GREETING FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL NEITHER OF THE HOMETOWN BOYS FAIRED VERY WELL TODAY AND IN THE END I GUESS THE WINNER WAS THE ONE THAT EVERYONE EXPECTED. I'M NOT SURE WHAT "THORN BUSCH'S" PROBLEM WAS BUT CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT KURT'S WAS NOT A PROBLEM OF HIS OR HIS TEAM'S MAKING, FOOLISHNESS ON THE PART OF THE E-G BOYS CAUSED KURT'S DAY TO GO TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET EARLY, AND THAT IS A SHAME. I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN COOL TO SEE HIM WIN AT HOME.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, AND I MUST ADMIT I MISSED A LITTLE OF IT DUE TO GOING TO PICK UP GRANDAUGHTER AT WORK BUT I DON'T REALLY THINK I MISSED ENOUGH TO HAVE ALTERED HOW I SAW IT.
SPECIAL HOT:
THE YOUNG MAN WHO DID THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS SUPER, I SHOULD BE ASHAMED I MISSED HIS NAME AT THE START, BUT NASCAR NEEDS TO GET THAT GUY UNDER CONTRACT TO DO IT EVERY WEEK AT EVERY RACE. THIS MAN DID THE BEST VOCAL VERSION OF IT I HAVE HEARD SINCE I STARTED WATCHING NASCAR.
NOT:
1. JAMIE McMURRAY: THIS IS DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN, HE STARTED GREAT WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON THE SCENE, HE WON A RACE, HIS SECOND RACE THEN HE SORT OF WENT TO POT, THIS SEASON HE STARTS OUT WINNING THE DAYTONA 500 AND IS NOW HEADED BACK TO THE POT. OF COURSE, WITH HELP LIKE HE GOT FROM HIS SOUTH AMERICAN TEAMMATE TODAY IT IS NO WONDER.
2. BRUTON SMITH: GOOD GRIEF THIS MAN HAS MORE MONEY THEN CUSTER HAD INDIANS AND HE CAN'T PUT TOGETHER A LIGHT AND WARNING SYSTEM THAT WORKS OR AT LEAST HAS A WARNING BUZZER WHEN THERE IS A MALFUCTION. MY VOTE IS THAT KENTUCKY GETS NO NASCAR RACE TILL HE CAN GET THE LIGHTS FIXED AT THE TRACKS HE OWNS NOW.
3. JUAN MONTOYA: IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A TEAMMATE GET WITH HIM AFTER THE RACE AND FIGHT IT OUT, BUT DON'T WHINE ON NATIONAL TV, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS THEN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEES AND TEAMMATES, PRAISE IN PUBLIC AND CORRECT OR CRITIZE IN PRIVATE.
4. KEVIN CONWAY: I REALIZE THAT THIS IS A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, BUT WHEN YOU BRING OUT 2 CAUTIONS BY YOURSELF YOU GOTTA THINK YOUR ROLLING NOTHING BUT SNAKE EYES. KEEP THIS PACE UP AND YOU MAY FIND IT HARD TO WIN THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, EVEN IF YOU ARE PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ROOKIE RUNNING.
5. DALE EARNHARDT JR.: ONCE AGAIN JR. GETS A GOOD RUN FOR THE STARTING SLOT THEN RUNS THE FIRST OF THE RACE LIKE A HOUSE A FIRE THEN ENDS THE RACE LIKE HE IS GOING BACKWARDS. IT MIGHT BE THAT A LITTLE LESS ARGUING DURING THE RACE WOULD HELP ALOT. I HAD LOOKED AWAY FROM THE TV WHEN THEY PLAYED THAT VOICE CLIP AND AT FIRST IT THOUGHT IT WAS KYLE BUSCH AND HIS CREWCHIEF.
HOT:
5. MATT KENSETH: MATT STARTED 11TH TODAY AND WORKED ALL DAY LONG TO GET TO THE FRONT. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN HE GOT EVER SO CLOSE BUT IN THE END HE HAD TO SETTLE FOR 5TH, BUT EVEN A 5TH IS SO MUCH BETTER THEN MOST OF THE RACES HE RAN LAST YEAR, SO WHATEVER HE AND HIS NEW CREW CHIEF ARE DOING IT SURE SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
4. MARK MARTIN: THE NUMBER 3 MAN FOR HMS DID HIS EVERY SUNDAY DRIVE THROUGH THE PARK, JUST AS HE HAS DONE SO OFTEN THAT IT APPEARS TO BE OLD HAT, MARK MAKES IT LOOK SO SIMPLE YET WE ALL KNOW THAT IT IS ANYTHING BUT .
