HOT OR NOT - A HOT DOG AND A RACE

HOT OR NOT - A HOT DOG AND A RACE
Sunday, October 25, 2009, 07:55 PM EST [NASCAR]

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

WELL FOLKS LAST WEEK I MANAGED TO UPSET A FEW FOLKS OVER SOME COMMENTS I MADE ABOUT KYLE BUSCH, WELL SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT I JUST WRITE WHAT I SEE AND HOW I REACT TO IT. ONE THING THAT WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT OPINIONS ARE LIKE REAR ENDS, WE ALL HAVE THEM AND THEY USUALLY STINK, SO WITH THAT IN MIND HERE IS HOW I SAW THE RACE THIS WEEK, AND MAYBE A FEW OF YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THIS WEEK.

NOT:

1. DALE JR. : ANOTHER RACE AND ANOTHER HORRIBLE DAY, JR. MANAGED TO BRING OUT 2 CAUTIONS BEFORE THE TUMMS WERE EVEN ABLE TO KICK IN, FOR JR.'S SAKE I WISH THE SEASON WAS OVER AFTER NEXT WEEK, THIS YOUNG MAN NEEDS A LITTLE TIME OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT TO KICK BACK AND RELAX.

2. DAVID STREMME: DAVID DID THE OLD BOB, WEAVE, AND HIT THE WALL TRICK AGAIN THIS WEEK, ARE WE SURPRISED, BUT AT LEAST IT WAS HIS OWN TEAMMATE THAT HE WRECKED THIS TIME. BUT THE BRIGHT SIDE OF IT IS THERE ARE ONLY 4 MORE RACES BEFORE HE IS OUT OF THE CAR FOR GOOD.

3. KASEY KAHNE: WRECKED AND BACKED INTO THE WALL, IT REALLY SEEMS THAT THE CHASE HAS HIM SNAKE BIT AND GOING BACKWARDS, AT THIS RATE HE MAY END UP 13th RATHER THEN 12th.

4. NASCAR OFFICIALS: THERE WAS NO GOOD REASON FOR NASCAR TO ALLOW THE 34 CAR BACK ON THE TRACK, THAT WAS A PIECE OF JUNK LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO FALL APART, AND IT DID, AND THEN AFTER THE CAR SPUN ON THE LAST RESTART AND THE CAUTION WAS NOT THROWN, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING OF, BOTH OF THOSE COULD HAVE ENDED UP CAUSING REALLY BAD PROBLEMS. WASN'T THE SPUN CAR ALMSOT A TOTAL REPLAY OF DALE JARRETT SPINNING AND THEN STALLING A FEW YEARS AGO , WHICH BROUGHT TO A STOP, THE RACING BACK TO THE FINISH LINE.

5. CARL EDWARDS: CARL STARTED 29th AND FINISHED 20th JUST MOVING FARTHER DOWN THE LINE IN THE CHASE, FRUSTRATION HAS TO BE RUNNING WILD IN THE 99 CAMP, BUT CARL DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THE WALLS AND OTHER DRIVERS.



HOT:

5. JEFF GORDON: JEFF STARTED 2nd TODAY AND DID FALL BACK A LITTLE BUT OVERALL HE RAN A GOOD RACE AND HELD HIS OWN IN THE CHASE. WE BETTER NOT COUNT THE RAINBOW WARRIOR OUT YET, I DON'T THINK HE IS QUITE READY TO HAND MR. JOHNSON NUMBER 4.

4. KYLE BUSCH: KYLE CERTAINLY COULD HAVE GIVEN DRIVING LESSONS TODAY, HE STARTED 41st AND WORKED WITH HIS TEAM ALL DAY LONG TO MOVE FORWARD, EVEN WHEN HE WAS UPSET BY THINGS ON THE TRACK HE HELD HIS TEMPER AND SHOWED WHAT A GREAT DRIVER HE CAN BE.

3. JUAN MONTOYA: EXCELLENT RECOVERY FROM LAST WEEK. PEOPLE TRIED ALL DAY TO GET HIM TO LOST HIS COOL AND MAKE A MISTAKE BUT HE JUST WASN'T BITING ON THAT HOT DOG, IF HE CAN HOLD IT TOGETHER FOR A FEW MORE RACES HE MAY END UP BEING THE WINNER. WOULDN'T IT BE INTERESTING IF HE KEEPS HANGING IN THE TOP 3 OR 4 AND MARTIN AND JOHNSON JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A COUPLE OF BAD RACES, HMMM A CHAMPION WITH NO WINS IN THE CHASE, WHAT WOULD NASCAR SAY TO THAT.

2. JIMMIE JOHNSON: JIMMIE AND THE 48 TEAM RAN WELL AGAIN TODAY, I THINK THE OUTSIDE POLE POSTION ON THE LAST COUPLE OF RESTARTS MIGHT HAVE CAUSED HIM JUST ENOUGH PROBLEMS NOT TO WIN, BUT AT MARTINSVILLE SECOND AIN'T BAD.

1. DENNY HAMLIN: EXCELLENT RACE, AFTER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS DENNY COULD HAVE VERY EASILY JUST GONE OUT AND DROVE AROUND, BUT HE KNUCKLED DOWN AND SHOWED EVERYONE WHAT A GOOD 'OL VIRGINIA COUNTRY BOY IS MADE OF. AND TO TELL THE TRUTH I WAS GLAD WE DIDN'T FIND OUT IF HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN JJ OUT FOR THE WIN.

WELL, THAT IS HOW IT WENT DOWN IN MY EYES AND NEXT WEEK WE ARE OFF TO DEGA, WITH SMALLER RESTRICTOR PLATES AND SINGLE FILE RACING, BUT REMEMBER THERE IS ALWAYS THE BIG ONE, ANY BETS ON IF MARK MARTIN IS INVOLVED IN IT.

THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT