GREETINGS FROM S.W. OKLAHOMA,
HAVING JUST SAT OUT ANOTHER LESS THEN NATURAL SNOW AND ICE STORM IN THE SOONER STATE I MUST ADMIT I WAS NOT AT MY BEST TODAY DURING THE RACE. THE FACT IS I MISSED ABOUT A 150 LAPS BECAUSE I FELL ASLEEP IN MY CHAIR. SO WHAT YOU ARE GETTING HERE IS MORE OR LESS A SHORT VERSION OF THE HOT OR NOT. I WILL SAY I AM SORRY RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND BEG EACH OF YOU TO FILL IN THE GAPS THAT I LEAVE IN THIS WEEKS BLOG.
NOT:
1. TIRE ISSUES: THIS SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM THIS SEASON, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE TIRES THEMSELVES OR THE SETUPS ON THE CARS, BUT EVEN IF THE ENGINEERS FROM ALL THE MAJOR TEAMS NEED TO PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER WITH GOODYEAR, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND SOLVE IT QUICKLY.
2. JOEY LOGANO: I WONDER IF JOEY SPENT TO MUCH TIME WORRYING ABOUT WINNING THE STARTING POLE AND NOT ENOUGH TIME ON WHERE HE WOULD BE WHEN LAP 500 ROLLED AROUND. BUT THEN AGAIN MAYBE JOE GIBBS NEEDS TO BAR JOEY FROM READING THE NEWSPAPER, THAT WAY HE QUITS BELIEVING HIS OWN PRESS CLIPPINGS.
3. PRISM MOTORSPORTS: FOLKS THESE FELLOWS NEED TO JUST HANG UP THEIR SADDLE, CAUSE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES, MONEY, TO GET THE JOB DONE. I REALIZE THAT DAVE BLANEY NOR MIKE WALTRIP ARE WORLD CLASS DRIVERS, BUT I KNOW THEY ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO RUN MORE THEN 40 AND 46 LAPS, AND LETS FACE IT , IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE TALENT TO GRAB THE NUMBER 3 STARTING POSITION. SO FOR MY PART I THINK THEY NEED TO HANG IT UP AND QUIT EMBARRASSING THEMSELVES AND THE DRIVERS OF THEIR CARS.
4. CLINT BOWYER: CLINT HAS HAD A COUPLE OF BAD WEEKS AND LOOKED TODAY LIKE HE WAS REALLY DOWN. I HOPE THAT HE IS NOT NOW BECOMING THE LOW MAN ON THE TOTEM POLE SINCE CASEY MEARS IS GONE.
HOT:
1. JIMMIE JOHNSON: JIMMIE "THE KID" DOES IT AGAIN, ALONG WITH HIS FAITHFUL SIDEKICK CHAD KNAUS. WHAT IS IT NOW 3 WINS IN 5 RACES AND THIS ISN'T EVEN THE PART OF THE SEASON WHERE HE NORMALLY RUNS GOOD. FOLKS LIKE IT OR NOT IT MAY NOT BE TOO LONG BEFORE FANS START TO CALL JIMMIE " THE KING". GIVEN THE FORMAT OF RACING TODAY I AM SURE THAT JIMMIE WILL NOT SURPASS THE 200 VICTORIES OF RICHARD PETTY, BUT I THINK THAT BEFORE HE IS FINISHED JIMMIE WILL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO CAST A SHADOW EVEN ON RICHARD PETTY.
2. TONY STEWART: TONY STARTED THE DAY ON THE 6TH ROW AND IN A MANNER THAT MOST OF US ARE NOT USED TO SEEING, SLOWLY BUT SURELY WORKED ON HIS CAR AND ON POSITIONING HIMSELF FOR AN EXCELLENT 2ND PLACE FINISH. A DIFFERENT CALL ON THE LAST PITSTOP MIGHT HAVE MADE SOME DIFFERENCE, BUT TONY SEEMED PLEASED THIS WEEK TO BE NUMBER 2.
3. KURT BUSCH: KURT DID EVERYTHING TODAY EXCEPT WIN THE RACE AND SELL POPCORN IN THE GRANDSTAND. I'M NOT SURE IF THE COMMENT ABOUT THE BUSCH BROTHERS NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE AND IT ALL STEVE ADDINGTON WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A COMPLIMENT OR A SLAP IN THE FACE OF HIS CREW CHIEF, BUT EITHER WAY KURT RAN A HECK OF A RACE AND IF HE KEEPS IT UP, HE WILL BE THERE AT THE LAST RACE PUSHING JJ FOR ALL HE IS WORTH.