3. JEFF GORDON: 2 OR 4, 2 OR 4, I'LL BET YOU A BUCK THAT CHOICE NEVER COMES UP AGAIN. JEFF DROVE ALMOST A PERFECT RACE BUT AS HAS HAPPENED TO HIM MANY TIMES BEFORE HE ENDED UP A GROOMSMAN AND NOT THE GROOM. I AM SURE THAT JEFF WAS BURNING UP INSIDE BUT HE WAS THE PERFECT TEAMMATE WHILE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, I THINK JUAN SHOULD TAKE A LESSON.
2. KEVIN HARVICK: KEVIN STARTED 34TH AND AFTER WORKING HARDER THEN A ONE-LEGGED MAN AT A BUTT KICKING CONTEST FINISHED SECOND, ANYONE WHO DOESN'T THINK RCR IS BACK JUST NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE FINISHES FOR TODAY 2,8,11 THESE ARE A SURE SIGN THAT ALL IS GOOD AT RCR TODAY.
1. JIMMIE JOHNSON: AND THE WINNER IS JIMMIE JOHNSON. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SAY, IT HAS ALL BEEN SAID BEFORE. I THINK MAYBE THEY NEED TO START MAKING JIMMIE START 43RD AND ONE LAP DOWN, AT LEAST THAT WOULD GIVE THE REST OF THE FIELD A FIGHTING CHANCE.
WELL THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, I HOPE A COUPLE OF YOU AGREE AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T CHIME IN WITH WHAT YOU SAW.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
HOT OR NOT - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN" does that mean i'm asleep
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
SORRY FOLKS I JUST CAN'T GET REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE RACES OUT ON THE LEFT COAST, DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT FOR ME THERE SEEMS JUST TO MUCH OF THE SAME THING GOING ON ALL THE TIME. TODAY THE HIGH LIGHT WAS WHEN JOHNSON DIDN'T GET HELD A LAP DOWN FOR PITTING TO EARLY, AND BELIEVE ME I THINK THEY WERE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, AND I KNOW I HAVE MADE BETTER OBSERVATIONS, BUT NOTHING REALLY STUCK OUT GOOD OR BAD ABOUT THE RACE TODAY.
NOT:
1. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM: I GUESS I AM JUST WAY TO PICKY, BUT IT SEEMS THERE IS A CONTEST AMOUNG THE TRACKS AS TO WHO CAN GET THE WORST PERFORMANCE OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. I HAVE A COPY OF THE STATLER BROTHERS "NATIONAL ANTHEM" THAT I WILL LET NASCAR BORROW TO PLAY OVER THE P.A. SYSTEM AT THE REST OF THE RACES THIS YEAR.
2. MARTIN TRUEX JR.: MARTIN WAS COMING OFF A GREAT RUN AT DAYTOA AND RUNNING REALLY WELL AT THE START TODAY, THEN BOOM, CAR MALFUNCTION AND HE IS DONE FOR THE DAY. I HOPE THIS IS NOT A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME, MARTIN NEEDS A GOOD STEADY SEASON FOR THE FIRST YEAR WITH HIS NEW TEAM.
3. JUAN MONTOYA: HOW DOES THE LINE IN THAT SONG GO "YOUR PUSHIN' TO HARD , YOUR PUSHIN' TO HARD". WHEN YOU BLOW ONE UP THAT EARLY IN THE RACE I THINK IT TELLS ME HE NEEDS TO BACK OFF JUST A TAD. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE WAS LISTENING TO THE GUYS IN THE BOOTH, LARRY Mc MENTIONED A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH BLOWING UP THE MOTOR AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER JUAN SHOWED US HOW TO DO IT.
4. DALE EARNHARDT JR. : LOUSY LUCK OR JUST A BAD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WE MAY NEVER KNOW, BUT JR. SURE DIDN'T HAVE THE DAY HE DID A WEEK AGO. I MEAN HE WASN'T SITTING THE WOODS ON FIRE, BUT HE WAS POSITIONED TO WHERE HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A DECENT FINISH, THEN HE BREAKS AN AXLE, JUST HOW BAD IS THAT.
