GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL AFTER THE  EVENTS DURING THE CLOSING LAPS OF THE RACE LAST WEEK, WE MAY SEE MORE  BUMPING AND RUBBING THEN RACING THIS WEEKEND ON SAT. NIGHT.

     FIRST WE HAVE JR. AND McMURRAY,   HOW DO YOU NOT SEE A VERY LARGE WHITE CAR RUNNING IN FRONT OF YOU?  BELIEVE ME I AM ALMOST AS  BLIND AS A BAT, BUT I BET YOU I COULD HAVE . SEEN JR. HEADING FOR THE PITS.  I'M HOPING THAT JR. STAYS FOCUSED ON  KEEPING HIS PLACE IN THE STANDINGS, BUT WON'T BE TO SURPRISED IF MR. JAMIE DOESN'T GET A LITTLE LOVE TAP SOMETIME DURING THE RACE, HE MAY HAVE TO DODGE ROLLS OF  PAPER DURING DRIVER INTRO ANYWAY, AND THEN IFJR. WIPES HIM THAT WILL JUST ADD INSULT TO INJURY.  IT SEEMS THAT JAMIE IS HAVING A HARD ENOUGH TIME HOLDING ON TO HIS RIDE WITHOUT WRECKING HIS CAR AND ANOTHER TEAM'S AS WELL.

     THEN WE HAVE TWIG AND MONTOYA, THIS MAY BE EVEN BETTER THEN JR. AND McMURRAY, I HAVE NO GREAT LOVE FOR EITHER OF THESE GUYS, BUT I DO AT LEAST RESPECT KYLE BUSCH, I REALLY LOOK FOR TWIG TO PUT HIM IN THE CHEAP SEATS EARLY AND THEN GET ON WITH THE RACING.  FOR ME, CHIPPY  COULD HAVE TRANSFERED MONTOYA'S SPONSOR TO CAR HE JUST CLOSED DOWN AND CLOSED DOWN MONTOYA.  THIS GUY HAS HAD MORE FANFARE THEN ANY NEW GUY TO COME ALONG AND REALLY HASN'T SHOWED ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT HE KNOWS HOW TO WHINE.  WAHT HAPPENED LAST WEEK IS A CASE OF WHERE THE DRIVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN PARKED FOR THIS UPCOMING RACE.  HEY KRIS DOES THIS SOUND LIKE MY ARGUEMENT FOR ROAD RAGE LAST YEAR.

     I AM REALY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, I MEAN DAYTONA, NIGHT RACING, EXTRA VEHICULAR EVENTS, WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL HERE I SIT WAITING FOR THE RACE TO START, THE PRE-SHOW SEEMS TO GET LONGER AND LONGER EACH WEEK, AND I GOT TO THINKING.  WITH ALL THE MOVING AROUND AND NOW WITH ALL THE TEAMS SEEMING TO LOAD UP, I HAD A VERY SCARY THOUGHT, " WHAT IF MR. FRANCE AND HIS CRONIES DECIDED ON SOMETHING LIKE A SALARY CAP  SUCH AS WE SEE IN OTHER MAJOR SPORTS?"

     WOULDN'T THAT  BE A KICK IN THE HEAD, AND BELIEVE ME IT COULD HAPPEN.  IF NASCAR LIMITED THE AMOUNT THAT DRIVERS COULD BE PAID, IT WOULD LIMIT WHO ALLTHESE TEAMS COULD SIGN, THUS NASCAR COULD AND WOULD CONTROL WHO AT LEAST WINS THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP EACH YEAR.

     I REALLY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS TO TO MUCH UNTIL THE 5 CAR CAME OPEN AT HMS AND THE TALK ABOUT TONY LEAVING GIBBS AT THE END OF THE SEASON.  LET'S FACE IT IF TONY GOES TO HMS THAT WOULD PUT 4 OF THE TOP 5 OR 6 DRIVERS IN NASCAR ON ONE TEAM.  I MEAN MOST OF US CHEER FOR DRIVERS RATHER THEN TEAMS, BUT IT WOULD GET BORING PRETTY QUICK IT THE SAME TEAM WON WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT.

     OF COURSE WITH MEARS LEAVING IT SHOULD GIVE TONY LEVERAGE WITH GIBBS OR ANY OTHER TEAM THAT HE IS TALKING TO.  HE MIGHT STAY AT GIBBS (NOT) I THINK HE WANTS BACK IN A CHEVY SO BADTHAT HE CAN TASTE IT AND THERE ARE 2 OF THE BIG TIME CHEVIES OPEN RIGHT NOW, ONE AT HMS AND ONE AT RCR.  I HOPE HE WORKS OUT SOMETHING QUICK SO WE CAN MOVE TO SOMETHING ELSE.

