GREETING FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
WELL FOLKS THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH WRECKS AND BANGED UP CARS FOR EVERYONE LAST NIGHT. OF COURSE SOME OF US ENDED UP MORE BANGED UP THEN OTHERS. IT APPEARS THAT THE "DUCK WARS" MUST CONTINUE ANOTHER WEEK, KATIE'S VOODOO DUCK SEEMED TO DO ALL OF HER WORK BEFORE THE RACE EVEN STARTED, CAUSING CARL TO HAVE A HORRIBLE QUAL. TIME AND END UP IN THE REAR OF THE PACK BUT THEN PHIDEAUX STEPPED IN AND STARTED TO WORK HIS OWN KIND OF MAGIC. HIS PROTECTION ENABLED CARL TO SALVAGE A 15TH PLACE FINISH AND HOLD HIS POSITION IN THE CHASE. NOT A BAD NIGHTS WORK FOR A GUY WHO STARTED 41st. MAYBE NOT AS GOOD A MAGIC AS "THORN" BUSCH HAD MOVING FROM 43rd TO 7th , BUT STILL HE WAS ABLE TO FIGHT OFF THE VOODOO DUCK. BUT TO BE HONEST I HAVE TO CALL THE FIRST ROUND NO BETTER THEN A DRAW. AND THIS IS HOW I SAW THE REST OF THE RACE.
NOT:
4. RCR MAINTENANCE CREWS: FOR EITHER THE 2nd OR 3rd TIME THIS SEASON WE HAVE SEEN A RCR CAR WHICH WAS MAKING A GOOD RUN, SUDDENLY GO DOWN AND LOSE SEVERAL LAPS OR END UP OUT OF THE RACE DUE TO BRAKE PROBLEMS, TONIGHT IT WAS CLINT BOWYER AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO KEVIN HARVICK, COME ON GUYS THESE DRIVERS ARE ALREADY WORKING AGAINST 43 OTHER DRIVERS THEY DON'T NEED YOU WORKING AGAINST THEM ALSO.
3. RICHARD PETTY MOTORSPORTS: THIS OPERATION CAN'T EVEN HOLD ON TO GOOD DRIVERS AND ACCORDING TO ALLMENDINGER, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF THE CARS EITHER. ACCORDING TO HIM THIS IS THE 3rd OR 4TH WEEK THAT HE HAS HAD TO BABY THE BRAKES DURING AN ENTIRE RACE. RICHARD SPARE YOURSELF ANYMORE EMBRASSMENT AND GET YORU NAME OFF THAT RACE TEAM. WE WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID NOT FOR WHAT A RACE TEAM WITH YOUR NAME ON IT DIDN'T DO.
2. TONY STEWART: THESE LAST 3 WEEKS HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR TONY. IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW HE COULDN'T GET A GOOD FINISH IF HE WAS THE ONLY DRIVER IN THE RACE. I KNOW HE IS SO WISHING FOR HIS MIDDLE OF THE SEASON SURGE, AND IF IT DON'T GET HERE PRETTY QUICK WE MAY SEE A MISSING CAR IN THE CHASE THIS YEAR.
1. BOBBY LABONTE: I REALLY LIKE THIS TEXAS BOY, BUT THE LAST 3 OR 4 WEEKS HE HAS LOOKED LIKE EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE 2000 NASCAR CHAMPION. HATE TO SAY THIS BUT MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR BOBBY TO FOLLOW HIS BROTHER INTO RETIREMENT. THE TRUTH IS I THINK MAYBE HE HAS ALREADY DRIFTED INTO THE "HAS BEEN" BRACKET.
HOT:
5. JUAN MONTOYA: JUAN CONTINUES TO BE RIGHT IN THE FRAY AND HE KEEPS INCHING UP THE LADDER OF THE STANDINGS, BUT HE JUST CAN'T CLOSE THE DEAL. I FIND MYSELF WISHING HE WOULD WIN A RACE SO THE GUYS FROM FOX WOULD BACK OFF ABOUT HOW BAD HE NEEDS TO WIN A RACE.
4. JEFF GORDON: HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU KEEP COMING UP SHORT AND STILL MOVE UP IN THE STANDINGS, JEFF JUST KEEPS COMING UP JUST A TINY BIT SHORT BUT IS STILL MOVING ONWARD AND UPWARD. I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW MUCH LONGER HE CAN KEEP TAKING THE BLAME FOR NOT CLOSING THE DEAL, CAUSE SOONER OR LATER IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT.
