GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA;
FOLKS, THIS IS THE LAST ISSUE OF THE HOT OR NOT FOR 2009. IT HAS BEEN A TON OF FUN SHARING MY IDEAS WITH EACH OF YOU, IT HAS ALSO BEEN A CHALLENGE AT TIMES TRYING TO STAY SOMEWHERE ON THE FAIR SIDE OF THE ISSUES. I SO OFTEN WANT TO JUMP TO THE DEFENSE OF MY FAVORITE DRIVER OR JUMP ON MY LEAST FAVORITE DRIVER AND REALLY YOU CAN'T DO THAT AND AT THE SAME TIME PRESENT A CLOSE TO THE TRUE VERSION OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
AFTER LOOKING BACK OVER THE WHOLE SEASON, IT WAS REAL AND IT WAS GREAT, BUT IT WASN'T REAL GREAT. FOR ME THE BEST RACE OF THE SEASON WAS WATKINS GLEN, AND THAT IS COMING FROM A GUY WHO DOESN'T LIKE ROAD RACES.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JORGE AND THE OTHER GUYS AT FOXSPORTS FOR PUTTING THIS IN EVERY WEEK. SPECIAL THANKS ALSO NEEDS TO GO TO FOLKS LIKE KVALUS, TSFAN, VOLFAN, PHOTOGR, SPEEDBEAGLE, JON464, SoCal24 FAN AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO KEPT ME ENCOURAGED AND HONEST AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE 2009 SEASON AND MAYBE A FEW OF YOU AGREE AND MAYBE YOU DON'T BUT IT HAS BEEN FUN ALL THE SAME.
NOT:
1. MICHAEL WALTRIP: MICHAEL, LIKE A LOT OF PRO ATHLETES, JUST HUNG AROUND TO LONG. NO ONE CAN QUESTION HIS ABILITY AS A TEAM OWNER OR AS AN "AD" MAN, BUT WHEN HE WAS AT HIS PEAK, HE WAS NO MORE THEN AVERAGE. WHEN I SEE MICHAEL TODAY THE PICTURE THAT FLASHES INTO MY MIND IS ONE OF Y.A. TITTLE, DOWN ON HIS KNEES IN THE MUD, HELMET OFF, BLOOD RUNNING DOWN HIS FACE, SHAKING HIS HEAD IN DESPAIR.
2. DALE EARNHARDT JR.: AFTER THIS SEASON JR. HAS TO DREAD GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING. WERE HIS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY A LACK OF ABILITY, I DON'T THINK SO, WERE THEY CAUSED BY A LINGERING FEAR FROM THE FIRE A FEW YEARS AGO, MAYBE OR WAS IT THE DISTRACTIONS OF BEING HUNTED AT THE TRACK BY FANS, SPONSORS, AND THE MEDIA, OR WAS IT THE FACT THAT IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE JIMMY JOHNSON A FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIP OR MARK MARTIN A FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT JR. WAS JUST SHUFFLED TO THE REAR AND TOLD, WE WILL GET TO YOU LATER. MY OPINION IS THAT THIS LAST REASON IS WHAT LIES AT THE BOTTOM OF JR.'S PROBLEMS.
3. KYLE BUSCH: KYLE IS A HELL OF A DRIVER, NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY DENY THIS FACT, WITH 3 WINS AND 13 TOP 1O'S YOU CAN'T ASK FOR TO MUCH MORE. BUT AS LONG AS HIS ATTITUDE IS SUCH AS IT IS I FEEL THAT ALL HE WILL BE FAMOUS FOR OR REMEMBERED FOR IS DESTORING A GIBSON LES PAUL GUITAR AND BEING A CRY BABY. IF THE ATTITUDE DOESN'T CHANGE I FEAR HE WILL BECOME KNOWN AS THE TERRELL OWENS OF NASCAR AND MAY END UP DOING ABOUT AS MUCH PACKING AND MOVING AS T.O.
4. RICHARD PETTY MOTORSPORTS: I DO BELIEVE THAT IF I WAS RICHARD, I WOULD HAVE MY NAME REMOVED FROM THIS COMPANY. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS NO ORGANIZATION IN THIS OUTFIT AND THAT NO ONE KNOWS FROM MINUTE TO MINUTE WHAT IS GOING ON. WHEN YOU HAVE 4 PRETTY GOOD DRIVERS AND YOU END UP WITH ONLY 2 WINS AND ALMOST AS MANY DNF'S AS YOU DO TOP 5'S , YOU HAVE TO ASK WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
5. ROUSH-FENWAY RACING: THIS RACING TEAM HAS FALLEN FROM SUCH A LOFTY PERCH THAT IT IS REALLY SAD. THIS YEAR THEY HAD LESS WINS FROM 5 DRIVERS THEN THEY HAD IN 2008 WITH ONE DRIVER. THE 2 TOP DRIVERS, KENSETH AND EDWARDS MOSTLY RODE MID-PACK ALL SEASON , WHERE AS LAST SEASON THEY WERE LEADING THE PACK. AND NOW THEY HAVE LET ONE OF ONLY TWO DRIVERS WHO WON FOR THEM THIS YEAR, JAMIE McMURAY SLIP AWAY IN FAVOR OF KEEPING DAVID REGAN, WHO HAD NO WINS, ONLY 2 TOP 10'S AND 4 DNF'S AND HE DOESN'T EVEN MAKE DECENT COMMERICIALS EITHER. IF THERE IS NOT A BIG CHANGE OVER THE WINTER IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG LONG SEASON FOR THE CAT IN THE HAT.
6. THE CHASE RACE TRACKS: THERE IS JUST TO MUCH OF THE SAME THING IN THE TRACKS THEY ARE RUNNING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE CHASE, WORK ON THE 1.5 MILE PROGRAM AND YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE THE CHASE KNOCKED . WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS : LOUDON, DOVER, SONOMA, BRISTOL, CHARLOTTE, DEGA, WATKINS GLEN, TEXAS, MARTINSVILLE, AND EITHER HOMESTEAD OR DAYTONA, I BELIEVE THAT THESE TRACKS WOULD GIVE A MUCH BETTER VARIETY OF RACING VENUES, 2 HALF MILE TRACKS, 2 MILE TRACKS, 2 LONG ROAD COURSE TRACKS AND STILL HAVE 4 1.5 MILE TRACKS. OF COURSE NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN SO I MIGHT AS WELL THROW IN 1 DIRT TRACK RACE AT EL DORA.
HOT:
1. HENDRICKS MOTORSPORTS: THIS COMPANY REALLY APPEARS TO BE UNSTOPPABLE AT THIS POINT, NEVER WHILE I HAVE BEEN WATCHING HAS ANY TEAM SO RULED THE SPORT. THIS PAST SEASON THEY WON OVER A THIRD OF THE RACES, HAD 75 TOP TENS, AND ONLY HAD 11 DNF'S. THIS MY FRIENDS IS TOTAL DOMINATION.
2. GIBBS MOTORSPORTS: RUNNING A CLOSE SECOND TO HENDRICKS COMES GIBBS, I WAS RATHER SURPRISED BECAUSE THEY DID THEIR STUFF IN SUCH A QUIET MANNER. GIBBS FINISHED THE SEASON WITH 9 WINS, 40 TOP TENS, AND 9 DNF'S, PLUS THEY GRABBED THE "ROOKIE OF THE YEAR" AWARD AS THEY WENT BY.
3. STEWART-HASS RACING: FOR A FIRST YEAR TEAM, TONY AND RYAN DID AMAZING THINGS, GIVE THEM ANOTHER SEASON UNDER THEIR BELTS AND I DO BELIEVE THIS SMALL 2 CAR TEAM WILL BYPASS GIBBS AND BE PUSHING HENDRICKS. IT APPEARS THAT TONY HAS CREATED A WORK PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO AND WOULD RATHER SHOULDER BLAME FOR PROBLEMS RATHER THEN PUSH IT OFF ON SOMEONE ELSE.