     THERE HAS BEEN LOT OS TALK ABOUT BRAD KESELOWSKI MOVING UP NEXT YEAR FOR JR. MOTORSPORTS, WELL WOULDN'T IT MAKE SENSE FOR HIM TO MOVE INTO THE 5CAR WITH JR. AND RICK AS CO-OWNERS, AND IF TONY LEAVES GIBBS YOU KNOW LOGANO WILL FILL THAT SLOT.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL FOLKS  IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I WAS HERE, SOME OF YOU HAVE MOST LIKELY BEEN DOING THE HAPPY DANCE ABOUT THAT, BUT THINGS AROUND HERE HAVE HAD ME HOPPING MORE THEN A ONE LEGGED MAN AT A BUT-KICKING CONTEST.

     ANYWAY WHAT I WANTED TO PASS ALONG IS THAT I RECENTLY RECEIVED A PACKAGE FROM MOM SUE, INSIDE I FOUND AMOUNG OTHER THINGS, WAS AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF JEFF HAMMOND'S BOOK REAL MEN WORK IN THE PITTS,  IT WAS SEND TO CINDI BY JEFF THRU FOXSPORTS.  FOLKS IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK, TAKE A TRIP TO YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE AND PICK UP A COPY, IT IS REALLY GOOD READING.  I HAVE NOT FINISHED IT YET, AS I ONLY READ WHEN I GO TO BED AT NIGHT, AND THAT LAST ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE I DROP INTO NITE NITE LAND, BUT IT IS REALLY GOOD READING.

     JEFF STARTS WITH HIS BREAKING INTO NASCAR AND CARRIES YOU THRU HIS ADVENTURES WITH ALL OF THE TEAMS AND DRIVERS THAT HE WORKED WITH. THIS IS AN EASY READING GLANCE INTO THE GARAGE, THE PITS AND MANY OTHER PLACES THAT THE COMMON FAN MIGHT NEVER HEAR ABOUT OR SEE.

     WELL THAT IS ALL FOR NOW, EXCEPT FOR ONE OTHER THING, WHO GET'S THE 5 CAR NEXT YEAR, TAHT MAY BETHE SURPRISE, I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS SURPRISED THAT CASEY WAS GOING OUT THE DOOR.ANYONE THINK TONY MIGHT GET BACK INTO A CHEVY THAT AWAY.

THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL FOLKS AFTER  A PRETTY GOOD RAIN YESTERDAY I SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TODAY GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES, TRYING TO DRY OUT 5 SOAKED SOFTBALL FIELDS, AND AS I HAV ETOLD YOU BEFORE GOING IN CIRCLES FOR THAT LONG WILL GIVE YOU LOT SOF TIME TO THINK.

     ANYWAY A FEW DAYS AGO I SAW THT THE MOVIE BUCKET LIST WAS OUT O CD NOW.  WELL I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE NOR DID I BUY THE DVD, BUT I HAVE SEEN THE CLIPS FROM IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE PRETTY GOOD.  BUT I GOT ME TO THINKING JUST WHAT WOULD MY BUCKET LIST LOOK LIKE IF I NEEDED TO MAKE ONE (AND NO I DON'T NEED TO).  LETS SEE SKYDIVING WITH THE 10TH SPECIAL FORCES, QUICK TRIP TO LONDON, PARIS, OR AMSTERDAMN, OR MAYBE A FREE WEEKEND ALL BILLS PAID IN VAGAS.  NAW NONE OF THT SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING TO ME, THINK MAYBE I AM WAY TO COUNTRY FOR THAT.  BUT HERE IS A LITTLE INSIGHT AS TO WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

1.  JR. TO GET RID OF EURY JR. AND THEN WIN ABOUT 6 RACES IN A SEASON.

2.  SEE LISA WHEN SHE WAS AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.

3.  SEE MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS GROWN AND SUCCESSFUL.

4.  YEEMUM IN HER PIRATE SUIT

5.  PHOTOGR WHEN THERE WAS NO SNAPPY COMEBACK.

6.  MAYBE GO TO ELDORDA FOR TONY'S RACE ONE TIME.

7.  KVALUS IN THE JR. HAT AGAIN

8.  A FACE TO PUT WITH A NAME FOR TSFAN, VOLFAN, AND NIQUE

9.  KNOW THAT MY WIFE (ANN) AND FAMILY WILL BE FINE WHEN I AM GONE.

10. SEE SUNSHINE'S SMILING FACE ONE  MORE TIME.

     SEE WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO OR SEE AND PUT ON A BUCKET LIST THE THINGS ARE NOT USUALLY AS FAR OUT AS WHAT WE THINK.  SO JUST FOR FUN, THINK ABOUT IT FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND SEE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH AND MAYBE SHARE A LITTLE WITH THE REST OF US, IT MIGHT HELP ALL OF US TO KNOW EACH OTHER JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     FOLKS THIS PAST WEEK ANOTHER TRADITION, ANOTHER ICON OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF NASCAR, WAS THROWN BY THE WAY, AS HUMPY WHEELER WALKED AWAY FROM WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.

