1st Kurt "Rainman" Busch. He and his team made the right call. Congrats.

 2nd Michael "Am I on the leadlap" Waltrip. Pinch me. I am second.

 3rd J.J. "I still have a ride" Yeley. Wow. Thankyou Rainman Busch.

 4th Martin " I am leaving DEI" Truexx. Bout time as good of driver he is he gets the results.

 5th Elliott " Ray this is for you" Sadler. Told you we have top five cars.

 6th Reed "I hit the Target" Sorenson. Well I didn't take anyone out to get the finish. Juan...

 7th Casey "I need a ride" Mears. Later Rick, I will get a ride.

 8th Denny "I know I belong here" Hamlin. Finished ok despite a poor day.

 9th Jimmie " I shoulda won" Johnson. Finish doesn't say how good he ran.

 10th Bobby "For you King" Labonte. Hey the King is the King.

 23rd Dale "Jamie I hope you didn't plan on me helping you get a ride" Earnhardt Jr. Hey he was pitting and Jamie was looking ahead. Oh wait he should have saw the car right in front of him.

 24th Kyle " I hate Jaun" Busch. "Nascar needs to look at the wreck" What a controled interview for the most out of control person. Hats off to Kyle for holding tounge.

 25th Juan "I will spin ya" Montoya. He took matters into his own hands. Enough said.

 Tony Stewart finished 13th with the best car. The weather played a factor. Jeff Gordon looked about the best he has this year as well. Again the weather stepped in.

 That being said. Every team had access to the radar. They all new the big storm was moving quick. I know the broadcasters talked about it. So Penske and the #2 team made the right call today. Great job for a bad year. Congrats Kurt.

 Now on to the night race at Daytona. Lets go rainless racing.

 Ok first is Tony "Smoke" Stewart. He is a hell of -a guy. He was like a kid in a candy store the night of the Dream at Eldora. You saw the love when he dedicated the statue of Mr. & Mrs. Baltes That saturday night he was happy.

 Now for his future. I think him and Dale Jr. will buy out the Hass team. It will be at least a two car team. Tony and Truexx Jr. driving.

 Ryan Newman I dont see leaving Penske. I think Penske will try to give him what he wants.

 Mark Martin..Hendrick? Kinda makes me think two things. Either he gets a part time ride with one or two young guys getting in a sharing. Or one last shot at the cup. Either way Hendrick will ask Mark for something, and give Mark what ever he wishes.

 So What about Jamie McMurray? I have no idea. He will do good who ever picks him up. If Newman leaves the #12 that would be my first guess. But also we have RCR.

 The 4th RCR car. Mears? Newman? McMurray?  There are alot of good drivers looking for rides. I know alot of people saw Tony there. I dont think it would make him happy. Time will see who  gets it.

 I also just heard Menard might get out of DEI. If so to were? Also more on DEI. If Truexx is out. Also Martin out. And Menard leaves. Who will be left that has real seat time? This will either be a young driver team, or a flop of-a great shop.

 With the talk of DEI falling. I dont know how true but maybe. Could that open up another big Garage sale? Would Smoke and Jr. look in to it? How ironic would it be if Dale Jr., who left DEI, buys DEI out. Who would the sponsors be? With the size of Jr. Nation they would pound on his door.

 Jr. is truely his fathers son. I am not a fan, but respect the names. His father was one of the best ever of are sport. Jr. has his fathers smarts. He knows what it takes to be at the top of his game. He will do what it takes to one, win a championship. Two, get a team together that will be at the top of its game. Three, if he could take that team, would he?

 This will be intersting to watch.

 You also have to figure smaller teams in the mix. RedBull with Vickers success and A.J. not making races. Changes there. I se a seat maybe for Scott Speed. He won in the trucks. He is good. That good though, only time will tell.

 I kow I am missin alot. So if you would like add some. I hope this sillyness turns to gold for some looking for rides. I just am going to sit back, eat bratts, drink a little beer. And enjoy the ride.

 

 Ok I dont know how this will work but here are a few photos from Eldora with Noah. The first won is from that saturday night. Its Tony "After giving me a slap on the hand of a five" Taking the 100 grand to Scott Bloomquist after winning the Dream.

 The car on the stage is Tony after winning the Prelude.

 The one with Noah in the white t shirt, is him getting ready to flag the Prelude.

 Noah with the Checkard flag at the fence is him congradulting Scott for his win of the Dream.

