FOLKS, I NOW KNOW FOR SURE THE 2 RACES THAT NEED TO GO INORDER FOR KENTUCKY RACEWAY TO GET RACES NEXT YEAR. FIRST KILL THE RACE AT SONOMA IN JUNE AND THEN THE RACE AT WATKINS GLEN IN AUGUST, THAT IS THE WHINE AND CHEEZ, ISN'T RACING IN CALIFORNIA BAD ENOUGHT TO START WITH AND THEN TO THROW IT ON A ROAD COURSE TO BOOT. I SUPPOSE THAT I AM JUST TOO HICK TO UNDERSTAND THE THE FINER POINTS OF ROAD RACING, BUT YOU CAN HAVE IT . THINK I WILL JUST STICK TO GOING FAST AND TURNING LEFT. OK, THAT IS ENOUGH OF THAT, HERE IS HOW I SAW THE RACE AND HOPE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF YOU SAW IT THE SAME WAY I DID.
NOT:
1. DAVE BLANEY: HE STARTED 19TH AND BY LAP 17 HE WAS 41st., IF THIS TEAM IS NO BETTER THEN THAT, THEY NEED TO JUST CLOSE THE DOORS. IT WOULD BE MUCH SIMPLIER FOR THEM TO TAKE ALL THAT MONEY THEY ARE WASTING ON RACING AND PUT IT IN A BARREL AND SIT IT ON FIRE.
2. KYLE BUSCH: THORN WAS LIVING UP TO HIS NICKNAME TODAY, HE SCREWED UP GOING INTO A TURN TO HARD, AND SAM HORNISH TAKES A RAP IN THE SIDE THEN AS IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH HE TRIES TO POWER TURN THE CAR AND RAPS BRIAN VICKERS IN THE SIDE.
3. BRAIN VICKERS: ONCE AGAIN STARTED ON THE POLE AND USED THE DAY TO WORK HIS WAY BACK TO 16th FOR ANOTHER SO - SO FINISH. BRIAN TRY STARTING 43rd AND SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE TOP TEN.
4. MARTIN TRUEX JR. : MARTIN STARTED UP IN THE FRONT AT 6th, BUT NOTHING SEEMED TO GO RIGHT ALL DAY LONG AND HE ENDED UP IN 25th. IT APPEARED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING FOR HIS MOVE TO MWR, HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ALREADY IN THE 55.
5. BORIS SAID: THIS GUY IS A ROAD RACER AND FOR HIM TO TRY TO TAKE A CORNER THAT HARD IS JUST UNREAL. HIS NON-ROADRACER MISTAKE TOOK OUT 2 CARS THAT WERE MAKING A PRETTY GOOD SHOWING TODAY, MAKES ME WONDER IF BRINGING IN THESE ROAD RACE GUYS IS WORTH ALL THE HASSLE.
HOT:
1. KASEY KANE: IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE KASEY WON A RACE AND UNTIL TODAY HE HAD NEVER WON A ROAD RACE, IT LOOKED LIKE HE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND ONE OF THE GUYS MADE THE STAEMENT THAT HE RAN A PERFECT RACE TODAY. HE DESERVED THE WIN.
2. TONY STEWART: THIS WAS ANOTHER EXCELLENT RACE FOR THE OLD SPICE TEAM. TONY IS GETTING BETTER EVERY WEEK AT HANDLING THE PRE AND POST RACE MEDIA WORK. IF HE CONTINUES THIS WAY HE WILL NOT ONLY WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT WILL BECOME A MEDIA STAR AND MOST IMPORTANT THE SPOKES PERSON FOR THE DRIVERS IN THE GARAGE.
3. MARCUS AMBROSE: HMMMMM, LET'S SEE GETS THE NO. 3 SPOT IN THE STARTING GRID, THEN BLOWS UP A MOTOR THEN WRECKS IN PRACTICE ON SATURDAY AND HAS TO START 43rd AND ENDS UP FINISHING 3rd, NOT A BAD DAY AT ALL FOR THE MAN FROM DOWN UNDER.