5. STEWART-HASS RACING: TONY AND RYAN HAVE BOTH STARTED THIS SEASON IN A VERY POOR MANNER, RYAN WITH 2 DNF'S AND TONY WITH 2 VERY ILL HANDLING CARS. A FEW MOR WEEKS LIKE THESE AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE GENE AUTRY'S SONG "SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE" AS TONY'S THEME MUSIC.
HOT:
5. JOEY LAGANO: THE BOY STARTED THE RACE 19TH AND WORKED HIS TAIL OFF ALL DAY LONG, AND HE WAS REWARDED WITH A NO. 5 FINISH FOR THE DAY. HIS DISAGREEMENT WITH BIFFLE FROM SATURDAY CONTINUED A LITTLE, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DRAW HIS ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE PRIMARY GOAL OF GETTING A TOP FIVE OR TOP 10 FINISH.
4. MARK MARTIN: MARK CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME EVERY WEEK, HE APPEARS TO BE VERY SOFT, KIND HEARTED, AND FORGIVING, NOT THE TRAITS YOU EXPECT TO FIND IN A TIP TOP DRIVER IN NASCAR OR ANY OTHER RACING ORGANIZATION. I GUESS THAT JUST PROVES THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU WEAR A WHITE HAT DON'T MEAN YOU GONNA FINISH LAST.
3. JEFF BURTON: JEFF WORKS SO HARD TO IMPROVE NOT ONLY HIMSELF BUT ALSO HIS TEAM, IT IS GREAT TO SEE HIM AND HIS RCR TEAMMATES BACK IN THE HUNT. BURTON IS GOING TO WIN AND REGUARDLESS OF WHERE OTHER RCR'S MAY GO JEFF WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY THE RCR BANNER WITH PRIDE.
2. KEVIN HARVICK: I DO BELIEVE THAT KEVIN IS BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT THE OLD SAYING " GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT" IS A TRUE STATEMENT. MOST OF LAST YEAR KEVIN SUCKED, THEN RIGHT NEAR THE END THINGS STARTED TO IMPROVE THEN A GOOD FINISH AT DAYTONA AND A 2ND TODAY HAS PUT KEVIN IN THE CATBIRD'S SEAT. I'M GLAD THAT KEVIN IS IMPROVING AND MAYBE STARTING TO MOVE OUT FROM UNDER THE TITLE OF "THE GUY THAT TOOK BIG DALE'S PLACE".
1. JIMMIE JOHNSON: TALK ABOUT A SUPER DUPER REBOUND, A WORSE THEN LOUSY FINISH AT DAYTONA AND SORT OF BACK AND FORTH TODAY AND THEN A LUCKY BREAK ON THE CAUTION AND HE GETS THE WIN. JIMMIE AND THE 48 CREW PROVED AGAIN TODAY THE THE BEST CURE FOR A LOUSY RACE IS TEAMWORK, BELIEF IN EACH OTHER AND LISTENING TO EACH OTHER.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, I DO NEED TO SAY THAT SCOTT SPEED DID A VERY GOOD JOB TODAY AND A FEW MORE RUNS LIKE TODAY'S AND I MIGHT HAVE TO RETRACT MY STATEMENT ABOUT THEY NEED TO GET RID OF HIM. I HOPE A FEW AGREE AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME COMMON GROUND SOMEHWERE BETWEEN THE TWO.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
SORRY FOLKS I JUST CAN'T GET REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE RACES OUT ON THE LEFT COAST, DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT FOR ME THERE SEEMS JUST TO MUCH OF THE SAME THING GOING ON ALL THE TIME. TODAY THE HIGH LIGHT WAS WHEN JOHNSON DIDN'T GET HELD A LAP DOWN FOR PITTING TO EARLY, AND BELIEVE ME I THINK THEY WERE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, AND I KNOW I HAVE MADE BETTER OBSERVATIONS, BUT NOTHING REALLY STUCK OUT GOOD OR BAD ABOUT THE RACE TODAY.