3. KURT BUSCH: I DO BELIEVE THAT LAST NIGHT KURT MAY HAVE GIVEN US THE VERY BEST EXAMPLE OF COMBINING LUCK, GOOD DRIVING, AND BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME THAT WE WILL SEE ALL SEASON LONG. KURT HAD A LITTLE LUCK, MADE A LITTLE LUCK WITH HIS DRIVING, AND SEEMED TO BE JUST IN THE RIGHT SPOT ALL NIGHT LONG. BUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU USE TO GET IT A TOP 5 IS AWAYS A GOOD THING.
2. JAMIE McMURRAY: WELL FOR SURE JAMIE CAN'T USE THE SONG "I AIN'T GOT NO HOME" FOR HIS THEME MUSIC. SINCE HIS MOVE FROM ROUSH THIS CAT HAS COME TO LIFE, HE SITS IN 16th RIGHT NOW, BUT IF HE CONTINUES TO MOVE UP 3 SLOTS EVERY WEKK IT WON'T BE LONG TILL HE IS SITTING IN THE TOP 5 REAL SOON.
1. DENNY HAMLIN: THIS BOY IS ON A MISSION AND I DO BELIEVE THAT AS HE CONTINUES ON THAT MISSION HE IS GOING TO END UP IN THE CAT BIRD'S SEAT AND BEABLE TO SAY "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED". THE FACT THAT HE IS DOING SO WELL WITH THE BUMMED UP KNEE IS JUST BEYOND GREAT. DENNY DID A SUPER JOB AND WE MIGHT AS WELL GET USED TO SEEING THAT SAME GOOD JOB WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.
A TIP OF THE HAT HAS TO GO TO "THORN" BUSCH FOR HIS EXCELLENT SHOWING, FOR A FEW MINUTES I REALLY THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA STEAL ANOTHER ONE AND THE CHARLIE BROWN " GOOD GRIEF AWARD" HAS TO GO TO JEFF BURTON. THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, CHIME IN WITH WHAT I MISSED.
THIS IS MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
HOT OR NOT - RICHMOND - TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICIAN HERO
GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:
THANKS TO THE SPONSORS AND NASCAR FOR NAMING THIS RACE FOR THE YOUNG MAN WHO GAVE SO MUCH FOR HIS COUNTRY, DON'T SEEM TO SEE A LOT OF THAT ANYMORE. I THOUGHT ALL OF US SAW A PRETTY GOOD RACE, I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE A BIG TRUN AROUND OR SURPRISE AT THE END, BUT THAT IS WHAT MAKES RACING WHAT IT IS.
BEFORE WE GET TO HOW I SAW THE RACE, DID ANYONE ELSE HAPPEN TO SEE OR READ THE ARTICLE THIS WEEK ON JR. SUPPOSEDLY BREAKING UP THE MARRIAGE OF A COLLEGE COACH DOWN THERE. JUST WONDERING IF WE ARE FIXING TO HAVE OUR OWN VERSION OF TIGER WOODS. BUT IF NASCAR IS MAKING NATIONAL ENQUIRER THEY MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. NOW ON TO HOW I SAW THE RACE.
NOT:
1. JIMMIE JOHNSON: FINISHING 10th IS NOTHING TO FEEL BAD ABOUT, GUESS I HAVE JUST GOTTEN SO USE TO HIM WINNING OR BEING SECOND IT LOOKED STRANGE. BUT FOR SOME REASON THE WHOLE TEAM SEEMED TO BE JUST A LITTLE, HOW DOES FARMVILLE PUT IT, OUT OF SNYC LAST NIGHT. JUST WONDER IF THE BOSS VERBALLY PADDLING HIS BOTTOM PUT JIMMIE AND THE WHOLE TEAM INTO A BIT OF A POUTY MOOD.
2. START & PARK CARS: I AM GETTING SO TIRED OF DAVE BLANEY AND FRONT ROW JOE GOING OUT, RUNNING 10 OR 12 LAPS, THEN GOING TO THE PAY WINDOW AND COLLECTING MORE MONEY THEN SOME FOLKS MAKE IN A YEAR. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WANT TO RACE AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO RACE, BUT I THINK IT IS TIME FOR NASCAR TO PUT A MIN. NUMBER OF LAPS TO BE RUN BEFORE YOU COLLECT ANY MONEY.
