GOOD MORNING FOLKS, THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE TIME TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BACK AS CLOSE TO NORMAL AS THEY WILL FOR THE FAMILY OF SOUTHERN CINDI (SUNSHINE).
I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH HER MOM ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY THINGS HAVE SORT OF SETTLED OUT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T KNOW, MOM HAD A MILD STROKE 2 DAYS AFTER CINDI'S SERVICES. SHE SPENT 3 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEN WHEN HOME, APPEARED TO BE NO SEVERE DAMAGE DONE ALTHOUGH HER EYESIGHT WAS EFFECTED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. SHE HAS SINCE BEEN CLEARED BY THE DR. AND IS BACK AT HOME WITH HER AND CINDI'S DOGS AND IS DOING WELL.
SHE ASK ME TO ONCE AGAIN THANK EACH OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, CARDS AND FLOWERS. SAID NO ONE EVER HAD A BETTER OR MORE COLORFUL SEND OFF THEN WHAT SHE SAW AT CINDI'S SERVICE.
SHE SAT DOWN LAST WEEK AND WATCHED THE BUD SHOOTOUT FROM START TO FINISH, SOMETHING SHE SAID SHE HAD NOT DONE BEFORE AND MAN WS SHE EXCITED. LAUGHED AND SAID CINDI WOULD HAVE BEEN DANCING ON THE BACK OF THE COUCH WITH THE FINISH. FOLKS I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER NEW FULL TIME NASCAR FAN.
WITH LESS THEN A MONTH BEFORE THE DRIVER'S RESPOND TO THE FIRST "DRIVER'S START YOUR ENGINES", THERE HAVE BEEN HOURS TALKED AND MILES WRITTEN ABOUT WHO WILL WIN THE 08 CHAMPIONSHIP. WILL J.J. REPEAT, WILL JEFFY GET HIS REVENGE, WILL HENDRICK'S SWEEP OVER HALF THE RACES THIS SEASON? BUT BY AND FAR VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT HOW WILL THE ORGANIZATIONS DO. I KNOW RACING IS BASICALLY A TEAM THING, BUT LET'S FACE IT THE OWNERS HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT TOTAL SUCCESS OR FAILURE.
LOOSELY BASED ON DRIVER FINISHES FROM LAST SEASON I HAVE TRIED TO GUESS HOW THE ORGANIZATIONS WILL FAIR DURING THE 08 SEASON. AND LIKE IT OR NOT, MEANING ME , I HAVE TO SAY THAT HENDRICKS RACING WILL MOST LIKELY COME OUT ON TOP. THEY ARE GOING TO GET SOLID RUNS OUT OF J.J. AND JEFFY, I THINK CASEY WILL STAY ABOUT THE MIDDLE OR A LITTLE ABOVE, THE REAL QUESTION IS JR. IF HE CAN GET THE HELP HE NEEDS , DURING THE RACES, FROM HIS CREW CHIEF, THEN JR. WILL BE RIGHT THERE WITH JJ AND JEFFY. IF EURY JR. CONTINUES AS HE HAS IN THE PAST, THEN JR. IS STILL GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE AND HAVE NO BETTER A SEASON THEN HE DID LAST YEAR.
IN 2ND OR MAYBE 2ND&3/4'S I HAVE JOE GIBBS RACING. TONY WILL RUN WELL AND WITH A FEW LESS PIT MISTAKES HE CAN WIN 6 OR 7 RACES THIS SEASON. DENNY HAMLIN WILL BE AMONG THE LEADERS ALL YEAR LONG AND I THINK SO WILL THE LITTLE BUSCH. IF TOYOTA HAS POURED AS MUCH MONEY IN THAT PROGRAM AS WE THINK THEY HAVE, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY CAR PROBLEMS. COACH GIBB'S BIGGEST PROBLEM MAYBE KEEPING HIS 3 BIGGIES FROM KILLING EACH OTHER, IF THAT PROBLEM DOES NOT SURFACE THEN GIBBS IS GOING TO BE HOT ALL SEASON.