     I DOUBT THAT WE WILL EVER KNOW THE ENTIRE STORY OR THE REAL  REASON BEHIND HIS DEPARTURE, BUT WE CAN ALL GUESS THE MR. BRUTON SMITH HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.  WHETHER IT WAS THE PURCHASE OF THE KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY, OR THE STEAMROLLING OF CONCORD OVER BUILDING A DRAGSTRIP OR SOMETHING ELSE, IT APPEARS TO ME THAT SOMETHING WAS DONE THAT MR. HUMPY WHEELER COULD NOT OR WOULD NOT STOMACH.

     REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE BIGGER THEN LIFE AND YOU FIGURED THEY WOULD JUST ALWAYS BE THERE, FOLKS LIKE MICKY MANTLE, WALT DISNEY, CAPT. KANGAROO, YOUR GRANDPARENTS, WELL FOR MANY NASCAR FANS HUMPY WAS IN THAT SAME CROWD, AND NOW THINGS WILL JUST NOT BE THE SAME.  THE LOWE'S RACES WILL BE JUST ANOTHER RACE, BUT ALL THE GRAND SURPRISES WILL BE GONE.

     I READ AN ARTICLE THIS PAST WEEKEND, THAT SAID SMITH WOULD NOT SPEAK TO OR BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS HUMPY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAREWELL DEAL BEFORE THE RACE SUNDAY.  WELL FOR ME, MR. SMITH DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH CLASS TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS HUMPY WHEELER ANYWAY.

     AS I HAVE SAID , NONE OF US WILL EVER KNOW THE WHOLE STORY, BUT FROM WHAT LITTLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND SPOKEN OF THIS INCIDENT, IT PUTS BRUTON SMITH IN THE SAME CLASS AS JERRY JONES AND THE WAY HE FIRED TOM LANDRY OF THE COWBOYS, AND THAT IS A CLASS THAT I WOULD NOT SPIT ON IF THEY WERE ON FIRE.

     STUNTS LIKE BUYING TRACKS JUST TO CLOSE THEM AND MOVE RACE DATES TO ANOTHER TRACK, OR THREATENING TO CLOSE LOWE'S TO SCARE THE CITY COUNCIL IN CONCORD INTO GIVING HIM WHAT HE WANTED, AND NOW THE SUDDEN DEPARTURE OF HUMPY WHEELER AFTER 32 YEARS, JUST CONTINUES TO ENFORCE THE IDEA THAT I WOULD RATHER ASSOCIATE WITH SOMEONE "WHO DOESN'T HAVE  A POT TO "P" IN OR A WINDOW TO THROW IT OUT OF", THEN THE LIKES OF BRUTON SMITH.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL OVERALL NOT A BAD RACE AT ALL, NOT REALLY SURE THE BEST CAR WON, BUT THE ONE THAT MADE THE FEWEST MISTAKES DID, THAT IS FOR SURE.

     I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS CAUSING THE SMALL MISTAKES THAT ARE PLAGUING MANY OF THE BETTER DRIVERS THIS YEAR.  JR'S TEAM CAN'T GET A TIRE OFF, KYLE IS HAVING MORE SMALL PROBLEMS THEN THEN A RUSSIAN JUMPMASTER WITH A PLANE LOAD OF QUITTERS, AND JJ AND JEFFY'S PROBLEMS ARE BEYOND BELIEF.

     TIRES STILL SEEM TO BE CAUSING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, AND OF COURSE AJ AND JJ CASUE MANY MORE THEN THEY SOLVE.  NOT SURE THOSE 2 BOYS WOULD BE SAFE ON BUMPERCARS  AT THE CIRCUS.  TONY LOSES THE LEAD AND THE RACE OVER A BLOWN TIRE, WAS NOT AT ALL SURPRIED WHEN THERE WAS NO POST RACE INTERVIEW WITH HIM.  I FIGURE IT WAS TAKING TONY ALL HE COULD DO NOT TO JUST EXPLODE.