 I hope everyone can see these. It is me learning how to do the photos.

 Thankyou Photogr for sharing this imformation with me.

 Hey just wanted to share a cute little blog on Noah. Go to www.racingwisconsin.com the article on the homw page is Big Flag Big Heart. Dated 6/21/08. It has a couple photos. It is by John Weidemann. Thanks for looking...

 Ok. Its not that I think I know it all. Just going by the way drivers are at the present.

 1. Kyle "Shrub" Busch #18 easy pick.

 2. Jeff Burton #31 Suttle but like Mark Martin there when it counts.

 3. June Bug #88 he is doing what needs to be done with good cars that dont break...

 4. Carl "Flipper" Edwards #99 The guy is getting all his ducks in a row. He has been winning.

 5. Jeff Gordon #24 I hope the #24 team can hold it together and be willing to take a chance at a win or two.

 6. Greg Biffle #16 The guy is proving he is the right choice for the "Cat in th Hat"

 7. Clint "JackMan" Boyer #07 Yea he is bring the Ohh#7 back in the fight.

 8. Tony "Smoke" Stewart He wants to leave gibbs on great turms. He will win before the chace.

 9. J.J. #48 why so far back. I think him and Chad will stumble in the heat of the summer.

 10. Matt "The Brat" Kenseth #17. I dont know he has a championship car and team this year. But looks like with Robbie gone they are getting it together.

 11. Brian "I know he aint there yet" Vickers. He would be here if at Charlottoe he wouldn't have lost that tire. He is having a career year. He will give RedBull its first win soon.

 12. Its a toss up. Kahne#9 I know he was hot. He cooled quick. Hamlin #11 stumblin over his own two feet. Harvick #29 If he would stop trying to come from 5th or 6th to win a race that is to far out of reach. These three cars and teams will be fighting it out at Richmond.

 It will be a good race. I will not predict who will get it. Only the team and driver that step up to the plate and hit it out of here will make 12th. I know I will enjoy watching the races to get there. I hope you enjoy it as much as Noah and I.

 32-8 at home. 16-20 on the road. Talk about the house the Cubbies built. This year is friggin awsome. To be a diehard Cub fan, and be 20 games over 500. I feel like its a dream. Every player on the team is contributing. If one player is a little off, seems as if two other come on. If a starting pitcher slips, the bull pen fires back. Yea there is a hiccup now and then. Marmol had a bad game. Gave up some runs. But he is one of the best, and proving it.

 

 Now about Ozzie and his RATT fest on WrigleyField. Well Ozzie, I am glad to see the Cubbies feasted on your Ratt coments. Made you pay dearly. The bat was mightier than your mouth. Way to go Cubs. I hope we can come to your hause and keep you quiet. We will see next weekend. Cant wait to visit U.S. Cellular. Heard its a nice fancy house. So I expect clean bathrooms. Beer in clean glasses. Oh and you to shutup and play..Lol..

 

 So the Cubbies are for real. Everyone waiting for the flop. I hope you have good comfortable seats. Its a long way to october. And Wrigley is a good field to watch the world series. At least that what I heard. And hope to expirence. I will sell my left ... to go. Hope to see ya there.

 

 Lets start from friday afternoon. Bryon & Kim are the flagman & women for the Craftsman truck series. The two of them took time before qualifing and the race to chat with Noah. He had his flags and was flagging with them from the front row of the stands near the flagstand. Bryon and Kim made Noah feel like the King of Flagging. Bryon says he will make sure Noah gets an official Craftsman truck series shirt at the end of the year. Wow how awsome is that. Kim found it cool to have someone look up to her. She seemed to be as into talking to Noah as he was to her. It is her first full season in the stand. She said she loves it.

 Now lets go to saturday. The afternoon started with the USST. United States Super Truck series. The flagmen where Tim and assistant Jim. They work for the Milwaukee mile. Anyway Noah was flagging like usual for practive. When I saw Tim get a call over the radio at the end of practice. He looked at Jim and they both pointed at Noah. Well shortly after practice was over, the two of them climed down from the stand and came over to Noah. They asked if he would like to come up to the falgstand for qualifing. Wow is all I could say. So Noah and I, yes I got to go along. Went to the flagstand and climbed up. When the first truck came down to get the white flag, only one lap for qualifing, I had goosebumps all over. The look and smile on Noahs face. Well I couldnt have made him any happier ever in his life. We got to stay up there for every truck. 17 of 18 trucks qualified. And for 17 trucks Noah never stoped smiling. Thankyou again Tim & Jim. Also thankyou Milwaukee Mile, who ever made the call down to allow Noah up there thankyou from the bottom of my heart.

