First annual ? Bloggers Speak NONASCAR race schedule. Some of you read and voted on my Un-Popularity Contest blog here and on the 'boards'

The results are in! Many familiar cars will not be on the track

This blogger season the drivers are

 Jeff Burton

 Kevin Harvick

 Denny Hamlin

 Clint Bowyer

 Greg Biffle

Kasey Kahne

 Ryan Newman

Martin Truex Jr.

Matt Kenseth

 David Ragan

 Brian Vickers

 Bobby Labonte

 David Gilliland

 Paul Menard

 Elliott Sadler

 Travis Kvapil

 Casey Mears

 Scott Riggs

Reed Sorenson

 Sam Hornish Jr

. Regan Smith

 Dave Blaney

Aric Almirola

John Andretti

Eric McClure

Stanton Barrett

 Boris Said

Sterling Marlin

 Carl Long

Here is the list of tracks for the season

 Track Atlanta Motor Speedway

 Chicagoland Speedway

 Darlington Raceway

 Dover International Speedway

Kansas Speedway

 Lowe's Motor Speedway

 Martinsville Speedway

 Michigan International Speedway

  Phoenix International Raceway

 Richmond International Raceway

 Talladega Superspeedway

Texas Motor Speedway

Since there are only 12 tracks, each will have 2 races one early, one late. The dates will be determined by proximity to the last track.No more bouncing back and forth .

 There have been some modification to the existing Rule Book.

 There will no longer be a 'template' for the cars-No COT no POS "run what you brung!"

 Prerace inspection (for safety) will be just that- you pass, you're in.

 Post-race inspection (for rocket launchers) will be made by REASONABLE people.

 Qualifying will be determined either by a 'guess the jellybeans in the jar game' OR last week's slowest will qualify first. The first race, whoever "sets up camp" first qualifies first. (We don't give a dip dingle what you did last year)

 The field will no longer be frozen during the yellow.(you can race back to the yellow flag)

 Lapped cars will restart at the back of the pack.

 No top 35 rule (note I don't think we have 35 drivers anyway) This also means that anyone can just show up at the race and qualify (except full time NASCAR drivers that have been removed from the above drivers list)

NO restictor plate, NO debris cautions,NO lucky dog.

 Yellow laps will no longer be counted in the total laps raced.

 Pit road speed is whatever you feel safe with and there is no longer a commitment cone.

You are not required to wear pants in the pits.(just for you)

 If you spin out twice (without help) you will NOT be rejoining the race.

 There is no 'chase'.It's all or nothin' baby!

And you can use any tire (or tyre) you want!

By popular demand there will be NO announcers from any recognized network.

 Kristin Valus has been nominated to lead a team of fellow bloggers (feel free to nominate more)to announce the races. Any Driver that has been 'cut' from the list above may also be nominated. (But can be removed from the booth at anytime).

 By a pretty even margin, there will only be one and a half boogity's before the race.

 I must tell you all to BUCKLE UP- you're gonna need all the safety equipment you can find!

This should be good

Tomorrow my son graduates from boot camp at Fort Benning GA.

He will then fly to Fort Eustis VA for his AIT. ('copter mech)

 

 

He has been asked to go from there to Airborne school

He is 22 years old and he is FINALLY making something of himself.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I am proud!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I bet he won't look like that when he gets home.

He had "family day" today and one of his fellows' family took him along for steak and lobster lunch. He called me 4 or 5 times on the cell phone.

. yep I'm smilin'.

Karl's MySpace Page

I have observed that many commentors on these pages like to bash some of the drivers, crew members, announcers, reporters, and yes, even bloggers that take the time to share their thoughts here on FOXSports.(and elsewhere for that matter)Can we try to remember they are PEOPLE damn it?

gratuitus bling

Everybody has a driver (or three) they cheer for, a favourite track (or four), a respected announcer (maybe)

However,

almost without fail every race fan has a driver / track / common-tater / NASCAR rule that they Loathe.

I am conducting a little experiment.

I would ask everyone to nominate one driver / track / common-tater / NASCAR rule that they want eliminated from NASCAR.

For the purpose of my experiment please keep the nominees to Cup racing only.

Who will be left on the track?

photo borrowed from hbrown3878

From lowesmotorspeedway.com

(The special paint scheme can be seen there too)

Dale Jarrett will finally "race" the truck and Lowe's Motor Speedway is offering a special two-day ticket package for just $44 so fans can be on hand Saturday night, May 17, when Jarrett's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered Tour" culminates at the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

.....before Jarrett straps into the No. 44 UPS Toyota Camry for the final time, he'll do something fans have eagerly anticipated, he's going to "race" the truck. After Jarrett is introduced prior to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, he will step into the UPS Race Truck from the UPS ad campaign and take one lucky fan for a ride around the 1.5-mile superspeedway.

I think this is a fitting tribute to Dale Jarrett.

Anyone who gets to attend will indeed have witnessed an important event.

Any of you that get to go had better come back with a full report!

As you may- or may not know my son is in Basic Training in Georgia.

I am the ONLY person that is sending him mail. He's been in almost 2 months and has 5 months left to go.(He'll be done with Basic in April and then he is off to the "next duty station" according to his Captain)

His birthday is this month, and I thought I would ask my friends here if they had the time to drop him a line?

Keep in mind there are some very strict rules about what can be sent to him.
Mostly just a paper letter in a plain envelope.

No stickers- glitter-red pen-pink envelopes (extra push-ups for those.)
No porn or food or cloth or books or (you get the picture)

So if you have the time and would drop him a line that would be great.
He knows a bit about my blogging problem so he'll know where I know you from.

Another option is if you just want to e-mail me a note/letter and I can print it out and mail it with my letter.

Thanks in advance

Karl's Mum

I would like ot thank MoonDogSports.com for helping me get this information out. Stop by his site if you have the time

If  you don't do anything else, find out if there is someone in YOUR extended family that would appreciate a word or two from you.

(No one writes letters anymore)