     DOES IT SEEM STRANGE TO ANYONE ELSE THAT BRUTON SMITH BUYS KENTUCKY RACEWAY AND HUMPY WHEELER RETIRES ALL IN THE SAME WEEK, JUST A FREAK THING OF NATURE, I THINK NOT.  I AM NOT THE GREATEST FAN OF THE FRANCE FAMILY, BUT IF THEY ARE NOT CAREFUL AND REIGN THAT SMITH IN, HE IS GOING TO BE THE ONE CONTROLLING NASCAR.  I UNDERSTAND THAT  NASCAR HAS ALREADY TOLD HIM NO CUP RACE IN 09 BUT WE WILL SEE, AND I BET YOU A DOLLAR TO A DOUGHNUT THAT THERE IS ONE THERE IN '10.  SO LOOK FOR ONE OTHER TRACKS TO BE BOUGHT, CLOSED,  AND THE RACE MOVED, OR A LOST RACE AT ONE OF THE EXISTING TRACKS.

     I HAVE TO SAY CONGRADS TO KASEY AND HIS TEAM, WHEN THINGS GOT TOUGH THEY KEPT THERE HEADS AND DIDN'T CHOKE, GUESS WE WOULD HAVE TO SAY THEY ARE PART OF THE UNCHOKE-A COLA CROWD.  BUT I DO WONDER IF KASEY MIGHT NOT BE IN A LITTLE HOT WATER FOR POPPING THE TOP ON THAT CAN OF BUD LAST NIGHT ON NATIONAL TV

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

P.S.  FOLKS I RAN ACROSS A BOOK CALLED "BIG JOHN'S SPEEDWAY GRILL"  AT WALMART THE OTHER DAY ON A DISCOUNT BOOK TABLE.  THIS BOOK IS A COOKBOOK THAT IS WELL WORTH THE $4.97 THAT I PAID FOR IT, YOU MIGHT HIT YOUR LOCAL WALMART TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY.  SOME PRETTY FUNNY STORIES IN IT ALSO.

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM S.W. OKLAHOMA:

     WELL LAST NIGHT'S RACE WAS CERTAINLY A GOOD ONE WITH SEVERAL SURPRISES AND THEN A FEW THAT WERE NOT SO SURPRISING.  BUT FOR ME THE WHOLE RACE WAS RUN UNDER A BAD MOON.

     I MEAN HOW ELSE DO YOU EXPLAIN THE BEST CAR ON THE TRACK GOING OUT WITH A BROKEN 4 OR 5 DOLLAR CAR PART, OR YEEMUM'S MR. SADLER GETTING TAKEN OUT BY A TWIT, THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ALLOWED TO RIDE A TRICYCLE, MUCH LESS  DRIVE A RACE CAR.

     ALSO THE FINALLY SHOT OF DALE JARRETT,STANDING ALONE IN THE SEMI DARKNESS OF THE PIT AREA.  IT SORT OF REMINDED ME OF THE PICTURE OF Y.A. TITTLE ( NEW YORK GIANTS QUARTERBACK,  LONG TIME AGO) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, ON HIS KNEES, HELMET OFF, HEAD BOWED IN TOTAL DEFEAT.  NO ONE OF JARRETT'S STANDING SHOULD GO OUT THAT WAY.

     JR.  HAD A NORMAL SO-SO RACE, AND SO DID TONY, IF YOU ARE A FAN FOR THE UNDERDOG, THEN YOU HAD A VERY GOOD TIME LAST NIGHT.  I MEAN KASEY WASN'T EVEN IN THE RACE, COULDN'T RACE HIS WAY IN, THEN GOT THE FAN VOTE, AND WOW WON THE WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH. BY THE WAY CONGRADS TO KASEY AND HIS CREW.

     ALSO WAS IT JUST ME OR DID IT LOOK LIKE A TON OF SEATS WERE UNFILLED LAST EVENING, IF SO , THAT AIN'T GONNA MAKE HUMPY WHEELER HAPPY AT ALL.  MAYBE HE SHOULD CALL MR. BUSH ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE GAS PRICES. LOL LOL, FAT CHANCE OF THAT RIGHT.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

God bless all of our troops, past , present and future.  It si because of you we can waste our time writing  whatever we want on these posts.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL, JR. CREATED QUITE A STIR A WEEK OR SO AGO , WHEN HE SAID THAT KYLE BUSCH  WAS ALOT LIKE DALE SR., OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.AND I GUESS I AM REALLY BEHIND THE POWER CURVE WAITING TILL NOW TO COMMENT ON THIS COMPARSION, BUT I WANTED TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND SORT SEE WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE AFTER THE FACT.