4. DENNY HAMLIN: THIS IS THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW THAT DENNY HAS HAD A GOOD RUN FOR THE GIBBS FEDEX TEAM, DENNY IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO PROVE THAT THE GIBBS BOYS ARE NOT OUT OF IT AND THAT "THORN " BUSCH IS NOT THE ONLY DRIVER THAT JOE GIBBS HAS IN HIS STABLE.
5. JUAN MONTOYA: I HAVE IGNORED THIS CAT FOR AS LONG AS I CAN, HE HAS RUN WELL ALL SEASON AND HAS BEEN MAKING HIS WAY TO THE TOP, HE CURRENTLY SITS IN THE 12th SPOT, CONGRATS TO YOU JUAN , YOU DESERVE IT.
FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW IT, DON'T LIKE ROAD RACING AND NEVER WILL, BUT THEN I AM ONLY ONE PERSON AND I GUESS THERE ARE A FEW OF YOU WHO LIKE IT.
CAN WE RACE IN MICHIGAN AGAIN NEXT WEEK, I KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT AND RUIN YEEMUM AND KVALUS'S PLANS, BUT IT SURE WOULD BE NICE, I MEAN MY FAVORITE 3 DRIVERS ALL FINISHED IN THE TOP 15 AND MY SYMT GUY ALMOST WON THE RACE AND FINISHED 5TH. I REALLY CAN'T ASK TO TO MUCH MORE THEN THAT NOW CAN I.
THE CLOSEST TO THE FRONT ANY OF THE TOP 5 FINISHERS STARTED WAS IN 14TH AND THE FARTHEST BACK STARTED IN 32nd, AND HE JUST HAPPENED TO WIN THE RACE, WHICH PROVES YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE NUMBER 1 TO FINISH NUMBER ONE.
BY THE WAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY REN, THIS WEEK YOU ARE NUMBER 1. ALL THINGS SAID AND DONE THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE IN MICHIGAN THIS WEEK, HOPE AT LEAST A FEW OF YOU AGREE.
NOT:
1. START AND PARK TEAMS: IN THESE HARD TIMES WE MAY SEE MORE AND MORE OF THIS PROBLEM, MAYBE JOE AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS SHOULD JOIN FORCES AND FORM A 2 OR 3 CAR COMPANY. I REALLY THINK THEY WOULD GET MORE SPONSOR SUPPORT IF THEY WERE A MULTI CAR TEAM EVEN IF IT IS A SMALL ONE.
2. DAVID STREMME: THIS BOY COULD WRECK IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EMPTY HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT AND LOSE THE RACE IF HE WAS THE ONLY CAR RUNNING. BUT I SUPPOSE ALL RACE ORGANIZATIONS NEED A TAX WRITE-OFF FOR LOSS AND STREMME HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A MONEY LOSER START TO FINISH.
3. BRIAN VICKERS: BRIAN HAD THE POLE FOR THIS RACE AND WHEN THE FLAG DROPPED IT WAS THE LAST TIME HE SAW THE FRONT, THE RACE TODAY WILL NOT HELP HIS BARGAINING WITH RED BULL, AND TODAY WAS A TOTALLY BAD DAY FOR TOYOTA.
4. KYLE BUSCH: "THORN" STARTED ON THE INSIDE FRONT AND SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY GOING BACK, CLOSING A LITTLE, THEN BACK TO THE BACK. I WISH JUST ONE TIME HE WOULD SAY " GUYS, IT'S ME TODAY, NOT THE CAR". LIKE I SAID THIS WAS THE WORSE DAY TOYOTA HAS HAD IN AWHILE.
5. ALLMENDINGER & ANDRETTI : THESE GUYS NEED TO REALIZE THAT YOUR CAR IS SUPPOSE TO BE AT IT'S BEST AT THE END OF THE RACE NOT 2 DAYS BEFORE WHEN YOU QUALIFY. THE DINGER STARTED 6th AND FINISHED 39th AND ANDRETTI STARTED 10th AND FINISHED 33rd. MAYBE WE SHOULD WATCH THE RACE IN REVERSE, THEY WOULD HAVE MUCH BETTER FINISHES.