 Now lets get to the just before qualifing for the Nationwide cars Keith flags for the Nationwide series. He remembered Noah from last year. He came over and talked to him a while. Then after Qualifing and before the race, came and gave Noah and official Nationwide series cap. He autographed it and gave it to Noah. Thankyou Bryon. That was just iceing on the cake. Thankyou all from Milwuakee this past weekend.

 Also thankyou Kim on saturday she worked in the pits. She saw Noah and from the pits pointed out to her friend she was working with and waved to Noah. Thankyou all very much for making this weekend the best possible for my son Noah and I. I could not have drawn up a better weekend.

 I did rant to much. Jr. Did what he needed to do to win. The man is good. I will give him that. The #88 team is doing better in the COT than the Champs from Hendrick. My biggest driver Jeff GOrdon is fighting to finish on the lead lap.

 I hated when Hendrick got rid of Kyle for Jr. Kyle is a KID with alot of tallent. I like that. When you go back to Richmond it looked like to kids fighting for first at any dirt track. That was racing. I dint want that wreck to happen. But I did like the fact they both went harder for it. And they both lost. Bet they would do it again if they had the chance.

 That is good racing. Kyle is doing it his way. Kinda like Sr. in his first half of his career. Jr. does it his way. Kinda like Hendricks call and collective drivers. No Kyle didn't fir the Hendrick style. Jr. does. That still wont make me a fan of his. Yet he did what he had to.

 Nascar has done that alot with the passing shutting off and coasting. My fav. Guy Jeff got it back in Dega years ago. Thankyou frevr3 for reminding me. Nascar has done that alot. I wonder if the rule after this will be in Black n White? Or will they leave it grey as it is?

 Again I am sorry for my rant. This weekend will be a good one. Noah and I will be in Milwaukee for the trucks and Nationwide cars. Then we will be home to enjoy the race in Cali. Were the drivers will turn Right as well as left.

 Be sure to watch and see if you see Noah he as always will be near the flagstand flagging. And thankyou Frevr3 for reminding me of what has been for a while.

 ALSO one last time..(And it hurts) congadultions to Dale Jr. and the #88 team.

 Hey Noah really loves me. Today he gave me my fathersday gift. I thought I should share. He got him and I two tickets to the Craftsman truck race next friday at the Milwaukee mile. We are going to be  there for the weekend.

 As always up there and any track. We are sitting near the flagstand. Noah will have his flags. I hope if you watch the friday night race or the saturday night Nationwide race you get to see my son. If you do you will see his love and passion for this sport.

 I am so blessed. I could not have ever asked for a better son. Noah is the greatest kid I know. Not to mention he is an awsome flagman. Give him another 9 years and he might just be on a flagstand near you. Thankyou for sharing my awsome fathers day weekend.

 Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there. Fatherhood is the greatest blessing I have in my life and I hope you enjoy it the same as I do.

 

 Well Kyle in the stats is kicking the rubber off Jrs. car. We have 14 races down and 22 to go. It is fun as an anti Earnhardt fan. "Still hate he is at Hendrick"..LOL..It is kinda fun to watch. What the black sheep from Hendricks camp is doing. I am enjoying this.

 Ok lets break it down.

 Kyle has 4 wins. Jr has.......O wins..Hmm Kyle is winning here.

 Ok lets do top fives.

 Kyle has 9 top fives..wow nine in 14 races.  Jr. has 6. Not to shabby there.

 Ok top tens 6th-10th.

 Kyle 1. Well 9 others are top fives...ok what about Jr. 3. well that puts them almost even with total top 10s. So Jr. isnt doing to bad.

 Now Kyle also has the worst finish of 43. Jr has 40th. So Jr. is better there.

 They are also even with outside the top 20 2 A piece.

 So I guess they are not to far apart on the year. Other than the 4 wins.

 Jr. has to be happy with just  not blowing up. And Kyle he is on top of the world.

 Oh wait another stat. Kyle has won in all 3 big series this year...How many has Jr. got..Hmm.O again. Ok Ok.. I will stop picking. Jr. is doing better than last year.