3. #39 CREW CHIEF: 2 TIRE STOP, THAT WAS THE WORST CALL I HAVE SEEN IN AWHILE, YES IT GOT RYAN THE LEAD, WELL AT LEAST THE LEAD TO THE GREEN FLAG AND THAT IS JUST PRETTY MUCH WHERE IT ENDED. RYAN SPENT THE WHOLE REST OF THE NIGHT LOOKING SHEEPISH AND TRYING TO CATCH UP.
4. DALE EARNHARDT JR.: WELL WE HAVE ALL HEARD OF LITTLE THINGS ADDING UP TO SOMETHING GOOD, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE FOR JR. ALL NIGHT LONG. ALL OF HIS LITTLE THINGS THIS WEEK WERE BAD AND MAYBE THE FIRST LITTLE BAD THING WAS UNLOADING THE CAR IN RICHMOND.
5. TONY STEWART: TONY JUST LIKE JR. HAD A LOUSY WEEKEND , DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THE RIGHT THINGS, SEEMED THAT NONE OF THE PROBLEMS WERE REALLY BIG, JUST LITTLE THINGS KEPT PILING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND IT MADE FOR A HORRID WEEKEND.
HOT:
5. CARL EDWARDS: I'M NOT SURE WE CAN SAY CARL IS HOT JUST YET, BUT THE RACE HE TURNED IN LAST NIGHT WILL SURE FAN THE FLAMES. I'M THINKING THIS WAS THE TURN UP THE HEAT RACE FOR CARL.
4. JEFF BURTON: JEFF JUST KEEPS COMING, I REALLY LIKE HIS ATTITUDE ABOUT THE ALL-STAR RACE AND WANTING TO RACE HIS WAY IN, NOT JUST GET VOTED IN, JEFF IS AN OL' TIME RACER THAT DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING GIVEN TO HIM.
3. KEVIN HARVICK: WOW, THIS CAT IS TURNING IT AROUND BIG TIME, I MEAN HE HAS TO BE, HE EVEN HAS UNNAMED SOURCES PUTTING OUT STORIES AND REPORTS ON HIM NOW. ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT?
2. JEFF GORDON: JEFF RAN ANOTHER GREAT RACE AND FROM ALL APPEARANCES HAD IT IN THE BAG, BUT AN EVER SO SLIGHT "CHOKE" ON THE LAST RESTART PROVED TO BE HIS UNDOING. BUT AS IT SHOULD BE THE VETERAN OF HENDRICK WAS THE LEADER OF THE ORGANIZATION LAST NIGHT.
1. KYLE "THORN" BUSCH: GOOD GRIEF, I WISH HE WOULD QUIT DOING THINGS LIKE THIS, IT MAKES IT SO HARD TO NOT LIKE HIM. HE LEADS THE FIRST HALF OF THE RACE, THEN DROPS TO NOWHERE, THEN CHARGES BACK TO WIN ON THE LAST LAP. THAT SORT OF SOUNDS LIKE SOME OLD STORIES I HAVE HEARD ABOUT "BIG E". EXCELLENT RACE "THORN" YOU DESERVED THE WIN.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, AND I REALLY DID TRY TO BE FAIR AND GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, BUT IF I MISSED ANYTHING CHIME IN AND LET US KNOW. ALL OF US ARE STILL LEARNING AND WE ALL LOOK AT DIFFERNET THINGS ON THE SCREEN, PUT IT OUT HERE SO WE ALL GET THE WHOLE PICTURE.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
THANKS TO THE SPONSORS AND NASCAR FOR NAMING THIS RACE FOR THE YOUNG MAN WHO GAVE SO MUCH FOR HIS COUNTRY, DON'T SEEM TO SEE A LOT OF THAT ANYMORE. I THOUGHT ALL OF US SAW A PRETTY GOOD RACE, I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE A BIG TRUN AROUND OR SURPRISE AT THE END, BUT THAT IS WHAT MAKES RACING WHAT IT IS.
BEFORE WE GET TO HOW I SAW THE RACE, DID ANYONE ELSE HAPPEN TO SEE OR READ THE ARTICLE THIS WEEK ON JR. SUPPOSEDLY BREAKING UP THE MARRIAGE OF A COLLEGE COACH DOWN THERE. JUST WONDERING IF WE ARE FIXING TO HAVE OUR OWN VERSION OF TIGER WOODS. BUT IF NASCAR IS MAKING NATIONAL ENQUIRER THEY MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. NOW ON TO HOW I SAW THE RACE.