4. ROUSH RACING: PUTTIN 3 OF 4 CARS IN THE TOP 6 AIN'T TO SHABBY FOR A TEAM THAT HAD TROUBLE FINISHING RACES LAST SEASON. WHATEVER THE PROBLEM WAS IT APPEARS THAT THIS GROUP HAS OVERCOME IT AND ARE ON THEIR WAY TO A BANNER YEAR.
FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FILL IN ANYTHING THAT I MISSED AND MAYBE I WILL DO BETTER NEXT WEEK.
THAT IS MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
HOT OR NOT: THE MARCH THRU ATLANTA
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL, WHAT WE SAW TODAY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUT IT WAS EXCITING AND WHAT WE SAW FROM CARL EDWARDS MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN PRETTY, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE FANS SAID THEY WANTED, SO THERE YOU GO. KNOWING THAT WHAT WE SAW COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY, MAYBE WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE ASK FOR, CAUSE WE MIGHT JUST GET MORE THEN WE ASK FOR. DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE TO SEE EXCITMENT AND BUMPING AND BANGING BUT WHAT CARL DID WAS WRONG, BUT NOT ANYMORE WRONG THEN A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT DALE SR. DID DURING HIS CAREER SO RIGHT, WRONG, OR OTHERWISE CARL WILL STAY AS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DRIVERS. ENOUGH PREACHING AND ON TO HOW I SAW THE RACE.
NOT:
1. ROBBY GORDON: THE FIRST TO FALL IN THE MARCH. ROBBY SO NEEDS TO GET OUT OF NASCAR AND STICK TO OFF-ROAD AND CROSS COUNTRY RACING, AT LEAST HE WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM WHEN HE SPINS TO NOT DO ANY DAMAGE TO HIS CAR. HIS LAST NAME MIGHT BE GORDON, BUT IT AIN'T JEFF AND I DON'T FIGURE HE HAS THE COINS TO KEEP REPLACING CARS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
2. BRAD KESELOWSKI: THIS BOY SURE NEEDS TO STILL BE IN NATIONWIDE OR MAYBE GO KARTS. HE MAY THINK HIS CRAP DON'T STINK, BUT I HAVE NEWS FOR HIM, HE SMELLS UP THE WHOLE RACE TRACK. BUT I HAVE AN IDEA THAT HE IS IN FOR A VERY LONG SEASON WITH MORE HARD KNOCKS THEN A SNARE DRUM IN A HEAVY METAL BAND.
3. DAVID REGAN: GEE GUYS, DON'T PUT ME ON T.V. AGAIN, DAVID WAS RUNNING PRETTY GOOD, HE GETS ON TV AND THE GUYS TALK ABOUT HIM AND BEFORE THEY PULL OFF THE CAMERA HE BLOWS A TIRE, HITS THE WALL AND PRETTY MUCH DID IN HIS DAY EARLY. HE STARTED 17TH AND FINISHED 37TH. IF THEY WERE MAKING STONE SOUP IN ATLANTA TODAY DAVID COULD HAVE SERVED AS THE STONE CAUSE HE DROPPED LIKE A ROCK.
4. HENDRICKS TIRE PROBLEMS: I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND JUST WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, BUT IT SURE AFFECTED PRETTY MUCH EVERY HENDRICK RELATED CAR TODAY. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE JR. WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND DREAD, BUT THEN IT SEEMED TO HIT EVERY CAR CONNECTED TO HENDRICKS IN ANYWAY.
5. CARL EDWARDS: WELL, I GUESS EVEN OPIE CAN LOSE HIS COOL ONCE IN AWHILE, BUT THERE WAS NO CALL FOR WHAT HAPPENED. WHATEVER NASCAR DOES I AM AFRAID THAT CARL DESERVES IT. HIS ACTIONS TODAY REALLY HAD AN EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE RACE AND MAY WELL HAVE EFFECTS ON NASCAR'S ACTIONS FOR LONG INTO THE FUTURE. BESIDES CARL SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THAT WHOEVER HITS BACK IS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT GOES TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND CATCHES THE FLACK.
HOT:
5. DAVID GILLILAND: DAVID STARTED 37TH AND FINISHED 26TH, NOT ANYTHING EARTH SHATTERING ABOUT THAT , BUT HE STAYED OUT OF THE WAY ON THE TRACK AND IN THE PITS TO MAKE SURE HE HAD NO NEGITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE RACE, WITH THAT TYPE OF ATTITUDE I THINK I MIGHT JUST HAVE TO START ROOTING FOR HIM JUST A LITTLE BIT.