HOT:
1. MARK MARTIN: MARK STARTED SO FAR BACK HE COULDN'T EVEN SEE THE START FLAG, HE RAN HIS NORMAL "GETTING INTO POSITION" RACE WORKING THE WHOLE RACE TO BE WHERE HE NEEDED TO BE FOR THE LAST 5 LAPS, WHEN JOHNSON AND BIFFLE RAN OUT OF GAS MARK WAS RIGHT WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN , IN POSITION TO PICK UP HIS 3rd WIN OF THE SEASON.
2. JEFF GORDON: JEFF IS ANOTHER ONE WHO STARTED THE RACE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, HE WORKED AND JOCKEYED FOR POSITION ALL DAY AND WORKED HIS WAY INTO A VERY WELL DESERVED 2nd PLACE FINISH. TODAY HE LOOKED MUCH LIKE THE JEFF OF OLD AND SURE THING THAT WHEN THE CHASE STARTS HE WILL BE IN THE TOP 3.
3. DENY HAMLIN:: GREAT RACE FOR DENNY TODAY HIS 3rd PLACE FINISH MOVED HIM FROM 12th TO 10th IN THE STANDINGS. ONE OR TWO MORE RUNS LIKE TODAY AND DENNY WILL PUT HIMSELF RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THINGS.
4. CARL EDWARDS: EXCELLENT RUN FOR "THE DUCK" TODAY, LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER WINNERS TODAY CARL STARTED DEEP IN THE FIELD, 29th, HE DIDN'T GAIN ANY POSITONS IN THE CHASE BUT DID GAIN 19 POINTS ON THE LEADERS. CARL WAS ONE OF 3 ROUSH CARS THAT FINISHED IN THE TOP 12 PROVING THAT ROUSH MIGHT BE DOWN BUT THEY ARE COMING BACK.
5. GREG BIFFLE & JIMMIE JOHNSON: WOW, THESE GUYS PUT ON A SHOW: JIMMIE RAN ALL DAY LIKE HE OWNED THE PLACE AND LED THE MOST LAPS AGAIN , GREG STARTED 20th AND WENT THROUGH THE FIELD LIKE A DOSE OF SALT, THESE 2 GAVE US SOME OF THE BEST RACING THAT I HAVE SEEN FOR AWHILE, AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 GAL OF GAS OR ONE LESS LAP AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD ONE HELL OF A FINISH.
WELL FOLKS THAT IS HOW I SAW THE RACE, I KNOW I CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE SO I DECIDED TO PLEASE MYSELF. WELL NOW IT IS OFF TO SONOMA, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE THERE HAVE A BALL BUT BE SAFE, AND KRIS I SURE HOPE YOU GET ON TONY'S GOOD SIDE.
EXCELLENT WEATHER, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE VIEW, 43 HOT CARS, AND I NEW RESTART PACKAGE COMBINED TO GIVE US A VERY GOOD RACE, THE EXTENSION OF FUEL MILEAGE TO A POINT OF DISBELIEF REALLY ADDED A TON OF EXCITEMENT TO THE RACE ALSO. THIS IS WHAT I SAW AND HOW I SAW IT.
NOT:
1. #11 RACE TEAM: DENNY'S DAY SUCKED RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO, HAD TO BE PUSHED AFTER HIS CAR DIED ON THE ORGINAL START, WENT 11 LAPS DOWN IN THE GARAGE, CAME BACK OUT AND DIED AGAIN BEFORE HE GOT IN ONE LAP, THEN BACK TO THE GARAGE
2. DALE JR.: COME ON SON, PAY ATTENTION, YOUR SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT, THE AMP CAMP CAN'T HELP IF YOU CONTINUE TO BE YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY.
3. MICHAEL WALTRIP: MICHAEL SPENT MOST OF THE DAY SPINNING AT THE ENTRY AND IN PIT ROW, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR MICHAEL TO MOVE TOTALLY TO THE FRONT OFFICE AND AS THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET MARTIN TRUEX JR. INTO THE 55 CAR FOR A LONG TIME. TRUEX AND RUITIMANN WILL BE AS TOUGH A TEAM AS BATMAN AND ROBIN.