 Kyle on the other hand. Well he is Kicking #### and taking names. This is a fun thing to watch. Cant wait till Kyle wins in Chevy,Dodge, and Fords back yard...Though I am still a Chevy man...And hope Jeff Gordon pulls out the victory. It is a great year..

 What a way to make it to the loving family. The man had a hot bat when we needed it. His glove was never off but his bat had cooled. Then comes the game tonight. The third game of three for the Braves at the Friendl confines of Wrigley Field. My Cubs were down 2-1. Jim comes to bat and there was magic. Jim swung hard and swift. The bat made solid contact with the rawhide. The ball flew like it had wings. It was out of here. Over the Ivy and gone. Jim had a nice smile on his face as he circled the bases. Awsome..

 Well the game went on. 10th no score. Then we get to the bottom of the 11th. Cubs load the bases. The braves gave up. Hit batter. Walked in the game winning run. Go Cubs Go...

 Thankyou Jim for wanting to be a part of the loving family. Bring a desert to dinner this sunday. I have a feeling you are here to stay. Thanks again everyone on the team for pulling together. Welcome home Jim welcome home.

 

 The Big Cub highlight in the news wire Soriano. Yea he is a good bat. Fair fielder. But that is small to the team. He will be missed and wanted back soon. But the BIG story of the day is DEMSTER. Ryan went the full game. eleven Ks. Two runs. He was the show. It gave a tired pen a great and much needed rest. It let are pen stars, Wood and Marmol rest. That should have been the big print. I am sure the news paper will be the same.

 Here is to Ryan Demster and the complete game. Great Job Ryan. Way to go. Winning your 9th in a row at home. What a great job. You need to keep up the great work and fight Zambrano for the bragging rights of top pitcher. I wanna see you both fight for most wins. It will be awsome to watch.

 Yea Go Cubs Go...Go Cubs Go...Hey Chicago what do say, Cubs are going to win today...Go Cubs Go...

 Way to go Ryan Demster. 7-2 complete game pitched. First one for Cubs this year. His 9th win a row at Wrigley. Closed out with a strike out. What a game. We are now 18 over 500.  What a year. Go Cubs Go hey Chicago Cubs are going to win today. 11 strike outs. He pitched well. The bad thing. Soriano got hurt. He was hit by a pitch. Hurt his left hand. We will see how bad.

 For now though I am going to enjoy the ride. Go Cubs Go. They are the real deal...

 Yea the bats got hot late against the falling Braves. It was 6-5 with only a one run lead. Low and behold Soto smacks a three run jack. Another RBI. and hey we win 10-5.

 Is this the year? Guess we wont know till October. I will tell you what though, as a Cub fan forever, I will enjoy the ride. It has been a long time since we played this well. It has been a long time since we held are breath till the big guy came in and hit a home run.

 This team plays long ball, short ball, and all team ball. For the first time in recent memory, the Cubs have hitting coming in from everyone. Even Soriano is getting in on the short game. If say Lee, and Ramirez are a little off, Theriot and Fukodome have great games.

 The man behind it all. Lou. The man making the guys play. He has the Bullpen pitching when needed. Rsting when they can. He will double switch even if it means pulling the bat of Soriano. He isn't thinking what they will think tomorrow. He is thinking how to win today.

 Another great thing. We have been just a team that looks like they are having fun. Out there playinf the game like they are kids again. The smiles. The high fives. When the can just always look like they are enjoying the game, that is a great team.

 Yea I am a Cubbie fan till the end. Yea I have not seen a Series team in my life time. Could it be this year? I will tell you in october. But till then, this Cub fan is going to enjoy the fun on the field.

 Hey also Ron Santo is coming to my town this weekend. Freeport Illinois. To debut the Little Cubs Field here in freeport. If you would lke to check it out. Goto www.littlecubsfield.com Its a little field for kids thats a replica of Wrigley field. Check it out. And Go Cubs Go...

 Ok my luvable cubs are winning in big ways. Still on the 1908 style of winning season. Hey if you dont like it dont read. They are for real. The Cubbies got it all together. The manager Lou... The pen Marmol and Wood. The starters Zambrano, Dempster, Gallagher a nice surprise. Bats from every spot. all starters with over 200 at bats have a .278 or higher average. Even Edmonds has found his bat. His glove is still golden. Infielders are awsome. The Asian assult by Fukudome is great as well. Yea this is are year...My Cubs are in it to win it...This is the year.