I FIGHURE #3 BELONGS TO THE CHILDRESS ORGANIZATION, ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW IT WORKED OUT, LAST SEASON IT SEEMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT ALL 3 CARS RAN WELL, BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME, AND THERE WAS A SMALL PROBLEM WITH CONSISTENCY. IF MR CHILDRESS CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AND SETTLE CLINT DOWN JUST A TAD, THEN THEIR ORGANIZATION SHOULD DO WELL IN 08.
#4 GOES TO DEI, MARK MARTIN AND MARTIN TRUEX WILL RUN WELL ALLSEASON AND CARRY THE LOAD FOR DEI. PAUL MENARD, I THINK , WILL RUN HOT AND COLD BUT WELL ENOUGH TO CONTRIBUTE A FEW POINTS TO THE TEAM EFFORT. BUT IF THE MEDIA CONTINUES TO RIDE THE JR. HORSE AND HOW HE HAS BEEN SO MISTREATED , IT JUST MIGHT SINK THE WHOLE SHIP BEFORE IT GETS AWAY FROM THE DOCK.
GOING TO GUESS THAT ROUSH WILL FINISH TEAM WISE IN 5TH. I THINK THERE IS STILL GOING TO BE SO MUCH TROUBLE BETWEEN THE 5 DRIVERS THAT NO ONE IS GOING TO CREATE A VERY BIG FIRE. I DO THINK CARL WILL CONTINUE TO DO WELL ON THE CONCRETE TRACKS AND MATT, LIKE THE TURTLE IN "THE TURTLE AND THE HARE", WILL CONTINUE TO JUST PROD ALONG ON HIS WAY TO THE CHASE. THE OTHERS ON THE ROUSH BOAT MORE OR LESS ARE JUST SORT OF TAKING UP SPACE AND LOWERING THE TEAM POINT AVERAGE.
LEADING OFF THE BOTTOM IS PENSKE RACING IN 6TH PLACE. KURT BUSCH AND RYAN NEWMAN WILL BOTH RUN WELL, BUT WITH ONLY 2 WHIZ #### DRIVERS IT'S HARD TO COLLECT A BOAT LOAD OF POINT EACH WEEK. IF RYAN COULD CONVERT A FEW OF THOSE POLE POSITIONS INTO WINS IT WOULD SURE HELP A TON.
THE 7TH PLACE TEAM I FEEL WITH BE CHIPPY AND THE FORMULA 1 BOYS. NOT SURE WHAT MR. G IS TRYING TO PROVE BUT I THINK HE IS GOING ABOUT IT ALL WRONG. I MEAN EXPECTING THESE FORMULA 1 GUYS TO JUMP INTO A STOCK CAR AND PREFORM IS LIKE ASKING A BMX BICYCLE RIDER TO DO ALL THE SAME FEATS ON A FULL DRESSED HARLEY HOG. BESIDES THAT THE SEASON HASN'T EVEN STARTED AND HE HAS ALREADY PUT ENOUGH PRESSURE ON MONTOYA TO MAKE THE BOY EXPLODE.
8TH PLACE GOES TO WALTRIP RACING, MAINLY BECAUSE I LIKE MICHAEL, AND I THINK THEY HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES THAT WILL GET THEIR CARS IN THE RACES THIS YEAR, SO THEY CAN AT LEAST HAVE A CHANGE TO SHOW WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN'T DO.
9TH PLACE GOES TO RED BULL, MUCH FOR THE SAME REASONS THT I PUT WALTRIP RACING IN 8TH. THEY HAVE ALSO MADE STRIDES THAT WILL GET THEM IN THE RACES. RED BULL GOT 9TH RATHER THEN 8TH CAUSE I LIKE MICHAEL BETTER THEN BRIAN VICKERS, I MAY NEVER FORGIVE HIM FOR WRECKING JR.
10TH PLACE GOES TO PETTY RACING, JUST BECAUSE, NO NOT REALLY, I THINK BOBBY AND KYLE WILL PUT ENOUGH POINTS ON THE BOARD TO MAKE A SHOWING, AND KYLE HAS SO MCUH FIGHT AND UNWILLINGNESS TO GIVE UP AND THROW IN THE TOWEL THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE MY TEN.