4. KURT BUSCH: KURT IS REALLY ONLY A SORTA NOT THIS WEEK, HE WAS RUNNING GREAT THEN THE DAY WHEN OUT THE WINDOW, HE LOST A COUPLE OF BELTS ,OVERHEATED, AND HIS GOOD RUN WHEN OUT THE WINDOW. NO SWEAT THOUGH HE WILL REBOUND NEXT WEEK AND BE RIGHT BACK IN THE HUNT.
5. KYLE BUSCH: THORN BUSCH STARTED 6TH AND JUST WENT BACKWARDS, BY LAP 150 HE HAD DROPPED TO 18TH AND FINISHED THE RACE IN 22ND PLACE. ALSO THORN YOU AREN'T PETE TOWNSEND SO LET'S NOT DESTORY ANYMORE LES PAUL'S.
HOT:
1. TONY STEWART: TONY GOT THE POLE, WRECKED HIS CAR, STARTED IN THE REAR AND RACED TO THE TOP 10 IN LESS THEN 45 LAPS, THAT WOULD GET HIM ON HERE ALL BY ITSELF. BUT NO TONY WASN'T HAPPY WITH JUST THAT HE GOES ON TO STRETCH HIS FUEL MILEAGE TO AN UNHEARD OF POINT AND WINS THE RACE. HIS NERVES ARE NOT THE ONLY THING MADE OF STEEL.
2. CARL EDWARDS: THE LUCK OF THE DUCK DIDN'T QUITE HOLD UP BUT CARL HAD AN EXCELLENT DAY, HE STARTED 11TH RAN GREAT ALL DAY, LED THE MOST LAPS, BUT BEING A HALF SECOND SLOW OFF OF PIT ROW COST HIM A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING THE RACE. BUT THEN SECOND PLACE AIN'T BAD FOR A COUNTRY BOY.
3. JEFF GORDON: JEFF RAN A GOOD RACE,OVERCAME SOME PROBLEMS AND HELD ON TO FINISH 4TH IN A RACE, THAT SAW A FRONT TO REAR CHANGE AT THE LAST PIT STOP.
4. RYAN NEWMAN: RYAN STARTED STRONG IN FIFTH BUT MOTOR PROBLEMS PLAGUED HIM IN THE EARLY PART OF THE RACE BUT IS CALM HEAD AND THE CREW'S HARD WORK HAD HIM IN 5TH BY THE TIME THE CHECKED FLAG DROPPED.
5. DOUBLE FILE RESTART: BEING ONE OF THE THOUSANDS WHO ASK FOR THIS CHANGE OF COURSE I WOULD THINK IT WAS A HOT DEAL, BUT IT DID REALLY SEEM TO WORK WELL AND WHEN EVERYONE GETS SQUARED AWAY IT WILL BE GREATER THEN EVER. I THINK THAT HAD THE OLD RESTART BEEN USED TODAY WE MIGHT VERY WELL HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENT ENDING WITH A TON OF WRECKED CARS AND A WHOLE DIFFERENT WINNER.
BY FAR I WAS A HAPPY CAMPER TODAY, ONE OF MY THREE GUYS WON THE RACE AND SINCE I HAD TONY IN THE SYMT TOUR I WAS REALLY TICKLED, THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE , WHAT ABOUT YOU.
WHEN I STARTED WATCHING NASCAR, RALPH EARNHARDT WAS MORE OR LESS JUST ANOTHER NAME THAT I HAD TO SORT OUT, AS TO IF HE WAS A RACER OR IF HE HAD BEEN A RACER, OR IF HE WAS JUST DALE'S DAD. AFTER THE MOVIE "3" CAME OUT I GOT A LITTLE MORE INTERESTED IN RALPH EARNHARDT, NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE HE WAS AN EXCELLENT RACER, BUT BECAUSE HE REMINDED ME ALOT OF MY OWN FATHER, IN THAT HE BROOKED VERY LITTLE HORSEPLAY AND THAT IT APPEARED THAT HIS FAMILY WAS HIS MAIN PRIORITY.