4. JIMMIE JOHNSON: PEOPLE WILL ARGUE THAT JIMMIE DOESN'T DESERVE A PLACE BESIDE PETTY, EARNHARDT AND THE OTHER GREATS, BUT COME ON FOLKS, 4 STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS, 7 WINS THIS SEASON, AND 24 TOP 10'S. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE PEOPLE WANT THE 48 TEAM TO DO UNLESS IT IS SELL HOT DOGS IN THE STANDS AT MARTINSVILLE.
5. DENNY HAMLIN: DENNY HAD AN EXCELLENT SEASON 4 WINS AND 20 TOP 10'S, TAKE AWAY THE 4 DNF'S AND PUT IN FINISHES ALMOST ANYWHERE ABOVE JIMMIE AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT CHAMP IN 2009. I WOULD SO LOVE TO SEE LESS TIME SPENT ON KYLE BUSCH AND MORE SPENT ON HAMLIN & LOGANO, IT WOULD BE SUCH A DIFFERENCE.
6. MARCUS AMBROSE: THIS NEWBIE IS SUCH A DELIGHT TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO. HE APPEARS TO BE TRULY GRATEFUL THAT NASCAR HAS ALLOWED HIM TO RACE IN THEIR PROGRAM. NEXT SEASON MARCUS IS GOING TO BE A THREAT AT ALL OF THE TRACKS SINCE HE HAS NOW RUN ON ALL OF THEM AND HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE HAD AN ENTIRE YEAR TO WORK TOGETHER.
FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW IT AND I HOPE YOU AGREE AND TUNE IN NEXT SEASON TO SEE WHAT I THINK. AGREE OR DISAGREE THIS IS MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS.
THIS IS MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
HOT OR NOT: HOMESTEAD -- HISTORY IN THE MAKING
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL GENTLE PEOPLE WIN, LOSE OR DRAW WE, YOU AND I, WERE ALLOWED TO SEE AND TAKE PART IN A SMALL PIECE OF HISTORY TODAY. JIMMIE JOHNSON AND HENDRICKS' MOTOR SPORTS DID SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. JIMMIE SECURED HIS 4TH STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AND HENDRICKS FINISHED 1,2, AND 3 IN THE CHASE, NEITHER OF THESE TWO THINGS ARE LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE AGAIN ANYTIME SOON. WHAT WE SAW WAS HOW A GROUP OF 550 PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THE UNBELIEVABLE HAPPEN.
NOW, NO DOUBT I SAW THE RACE DIFFERENT THEN SOME OF YOU BUT MAYBE ONE OR TWO SAW IT THE SAME AS ME, HERE'S HOPING. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE CURTAIN COME DOWN ON THE 2009 NASCAR RACING SEASON.
NOT:
1. MICHAEL McDOWELL: BEING A START AND PARK DRIVER IS BAD ENOUGH, BUT WHEN THE FOLKS ONLINE START BETTING THAT YOU WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO HIT THE GARAGE, IT IS TIME TO EITHER RETIRE OR FIND A NEW RIDE.
2. MARCUS AMBROSE "LUCK" : I LOVE THIS GUY, BUT LORDY HE HAD THE WORST LUCK I HAVE EVER SEEN AND IT ALL SEEMED TO COME IN ONE RACE. HE HAD A GREAT STARTING POSITION AND HE TOOK THE LEAD FROM JJ EARLY AND SEEMED TO BE ON HIS WAY, THEN LADY LUCK STEPPED IN, FLAT TIRE, BATTERY PROBLEMS , THEN SPINNING OUT. MARCUS IS HERE TO STAY, LET'S JUST HOPE THIS BAD LUCK ISN'T.
3. JOHN ANDRETTI: A LIFE TIME OF RACING EXPERIENCE, AND HE CAN'T GET HIS CAR TO THE PITS WITH A FLAT WITHOUT DESTROYING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, FENDER AND WHATEVER ELSE, THIS IS ANOTHER GUY THAT REALLY NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THE RACE GAME.
4. ERIK DARNELL: WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY AND WHAT IS HE DOING IN A RACECAR. EVEN I KNOW YOU DON'T STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF PIT ROW WHEN 43 CARS ARE COMING IN ON A YELLOW FLAG PIT STOP. THIS GUY HAS THE HONOR OF CAUSING THE ONLY MULTI CAR WRECK ( MORE THEN 2 CARS) IN THE WHOLE RACE AND HE DID THAT ON PIT ROW.
5. JUAN MONTOYA: DANG FELLOW, THAT LITTLE SIDE BUM WAS ONLY TO ASK YOU NOT TO HIT TONY AGAIN, AND YOU HAD TO GET ALL WHINEY ABOUT IT. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THE GUY WHO HITS LAST IS ALWAYS THE ONE WHO GETS IN TROUBLE, EVERY KID ON EVERY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND KNOWS THAT. BUT NO YOU HAD TO GO AFTER TONY AND WHAT DID YOU GET FOR IT A 38th PLACE FINISH RATHER THEN THE TOP 5 RUN THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON.
HOT:
1. DENNY HAMLIN: DENNY STARTED 38th AND HE AND HIS CREW WORKED THEIR TAILS OFF AND IT PAYED OFF WITH A GREAT WIN. DENNY HAD SOME BAD LUCK DURING THE CHASE BUT HE WILL BE IN GOOD SAPE FOR NEXT YEAR AND THIS WIN WILL GO A LONG WAY TO BUILD A HEAD OF STEAM TO COME OUT OF THE STARTING BLOCKS FULL SPEED AHEAD IN 2010.
2. JEFF BURTON: JEFF STARTED 26th AND GOT HIS SECOND 2nd PLACE FINISH IN IN THE LAST MONTH, SOME MAY SAY IT WAS TO LITTLE TO LATE, BUT I BELIVE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM ALL OF THE RCR DRIVERS IN THE LAST MONTH IS JUST A PREVIEW OF NEXT YEAR.
3. KEVIN HARVICK: KEVIN IS ANOTHER OF THE RCR DRIVERS THAT REALLY SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN A HANDLE ON THE RACING AND I DO BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IS JUST A PEEK AT THINGS TO COME, KEVIN, JEFF, AND CLINT WILL BE READY TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE FIELD WHEN DAYTONA ROLLS AROUND IN 2010.
4. KURT BUSCH: KURT SHOWED TONIGHT HOW FAR HE HAS COME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. HE WAS VERY HONEST AND TRUE WHEN HE COULD HAVE JUST BLEW OFF THE SEASON WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT PAT WAS LEAVING. BUT, NO HE WENT TO PAT AND SAID " THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE, LET'S MAKE THE BEST OF IT THAT WE CAN. MY HAT IS OFF TO KURT AND THE BREW CREW. GIVE THEM HELL NEXT YEAR KURT.
5. HENDRICKS MOTORSPORTS: 4 BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, A 1,2,3, FINISH IN THIS YEARS CHASE, OLDEST ACTIVE DRIVER TO WIN MULTI-RACES IN A SEASON, AND IT APPEARS TOTAL LOYALITY FROM 550 EMPLOYEES, NOW IF THAT IS NOT HOT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
YES, FOLKS I REALIZE THAT I DIDN'T PUT JIMMIE JOHNSON IN THE HOT LIST, BUT WHAT HE DID IN THIS RACE WAS DRIVE A VERY SAFE CONSERVATIVE RACE, NOTHING TO BE CONSIDERED HOT. BUT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T REALIZE THAT JIMMIE JOHNSON AND THE #48 TEAM ISN'T THE HOTTEST THING IN NASCAR RIGHT NOW HAS TO BE FROM ANOTHER PLANET AND JUST ARRIVED ON EARTH. I HOPE I MANGAED TO GET A COUPLE OF YOUR THOUGHTS IN ON EITHER THE HOT OR NOT SIDE.
