Right, I’m back (sort of…still need to find a job as well as a more permanent place of residence before I can finally relax) after the busiest month in my life having packed up and moved across the Pacific Ocean; hence the new blog title. The race for the QC has closed up dramatically from four weeks ago (though only three points weekends as Michigan qualifying was rained out of course).
Kyle Busch maintains his lead but in those three sessions, he’s managed to score just 24 points while Jimmie Johnson went on a tear and accumulated a whopping 120 points to slash the gap down to just 15 points.
Rocketing into the top 20 due to his pole at Loudon is Patrick Carpentier. Others include Bobby Labonte and AJ Allmendinger at the expense of Brian Vickers, Jamie McMurray and Ken Schrader. Among the frontrunners, Kasey Kahne went from sixth to fourth and Jeff Gordon drops one spot to fifth. David Ragan hasn’t scored any points at all since my last update but hangs tough in 14th while there is a bit o####ap starting to form between the top four and the rest as we approach halfway through the season.
Tez's NASCAR Qualifying Championship - top 20 standings after 17 rounds:
The races have seen Kyle keep his 'plus one race' margin mainly due to picking up another win while the other three races were shared between Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Kurt Busch. Just the solitary change in the top 20 as Elliott Sadler squeezes out Travis Kvapil. Kahne has risen to seventh from 14th while Biffle lost four places and now sits tenth.
Tez's NASCAR Race Championship - top 20 standings after 17 rounds:
To Daytona under lights then, where we’ll see if we can get another cracking finish like last year when Jamie McMurray broke a five year drought by pipping Kyle at the line. The smart money (assuming it doesn’t rain for qualifying) will be on a GOGH driver nabbing the pole position and if recent progress is anything to go by, the Dodge camp seem to have gotten over their early season troubles which could be an ominous sign since Penske went 1-2 here in February with what basically everyone said were the ‘slowest’ cars.
You settling into the Vancouver B.C. area? If so go check out the contruction companies working in the shore construction business. After working in the Seattle area I would imagine the waterfront construction in that busy Canadian port would be similar and a thriving business with new construction and upgrading existing facilities going on all the time... Check it out!
Good to see you made the trip! Hope the Canadians are treating you right...
Tez.. Good to know you've at least got the mouse and keyboard unpacked... Now if you could stay on your computer long enough to upodate your resume, th job thing will come soon enough. Just tell them Cuda sent you.. I'm a big Star in Canada, ok more like a David Hasselhoff, washed up, has beennever was kind of stardom, and they may say "Cuda Who?", but anything to help a fellow GGW driver find employment.
We must not forget Miley Waltrip. He finished 2nd last week. If we continue to have bad weather for the rest of the season, he has a chance to get top billing soon. But then again that is only wishfull thinking on his only fans part.
Good to see you back here Tez! I must say I was extremely surprised to see Carpentier on the pole last weekend. As you indicated...maybe another surprise at Daytona.
Tezgm99...Welcome to Canada, eh...Oh, and Happy Birthday to Canada as well.
I'm still not sure if Squamish is the proper location for a young engineer, but I'm sure you'll figure it out. As for employment, B.C. is booming, so you should'nt have much of a wait.
The Government of Canada has a great web site for anything you may need. Including job search.(canada.gc.ca.)
I'm hoping for another Penske 1-2 finish this week at Daytona, only a reversal of the 500.
If you've got cable it will be on TSN, just not sure when. Sundays race was tape delayed untill 8:30 pm(pacific time)
Tezgm99 I for one thought you'd have been a South Beach sort if guy ? Hot women and all of the sun and sand than you could ever want ?
But then again to each his own and it's not a slight against you at all.
The NASCAR season is revving up to be a great one for the fans and teams alike. Suffice to say that come Homestead we could all be in for a real treat !
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.