     SAD TO SAY, BUT I NEVER REALLY GOT TO WATCH BIG DALE DRIVE.  BUT I HAVE HEARD THE STORIES, SEEN THE REPLAY CLIPS, SEEN THE MOVIES, AND HEARD THE SONGS, AND COMPARING THESE TO WHAT WE SEE WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT FROM "THE TWIG" I REALLY HAVE TO AGREE THAT THEY ARE MUCH ALIKE.  BOTH HAVE OR HAD  THAT BURNING,  BALLS TO THE WALL, PEDAL TO THE METAL ATTITUDE ABOUT RACING TO WIN.   BOTH CONSIDER 2ND PLACE AS THE FIRST LOSER AND BOTH WILL OR WOULD DO WAHTEVER IT TAKES OR TOOK TO WIN.  I'M NOT SURE THAT THE MONEY MEANS NEAR AS MUCH AS THE WINNING.

          I WILL ADMIT THAT I AM SURPRISED THAT KYLE DOESN'T HAVE MORE FANS IN THE OLDTIME, LESS POLITICALLY CORRECT NASCAR FANS  THEN HE DOES.  KYLE IS THE CLOSEST THING I HAVE SEEN TO THE OLDTIME HARD CHARGERS, WHO'S ATTITUDE WAS "IF I HAVE TO PUT YOUR BUTT IN THE WALL TO WIN, THEN THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING." 

     AS FOR ME, IT IS WAY TO EARLY TO COMPARE THE TWO, YOU CAN'T COMPARE ONLY 1 THING ABOUT 2 PEOPLE AND SAY THEY ARE ALIKE.  IF IN  10 YEARS YOU WANT TO COMPARE KYLE'S TOTAL ON AND OFF TRACK ACTIONS AND SEE IF THEY COMPARE TO DALE SR. THEN THAT IS A GOOD DEAL.

     THERE WAS A SIDE OF DALE THAT MAYBE ONLY RICHARD CHILDRESS AND HIS FAMILY KNEW ABOUT.  SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE LEAKED OUT AND ARE MORE OR LESS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, THINGS LIKE:  HE STARTED DRIVING FOR CHILDRESS ON A HANDSHAKE, WHEN HE TOLD YOU SOMETHING YOU COULD TAKE IT TO THE BANK, HE NEVER LOST CONTACT WITH HIS COTTON MILL ROOTS OR THE COMMON MAN, HIS WORD WAS HIS BOND.  IF 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THE SAMETHING CAN BE SAID  ABOUT "THE TWIG" THEN I WILL AGREE WITH JR.  UNTIL THEN I WILL RESERVE MY RIGHT TO DISAGREE.

     DALE EARNHARDT, IS A SYMBOL OF A BETTER TIME , MUCH LIKE MICKY MANTLE, ROGER MARIS, Y.A. TITTLE, I AM NOT SURE THAT ANYONE WANTS SOMEONE TO TAKE THEIR PLACES, BUT FOR THOSE COMING UP, THOSE ARE FOLKS TO ADMIRE AND GOALS TO SET.  FOR MYSELF I DON'T THINK THERE COULD BE A GREATER COMPLIMENT THEN TO BE COMPARED WITH DALE OR ANY OF THESE GUYS.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     I JUST FINISHED READING A POST ON OUR BLOG SITE, DEALING WITH THE D. PATRICK INCIDENT LAST WEEK.

     I COULDN'T BELIEVE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE ON THE POST.  IT IS TRUE THAT MANY OF THOSE STORIES HAVE BEEN STRETCHED, BUT YOU AND I ALL KNOW THAT THEY ARE MOST LIKELY BASED AT LEAST IN PART ON THE TRUTH.  I THINK THAT THE ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN TONGUE IN CHEEK AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS SUCH.  HELL I DIDN'T CATCH THAT MUCH FLACK WHEN I WROTE THE  CONTEST STORY WHERE I KILLED OFF JR., TONY STEWART, AND 2 OTHERS.

     WE ALL HAVE OUR OPINIONS ABOUT ALL THE NASCAR FOLKS AND MANY TIMES WE DON'T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT CUTTING WRITERS DOWN OR INSULTING THEIR PARENTS IS NO THE WAY TO DO THIS.  THIS YOUNG LADY STATED THAT SHE KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT NASCAR AND WAS TRYING TO LEARN SO THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS HELP NOT RUN HER IN THE GROUND OR RUN HER OFF BUT OFFER ADVICE AND HELP.  IF SHE IS WRONG ON SOMETHING CORRECT HER, BUT DON'T BLOW HER OUT OF THE WATER.