THAT'S MY OPINION -- WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
WELL GENTLE PEOPLE WIN, LOSE OR DRAW WE, YOU AND I, WERE ALLOWED TO SEE AND TAKE PART IN A SMALL PIECE OF HISTORY TODAY. JIMMIE JOHNSON AND HENDRICKS' MOTOR SPORTS DID SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. JIMMIE SECURED HIS 4TH STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AND HENDRICKS FINISHED 1,2, AND 3 IN THE CHASE, NEITHER OF THESE TWO THINGS ARE LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE AGAIN ANYTIME SOON. WHAT WE SAW WAS HOW A GROUP OF 550 PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THE UNBELIEVABLE HAPPEN.
NOW, NO DOUBT I SAW THE RACE DIFFERENT THEN SOME OF YOU BUT MAYBE ONE OR TWO SAW IT THE SAME AS ME, HERE'S HOPING. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE CURTAIN COME DOWN ON THE 2009 NASCAR RACING SEASON.
NOT:
1. MICHAEL McDOWELL: BEING A START AND PARK DRIVER IS BAD ENOUGH, BUT WHEN THE FOLKS ONLINE START BETTING THAT YOU WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO HIT THE GARAGE, IT IS TIME TO EITHER RETIRE OR FIND A NEW RIDE.
2. MARCUS AMBROSE "LUCK" : I LOVE THIS GUY, BUT LORDY HE HAD THE WORST LUCK I HAVE EVER SEEN AND IT ALL SEEMED TO COME IN ONE RACE. HE HAD A GREAT STARTING POSITION AND HE TOOK THE LEAD FROM JJ EARLY AND SEEMED TO BE ON HIS WAY, THEN LADY LUCK STEPPED IN, FLAT TIRE, BATTERY PROBLEMS , THEN SPINNING OUT. MARCUS IS HERE TO STAY, LET'S JUST HOPE THIS BAD LUCK ISN'T.
3. JOHN ANDRETTI: A LIFE TIME OF RACING EXPERIENCE, AND HE CAN'T GET HIS CAR TO THE PITS WITH A FLAT WITHOUT DESTROYING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, FENDER AND WHATEVER ELSE, THIS IS ANOTHER GUY THAT REALLY NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THE RACE GAME.
4. ERIK DARNELL: WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY AND WHAT IS HE DOING IN A RACECAR. EVEN I KNOW YOU DON'T STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF PIT ROW WHEN 43 CARS ARE COMING IN ON A YELLOW FLAG PIT STOP. THIS GUY HAS THE HONOR OF CAUSING THE ONLY MULTI CAR WRECK ( MORE THEN 2 CARS) IN THE WHOLE RACE AND HE DID THAT ON PIT ROW.
5. JUAN MONTOYA: DANG FELLOW, THAT LITTLE SIDE BUM WAS ONLY TO ASK YOU NOT TO HIT TONY AGAIN, AND YOU HAD TO GET ALL WHINEY ABOUT IT. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THE GUY WHO HITS LAST IS ALWAYS THE ONE WHO GETS IN TROUBLE, EVERY KID ON EVERY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND KNOWS THAT. BUT NO YOU HAD TO GO AFTER TONY AND WHAT DID YOU GET FOR IT A 38th PLACE FINISH RATHER THEN THE TOP 5 RUN THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON.
HOT:
1. DENNY HAMLIN: DENNY STARTED 38th AND HE AND HIS CREW WORKED THEIR TAILS OFF AND IT PAYED OFF WITH A GREAT WIN. DENNY HAD SOME BAD LUCK DURING THE CHASE BUT HE WILL BE IN GOOD SAPE FOR NEXT YEAR AND THIS WIN WILL GO A LONG WAY TO BUILD A HEAD OF STEAM TO COME OUT OF THE STARTING BLOCKS FULL SPEED AHEAD IN 2010.
2. JEFF BURTON: JEFF STARTED 26th AND GOT HIS SECOND 2nd PLACE FINISH IN IN THE LAST MONTH, SOME MAY SAY IT WAS TO LITTLE TO LATE, BUT I BELIVE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM ALL OF THE RCR DRIVERS IN THE LAST MONTH IS JUST A PREVIEW OF NEXT YEAR.
3. KEVIN HARVICK: KEVIN IS ANOTHER OF THE RCR DRIVERS THAT REALLY SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN A HANDLE ON THE RACING AND I DO BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IS JUST A PEEK AT THINGS TO COME, KEVIN, JEFF, AND CLINT WILL BE READY TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE FIELD WHEN DAYTONA ROLLS AROUND IN 2010.
4. KURT BUSCH: KURT SHOWED TONIGHT HOW FAR HE HAS COME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. HE WAS VERY HONEST AND TRUE WHEN HE COULD HAVE JUST BLEW OFF THE SEASON WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT PAT WAS LEAVING. BUT, NO HE WENT TO PAT AND SAID " THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE, LET'S MAKE THE BEST OF IT THAT WE CAN. MY HAT IS OFF TO KURT AND THE BREW CREW. GIVE THEM HELL NEXT YEAR KURT.
5. HENDRICKS MOTORSPORTS: 4 BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, A 1,2,3, FINISH IN THIS YEARS CHASE, OLDEST ACTIVE DRIVER TO WIN MULTI-RACES IN A SEASON, AND IT APPEARS TOTAL LOYALITY FROM 550 EMPLOYEES, NOW IF THAT IS NOT HOT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
YES, FOLKS I REALIZE THAT I DIDN'T PUT JIMMIE JOHNSON IN THE HOT LIST, BUT WHAT HE DID IN THIS RACE WAS DRIVE A VERY SAFE CONSERVATIVE RACE, NOTHING TO BE CONSIDERED HOT. BUT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T REALIZE THAT JIMMIE JOHNSON AND THE #48 TEAM ISN'T THE HOTTEST THING IN NASCAR RIGHT NOW HAS TO BE FROM ANOTHER PLANET AND JUST ARRIVED ON EARTH. I HOPE I MANGAED TO GET A COUPLE OF YOUR THOUGHTS IN ON EITHER THE HOT OR NOT SIDE.
THAT'S MY OPINION -- WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Sunday, November 15, 2009
HOT OR NOT - THE VALLY OF THE SUN (HOO HUMM)
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
FOLKS I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS JUST ME OR IF THE ENTIRE RACING COMMUNITY JUST SORT OF WENT ON CRUISE-CONTROL TODAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF DRIVERS EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE DRIVING AROUND KILLING TIME. I WONDER IF MOST OF THEM HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THE 09 CHAMPIONSHIP TO JIMMIE JOHNSON AND ARE PASSING TIME TILL NEXT SEASON. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE TODAY AND I TRULY HOPE AT LEAST A FEW OF YOU SAW IT DIFFERENT THEN I DID.
NOT:
TONY STEWART: TONY DREW THE NUMBER 8 STARTING SPOT BUT DUE TO AN ILL HANDLING CAR AFTER WRECK DAMAGE HE DROPPED LIKE A ROCK TO FINISH IN 25th. TONY HELD HIS POSITION IN THE CHASE, BUT HE HAS GONE BACKWARDS RHATER THEN FORWARD SINCE THE START OF THE CHASE.
BRIAN VICKERS: BRIAN STARTED 19th AND DOUBLED HIS POSITION BY THE END OF THE RACE, THE PROBLEM IS HE DID IT IN REVERSE, FINISHING 38th AND ONE MORE TIME MAKING FOLKS WONDER IF HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE TO START WITH.
CARL EDWARDS: CARL STARTED 25th AND MOVED TO A FAIRLY DECENT FINISH OF 16th, BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CARL WE HAVE GROWN USE TO SEEING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. TAKING CARL'S RUNS THIS YEAR ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE ROUSH TEAMS I HAVE TO THINK IT IS REALLY MORE OF A COMPANY PROBLEM RAHTER THEN A TEAM OR DRIVER PROBLEM.