NOT:
1. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM: I GUESS I AM JUST WAY TO PICKY, BUT IT SEEMS THERE IS A CONTEST AMOUNG THE TRACKS AS TO WHO CAN GET THE WORST PERFORMANCE OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. I HAVE A COPY OF THE STATLER BROTHERS "NATIONAL ANTHEM" THAT I WILL LET NASCAR BORROW TO PLAY OVER THE P.A. SYSTEM AT THE REST OF THE RACES THIS YEAR.
2. MARTIN TRUEX JR.: MARTIN WAS COMING OFF A GREAT RUN AT DAYTOA AND RUNNING REALLY WELL AT THE START TODAY, THEN BOOM, CAR MALFUNCTION AND HE IS DONE FOR THE DAY. I HOPE THIS IS NOT A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME, MARTIN NEEDS A GOOD STEADY SEASON FOR THE FIRST YEAR WITH HIS NEW TEAM.
3. JUAN MONTOYA: HOW DOES THE LINE IN THAT SONG GO "YOUR PUSHIN' TO HARD , YOUR PUSHIN' TO HARD". WHEN YOU BLOW ONE UP THAT EARLY IN THE RACE I THINK IT TELLS ME HE NEEDS TO BACK OFF JUST A TAD. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HE WAS LISTENING TO THE GUYS IN THE BOOTH, LARRY Mc MENTIONED A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH BLOWING UP THE MOTOR AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER JUAN SHOWED US HOW TO DO IT.
4. DALE EARNHARDT JR. : LOUSY LUCK OR JUST A BAD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WE MAY NEVER KNOW, BUT JR. SURE DIDN'T HAVE THE DAY HE DID A WEEK AGO. I MEAN HE WASN'T SITTING THE WOODS ON FIRE, BUT HE WAS POSITIONED TO WHERE HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A DECENT FINISH, THEN HE BREAKS AN AXLE, JUST HOW BAD IS THAT.
5. STEWART-HASS RACING: TONY AND RYAN HAVE BOTH STARTED THIS SEASON IN A VERY POOR MANNER, RYAN WITH 2 DNF'S AND TONY WITH 2 VERY ILL HANDLING CARS. A FEW MOR WEEKS LIKE THESE AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE GENE AUTRY'S SONG "SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE" AS TONY'S THEME MUSIC.
HOT:
5. JOEY LAGANO: THE BOY STARTED THE RACE 19TH AND WORKED HIS TAIL OFF ALL DAY LONG, AND HE WAS REWARDED WITH A NO. 5 FINISH FOR THE DAY. HIS DISAGREEMENT WITH BIFFLE FROM SATURDAY CONTINUED A LITTLE, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DRAW HIS ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE PRIMARY GOAL OF GETTING A TOP FIVE OR TOP 10 FINISH.
4. MARK MARTIN: MARK CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME EVERY WEEK, HE APPEARS TO BE VERY SOFT, KIND HEARTED, AND FORGIVING, NOT THE TRAITS YOU EXPECT TO FIND IN A TIP TOP DRIVER IN NASCAR OR ANY OTHER RACING ORGANIZATION. I GUESS THAT JUST PROVES THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU WEAR A WHITE HAT DON'T MEAN YOU GONNA FINISH LAST.
3. JEFF BURTON: JEFF WORKS SO HARD TO IMPROVE NOT ONLY HIMSELF BUT ALSO HIS TEAM, IT IS GREAT TO SEE HIM AND HIS RCR TEAMMATES BACK IN THE HUNT. BURTON IS GOING TO WIN AND REGUARDLESS OF WHERE OTHER RCR'S MAY GO JEFF WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY THE RCR BANNER WITH PRIDE.
2. KEVIN HARVICK: I DO BELIEVE THAT KEVIN IS BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT THE OLD SAYING " GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT" IS A TRUE STATEMENT. MOST OF LAST YEAR KEVIN SUCKED, THEN RIGHT NEAR THE END THINGS STARTED TO IMPROVE THEN A GOOD FINISH AT DAYTONA AND A 2ND TODAY HAS PUT KEVIN IN THE CATBIRD'S SEAT. I'M GLAD THAT KEVIN IS IMPROVING AND MAYBE STARTING TO MOVE OUT FROM UNDER THE TITLE OF "THE GUY THAT TOOK BIG DALE'S PLACE".