     AS FOR ME, I WANT TO SEE AS MANY NEW FACES AND NAMES ON HERE AS WE CAN GET, BECAUSE EVERY NEW FACE BRINGS US A NEW SIDE TO OUR SPORT AND IN THE END ISN'T THAT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

NIQUE, FUNNY POST, I ENJOYED THE HUMOR HANG WITH US.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED, THE POINT SYSTEM THAT I  AM USING IS POSTED IN ONE OF MY BLOGS IN FEB. OF THIS YEAR.  I WOULD HAVE PUT THE EXACT DATE IN HERE, BUT RIGHT NOW FOX IS EXPERENCING SOME TECH. DIFFICULTY SO ALL I GET IS  WHOOPS.

     AFTER 11 WEEKS OF RACING THE TWO SYSTEMS ARE STILL PRETTY CLOSE, WITH ONLY A FEW DIFFERENCES , MOST OF WHICH ARE DRIVERS IN FLIP FLOP ORDER OF THE TWO SYSTEMS.

     AS MUCH AS I HATE TO ADMIT IT, KYLE BUSCH IS STILL IN FIRST, AND AFTER LAST NIGHT I HAVE TO SAY HE TOTALLY DESERVES IT, BUT IF HE DOESN'T WATCH IT, HE IS GOING TO LET HIS MOTORBOAT MOUTH OVERLOAD HIS STEAMBOAT #### AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GIVE HIM A FAT LIP, AND IT MIGHT BE HIS OWN CREWCHIEF. AND NOW ON TO THE STANDINGS AS I COMPARE THEM THIS WEEK.

1.  KYLE BUSCH                                          SAME

2. BURTON                                           
       SAME

3. EARNHARDT                                        
  SAME

4. HAMLIN                                           
       SAME

5. BOWYER                                           
    SAME

6. EDWARDS                                          
   JOHNSON

7. JOHNSON                                          
   EDWARDS

8. HARVICK                                          
     STEWART

9. STEWART                                          
   HARVICK

10. J. GORDON                                        SAM
E

11. BIFFLE                                           
      SAME

12. NEWMAN                                           
D. REGAN

13. D. RAGAN                                           NEWMAN

14. TRUEX                                            
    KAHNE

15. KAHNE                                            
    TRUEX

     LIKE I SAID NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCES, BUT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT INTERESTING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

KY. BUSCHGREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

        WELL THAT WAS SOMETHING OF A RACE THIS PAST WEEKEND, HAD GOOD RACING, GOOD WEATHER, AND A VERY DISLIKED DRIVER SWEEP THE RACES AT DEGA.  FOLKS I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE AND I WAILL SAY IT AGAIN, I REALLY DON'T CARE FOR KYLE BUSCH, BUT FOLKS, THAT BOY CAN DRIVE A RACE CAR.

     NINE WEEKS INTO THE SEASON MY POINT SYSTEM AND NASCAR'S  SYSTEM STILL HAVE THE DRIVER'S MORE OR LESS IN THE SAME POSITIONS WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.  AND IN THE END IT MAY TURN OUT THAT THERE IS ON DIFFERENCE IN THE OUTCOME ON WHO MAKES THE TOP 12 BUT WE WILL SEE.  HERE ARE HOW THEY STACK UP AFTER 9 WEEKS.

1.  BURTON               1558                  BURTON               1347.

2.  KY. BUSCH          1530                  KY. BUSCH            1325.

3.  HAMLIN                1453                 EARNHARDT          1268.

4.  EARNHARDT       1443                  HAMLIN                     1248.

5.  JOHNSON           1426                JOHNSON                 1245.

6.  HARVICK             1370                HARVICK                    12
08.

7.  BOWYER            1306                  BOWYER                   1182.

8.  EDWARDS         1283                 BIFFLE                      
   1148.

9.  STEWART          1272                STEWART                   1137.

10. BIFFLE                1270               EDWARDS                   1084.

11. NEWMAN          1193               NEWMAN                      1062.

12. J. GORDON       1129              MONTOYA                     1029.

13. D. REGAN           1090             KAHNE                          1028.

14. MONTOYA         1078            J. GORDON                   1018.

15. KAHNE                1043            D. REGAN                      994.

     WELL FOLKS THAT'S WHAT I GOT FOR NOW,MAYBE NEXT WEEK WE WILL SEE SOME SHAKEUPS.  I HOPE SO  CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE 2 SYSTEMS ARE STILL SO CLOSE IT IS BEGINNING TO MAKE ME LOOK A LITTLE FOOLISH, AND I DON'T NEED ANY HELP DOING THAT.