4. STEVE ADDINGTON: IT APPEARS THAT STEVE WAS JUST THE GLUE THAT THE "BREW CREW" NEEDED TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER. STEVE APPEARS TO BE VERY CALM AND LAID BACK BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT BEHIND THE DOORS OF THE SHOP HE IS TOUGH AS NAILS AND MORE HARD HEADED THEN KURT, SO I THINK THEY MAY MAKE THE PERFECT TEAM, ONLY TIME WILL TELL BUT THEY SURE SEEM TO BE OFF TO A GREAT START.
3. JUAN MONTOYA: JUAN STARTED 3RH AND FINISHED IN THE SAME PLACE, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH OF A DAY, BUT JUAN WAS RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THINGS FROM START TO FINISH. TAKE AWAY THE CARL AND BRAD SHOW AND I THINK JUAN GETS HIS FIRST OVAL TRACK WIN. WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE KEPT HIM FROM WINNING ALREADY IT MAKES ME WONDER IF THE RACING GODS HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY ARE GONNA LET HIM GET JUST SO CLOSE THAT HE CAN TASTE THAT WIN, BUT NEVER GET TO SAVOR IT LIKE A GOOD MEAL.
2. MATT KENSETH: MATT STARTED 14TH AND WORKED HIS MAGIC ALL THE WAY TO 2ND BEFORE THE RACE WAS OVER. MATT SO MUCH REMINDS ME OF A GHOST, YOU DON'T SEE HIM AND YOU DON'T SEE HIM AND THEN "POOF" THERE HE IS. HE CURRENTLY STNADS 2ND IN THE STANDINGS AND WHILE IT MAY BE WAY EARLY TO THINK, I DON'T THINK WE ARE GONNA SEE A REPEAT OF LAST YEAR AND IN THE END MATT WILL BE THERE.
1. KURT BUSCH: KURT STARTED 11TH TODAY AND WITH THE HELP OF THE "BREW CREW" AND STEVE ADDINGTON HE RAN ONE OF THE BEST RACES OF HIS CAREER. KURT HAS BEEN ABLE TO HARNESS HIS URGE TO WIN AND TEMPER IT WITH A LITTLE HUMILITY AND GRACIOUSNESS TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT DRIVERS ON THE CIRCUIT TODAY. LOOK FOR HIM TO BE IN THE TOP 5 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE THIS SEASON.
PAUL MENARD AND A.J. ALLMENDINGER BOTH HAD GOOD RACES TODAY BUT WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THEIR ABILITY AND GOOD FORTUNE HOLD OUT. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE AND A DO HOPE AT LEAST A FEW AGREE, BUT EITHER WAY CHIME IN AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
WELL, WHAT WE SAW TODAY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUT IT WAS EXCITING AND WHAT WE SAW FROM CARL EDWARDS MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN PRETTY, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE FANS SAID THEY WANTED, SO THERE YOU GO. KNOWING THAT WHAT WE SAW COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY, MAYBE WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE ASK FOR, CAUSE WE MIGHT JUST GET MORE THEN WE ASK FOR. DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE TO SEE EXCITMENT AND BUMPING AND BANGING BUT WHAT CARL DID WAS WRONG, BUT NOT ANYMORE WRONG THEN A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT DALE SR. DID DURING HIS CAREER SO RIGHT, WRONG, OR OTHERWISE CARL WILL STAY AS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DRIVERS. ENOUGH PREACHING AND ON TO HOW I SAW THE RACE.
NOT:
1. ROBBY GORDON: THE FIRST TO FALL IN THE MARCH. ROBBY SO NEEDS TO GET OUT OF NASCAR AND STICK TO OFF-ROAD AND CROSS COUNTRY RACING, AT LEAST HE WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM WHEN HE SPINS TO NOT DO ANY DAMAGE TO HIS CAR. HIS LAST NAME MIGHT BE GORDON, BUT IT AIN'T JEFF AND I DON'T FIGURE HE HAS THE COINS TO KEEP REPLACING CARS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
2. BRAD KESELOWSKI: THIS BOY SURE NEEDS TO STILL BE IN NATIONWIDE OR MAYBE GO KARTS. HE MAY THINK HIS CRAP DON'T STINK, BUT I HAVE NEWS FOR HIM, HE SMELLS UP THE WHOLE RACE TRACK. BUT I HAVE AN IDEA THAT HE IS IN FOR A VERY LONG SEASON WITH MORE HARD KNOCKS THEN A SNARE DRUM IN A HEAVY METAL BAND.