KASEY KAHNE: ONCE AGAIN A GOOD STARTING POSITION DID KASEY NO GOOD WHAT SO EVER, THE PROBLEMS AT THE COMPANY LEVEL HAVE PUT KASEY IN A POSITION THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW IF HE IS HORSEBACK OR AFOOT, HOPEFULLY HE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH NEXT WEEK AND THAT THEY WILL GET THINGS SETTLED OUT BEFORE NEXT YEAR.
GREG BIFFLE: GREG STARTED 6th AND FINISHED 14th, THIS REVERSE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN VERY COMMON FOR THE ROUSCH DRIVERS THIS SEASON, THE WHOLE COMPANY NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED BECAUSE THEIR PERFORMANCE HAS MORE OR LESS BEEN SUB-PAR ALL SEASON LONG.
HOT:
MARTIN TRUEX JR.: MARTIN IS DOING HIS BEST TO MAKE DEI LOOK LIKE THE COMPANY THAT DALE SR. BUILT. HE IS WORKING HARD TO SET HIMSELF UP FOR HIS MOVE TO MWR AND I THINK HE WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
JEFF BURTON: JEFF CONTINUES TO PROVE WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE OLDER DRIVERS IN NASCAR, GIVE THEM SOMETHING CLOSE TO GOOD EQUIPMENT AND THEY WILL TAKE IT TO THE FRONT AND MAKE THE COMPANY PROUD.
DENNY HAMLIN: WITH THE ATTITUDE AND DRIVE THIS YOUNG MAN HAS, IN 15 YEARS I CAN SEE HIM BEING CALLED THE SECOND COMING OF MARK MARTIN. WITH 3 DNF'S IN THE LAST 9 RACES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO EASY FOR DENNY TO SAY "TO HELL WITH THIS SEASON" BUT HIS PRIDE AND DERTERMINATION WOULDN'T LET HIM DO IT. DENNY WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE WILL HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP OF HIS OWN.
MARK MARTIN: ONE MORE TIME I THINK MARK IS GOING TO BE A GROOMSMAN AND NOT THE GROOM, BUT FOR A 3 TIME CHAMPION, SOON TO BE 4 , TO SAY THIS IS THE GUY I WORRY ABOUT THE MOST SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT MARK MARTIN. REGUARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF NEXT WEEKS RACE MARK MARTIN IS A CHAMPION IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.
JIMMIE JOHNSON: FOLKS THERE IS NOT MUCH LEFT TO SAY ABOUT THIS GUY, HE GIVES CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, HE ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THINGS GO WRONG THEN SHAKES IT OFF AND GOES BACK TO GETTING IT DONE. JIMMIE IS AS GOOD A CHOICE FOR THE FIRST 4 TIME CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER AS COULD BE MADE WITH THE DRIVERS WHO ARE ON THE CIRCUIT TODAY.
WELL FOLKS THERE IS ONLY ONE LEFT TO GO AND IT IS NEXT WEEK AT HOMESTEAD, I REALLY HOPE IT IS A LITTLE MORE EXCITING THEN THIS WEEK, BUT EITHER WAY I WILL BE WATCHING AND TAKING NOTES. HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK IF THE LORD IS WILLIN' AND THE CREEK DON'T RISE.
THAT'S MY OPINION -- WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
FOLKS I AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS JUST ME OR IF THE ENTIRE RACING COMMUNITY JUST SORT OF WENT ON CRUISE-CONTROL TODAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF DRIVERS EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE DRIVING AROUND KILLING TIME. I WONDER IF MOST OF THEM HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THE 09 CHAMPIONSHIP TO JIMMIE JOHNSON AND ARE PASSING TIME TILL NEXT SEASON. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE TODAY AND I TRULY HOPE AT LEAST A FEW OF YOU SAW IT DIFFERENT THEN I DID.
NOT:
TONY STEWART: TONY DREW THE NUMBER 8 STARTING SPOT BUT DUE TO AN ILL HANDLING CAR AFTER WRECK DAMAGE HE DROPPED LIKE A ROCK TO FINISH IN 25th. TONY HELD HIS POSITION IN THE CHASE, BUT HE HAS GONE BACKWARDS RHATER THEN FORWARD SINCE THE START OF THE CHASE.
BRIAN VICKERS: BRIAN STARTED 19th AND DOUBLED HIS POSITION BY THE END OF THE RACE, THE PROBLEM IS HE DID IT IN REVERSE, FINISHING 38th AND ONE MORE TIME MAKING FOLKS WONDER IF HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE TO START WITH.
CARL EDWARDS: CARL STARTED 25th AND MOVED TO A FAIRLY DECENT FINISH OF 16th, BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CARL WE HAVE GROWN USE TO SEEING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. TAKING CARL'S RUNS THIS YEAR ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE ROUSH TEAMS I HAVE TO THINK IT IS REALLY MORE OF A COMPANY PROBLEM RAHTER THEN A TEAM OR DRIVER PROBLEM.
KASEY KAHNE: ONCE AGAIN A GOOD STARTING POSITION DID KASEY NO GOOD WHAT SO EVER, THE PROBLEMS AT THE COMPANY LEVEL HAVE PUT KASEY IN A POSITION THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW IF HE IS HORSEBACK OR AFOOT, HOPEFULLY HE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH NEXT WEEK AND THAT THEY WILL GET THINGS SETTLED OUT BEFORE NEXT YEAR.
GREG BIFFLE: GREG STARTED 6th AND FINISHED 14th, THIS REVERSE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN VERY COMMON FOR THE ROUSCH DRIVERS THIS SEASON, THE WHOLE COMPANY NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED BECAUSE THEIR PERFORMANCE HAS MORE OR LESS BEEN SUB-PAR ALL SEASON LONG.
HOT:
MARTIN TRUEX JR.: MARTIN IS DOING HIS BEST TO MAKE DEI LOOK LIKE THE COMPANY THAT DALE SR. BUILT. HE IS WORKING HARD TO SET HIMSELF UP FOR HIS MOVE TO MWR AND I THINK HE WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
JEFF BURTON: JEFF CONTINUES TO PROVE WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE OLDER DRIVERS IN NASCAR, GIVE THEM SOMETHING CLOSE TO GOOD EQUIPMENT AND THEY WILL TAKE IT TO THE FRONT AND MAKE THE COMPANY PROUD.
DENNY HAMLIN: WITH THE ATTITUDE AND DRIVE THIS YOUNG MAN HAS, IN 15 YEARS I CAN SEE HIM BEING CALLED THE SECOND COMING OF MARK MARTIN. WITH 3 DNF'S IN THE LAST 9 RACES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO EASY FOR DENNY TO SAY "TO HELL WITH THIS SEASON" BUT HIS PRIDE AND DERTERMINATION WOULDN'T LET HIM DO IT. DENNY WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE WILL HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP OF HIS OWN.
MARK MARTIN: ONE MORE TIME I THINK MARK IS GOING TO BE A GROOMSMAN AND NOT THE GROOM, BUT FOR A 3 TIME CHAMPION, SOON TO BE 4 , TO SAY THIS IS THE GUY I WORRY ABOUT THE MOST SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT MARK MARTIN. REGUARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF NEXT WEEKS RACE MARK MARTIN IS A CHAMPION IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.
JIMMIE JOHNSON: FOLKS THERE IS NOT MUCH LEFT TO SAY ABOUT THIS GUY, HE GIVES CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, HE ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY WHEN THINGS GO WRONG THEN SHAKES IT OFF AND GOES BACK TO GETTING IT DONE. JIMMIE IS AS GOOD A CHOICE FOR THE FIRST 4 TIME CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER AS COULD BE MADE WITH THE DRIVERS WHO ARE ON THE CIRCUIT TODAY.