1. JIMMIE JOHNSON: TALK ABOUT A SUPER DUPER REBOUND, A WORSE THEN LOUSY FINISH AT DAYTONA AND SORT OF BACK AND FORTH TODAY AND THEN A LUCKY BREAK ON THE CAUTION AND HE GETS THE WIN. JIMMIE AND THE 48 CREW PROVED AGAIN TODAY THE THE BEST CURE FOR A LOUSY RACE IS TEAMWORK, BELIEF IN EACH OTHER AND LISTENING TO EACH OTHER.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, I DO NEED TO SAY THAT SCOTT SPEED DID A VERY GOOD JOB TODAY AND A FEW MORE RUNS LIKE TODAY'S AND I MIGHT HAVE TO RETRACT MY STATEMENT ABOUT THEY NEED TO GET RID OF HIM. I HOPE A FEW AGREE AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME COMMON GROUND SOMEHWERE BETWEEN THE TWO.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
GOOD LORD, LEAVE THE GIRL ALONE
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
HERE EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT THE DRIVERS WOULD GIVE DANICA A HARD TIME AND TRY TO DRIVE HER OUT OF NASCAR AND BACK TO THE INDY STUFF. BUT NO, THE DAMN MEDIA IS GOING TO RAM HER DOWN OUR NECKS TO THE POINT THAT THE FANS PUSH, SHOVE AND KICK HER OUT OF NASCAR.
I AM HOPING THAT SHE DOES WELL AND MAKES IT IN THE REAL RACING WORLD, BUT CRAP, WHO CARES IF SHE FINISHED 31ST. ANY OTHER DRIVER IN THE FIELD THAT FINISHES 31 DOESN'T EVEN GET A SECOND THOUGHT MUCH LESS A DUO HEADLINE WITH THE RACE WINNER.
YES SHE FINISHED THE RACE, YES SHE FINISHED HIGHER THEN SHE STARTED, AND YES SHE FINISHED HIGHER THEN THE OTHER OPEN WHEEL GUYS DID IN THIER FIRST RACE IN SOUTHERN CALF. BUT THEN THEY KEPT TELLING US ALL DAY ALL SHE WAS DOING WAS MAKES LAPS AND TRYING TO LEARN.
I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO REWATCH THE RACE TO CHECK BUT WOULD ALMOST BET THAT THE DRIVER WHO FINISHED 30TH NEVER GOT HIS NAME MENTIONED ALL DAY LONG AFTER DRIVER INTROS. AND I BET HE WORKED JUST AS HARD AS SHE DID.
IF THE MEDIA DOESN'T GET OFF HER BUTT AND ALLOW HER TO LEARN, MAKE MISTAKES, AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, THE FANS AND DRIVERS WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DANICA FOR LONG, SHE WILL GO THE WAY OR ERIN CROCKER AND SO MANY OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT IN NASCAR, INTO THE SUNSET WITHOUT LEAVING A MARK ON THE TRACK ANYWHERE.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
HERE EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT THE DRIVERS WOULD GIVE DANICA A HARD TIME AND TRY TO DRIVE HER OUT OF NASCAR AND BACK TO THE INDY STUFF. BUT NO, THE DAMN MEDIA IS GOING TO RAM HER DOWN OUR NECKS TO THE POINT THAT THE FANS PUSH, SHOVE AND KICK HER OUT OF NASCAR.
I AM HOPING THAT SHE DOES WELL AND MAKES IT IN THE REAL RACING WORLD, BUT CRAP, WHO CARES IF SHE FINISHED 31ST. ANY OTHER DRIVER IN THE FIELD THAT FINISHES 31 DOESN'T EVEN GET A SECOND THOUGHT MUCH LESS A DUO HEADLINE WITH THE RACE WINNER.
YES SHE FINISHED THE RACE, YES SHE FINISHED HIGHER THEN SHE STARTED, AND YES SHE FINISHED HIGHER THEN THE OTHER OPEN WHEEL GUYS DID IN THIER FIRST RACE IN SOUTHERN CALF. BUT THEN THEY KEPT TELLING US ALL DAY ALL SHE WAS DOING WAS MAKES LAPS AND TRYING TO LEARN.