RALPH EARNHARDT WAS BORN ON FEB. 23, 1928, IN KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA TO EFFIE MAE BARBER AND JOHN HENDERSON EARNHARDT.,OTHER THEN THAT HE WAS RAISED IN KANNAPOLIS AND WORKED LONG TIRING HOURS IN THE COTTON MILL NOT MUCH IS KNOWN OF RALPH'S EARLY LIFE. RALPH MARRIED MARTHA COLEMAN ON AUG. 23, 1947, AND OVER THE NEXT 7 YEARS THEY HAD AND STARTED TO RAISE 5 CHILDREN, CATHY, KAYE, DALE, RANDY AND DANNY. INORDER TO ESCAPE THE DRUGERY OF THE MILL AND TO PUT EXTRA FOOD ON THE TABLE RALPH STARTED TO BUILD RACECARS IN IS GARAGE AND RACE THEM ON THE TRACKS CLOSE TO HIS HOME.
RALPH WAS KNOWN BY MANY NICKNAMES, THE MOST WELL KNOWN WERE IRON HEART AND MR. CONSISTENCY, BOTH OF THESE SPEAK TO HIS ATTITUDE BOTH ON AND OFF THE RACE TRACK. NED JARRETT HAS SAID "RALPH EARNHARD WAS ABSOLUTELY THE TOUGHEST RACE DRIVER I EVER RACED AGAINST." IT HAS ALSO BEEN SAID THAT RALPH NEVER HAD TO WORK ON HIS CARS AT A RACE, HE PULLED IT OFF THE TRAILER AND RAN THE WHEELS OFF OF IT AND BEAT EVERYONE AROUND.
DURING HIS RACING CAREER RALPH WON 350 RACES AND HELD TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS AT 7 DIFFERENT RACING VENUES. HE IS CREDITED AS BEING A MASTER CAR BUILDER AS WELL AS A DRIVER, HE WAS THE FIRST TO UNDERSTAND AND USE TIRE STAGGER TO ADJUST THE BITE IN THE CAR TIRES AND ONE OF THE FIRST IF NOT THE FIRST TO USE CRASH BARS ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR.
THOUGH OUT HE YEARS RALPH EARNED OR RECEIVED MANY HONORS:
1. 1956: NASCAR SPORTSMAN CHAMPIONSHIP
2. 1989: NATIONAL MOTORSPORTS PRESS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
3. 1997: INTERNATIONAL MOTORSPORTS PRESS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEE
4. 1998: NAMED ONE OF NASCAR'S 50 GREATEST DRIVERS
RALPH RAN 51 NASCAR CUP RACES IN HIS CAREER, HIS BEST FINISH WAS IN 1961 HE FINISHED 17TH, HIS FIRST CUP RACE WAS THE BUDDY SHUMAN 250 AT HICKORY RACEWAY IN 1956 AND HIS LAST RACE WAS IN 1964 IN CONCORD.
WITH ALL OF HIS CONTRIBUTATIONS TO NASCAR THE GREATEST WAS HIS SON ,RALPH DALE EARNHARDT, WHOM HE NEVER GOT TO SEE ACHIEVE THE GREATNESS THAT HE DID. RALPH DIED ON SEPT. 26, 1973 IN HIS GARAGE IN KANNAPOLIS, DOING WHAT HE LOVED THE BEST AND DID THE BEST, WORKING ON HIS RACECAR.
I AM SURE THAT IF WE COULD ASK RALPH WHAT HIS GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENT WAS HE WOULD SAY THAT HE NEVER GOT TO SEE FIRST HAND HIS SON OR GRANDSONS BRING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS TO THEIR FEET WITH A SINGLE PASS, BUT THAT IS ALRIGHT , RALPH AND MARTHA GAVE US DALE AND THE BOYS AND WE GOT TO SEE THEM AND NOW SO HAS HE, LOOKING DOWN FROM THOSE TRACKS OF GOLD.