WELL FOLKS THERE IS ONLY ONE LEFT TO GO AND IT IS NEXT WEEK AT HOMESTEAD, I REALLY HOPE IT IS A LITTLE MORE EXCITING THEN THIS WEEK, BUT EITHER WAY I WILL BE WATCHING AND TAKING NOTES. HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK IF THE LORD IS WILLIN' AND THE CREEK DON'T RISE.
THAT'S MY OPINION -- WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Monday, November 9, 2009
MY CHASE LOOKS LIKE THIS
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TSFAN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT WAY TO RUN THE CHASE, AND I SUGGESTED RUNNING IT SORT OF LIKE A SINGLE EMLIMANATION TYPE THING, WHERE THE CHASE DRIVER WHO HAD THE WORST FINISH IN EACH OF THE CHASE RACES WOULD BE CUT FROM THE CHASE TILL THEY HAVE A WINNER.
THE WAY I SUGGESTED IT BE DONE IS LIKE THIS, FIRST THERE ARE NO POINTS INVOLVED AMOUNG THE CHASE DRIVERS, SINCE THERE ARE 12 DRIVERS AND 10 RACES, THE FIRST RACE HAS TO HAVE 2 DRIVERS CUT THEN FOR THE NEXT 9 THERE IS ONE CUT TILL THEY GET TO HOMESTEAD, THERE WOULD THEN BE 2 DRIVERS LEFT AND 2 SLOTS TO FILL FIRST AND SECOND.
JUST FOR GIGGLES I WENT BACK TO THE START OF THIS YEAR'S CHASE AND STARTED CUTTING DRIVERS, LISTED BELOW IS HOW THE CHASE CURRENTLY STANDS IN MY VERISION OF THE CHASE.
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4. JIMMIE JOHNSON
5. RYAN NEWMAN
6. KURT BUSCH 7. JUAN MONTOYA
8. GREG BIFFLE
9. BRIAN VICKERS
10. DENNY HAMLIN
11. CARL EDWARDS
12. KASEY KAHNE
THIS METHOD OF CROWNING THE NASCAR CHAMPION DOESN'T HAVE A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL OF EVER HAPPENING, BUT IT HAS MADE THE CHASE A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING FOR ME, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE INTERESTING TO SEE OF ONE OF THE 3 GUYS THAT I HAVE LEFT, MARTIN, GORDON OR STEWART, END UP WINNING THE CHASE.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TSFAN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT WAY TO RUN THE CHASE, AND I SUGGESTED RUNNING IT SORT OF LIKE A SINGLE EMLIMANATION TYPE THING, WHERE THE CHASE DRIVER WHO HAD THE WORST FINISH IN EACH OF THE CHASE RACES WOULD BE CUT FROM THE CHASE TILL THEY HAVE A WINNER.
THE WAY I SUGGESTED IT BE DONE IS LIKE THIS, FIRST THERE ARE NO POINTS INVOLVED AMOUNG THE CHASE DRIVERS, SINCE THERE ARE 12 DRIVERS AND 10 RACES, THE FIRST RACE HAS TO HAVE 2 DRIVERS CUT THEN FOR THE NEXT 9 THERE IS ONE CUT TILL THEY GET TO HOMESTEAD, THERE WOULD THEN BE 2 DRIVERS LEFT AND 2 SLOTS TO FILL FIRST AND SECOND.
JUST FOR GIGGLES I WENT BACK TO THE START OF THIS YEAR'S CHASE AND STARTED CUTTING DRIVERS, LISTED BELOW IS HOW THE CHASE CURRENTLY STANDS IN MY VERISION OF THE CHASE.
1.
2.
3.
4. JIMMIE JOHNSON
5. RYAN NEWMAN
6. KURT BUSCH 7. JUAN MONTOYA
8. GREG BIFFLE
9. BRIAN VICKERS
10. DENNY HAMLIN
11. CARL EDWARDS
12. KASEY KAHNE
THIS METHOD OF CROWNING THE NASCAR CHAMPION DOESN'T HAVE A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL OF EVER HAPPENING, BUT IT HAS MADE THE CHASE A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING FOR ME, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE INTERESTING TO SEE OF ONE OF THE 3 GUYS THAT I HAVE LEFT, MARTIN, GORDON OR STEWART, END UP WINNING THE CHASE.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Sunday, November 8, 2009
HOT OR NOT: TAKE A DEEP SEAT AND A LONG BREATH AND LET'S DANCE
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
FOLKS WE KNEW THINGS COULD CHANGE IN A HURRY AND SURE ENOUGH THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. JIMMIE JOHNSON GOT THROW'D THE FIRST JUMP OUT OF THE CHUTE AN SO IT WAS SUNDOWN FOR JIMMIE AT JUST PAST HIGH NOON. THE OTHER STORY ITEM , TO THIS BLOGGER, THAT BEARS MENTIONING IS THE FACT THAT KYLE BUSCH RUINED WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A RECORD BREAKING WEEKEND, NOT BY RUNNING OUT OF GAS, BUT BY REVERTING TO HIS CHILD LIKE INNER PERSON AND GOING AND HIDING AFTER THE RACE RATHER THEN JUST STANDING UP AND SAYING WHAT HIS CREW CHIEF SAID, THAT A MISTAKE WAS MADE AND THAT THEY CAME UP SHORT. KYLE IS AN EXCELLENT DRIVER, BUT IF HE DOESN'T GROW UP HIS GREAT CLAIM TO NASCAR FAME ISN'T GOING TO BE ALL THE RACES HE WILL WIN AND CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT HE WILL WIN, BUT HIS CRY BABY ATTITUDE AND POOR SHOWING OF SHORTSMANSHIP.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE ON THIS BALMY SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN NOVEMBER, I REALLY HOPE THAT AT LEAST A FEW OF YOU AGREE AND IF YOU DON'T THAT'S OK ANYWAY. I CAN'T PLEASE ALL OF YOU SO I GUESS I WILL JUST PLEASE MYSELF.
NOT:
1. SAM HORNISH JR.: YOU CAN'T REALLY BLAME SAM FOR THE JOHNSON WRECK, WHETHER THE 00 GOT INTO HIM OR IF SAM JUST GOT LOOSE, IT WAS JUST ONE MORE BAD WEEK FOR SAM HORNISH JR. . IF WE ARE REALLY LUCKY SAM WILL BE SHARING A SEAT NEXT TO DAVID STREMME NEXT SEASON AND WE CAN ALL BREATH A LITTLE EASIER.
2. NASCAR DEBRIS CAUTIONS: ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT A CAUTION COMES OUT FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SARAN WRAPPED BOLOGNA SANDWICH, JUST BEFORE JEFF GORDON GOES A LAP DOWN, COME ON GUYS GET A LIFE.
3. JUAN MONTOYA: HOW IS IT THAT YOU TURN RIGHT, DRIVE AN OPPONENT INTO THE WALL , DESTROY HIS CAR AND THEN SAY IT WAS HIS FAULT. BESIDES AS UGLY AS THE #42'S PAINT JOB WAS TODAY IT NEEDED TO BE WRECKED.
4. #24 TEAM: GUYS WHEN YOU GET HANDED A GIFT AND A CHANCE TO MOVE CLOSER OR TAKE THE LEAD IN THE CHASE, YOU HAVE TO RISE TO THE OCCASION AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT. THIS TEAM DIDN'T SEEM TO BE INTERESTED OR ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE CAR TO CUT THE LEAD OF YOUR TEAMMATE. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, JEFF TALKED WITH THE PRESS AFTER THE RACE AND BASICALLY SAID I SUCK AT THIS TRACK AND WE JUST DIDN' T GET IT DONE.