I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO REWATCH THE RACE TO CHECK BUT WOULD ALMOST BET THAT THE DRIVER WHO FINISHED 30TH NEVER GOT HIS NAME MENTIONED ALL DAY LONG AFTER DRIVER INTROS. AND I BET HE WORKED JUST AS HARD AS SHE DID.
IF THE MEDIA DOESN'T GET OFF HER BUTT AND ALLOW HER TO LEARN, MAKE MISTAKES, AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, THE FANS AND DRIVERS WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DANICA FOR LONG, SHE WILL GO THE WAY OR ERIN CROCKER AND SO MANY OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT IN NASCAR, INTO THE SUNSET WITHOUT LEAVING A MARK ON THE TRACK ANYWHERE.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Sunday, February 14, 2010
HOT OR NOT: DAYTONA - THE RED FLAG IS UP
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE BESIDES MYSELF THAT FEELS THAT THERE WAS NO CALL FOR THE PROBLEMS ON THE TRACK TODAY. YES, THEY HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY BAD RAINS AND THE TEMPS. HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LOWER THEN NORMAL, BUT THE TRACK CREW SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE WATER WAS GETTING UNDER THE ASPHALT AND HAVE HAD THE REPAIRS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE THE RACE EVEN STARTED, AND THEY SHOULD ALSO HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO COME APART AFTER THEY PATCHED IT BECAUSE THAT IS THE NATURE OF OLD ASPHALT.
OVERLOOKING THE TRACK PROBLEMS THE RACE WAS A REALLY GOOD RACE AND A VERY GOOD OPENING TO THE 2010 RACE SEASON AND A GREAT WAY TO WRAP UP SPEED WEEKS IN SUNNY FLORIDA. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, I HOPE A FEW OF YOU AGREE, BUT IF YOU DON'T, CHIME IN SO WE CAN GET ALL THE GOOD VIEWS SHARED AROUND HERE.
NOT
BRAD KESEKOWSKI: I THINK THEY MOVED THE BOY TO SOON, HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE PLAYPEN FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR. BUT ON THE UPSIDE DENNY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING RUN OVER BY BRAD.
JOE NEMECHEK: "FRONT ROW " JOE JUST NEEDS TO BACKAWAY UNTIL HE CAN PUT MORE $$$$ IN THE RACE PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW I FEEL JOE IS HAVING TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME SEARCHING FOR SPONSORS THAT HE CAN'T CONCERTRATE ON THE RACING . I HATE TO SEE A MAN LIKE JOE "BUSTING A GUT" AND ALWAYS COMING UP ON THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.
MIKE BLISS: WHEN YOUR INVOLVED IN A WRECK IN THE FIRST EIGHT LAPS AND THEN SPIN OUT WITHOUT ANOTHER CAR WITHIN 200 FEET OF YOU, THAT MIGHT BE A SIGN THAT YOU NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE BESIDES DAYTONA.
DAYTONA MOTOR SPEEDWAY: THERE WAS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT MUCH WATER TO BE GETTING UNDER THE ASPHALT. I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT THE TEMPS. WERE SO EXTREME THIS WEEK TO HAVE SPLIT THE SURFACE, THAT WAS A ZIT THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR AWHILE AND IT POPPED TODAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ALLOWED THE TRACK TO GET IN THAT BAD A SHAPE, IT SURE LOOKS LIKE A VERY POOR MAINTENANCE JOB TO ME.
ELLIOTT SADLER: ELLIOTT WAS LOOSE AS A GOOSE ALL DAY LONG AND BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, HE WAS HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME HOLDING ON. I REALLY LIKE SADLER, BUT TODAY HE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE 43RD SPOT AND JUST RODE AROUND, INSTEAD HE KEPT PUSHING FOR THE FRONT AND IN THE END HE JUST MESSED UP A BUNCH OF GOOD CARS.
HOT:
DAVID REUTIMANN: DAVID FLOATED AROUND ALL DAY SORT OF LIKE A GHOST, NO ONE REALLY EVEN MENTIONED HIM EXCEPT WHEN HE DID THE LITTLE SPOT DURING THE RED FLAG STOP. HE STAYED CALM ALL DAY LONG AND RIGHT AT THE END GAVE JR. A SUPER PUSH AND SNUCK RIGHT INTO 5TH PLACE, A REALLY GOOD START OF THE SEASON FOR MWR AND TOYOTA.
