL EDWARDS: "THE DUCK" DID NOT FAIR SO WELL TODAY, CARL STARTED IN THE 5th POSITION AND FINISHED A VERY BORING 18th, BY HIS OWN ADMISSION HIS LESS THEN STELLAR PERFORMANCE WAS MUCH MORE HIS FAULT RATHER THEN CAR PROBLEMS OR OTHER DRIVERS. POOR CHOICES LEFT HIM IN BAD TRACK POSITION A GOOD PART OF THE RACE.
4. DALE EARNHARDT JR: JR. STARTED 22nd AND WORKED HIS WAY UP TO 10th AND WAS RUNNING WELL, THEN THE NEXT TIME I LOOKED JR. WAS DROPPING THRU THE FIELD LIKE A ROCK AND ENDED UP 28th.I AM NOT SURE WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE SUDDEN REVERSE, BUT IT SORT OF LOOKED LIKE THE JR. OF OLD, START FAST, RUN GOOD, THE TUBE OUT AT THE END.
5. DAVID STREMME: I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE AND WILL SAY IT AGAIN, THIS GUY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CAR AND PUT IN THE CHEAP SEATS TO JUST WATCH THE RACE. IF THEY ALLOW HIM TO STAY IN THE CAR HE WILL EVENTUALLY GET SOMEONE KILLED.
6. ROBBY GORDON: WHEN YOU LET YOUR MOTORBOAT MOUTH OVER LOAD YOUR STEAMBOAT FANNY, YOUR GONNA GET IN TROUBLE, TELLING EVERYONE IN THE FREE WORLD YOU WERE GONNA WRECK STREMME WAS NOT VERY SMART, BESIDES HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED BY NOW THAT THE GUY WHO HITS SECOND IS ALWAYS THE ONE WHO GETS CAUGHT AND IN TROUBLE.
7. DAVID REUTIMANN: SOMETIMES I THINK SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO PREVENT DAVID FROM HAVING A GOOD RACE IF HE WAS THE ONLY CAR IN THE RACE. DAVID HAD A GOOD RUN GOING THEN GOT PLOWED BY DENNY HAMLIN AND FINISHED 29th, DROPPING HIM TO 16th IN THE CHASE AND JUST THAT MUCH FURTHER BACK FROM THE REALLY BIG SHOW.
HOT:
1. DENNY HAMLIN: WELL FINALLY DENNY DID BETTER THEN ALMOST, HE DROVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE RACE WHICH ENDED UP WIPING OUT REUTIMANN AND AMBROSE, BUT I GUESS THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS.
2. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA: JUAN STARTED 10th AND RAN A VERY GOOD RACE, FINISHING SECOND MOVED HIM UP 2 PLACES IN THE CHASE TO 8th, I HAVE AN IDEA THAT IF HE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE THAT HE CAN BE A REAL THREAT IN THE FINAL 12, AND THEN MAYBE FOLKS LIKE ME WILL START TO FORGET THAT HE RAN OPEN WHEEL FIRST.
3. CLINT BOWYER: CLINT STARTED 16th AND HE RAN A HECK OF A RACE, HE LED A BUNCH OF LAPS, AND HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR MESSED UP FENDERS FROM AN EARLIER RUN-IN HE MIGHT WELL HAVE HELD OFF HAMLIN AND HAVE GOTTEN THE WIN. CLINT NEEDS TO MAKE UP 115 POINTS TO GET TO THE CHASE AND I THINK HE MIGHT JUST DO IT. NOT BAD FOR A GUY WHO STARTED THE SEASON WITH BRAND NEW EVERYTHING.
4. SAM HORNISH JR.: WOW, WHERE DID THIS GUY COME FROM. SAM HAD A SUPER RUN TODAY, HE STARTED 29th AND I HAVE TO SAY " ALL THE BREAKS CAME HIS WAY." THIS WAS SAM'S BEST RUN TO DATE IN NASCAR AND HERE IS HOPING IT IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF GOOD THINGS TO COME.
5. KASEY KAHNE: THE "BUD MAN" IS COMING TO LIFE IN THE LATE STAGES OF THE 2009 RUN. I THINK HIS SPEAKING HIS PIECE IN THE GARAGE AND TO THE MEDIA SHOWS THAT HE IS MATURING AND BECOMING THE LEADER THE BUD TEAM NEEDED, LOOK FOR ANOTHER WIN OR TWO BEFORE THE END AND KASEY WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT BEFORE IT IS OVER.
6. JIMMIE JOHNSON: WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THIS GUY TO HAVE A BAD RACE, HE WAS 3 LAPS DOWN, HAD TO CHANGE HALF THE JUNK IN THE MOTOR AND WAS, FOR ALL PRACTICIAL PURPOSES OUT OF THE RACE, AND ENDS UP IN 13th PLACE. I THINK THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN 10 MORE LAPS THAT DENNY WOULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER "ALMOST" AND JOHNSON WOULD HAVE HAD HIS 4th WIN OF THE SEASON.
7. TONY STEWART: TONY STARTED 43rd AND HAD WHAT COULD BEST BE DESCRIBED AS " A TANK" DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE RACE. SO ONCE AGAIN GOOD DRIVING AND EXTRA HARD WORK IN THE PITS, AND MOST LIKELY A LITTLE LUCK, ALLOWED TONY TO FINISH 10th AND RETAIN THE LEAD IN THE CHASE. JUST LIKE I SAID WITH J.J., HAD THERE BEEN ANOTHER 10 LAPS, I AM PRETTY SURE TONY WOULD HAVE ENDED UP WITH AT LEAST A TOP 5 AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE A REPEAT OF THE GET THE POLE, CRASH YOUR CAR, START FROM THE BACK, WIN THE RACE DEAL THAT HE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, JUST WISH I COULD HAVE SEEN IT ON SUNDAY, MONDAY IS SUCH A NON-RACE DAY. HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY VIEW OF THE RACE AND IF NOT CHIME IN A LITTLE AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL FOLKS I MADE THE JUMP FINALLY, BUT OF COURSE I DO STILL HAVE THE ACCOUNT AT FOX. I PLAN TO CONTINUE WRITING THE HOT OR NOT ON FOX, BUT WILL ALSO POST IT ON HERE SINCE I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU CAN'T GET BACK TO ANYTHING ON FOX.
BEFORE I FORGET, I WANT TO THANK KRIS FOR INVITING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS HAVE PROVEN TO BE GREAT FRIENDS AND EXCELLENT SUPPORT. NOW PLEASE HANG WITH ME TILL I GET THIS WHOLE THING FIGURED OUT, YA KNOW OKIE'S AIN'T REAL SMART.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
WELL FOLKS I MADE THE JUMP FINALLY, BUT OF COURSE I DO STILL HAVE THE ACCOUNT AT FOX. I PLAN TO CONTINUE WRITING THE HOT OR NOT ON FOX, BUT WILL ALSO POST IT ON HERE SINCE I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU CAN'T GET BACK TO ANYTHING ON FOX.
BEFORE I FORGET, I WANT TO THANK KRIS FOR INVITING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS HAVE PROVEN TO BE GREAT FRIENDS AND EXCELLENT SUPPORT. NOW PLEASE HANG WITH ME TILL I GET THIS WHOLE THING FIGURED OUT, YA KNOW OKIE'S AIN'T REAL SMART.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
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