Right, well I'm back from my two week holiday and since this is the NASCAR section I won't bother going over the races from Martinsville, Atlanta and Texas in great detail as that would have already been done so let's have a look at the other stuff I post; V8's, Rugby and Marcos Ambrose.
Not that it feels like I'm home. We're supposed to be coming into Summer...which doesn't explain the fact that we're barely getting into double digits temperature-wise (deg C). Not going to get into Al Gore's territory but I thought the term 'global' meant that, not just some places scattered around the world.
Moving on; V8 Supercars first. Well, they've had two rounds since Bathurst and the Championship looks like it's Garth Tander's to lose. He had a great weekend on the Gold Coast and coupled with Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup's misfortune at Bahrain (yes, the V8's don't just race in Aussie and NZ) he leads the standings...despite his overenthusiastic teammate tapping him during one race (come on Rick, you did it to Craig last year but this is your teammate. Everyone knows rule number one is don't hit team cars, sheesh *rolls eyes*).
To Rugby then...both codes I guess. South Africa snuck by England to win their second William Webb Ellis trophy beating them 15 points to 6. No tries scored (take that all those people who reckon the only way to win is via an expansive game) but it was a gripping match to watch as both teams had monster forward packs and every yard was hard fought. On the League front, New Zealand look rubbish...a far cry from two years ago when they beat both Australia and Great Britain. First the Aussies thumped them by 50 odd points, then GB have beaten them the last two weekends. The new coach has come under fire and this week's game could be vital as to whether or not he stays on for the World Cup next year.
Well, it's been a rollercoaster few weeks for my man, Marcos. A few poor finishes had seen him drop to 10th (I think) in the Busch standings until the Memphis race...which I missed as I was at my friend's house. Anyway, to take pole position on his 'worst' type of track (he prefers the inters, not the short tracks) was one thing, but to storm through the field (different pit strategy) to take fourth was another. Reminds me of last year when I also missed his best races (Kentucky and Kansas)...I should get paid by Wood Brothers to take more holidays since he does this whenever I do.
Marcos shows off his first pole in his Busch Series career.
I shall update both the qualifying and race championships over the weekend...not looking forward to that since I've missed a few weeks but hey, if I don't no one else will since I'm the one with the spreadsheet *laugh*
Oh and if you're wondering why there appears to be two posts about this from me...blame technology. I had written this one then clicked post. That brought up the wonderful 'whoops' page so it didn't get posted. I then wrote a summary one as I couldn't be bothered rewriting this and find that it suddenly gets done too...go figure. Suffice to say, no point with the summary one after that so I deleted it.
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Glad you are having a heat wave. Here we cannot find an excuse for global warming yet. It has been rather frosty with record lows for this time of the year.
A lot of drivers have had the bad luck doldrums and a very few have faired better. Since no one is picking Johnson in the Trifectas, he has been on a roll.Makes sense doesn't it??
Tez -
Now I remember why I don't remember reading your blogs before. Does that make any sense? Anyway, I think I must have just scrolled by them before, since I know nothing about Rugby or V8cars. But I did want to say that I liked your writing style, even though I don't know anything about those two sports.
However...I have heard of Marcos Ambrose. I saw him doing an interview on Trackside Live a couple of months ago. He was very entertaining. While I haven't really been following the Busch series much this year, I do remember that I liked his personality when he was interviewed on the show.
nah, I understand it and appreciate you dropping by :)
Marcos had already exceeded my expectations of how he'd go this year....next year will be interesting as I'm guessing he'll want wins as he knows the tracks better. Throw in a few (hopefully) Cup attempts and he'll be a busy boy, lol
I watched that game with England and S. Africa. If I only knew how the game is played. That's a man sport. I don't get the huddle where everyone is pushing, then the ball pops out and someone kicks it or runs with it.
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Marty; that's either the scrum or ruck you're talking about....and don't worry, no one else understands it anyway, least of all the ref. Usually the stop play and call a penalty if they think they saw a player with their shoes done up incorrectly *rolls eyes*
volfan; lol, didn't want to come back believe me. I'd much rather have just stayed over there. Ahh well, hopefully one day I can.
photo; aye, that's the game.....but the NFL is a collision game whereas rugby is more of an impact one. Just depends on what you feel like watching at the time I guess, lol
RINGO; the other week and a half is accounted for by me running around hoping I had packed everything :P
Tez is a rare creature; an Australian who was living in New Zealand before moving to Canada. He's also a Civil Engineer who is hoping to spend his Monday to Friday sitting in front of a computer surfing the inter...uh, working hard for an Engineering Consultant or Contractor when he finds a job. His heart is torn between his two loves; F1 and NASCAR.
Due to his high interest in those, his blogs will likely focus on them with the occasional foray into sports that don't get much (if any) mention on this website. All blogs and/or comments will more than likely have his usual dollop of sarcasm and general Aussie spin on them.
Amazingly, he also managed to score 2 MiB nominations on consecutive days (August 5 & 6, 2007) after announcing he had been keeping track of them...he's considering hiding under his bed as a result.