     BY THE WAY CINDI AS YOU WATCHED THE RACE FROM ABOVE, I KNOW YOU THOUGHT BACK TO ONE YEAR AGO AND CHEERED SMOKE ALL THE WAY.  YOU TOLD ME AFTERWARD THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD JINKSED HIM CAUSE HE WERCKED AND FINISHED 28TH.  WELL THIS YEAR YOU WERE NO THERE TO CHEER FOR HIM AND HE WRECKED AND FINISHED SOMEWHEREAROUND 38TH.  SO LIKE ALL THE REST OF US , HE WAS ALOT BETTER OFF WHEN YOU WERE HERE.  WE MISS YOU.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL, WITH BASICALLY 1/3 OF THE REGULAR RACE SEASON OVER, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER IF THEY ONLY RAN 34 TOTAL RACES, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TO EARLY TO GUESS HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO UNFOLD DURING THE SECOND 1/3, BUT I THINK I WILL GIVE IT A SHOT ANYWAY.

     HENDERICK'S FINALLY GOT INTO THE WIN GROUP AND WITH THIS PAST WEEK OFF I AM GUESSING THAT THE GORDON CREW GOT SOME OF THE BUGS WORKED OUT, SO I'M THINKING THAT STARTING WITH DEGA THIS WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE JIMMY AND JEFFY START TO MARCH TO THE FRONT.  SINCE I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT EURY JR. BEING REPLACED I'M THINKING THAT JR. WILL BARELY HANG ON TO WHAT HE'S GOT OR MAYBE EVEN SLIP JUST A LITTLE IN THE NEXT 8 WEEKS.  AND I THINK THAT CASEY MEARS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING UP THE REAR.  IT HAS TO HURT  BEING THE 4TH GUY ON A TEAM WHERE THE OTHER 3 ARE SO BIG IN THE GAME.

     WHILE WE ARE COMING INTO SUMMER, LOOK FOR NOT ONLY THE WEATHER TO GET HOT, BUT ALSO TONY STEWART, FOR HIM THE HOT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME, AND IT WON'T SURPRISE ME IF HE STARTS THIS WEEKEND AT DEGA WITH A WIN.  KYLE BUSH HAS BEEN OH SO CLOSE AS HAS DENNY HAMLIN ALREADY, SO IF AND WHEN JOE GIBBS RACING KICKS IT UP 3 NOTHCES IN THE NEXT 6 OR 8 WEEKS DON'T BE SURPRISED.  IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME TO SEE THESE 3 GUYS WIN 5 OR 6 RACES DURING THE NEXT 8 WEEK STRETCH BETWEEN THEM.

      THERE ARE STILL A FEW MORE CONCRETE TRACKS LEFT SO LOOK FOR CARL EDWARDS TO HANG IN THERE FOR ROUSH AND IN THE END I AM GUESSING HE WILL BE IN THE TOP 12 FOR THE LAST 10 RACES .  MATT KENSETH HAS HAD MORE THEN HIS SHARE OF PROBLEMS ALREADY BUT I FIGURE THAT IN THE END HE WILL STAY CLOSE, BUT I DON'T THINK HE WILL MAKE THE CHASE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IT CAME INTO BEING.  LOSTING HIS CREWCHIEF HURT MORE THEN I THINK HE OR ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO ADMIT.  GREG BIFFLE IS ALWAYS A QUESTION MARK TO ME, HE IS UP AND DOWN MORE THAN A YOYO, BUT OVER THE NEXT 8 TO 10 RACES I LOOK FOR HIM TO BACKSLIDE, NOT OUT OF THE TOP 20, BUT WELL OUT OF THE TOP 12.  JAMIE McMURRAY MAY WELL BE JUST HANGING ON BY HIS FINGERTIPS AND I DON'T LOOK FOR IT TO GET ANY BETTER ANYTIME SOON.

     RCR'S DRIVERS HAVE STARTED THE FIRST 8 RACES LIKE THEY WERE SHOT OUT OF A CANNON, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ENOUGH POWDER IN THAT SHOT TO KEEP THEM GOING FORWARD.  BURTON WAS PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME POSITION LAST YEAR AND A COUPLE OF BAD BREAKS SENT HIM BACKWARD AND HE NEVER DID TOTALLY RECOVER.  IF YOU ASK ME, AND NO ONE DID, I THINK KEVIN NEEDS TO EASE UP JUST A BIT, IT MAY BE THAT HE IS PUSHING A LITTLE TO HARD, AND NOW MIGHT BE THE TIME TO SEE IF "EASIER ISN'T BETTER".  CLINT BOWYER, NOW THIS IS A KID I REALLY LIKE, HE IS AS SMOOTH AS THE SIPPIN' WISKEY THAT SPONSORS HIM.  I'LL BET YOU THAT HE VERY QUITELY "SMOOTHES" HIS WAY RIGHT BACK INTO THE CHASE AGAIN THIS YEAR.