CLINT BOWYER: KANSAS BOY DOES GOOD AGAIN. CLINT WORKED SO HARD ALL DAY LONG AND ALONG WITH KEVIN HARVICK PROVED THAT RCR HAVE GOTTEN ALL THEIR STUFF IN ONE SOCK AND ARE A TEAM TO BE RECKONED WITH THIS YEAR.
GREG BIFFLE: GREG WOORKED ALL DAY LONG TO PROVE HIMSELF AND HIS RACING TEAM. BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON I DO THINK GREG IS GOING TO BE THE FACE OF ROUSH RACING, BUT THEN I WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM A GUY WHO RAISES BOXER DOGS.
DALE EARNHARDT JR.: HMMMM, ANOTHER BOXER LOVER, I WONDER IF THIS COULD BE A SIGN. JR. PROVED TODAY THAT SOME TIMES GOOD LUCK IS AS IMPORTANT AS GOOD SKILLS, BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, THINGS WERE ONLY SO-SO, BUT BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE ON THE RIGHT RESTART BROUGHT JR. HIS BEST FINISH IN QUITE AWHILE. I REALLY THINK THAT LANCE IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR JR. AND WILL SLOWLY BUT SURELY REBUILD JR.'S CONFIDENCE AND RETURN HIM TO THE WINNERS CIRCLE.
JAMIE McMURRAY: JAMIE SPENT HIS WHOLE TIME AT ROUSH MORE OR LESS AS THE STEPCHILD WHO GOT SHOVED IN THE CORNER AND IGNORED. THEN AT THE END OF LAST SEASON WAS DROPPED AND DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE IF HE EVEN HAD A JOB FOR THIS SEASON. BUT TODAY HE SHOWED ROUSH WHAT HE HAD LOST AND EARNHARDT-GANASSI WHAT THEY HAD GOTTEN, A DRIVER WHO HAS HEART AND A YEARNING TO WIN THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN AWHILE.
WELL THAT IS WHAT I SAW AND HOW I SAW IT. TWO OTHER DRIVERS THAT DESERVE A HATS OFF ARE MARTIN TRUEX JR. AND KEVIN HARVICK. EITHER OF THESE GUYS COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE BUT CAME UP A TINY BIT SHORT. KEVIN JUST WAS THE SECOND VERSE OF THE RCR IS BACK SONG AND MARTIN ALONG WITH REUTIMANN DID A PRETTY GOOD DUET OF HERE COMES MWR.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE BESIDES MYSELF THAT FEELS THAT THERE WAS NO CALL FOR THE PROBLEMS ON THE TRACK TODAY. YES, THEY HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY BAD RAINS AND THE TEMPS. HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LOWER THEN NORMAL, BUT THE TRACK CREW SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE WATER WAS GETTING UNDER THE ASPHALT AND HAVE HAD THE REPAIRS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE THE RACE EVEN STARTED, AND THEY SHOULD ALSO HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO COME APART AFTER THEY PATCHED IT BECAUSE THAT IS THE NATURE OF OLD ASPHALT.
OVERLOOKING THE TRACK PROBLEMS THE RACE WAS A REALLY GOOD RACE AND A VERY GOOD OPENING TO THE 2010 RACE SEASON AND A GREAT WAY TO WRAP UP SPEED WEEKS IN SUNNY FLORIDA. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, I HOPE A FEW OF YOU AGREE, BUT IF YOU DON'T, CHIME IN SO WE CAN GET ALL THE GOOD VIEWS SHARED AROUND HERE.
NOT
BRAD KESEKOWSKI: I THINK THEY MOVED THE BOY TO SOON, HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE PLAYPEN FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR. BUT ON THE UPSIDE DENNY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING RUN OVER BY BRAD.
JOE NEMECHEK: "FRONT ROW " JOE JUST NEEDS TO BACKAWAY UNTIL HE CAN PUT MORE $$$$ IN THE RACE PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW I FEEL JOE IS HAVING TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME SEARCHING FOR SPONSORS THAT HE CAN'T CONCERTRATE ON THE RACING . I HATE TO SEE A MAN LIKE JOE "BUSTING A GUT" AND ALWAYS COMING UP ON THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.