5. KYLE BUSCH: KYLE LET AN OUTSTANDING WEEKEND GO DOWN THE DRAIN WITH HIS ATTITUDE AFTER THE RACE. YES, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIX A MISTAKE WAS MADE, BUT GOING AND HIDING IN YOUR MOTORCOACH OR LEAVING THE TRACK IS NOT THE WAY TO SHOW YOU MATURITY.
HOT:
1. KURT BUSCH: THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE AS MUCH LUCK AS YOU DO ABILITY, AND TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS. KURT USED BOTH TODAY TO WIN THE RACE, MOVE UP 2 SPOTS IN THE CHASE, AND WIN A YOUNG MAN FROM BROKEN BOW OKLAHOMA A MILLION DOLLARS. KURT REALLY DESERVES A WHITE HAT FOR THIS WEEK.
2. DENNY HAMLIN: DENNY HAS BEEN SO UP AND DOWN, HE HAS TO FEEL LIKE A YOYO, BUT HE HASN'T BEEN ONE TO REALLY WHINE AND CRY . HE MOVED UP 3 SPOTS IN THE CHASE AND WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE EVERYTHING HE HAS TO WIN.
3. MATT KENSETH: WELL I'M NOT SURE MATT DIDN'T COME CLOSER TO STARTING THE RACE IN GRAPEVINE TEXAS RATHER THEN IN DALLAS. MATT WORKED THROUGH OUT THE DAY TO MOVE FROM HIS STARTING POSITION OF 30th TO A 3rd PLACE FINISH. IT IS REALLY GREAT TO ONCE AGAIN SEE A COUPLE OF ROUSH BOYS IN THE TOP 10.
4. MARK MARTIN: ONE MORE TIME THE OLD MAN PROVES THAT OLD AGE AND ABILITY WILL GET YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. WHEN JOHNSON GOT THE WALL MARK KNEW THAT ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS CONTINUE TO BE MARK MARTIN AND HE WOULD COME OUT SMELLING LIKE THAT FAMOUS YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS. MARK MOVED BACK INTO SECOND PLACE IN THE CHASE AND IS TRAILING BY ONLY 73 POINTS.
5. KEVIN HARVICK: KEVIN HAS MADE FORWARD PROGRESS MOST OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON, SHOWING THAT NOT ONLY IS THE 29 CAR STILL TO BE DEALT WITH BUT THAT THE ENTIRE RCR PROGRAM MAY HAVE TURNED THE CORNER AND IS ON THE WAY BACK.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE TODAY AND NEXT WEEK WE MOVE TO PHOENIX, AND THE WEATHER MAY WELL PLAY A BIG PART IN THE RACE CAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE ONE EXTREME OR THE OTHER, IT WILL EITHER BE HOTTER THEN THE DIXENS OR COLDER THEN A WELL DIGGER'S REAR END IN DECEMBER. SEE YA THERE
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
FOLKS WE KNEW THINGS COULD CHANGE IN A HURRY AND SURE ENOUGH THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. JIMMIE JOHNSON GOT THROW'D THE FIRST JUMP OUT OF THE CHUTE AN SO IT WAS SUNDOWN FOR JIMMIE AT JUST PAST HIGH NOON. THE OTHER STORY ITEM , TO THIS BLOGGER, THAT BEARS MENTIONING IS THE FACT THAT KYLE BUSCH RUINED WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A RECORD BREAKING WEEKEND, NOT BY RUNNING OUT OF GAS, BUT BY REVERTING TO HIS CHILD LIKE INNER PERSON AND GOING AND HIDING AFTER THE RACE RATHER THEN JUST STANDING UP AND SAYING WHAT HIS CREW CHIEF SAID, THAT A MISTAKE WAS MADE AND THAT THEY CAME UP SHORT. KYLE IS AN EXCELLENT DRIVER, BUT IF HE DOESN'T GROW UP HIS GREAT CLAIM TO NASCAR FAME ISN'T GOING TO BE ALL THE RACES HE WILL WIN AND CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT HE WILL WIN, BUT HIS CRY BABY ATTITUDE AND POOR SHOWING OF SHORTSMANSHIP.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE ON THIS BALMY SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN NOVEMBER, I REALLY HOPE THAT AT LEAST A FEW OF YOU AGREE AND IF YOU DON'T THAT'S OK ANYWAY. I CAN'T PLEASE ALL OF YOU SO I GUESS I WILL JUST PLEASE MYSELF.
NOT:
1. SAM HORNISH JR.: YOU CAN'T REALLY BLAME SAM FOR THE JOHNSON WRECK, WHETHER THE 00 GOT INTO HIM OR IF SAM JUST GOT LOOSE, IT WAS JUST ONE MORE BAD WEEK FOR SAM HORNISH JR. . IF WE ARE REALLY LUCKY SAM WILL BE SHARING A SEAT NEXT TO DAVID STREMME NEXT SEASON AND WE CAN ALL BREATH A LITTLE EASIER.
2. NASCAR DEBRIS CAUTIONS: ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT A CAUTION COMES OUT FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SARAN WRAPPED BOLOGNA SANDWICH, JUST BEFORE JEFF GORDON GOES A LAP DOWN, COME ON GUYS GET A LIFE.
3. JUAN MONTOYA: HOW IS IT THAT YOU TURN RIGHT, DRIVE AN OPPONENT INTO THE WALL , DESTROY HIS CAR AND THEN SAY IT WAS HIS FAULT. BESIDES AS UGLY AS THE #42'S PAINT JOB WAS TODAY IT NEEDED TO BE WRECKED.
4. #24 TEAM: GUYS WHEN YOU GET HANDED A GIFT AND A CHANCE TO MOVE CLOSER OR TAKE THE LEAD IN THE CHASE, YOU HAVE TO RISE TO THE OCCASION AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT. THIS TEAM DIDN'T SEEM TO BE INTERESTED OR ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE CAR TO CUT THE LEAD OF YOUR TEAMMATE. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, JEFF TALKED WITH THE PRESS AFTER THE RACE AND BASICALLY SAID I SUCK AT THIS TRACK AND WE JUST DIDN' T GET IT DONE.
5. KYLE BUSCH: KYLE LET AN OUTSTANDING WEEKEND GO DOWN THE DRAIN WITH HIS ATTITUDE AFTER THE RACE. YES, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIX A MISTAKE WAS MADE, BUT GOING AND HIDING IN YOUR MOTORCOACH OR LEAVING THE TRACK IS NOT THE WAY TO SHOW YOU MATURITY.
HOT:
1. KURT BUSCH: THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE AS MUCH LUCK AS YOU DO ABILITY, AND TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS. KURT USED BOTH TODAY TO WIN THE RACE, MOVE UP 2 SPOTS IN THE CHASE, AND WIN A YOUNG MAN FROM BROKEN BOW OKLAHOMA A MILLION DOLLARS. KURT REALLY DESERVES A WHITE HAT FOR THIS WEEK.
2. DENNY HAMLIN: DENNY HAS BEEN SO UP AND DOWN, HE HAS TO FEEL LIKE A YOYO, BUT HE HASN'T BEEN ONE TO REALLY WHINE AND CRY . HE MOVED UP 3 SPOTS IN THE CHASE AND WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE EVERYTHING HE HAS TO WIN.
3. MATT KENSETH: WELL I'M NOT SURE MATT DIDN'T COME CLOSER TO STARTING THE RACE IN GRAPEVINE TEXAS RATHER THEN IN DALLAS. MATT WORKED THROUGH OUT THE DAY TO MOVE FROM HIS STARTING POSITION OF 30th TO A 3rd PLACE FINISH. IT IS REALLY GREAT TO ONCE AGAIN SEE A COUPLE OF ROUSH BOYS IN THE TOP 10.