NOT:
1. JIMMIE JOHNSON: FINISHING 10th IS NOTHING TO FEEL BAD ABOUT, GUESS I HAVE JUST GOTTEN SO USE TO HIM WINNING OR BEING SECOND IT LOOKED STRANGE. BUT FOR SOME REASON THE WHOLE TEAM SEEMED TO BE JUST A LITTLE, HOW DOES FARMVILLE PUT IT, OUT OF SNYC LAST NIGHT. JUST WONDER IF THE BOSS VERBALLY PADDLING HIS BOTTOM PUT JIMMIE AND THE WHOLE TEAM INTO A BIT OF A POUTY MOOD.
2. START & PARK CARS: I AM GETTING SO TIRED OF DAVE BLANEY AND FRONT ROW JOE GOING OUT, RUNNING 10 OR 12 LAPS, THEN GOING TO THE PAY WINDOW AND COLLECTING MORE MONEY THEN SOME FOLKS MAKE IN A YEAR. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WANT TO RACE AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO RACE, BUT I THINK IT IS TIME FOR NASCAR TO PUT A MIN. NUMBER OF LAPS TO BE RUN BEFORE YOU COLLECT ANY MONEY.
3. #39 CREW CHIEF: 2 TIRE STOP, THAT WAS THE WORST CALL I HAVE SEEN IN AWHILE, YES IT GOT RYAN THE LEAD, WELL AT LEAST THE LEAD TO THE GREEN FLAG AND THAT IS JUST PRETTY MUCH WHERE IT ENDED. RYAN SPENT THE WHOLE REST OF THE NIGHT LOOKING SHEEPISH AND TRYING TO CATCH UP.
4. DALE EARNHARDT JR.: WELL WE HAVE ALL HEARD OF LITTLE THINGS ADDING UP TO SOMETHING GOOD, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE FOR JR. ALL NIGHT LONG. ALL OF HIS LITTLE THINGS THIS WEEK WERE BAD AND MAYBE THE FIRST LITTLE BAD THING WAS UNLOADING THE CAR IN RICHMOND.
5. TONY STEWART: TONY JUST LIKE JR. HAD A LOUSY WEEKEND , DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THE RIGHT THINGS, SEEMED THAT NONE OF THE PROBLEMS WERE REALLY BIG, JUST LITTLE THINGS KEPT PILING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND IT MADE FOR A HORRID WEEKEND.
HOT:
5. CARL EDWARDS: I'M NOT SURE WE CAN SAY CARL IS HOT JUST YET, BUT THE RACE HE TURNED IN LAST NIGHT WILL SURE FAN THE FLAMES. I'M THINKING THIS WAS THE TURN UP THE HEAT RACE FOR CARL.
4. JEFF BURTON: JEFF JUST KEEPS COMING, I REALLY LIKE HIS ATTITUDE ABOUT THE ALL-STAR RACE AND WANTING TO RACE HIS WAY IN, NOT JUST GET VOTED IN, JEFF IS AN OL' TIME RACER THAT DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING GIVEN TO HIM.
3. KEVIN HARVICK: WOW, THIS CAT IS TURNING IT AROUND BIG TIME, I MEAN HE HAS TO BE, HE EVEN HAS UNNAMED SOURCES PUTTING OUT STORIES AND REPORTS ON HIM NOW. ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT?
2. JEFF GORDON: JEFF RAN ANOTHER GREAT RACE AND FROM ALL APPEARANCES HAD IT IN THE BAG, BUT AN EVER SO SLIGHT "CHOKE" ON THE LAST RESTART PROVED TO BE HIS UNDOING. BUT AS IT SHOULD BE THE VETERAN OF HENDRICK WAS THE LEADER OF THE ORGANIZATION LAST NIGHT.
1. KYLE "THORN" BUSCH: GOOD GRIEF, I WISH HE WOULD QUIT DOING THINGS LIKE THIS, IT MAKES IT SO HARD TO NOT LIKE HIM. HE LEADS THE FIRST HALF OF THE RACE, THEN DROPS TO NOWHERE, THEN CHARGES BACK TO WIN ON THE LAST LAP. THAT SORT OF SOUNDS LIKE SOME OLD STORIES I HAVE HEARD ABOUT "BIG E". EXCELLENT RACE "THORN" YOU DESERVED THE WIN.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, AND I REALLY DID TRY TO BE FAIR AND GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, BUT IF I MISSED ANYTHING CHIME IN AND LET US KNOW. ALL OF US ARE STILL LEARNING AND WE ALL LOOK AT DIFFERNET THINGS ON THE SCREEN, PUT IT OUT HERE SO WE ALL GET THE WHOLE PICTURE.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
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