     I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT CHIPPY'S BOYS HAVE SNOWBALLS CHANCE IN "L" OF DOING ANYTHING THIS SEASON, UNLESS HE PULLS THEM ALL AND GOES BACK TO JUST RACING INDY.  ALSO I FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A LARGE LEADERSHIP PROBLEM AND IT IS IN THE CUSHY CHAIR IN THE HEAD OFFICE.

     SOMEHOW DEI NEEDS TO FIGURE A WAY TO KEEP MARK MARTIN IN THE 8 CAR TO GIVE TRUEX JR. A HAND OR ELSE DEI IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN WITHOUT A PRAYER.  DALE SR. HAS HOT TO BE WONDERING "WHAT IN THE WORLD HAS HAPPENED TO MY COMPANY".

     MY MOTHER ALWAYS TO ME " IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING". SO I WILL STOP HERE AND LET IT RIDE.  BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MWR BLOW SOME FOLKS OUT OF THE WATER, BUT IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     AFTER HAVING READ SEVERAL POSTS TODAY, REFERING TO THE SUPER SONICS MOVING TO OKLAHOMA CITY  AND THE FOLKS IN OKLAHOMA BEING REFERED TO AS HILLBILLIES I FEEL IT IS ONLY RIGHT TO GIVE A FEW LITTLE KNOW FACTS ABOUT THE HILLBILLIES WHO LIVE HERE.

     1.  THE CURRENT CBA CHAMPIONS ARE BASED OUT OF LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.

     2.  THE CURRENT CHAMPION FROM "THE CONTENDER" PROGRAM IS A YOUNG MAN NAMED GRADY BREWER, ALSO FROM LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.

     3.  THE CURRENT "NFL TEACHER OF THE YEAR" IS CHARLOTTE GAGLIARDI, FROM LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.

     4.  AND LAST BUT LEAST THE 2007 "MISS AMERICA" LAUREN NELSON, IS FROM LAWTON OKLAHOMA.

     NOW THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT THAT THEY ARE FROM MY HOME TOWN, BUT THEY ARE FROM OKLAHOMA, AND ARE NOT HILLBILLIES,  AND HERE ARE A FEW OTHERS WHO WERE BORN AND BRED AND MOSTLY STILL RESIDE IN OKLAHOMA.

 1.  GARTH BROOKS     - COUNTRY SINGER

2. REBA McINTIRE     - COUNTRY SINGER

3. ROY CLARK           - COUNTRY SINGER

4.  LEON RUSSELL     - 60'S ROCKER

5.  WILL SHIELDS       - NFL

6.  JIMMY WEBB          - SINGER SON WRITER

7.  TOBY KEITH          - COUNTRY SINGER

     BUT I WILL ADMIT WE DO HAVE MOUNTAINS IN OKLAHOMA, THE FACT IS WE HAVE THE OLDEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IN NORTH AMERICA IN OKLAHOMA, THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS PREDATE ALL OTHER MOUNTAIN RANGES BY ABOUT 3 MILLION YEARS.

     BUT IF THE SONICS MAKE IT OR NOT HERE, I DON'T HAVE A CLUE IF THEY WILL, BUT IF THEY DON'T IT WON'T BE BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA, BECAUSE WE WILL MAKE THEM WELCOME AND WHAT WILL BE WILL BE.

     AND IF I REMEMBER RIGHT ONE OF OUR FAVORITE BLOGGER'S IN-LAWS ARE STILL GET A CHECK FROM AN OIL LEASE IN WEWOKA OKLAHOMA. AND VERY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WILL ROGERS ( WORLD FAMOUS STAGE AND SCREEN STAR AND PILOT) STATED AT ONE TIME " WHEN THE OKIES LEFT OKLAHOMA AND WENT TO CALIFORNIA IT IMPROVED THE IQ OF BOTH STATES".

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA:

     HEY FOLKS, JUST HEARD FROM TSFAN AND HER FATHER -IN- LAW HAS TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORSE.  I THINK A FEW PRAYERS MIGHT BE INORDER ONE MORE TIME.

     MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW TS MUCH BETTER THEN I DO, BUT SHE DID LET ME KNOW THAT SHE WILL NOT BE ON FOR AWHILE AS SHE IS HELPING CARE FOR HIM.  PRAYERS TO KEEP HER HEALTHY AND HER SPIRITS UP MAY DO MORE GOOD THEN WE CAN GUESS.

     THANKS

GUNAQUAT