4. MARK MARTIN: ONE MORE TIME THE OLD MAN PROVES THAT OLD AGE AND ABILITY WILL GET YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. WHEN JOHNSON GOT THE WALL MARK KNEW THAT ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS CONTINUE TO BE MARK MARTIN AND HE WOULD COME OUT SMELLING LIKE THAT FAMOUS YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS. MARK MOVED BACK INTO SECOND PLACE IN THE CHASE AND IS TRAILING BY ONLY 73 POINTS.
5. KEVIN HARVICK: KEVIN HAS MADE FORWARD PROGRESS MOST OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON, SHOWING THAT NOT ONLY IS THE 29 CAR STILL TO BE DEALT WITH BUT THAT THE ENTIRE RCR PROGRAM MAY HAVE TURNED THE CORNER AND IS ON THE WAY BACK.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE TODAY AND NEXT WEEK WE MOVE TO PHOENIX, AND THE WEATHER MAY WELL PLAY A BIG PART IN THE RACE CAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE ONE EXTREME OR THE OTHER, IT WILL EITHER BE HOTTER THEN THE DIXENS OR COLDER THEN A WELL DIGGER'S REAR END IN DECEMBER. SEE YA THERE
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Sunday, November 1, 2009
HOT AND NOT: THIS WASN'T THE DEGA WE KNOW AND LOVE
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL, THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, AND THIS IS ONCE MORE A CASE OF WHEN DIFFERENT ISN'T BETTER. DURING MOST OF THE RACE I THOUGHT I WAS SITTING AT A RAILROAD CROSSING WATCHING A TRAIN GO BY.
MUCH PROPS TO RYAN NEWMAN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK HIS MIND ON WHAT THE NEW INSERTED BUMP DRAFTING RULE AND THE SMALLER RESTRICTOR PLATES DID. THEY CREATED A BORING RACE AND DID NOT PREVENT THE BIG ONE NOR DID THEY PREVENT THE CARS FROM GOING AIRBORNE, SO THEY WERE MORE OR LESS A TOTAL BUST.
I WILL MOST LIKELY GET HAMMERED FOR THIS BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT, WHEN DALE EARNHARDT DIED, HE MAY HAVE MADE HIS GREATEST CONTRIBUTATION TO NASCAR RACING, WHEN HE DIED AT DAYTONA IT SHOOK NASCAR RACING TO IT'S VERY CORE AND SENT A SHIVER TO THEIR VERY TOES. IT CAUSED THEM TO STAND UP AND LOOK AT SAFETY FEATURES THAT WERE NOT IN PLACE AT THE TIME, SINCE THAT FATEFUL DAY WE HAVE SEEN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SAFER BARRIERS, THE HANS DEVICE AND MORE SAFETY BELTS, THE SHOCK ABSORBING FOAM IN THE SIDES OF THE CARS AND STRONGER ROLL CAGES. ALL OF THESE HAVE COMBINED TO SAVE THE LIVES OF DENNY HAMLIN, CARL EDWARDS, KYLE BUSCH, AND TODAY RYAN NEWMAN AND MARK MARTIN. THANK YOU DALE AND THE NASCAR SAFETY TEAM.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, YOU WILL SEE A FEW NAMES THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE BUT AFTER READING I HOPE YOU AGREE WITH ME.
NOT:
1. NEW NASCAR RULES: GOOD GRIEF GUYS, YOU CAN NO MORE LEGISLATE SAFETY THEN YOU CAN ANYTHING ELSE, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF TO DO THE FENCE THING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TRACK AND BLOCK OFF 10 OR 12 ROWS OF BLEACHERS IN THE CORNERS. AND OF COURSE THE CLOSING OF PIT ROW ON A CAUTION WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE 6 CARS 2 SECONDS AWAY FROM THE COMMITMENT CONE.
2. #16 PIT CREW: LOSING A TIRE COST GREG EARLY IN THE RACE, IT WAS WAY TO EARLY IN THE RACE TO GET IN SO MUCH OF A HURRY THAT YOU LOSE YOUR HEAD, THIS CLOSE TO THE END DON'T START BEING YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY.
3. DENNY HAMLIN: JUST WHEN I START TO THINK THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER FOR DENNY HE GETS SNAKE BIT AGAIN, BEGINNING TO THINK HE NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF THE SWAMP, AND SINCE GIBBS MOTORS DON'T NORMALLY JUST BLOW UP I THINK THE HEAD SHED NEEDS TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF IT IS A DRIVER PROBLEM OR AN ENGINE SHOP PROBLEM.
4. BRAD KESELOWSKI: BRAD WAS RACING HARD AND I DON'T FAULT HIM FOR THAT, BUT WHEN YOU ARE THAT CLOSE TO THE WALL IN A GAGGLE OF CARS, THAT ISN'T THE PLACE TO EXCERT YOURSELF, ALL YOU DID WAS TAKE OUT KYLE BUSCH AND MARK MARTIN AND MORE OR LESS HAND THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO JIMMIE JOHNSON.
5. JIMMIE JOHNSON: SORRY J.J. FANS, JIMMIE WAS NOT MUCH OF A RACER TODAY, HE WASN'T EVEN MUCH OF A DRIVER, I THINK THE BEST I CAN GIVE HIM IS HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD CRUISER. YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN DALE EARNHARDT, RICHARD PETTY, OR EVEN RUSTY WALLACE HIDE OUT IN THE BACK OF THE PACK. JOHNSON'S 8th PLACE FINISH TODAY WAS DUE IN NO PART TO HIS DRIVING ABILITY OR HIS PIT CREW'S GOOD WORK, BUT TO THE BAD LUCK OF OTHER DRIVERS ON THE TRACK.
HOT:
1. JAMIE McMURRAY: JAMIE STARTED THE DAY IN 22nd HOPING JUST TO GET THROUGH THE DAY WITH EVERYTHING STILL ON THE CAR, AND MUCH TO THE LUCKY STARTS OF JAMIE AND AN AWFUL LOT OF DRIVING ABILITY HE COMES OUT A WINNER. THIS SINGLE WIN AT DEGA MAY WELL GO FAR AS FAR AS GETTING HIM A SUCURE RIDE FOR 2010.
2. JOEY LOGANO: JOEY IS LEARNING HIS LESSONS VERY WELL, I THINK MAYBE HE IS READING THAT BOOK THE GUY FROM HOME DEPOT GAVE HIM, AND HE IS LISTENING TO ZIPPY. HE IS LEARNING THAT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO GET IT ALL IN ONE BITE, BUT TO BIDE YOUR TIME AND NIBBLE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT.
3. JEFF BURTON: JEFF STARTED 18th AND FINISHED 5th, ONCE AGAIN SHOWING THAT THE "GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT". JEFF RAN TOWARD THE FRONT ALL DAY, WAITING AND THEN POUNCING WHEN HE HAD OPENINGS, MAYBE ONLY MOVING UP 1 OR 2 SPOTS BUT ALWAYS DOING IT IN THE CALM AND COLLECTED WAY AND THOSE SHORT SAFE MOVES BROUGHT HIM FROM 18th to 5th WITH EVERYTING STILL ON THE CAR.
4. ELLIOTT SADLER: DID WE GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT IS TO COME NEXT YEAR WITH THE FORDS IN THIS STABLE. ELLIOTT STARTED 26 th AND FINISHED 7th, LED A COUPLE OF LAPS AND DODGED THE BIG ONES BOTH TIMES. IT REALLY IS GOOD TO SEE HIM BACK ON TOP EVEN IF IT IS ONLY FOR THIS RACE.
5. DALE EARNHARDT JR. : AFTER THE SEASON THAT DALE HAS HAD I THINK THAT THIS 10th PLACE FINISH MAY HAVE BEEN JUST THE BOOST HE NEEDED, THAT AND THE FACT THAT THE CC THING HAS BEEN SETTLED SO HE KNOWS WHERE AND WITH WHOM HE IS GOING TO BE WORKING NEXT YEAR. THIS STUFF SETTLED AND THE CREW IN PLACE WILL BE JUST WHAT THE 88 TEAMS NEEDS TO HIT THE TRACK RUNNING IN 2010.