BUT TO TELL THE TRUTH NOTHING WOULD TICKLE ME MORE THEN TO SEE KYLE BOW OUT GRACEFULLY AND JOIN DALE JARRETT IN THE BOOTH FOR ESPN. THOSE 2 ARE TOTALLY HONEST IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND WOULD TRUELY MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR IN THE RACE CAR.
ACROSS THE WEB THERE HAVE BEEN MANY POSTS PUT UP PUTTING DOWN THE SOUTHERN FOLKS AS HICKS. WELL, I AM NOT FROM THE SOUTH, BUT I SPEND SEVERAL YEARS IN THE SOUTH AND THIS IS WHAT I DISCOVERED.
MOST SOUTHERNERS WILL:
1. USE THE NASCAR METHOD TO TEACH THEIR KIDS TO COUNT, IE. STEVE PARK, RUSTY WALLACE, DALE EARNHARDT, WARD BURTON,TERRY LaBONTE, MARK MARTIN, ROBBIE GORDON, DALE EARNHARDT JR., KASEY KAHNE, SCOTT RIGGS, AND THEY HAVE AS MANY MATH SCHOLARS AS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
2. COMPLAIN THAT THEIR WIFE'S DON'T KEEP HOUSE WITH THE EFFICIENCY OF A HOTEL, THEN COMPLAIN THAT A HOTEL IS NOT RUN WITH THE WRMTH OF A HOME.
3. COMPLAIN ABOUT LOW WAGES AND THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, THEN TAKE A WEEK OFF TO GO TO DAYTONA OR MARTINSVILLE.
4. WHIP YOUR BUTT FOR MAKING FUN OF THEIR DOG, BUT DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO DO IT EVERYTIME.
5. COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FOOD IN A 5 STAR RESTURANT, THEN GO CAMPING AND EAT HALF FRIED BACON AND EGGS AND DRINK COFFE MADE WITH CREEK WATER AND BOILED IN A RUSTY TIN CAN, AND SWEAR IT'S THE BEST THEY EVER ATE.
6. CUSS THE NATION'S LEADERS TILL THE AIR TURNS BLUE, BUT NEVER SPIT ON A SOLDIER WHO HAS JUST CAME HOME FROM IRAQ.
7. TAKE A HIGH SCHOOL TRANSFER FROM OKLAHOMA AND MAKE HIM FEEL LIKE HE'S LIVED THERE ALL HIS LIFE.
8. MAKE FUN OF EVERYONE WHO LIVES NORTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE, THEN OPEN THEIR HOME AND SHARE THEIR EVERY MEAL IF YOU ARE IN NEED.
9. ARE PROUD OF THEIR RELATIVE WHO RODE WITH JEB STUART, BUT LOVE THIS COUNTRY WITH AN UNBELIVEABLE PASSION.
10. WILL LAUGH AT YOUR LACK OF KNOWLDEGE ABOUT NASCAR, #### HOUNDS, AND FIELD PEAS, BUT WILL COVER YOUR BACK NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF A JAM YOU GET YOURSELF INTO.
11. THEY ARE NOT AFRO-AMERICANS, MEXICAN-AMERICANS, IRISH-AMERICANS OR GERMAN-AMERICANS, THEIR JUST AMERICANS, FIRST , LAST AND ALWAYS.
AFTER I LOOKED OVER WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT SOUTHERNERS ARE HICKS.
H - HONORABLE
I - INDIVIDULE
C - COLORFUL
K - KNOWLEDGEABLE
S - SELF- GIVING
I AM BEGINNING TO THINK IF MORE OF US WERE HICKS THIS WHOLE WORLD MIGHT BE ALITTLE BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN.
I AM FROM OKLAHOMA AND HAVE WORKED IN THE FIELD OF YOUTH SPORTS AND RECREATION FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
I AM A FAN OF NASCAR, AND OU COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THINGS THAT ARE PUT ON THIS BLOG WILL USUALLY BE BASED ON THESE SUBJECTS , BUT NOT ALL THE TIME.