3. DAVID REGAN: GEE GUYS, DON'T PUT ME ON T.V. AGAIN, DAVID WAS RUNNING PRETTY GOOD, HE GETS ON TV AND THE GUYS TALK ABOUT HIM AND BEFORE THEY PULL OFF THE CAMERA HE BLOWS A TIRE, HITS THE WALL AND PRETTY MUCH DID IN HIS DAY EARLY. HE STARTED 17TH AND FINISHED 37TH. IF THEY WERE MAKING STONE SOUP IN ATLANTA TODAY DAVID COULD HAVE SERVED AS THE STONE CAUSE HE DROPPED LIKE A ROCK.
4. HENDRICKS TIRE PROBLEMS: I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND JUST WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, BUT IT SURE AFFECTED PRETTY MUCH EVERY HENDRICK RELATED CAR TODAY. WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE JR. WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND DREAD, BUT THEN IT SEEMED TO HIT EVERY CAR CONNECTED TO HENDRICKS IN ANYWAY.
5. CARL EDWARDS: WELL, I GUESS EVEN OPIE CAN LOSE HIS COOL ONCE IN AWHILE, BUT THERE WAS NO CALL FOR WHAT HAPPENED. WHATEVER NASCAR DOES I AM AFRAID THAT CARL DESERVES IT. HIS ACTIONS TODAY REALLY HAD AN EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE RACE AND MAY WELL HAVE EFFECTS ON NASCAR'S ACTIONS FOR LONG INTO THE FUTURE. BESIDES CARL SHOULD KNOW BY NOW THAT WHOEVER HITS BACK IS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT GOES TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND CATCHES THE FLACK.
HOT:
5. DAVID GILLILAND: DAVID STARTED 37TH AND FINISHED 26TH, NOT ANYTHING EARTH SHATTERING ABOUT THAT , BUT HE STAYED OUT OF THE WAY ON THE TRACK AND IN THE PITS TO MAKE SURE HE HAD NO NEGITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE RACE, WITH THAT TYPE OF ATTITUDE I THINK I MIGHT JUST HAVE TO START ROOTING FOR HIM JUST A LITTLE BIT.
4. STEVE ADDINGTON: IT APPEARS THAT STEVE WAS JUST THE GLUE THAT THE "BREW CREW" NEEDED TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER. STEVE APPEARS TO BE VERY CALM AND LAID BACK BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT BEHIND THE DOORS OF THE SHOP HE IS TOUGH AS NAILS AND MORE HARD HEADED THEN KURT, SO I THINK THEY MAY MAKE THE PERFECT TEAM, ONLY TIME WILL TELL BUT THEY SURE SEEM TO BE OFF TO A GREAT START.
3. JUAN MONTOYA: JUAN STARTED 3RH AND FINISHED IN THE SAME PLACE, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH OF A DAY, BUT JUAN WAS RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THINGS FROM START TO FINISH. TAKE AWAY THE CARL AND BRAD SHOW AND I THINK JUAN GETS HIS FIRST OVAL TRACK WIN. WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE KEPT HIM FROM WINNING ALREADY IT MAKES ME WONDER IF THE RACING GODS HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY ARE GONNA LET HIM GET JUST SO CLOSE THAT HE CAN TASTE THAT WIN, BUT NEVER GET TO SAVOR IT LIKE A GOOD MEAL.
2. MATT KENSETH: MATT STARTED 14TH AND WORKED HIS MAGIC ALL THE WAY TO 2ND BEFORE THE RACE WAS OVER. MATT SO MUCH REMINDS ME OF A GHOST, YOU DON'T SEE HIM AND YOU DON'T SEE HIM AND THEN "POOF" THERE HE IS. HE CURRENTLY STNADS 2ND IN THE STANDINGS AND WHILE IT MAY BE WAY EARLY TO THINK, I DON'T THINK WE ARE GONNA SEE A REPEAT OF LAST YEAR AND IN THE END MATT WILL BE THERE.
1. KURT BUSCH: KURT STARTED 11TH TODAY AND WITH THE HELP OF THE "BREW CREW" AND STEVE ADDINGTON HE RAN ONE OF THE BEST RACES OF HIS CAREER. KURT HAS BEEN ABLE TO HARNESS HIS URGE TO WIN AND TEMPER IT WITH A LITTLE HUMILITY AND GRACIOUSNESS TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT DRIVERS ON THE CIRCUIT TODAY. LOOK FOR HIM TO BE IN THE TOP 5 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE THIS SEASON.
PAUL MENARD AND A.J. ALLMENDINGER BOTH HAD GOOD RACES TODAY BUT WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF THEIR ABILITY AND GOOD FORTUNE HOLD OUT. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE AND A DO HOPE AT LEAST A FEW AGREE, BUT EITHER WAY CHIME IN AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
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