NEXT WEEK WE MOVE TO THE LONE STAR STATE AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT GO ON AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, LOOKING AT THE WEATHER FORCAST FOR THE DALLAS -FT. WORTH AREA I PREDICT WE WILL SEE TONS OF "COWBOY BOOTS AND SWIMMING SUITS" , ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHO SANG THAT SONG, HERE'S A HINT HE LOVES LUCKENBACH TEXAS.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
WELL, THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, AND THIS IS ONCE MORE A CASE OF WHEN DIFFERENT ISN'T BETTER. DURING MOST OF THE RACE I THOUGHT I WAS SITTING AT A RAILROAD CROSSING WATCHING A TRAIN GO BY.
MUCH PROPS TO RYAN NEWMAN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK HIS MIND ON WHAT THE NEW INSERTED BUMP DRAFTING RULE AND THE SMALLER RESTRICTOR PLATES DID. THEY CREATED A BORING RACE AND DID NOT PREVENT THE BIG ONE NOR DID THEY PREVENT THE CARS FROM GOING AIRBORNE, SO THEY WERE MORE OR LESS A TOTAL BUST.
I WILL MOST LIKELY GET HAMMERED FOR THIS BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT, WHEN DALE EARNHARDT DIED, HE MAY HAVE MADE HIS GREATEST CONTRIBUTATION TO NASCAR RACING, WHEN HE DIED AT DAYTONA IT SHOOK NASCAR RACING TO IT'S VERY CORE AND SENT A SHIVER TO THEIR VERY TOES. IT CAUSED THEM TO STAND UP AND LOOK AT SAFETY FEATURES THAT WERE NOT IN PLACE AT THE TIME, SINCE THAT FATEFUL DAY WE HAVE SEEN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SAFER BARRIERS, THE HANS DEVICE AND MORE SAFETY BELTS, THE SHOCK ABSORBING FOAM IN THE SIDES OF THE CARS AND STRONGER ROLL CAGES. ALL OF THESE HAVE COMBINED TO SAVE THE LIVES OF DENNY HAMLIN, CARL EDWARDS, KYLE BUSCH, AND TODAY RYAN NEWMAN AND MARK MARTIN. THANK YOU DALE AND THE NASCAR SAFETY TEAM.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, YOU WILL SEE A FEW NAMES THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE BUT AFTER READING I HOPE YOU AGREE WITH ME.
NOT:
1. NEW NASCAR RULES: GOOD GRIEF GUYS, YOU CAN NO MORE LEGISLATE SAFETY THEN YOU CAN ANYTHING ELSE, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF TO DO THE FENCE THING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TRACK AND BLOCK OFF 10 OR 12 ROWS OF BLEACHERS IN THE CORNERS. AND OF COURSE THE CLOSING OF PIT ROW ON A CAUTION WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE 6 CARS 2 SECONDS AWAY FROM THE COMMITMENT CONE.
2. #16 PIT CREW: LOSING A TIRE COST GREG EARLY IN THE RACE, IT WAS WAY TO EARLY IN THE RACE TO GET IN SO MUCH OF A HURRY THAT YOU LOSE YOUR HEAD, THIS CLOSE TO THE END DON'T START BEING YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY.
3. DENNY HAMLIN: JUST WHEN I START TO THINK THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER FOR DENNY HE GETS SNAKE BIT AGAIN, BEGINNING TO THINK HE NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF THE SWAMP, AND SINCE GIBBS MOTORS DON'T NORMALLY JUST BLOW UP I THINK THE HEAD SHED NEEDS TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF IT IS A DRIVER PROBLEM OR AN ENGINE SHOP PROBLEM.
4. BRAD KESELOWSKI: BRAD WAS RACING HARD AND I DON'T FAULT HIM FOR THAT, BUT WHEN YOU ARE THAT CLOSE TO THE WALL IN A GAGGLE OF CARS, THAT ISN'T THE PLACE TO EXCERT YOURSELF, ALL YOU DID WAS TAKE OUT KYLE BUSCH AND MARK MARTIN AND MORE OR LESS HAND THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO JIMMIE JOHNSON.
5. JIMMIE JOHNSON: SORRY J.J. FANS, JIMMIE WAS NOT MUCH OF A RACER TODAY, HE WASN'T EVEN MUCH OF A DRIVER, I THINK THE BEST I CAN GIVE HIM IS HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD CRUISER. YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN DALE EARNHARDT, RICHARD PETTY, OR EVEN RUSTY WALLACE HIDE OUT IN THE BACK OF THE PACK. JOHNSON'S 8th PLACE FINISH TODAY WAS DUE IN NO PART TO HIS DRIVING ABILITY OR HIS PIT CREW'S GOOD WORK, BUT TO THE BAD LUCK OF OTHER DRIVERS ON THE TRACK.
HOT:
1. JAMIE McMURRAY: JAMIE STARTED THE DAY IN 22nd HOPING JUST TO GET THROUGH THE DAY WITH EVERYTHING STILL ON THE CAR, AND MUCH TO THE LUCKY STARTS OF JAMIE AND AN AWFUL LOT OF DRIVING ABILITY HE COMES OUT A WINNER. THIS SINGLE WIN AT DEGA MAY WELL GO FAR AS FAR AS GETTING HIM A SUCURE RIDE FOR 2010.
2. JOEY LOGANO: JOEY IS LEARNING HIS LESSONS VERY WELL, I THINK MAYBE HE IS READING THAT BOOK THE GUY FROM HOME DEPOT GAVE HIM, AND HE IS LISTENING TO ZIPPY. HE IS LEARNING THAT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO GET IT ALL IN ONE BITE, BUT TO BIDE YOUR TIME AND NIBBLE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT.
3. JEFF BURTON: JEFF STARTED 18th AND FINISHED 5th, ONCE AGAIN SHOWING THAT THE "GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT". JEFF RAN TOWARD THE FRONT ALL DAY, WAITING AND THEN POUNCING WHEN HE HAD OPENINGS, MAYBE ONLY MOVING UP 1 OR 2 SPOTS BUT ALWAYS DOING IT IN THE CALM AND COLLECTED WAY AND THOSE SHORT SAFE MOVES BROUGHT HIM FROM 18th to 5th WITH EVERYTING STILL ON THE CAR.
4. ELLIOTT SADLER: DID WE GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT IS TO COME NEXT YEAR WITH THE FORDS IN THIS STABLE. ELLIOTT STARTED 26 th AND FINISHED 7th, LED A COUPLE OF LAPS AND DODGED THE BIG ONES BOTH TIMES. IT REALLY IS GOOD TO SEE HIM BACK ON TOP EVEN IF IT IS ONLY FOR THIS RACE.
5. DALE EARNHARDT JR. : AFTER THE SEASON THAT DALE HAS HAD I THINK THAT THIS 10th PLACE FINISH MAY HAVE BEEN JUST THE BOOST HE NEEDED, THAT AND THE FACT THAT THE CC THING HAS BEEN SETTLED SO HE KNOWS WHERE AND WITH WHOM HE IS GOING TO BE WORKING NEXT YEAR. THIS STUFF SETTLED AND THE CREW IN PLACE WILL BE JUST WHAT THE 88 TEAMS NEEDS TO HIT THE TRACK RUNNING IN 2010.
NEXT WEEK WE MOVE TO THE LONE STAR STATE AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT GO ON AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, LOOKING AT THE WEATHER FORCAST FOR THE DALLAS -FT. WORTH AREA I PREDICT WE WILL SEE TONS OF "COWBOY BOOTS AND SWIMMING SUITS" , ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHO SANG THAT SONG, HERE'S A HINT HE LOVES LUCKENBACH TEXAS.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
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