MIKE BLISS: WHEN YOUR INVOLVED IN A WRECK IN THE FIRST EIGHT LAPS AND THEN SPIN OUT WITHOUT ANOTHER CAR WITHIN 200 FEET OF YOU, THAT MIGHT BE A SIGN THAT YOU NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE BESIDES DAYTONA.
DAYTONA MOTOR SPEEDWAY: THERE WAS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT MUCH WATER TO BE GETTING UNDER THE ASPHALT. I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT THE TEMPS. WERE SO EXTREME THIS WEEK TO HAVE SPLIT THE SURFACE, THAT WAS A ZIT THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR AWHILE AND IT POPPED TODAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ALLOWED THE TRACK TO GET IN THAT BAD A SHAPE, IT SURE LOOKS LIKE A VERY POOR MAINTENANCE JOB TO ME.
ELLIOTT SADLER: ELLIOTT WAS LOOSE AS A GOOSE ALL DAY LONG AND BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, HE WAS HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME HOLDING ON. I REALLY LIKE SADLER, BUT TODAY HE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE 43RD SPOT AND JUST RODE AROUND, INSTEAD HE KEPT PUSHING FOR THE FRONT AND IN THE END HE JUST MESSED UP A BUNCH OF GOOD CARS.
HOT:
DAVID REUTIMANN: DAVID FLOATED AROUND ALL DAY SORT OF LIKE A GHOST, NO ONE REALLY EVEN MENTIONED HIM EXCEPT WHEN HE DID THE LITTLE SPOT DURING THE RED FLAG STOP. HE STAYED CALM ALL DAY LONG AND RIGHT AT THE END GAVE JR. A SUPER PUSH AND SNUCK RIGHT INTO 5TH PLACE, A REALLY GOOD START OF THE SEASON FOR MWR AND TOYOTA.
CLINT BOWYER: KANSAS BOY DOES GOOD AGAIN. CLINT WORKED SO HARD ALL DAY LONG AND ALONG WITH KEVIN HARVICK PROVED THAT RCR HAVE GOTTEN ALL THEIR STUFF IN ONE SOCK AND ARE A TEAM TO BE RECKONED WITH THIS YEAR.
GREG BIFFLE: GREG WOORKED ALL DAY LONG TO PROVE HIMSELF AND HIS RACING TEAM. BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON I DO THINK GREG IS GOING TO BE THE FACE OF ROUSH RACING, BUT THEN I WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS FROM A GUY WHO RAISES BOXER DOGS.
DALE EARNHARDT JR.: HMMMM, ANOTHER BOXER LOVER, I WONDER IF THIS COULD BE A SIGN. JR. PROVED TODAY THAT SOME TIMES GOOD LUCK IS AS IMPORTANT AS GOOD SKILLS, BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, THINGS WERE ONLY SO-SO, BUT BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE ON THE RIGHT RESTART BROUGHT JR. HIS BEST FINISH IN QUITE AWHILE. I REALLY THINK THAT LANCE IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR JR. AND WILL SLOWLY BUT SURELY REBUILD JR.'S CONFIDENCE AND RETURN HIM TO THE WINNERS CIRCLE.
JAMIE McMURRAY: JAMIE SPENT HIS WHOLE TIME AT ROUSH MORE OR LESS AS THE STEPCHILD WHO GOT SHOVED IN THE CORNER AND IGNORED. THEN AT THE END OF LAST SEASON WAS DROPPED AND DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE IF HE EVEN HAD A JOB FOR THIS SEASON. BUT TODAY HE SHOWED ROUSH WHAT HE HAD LOST AND EARNHARDT-GANASSI WHAT THEY HAD GOTTEN, A DRIVER WHO HAS HEART AND A YEARNING TO WIN THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN AWHILE.
WELL THAT IS WHAT I SAW AND HOW I SAW IT. TWO OTHER DRIVERS THAT DESERVE A HATS OFF ARE MARTIN TRUEX JR. AND KEVIN HARVICK. EITHER OF THESE GUYS COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE BUT CAME UP A TINY BIT SHORT. KEVIN JUST WAS THE SECOND VERSE OF THE RCR IS BACK SONG AND MARTIN ALONG WITH REUTIMANN DID A PRETTY GOOD DUET OF HERE COMES MWR.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
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