WHAT A WAY FOR FOX TO BEABLE TO END THEIR PART OF THE BROADCAST SEASON, AFTER ALL THE RAIN, DELAYS AND PROBLEMS LAST WEEK I WAS HOPING THEY COULD END ON A HIGH NOTE WITH AN EXCITING RACE. THE ENTIRE RACE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN EXCITING BUT THE LAST 30 LAPS WAS WORTH WATCHING THE ENTIRE THING. AND I DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE WEATHER AS I WAS TOLD EARLY IN THE WEEK BY A FRIEND OF MINE , SUEQUE, WHO LIVES IN DOVER THAT THE WEATHER WOULD BE EXCELLENT, THEN SHE VERY OFF-HANDEDLY THREW IN THAT JIMMIE JOHNSON WOULD BE IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE. SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE RACING, BUT THAT STATEMENT SURE MAKES ME WONDER. ANYWAY THE FIRST HALF OF THE REGULAR SEASON IS OVER, WE HAVE A NEW POINTS LEADER AND JR. IS HEADED BACK TO THE FRONT, AND THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE.
NOT:
TONY RAINES: PARDNER WHEN NASCAR GIVES YOU A FREE CAUTION YOU GOTTA TAKE IT , NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE STOPPED BEFORE IT COMES OUT.
2, JEFF GORDON: BACK PAINS OR CAR PAINS NOTHING WENT RIGHT FOR JEFF TODAY, IT SORT OF SHOWED EVEN BEFORE THE RACE STARTED, HE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE HIMSELF EVEN DURING THE DRIVER INTERVIEWS.
3. DAVID STREMME: DAVID HAS TO GET BETTER CONTROL OF THE CAR, HE TOOK OUT 2 DRIVERS THAT WERE HAVING DECENT RUNS, PAUL MENARD, AND ROBBY GORDON, THEN LATER IN THE RACE HE GOT LOOSE AGAIN AND GOT HIMSELF TAKEN OUT.
4. KYLE BUSCH: NOTHING WENT RIGHT FOR KYLE ALL WEEK, BUT HE DID LIVE UP TO HIS NEW NICKNAME "THORN" BUSCH, HE STARTED OUT AS A THORN IN JR'S. SIDE AND THEN REFUSED TO TALK WITH REPORTERS AFTER BOTH THE TRUCK AND NATIONWIDE RACE, THEN IT APPEARED THAT HE GAVE BAD INFORMATION TO THE PIT CREW ABOUT A VIBRATION , AND 2 TRIPS TO THE PITS BLEW HIS CHANCES OF DOING ANY GOOD AT ALL.
5. #48 PIT CREW: FELLOWS WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN STICK WITH WHAT GOT YOU TO THE SHOW, JIMMIE WON THE RACE BUT NOT BECAUSE OF ANY HELP FROM YOU GUYS THIS TIME.
HOT:
1. JIMMIE JOHNSON: JIMMIE DROVE THE RACE LIKE IT WAS A SUNDAY DRIVE, THEN OVERCAME A BLOWN PIT STOP TO DRIVE LIKE THE CHAMPION THAT HE IS, THAT ABILITY TO DRIVE AS HARD AS YOU HAVE TO IS WHAT HAS GOTTEN HIM ALL HIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
2. TONY STEWART: ANOTHER TOP 5, THE POINTS LEAD, AND THE FIRST OWNER-DRIVER TO HOLD THE POINTS LEAD IN A COON'S AGE., NOT TO BAD FOR A TEAM WHO ACCORDING TO THE DRIVER DIDN'T HAVE A TOP TEN CAR WHEN THE RACE STARTED.TONY IS SO STARTING TO LOOK AND SOUND LIKE AN ELDER STATESMAN IN THE GARAGE, BUT DON'T ANYONE TELL HIM WE NEED THE LEADERSHIP.
3. ROUSH RACING: THESE GUYS WERE PICKED TO BE THE ONES TO BEAT THIS WEEK AND WITH 4 DRIVERS IN THE TOP 15 AND 3 OF THEM IN THE TOP 7 I GUESS IF YOU WANTED TO WIN THIS WEEK ROUSH IS WHO YOU HAD TO BEAT. I AM WONDERING IF MAYBE ROUSH IS OVER THE HUMP AND THAT THIS WEEK WAS A PEEK AT THINGS TO COME.
4. KURT BUSCH: KURT STARTED 19TH TODAY AND DROVE TO THE FRONT LIKE HE OWNED THE PLACE, HAD IT NOT HAVE BEEN FOR THAT LAST CAUTION I REALLY THINK THAT THE BLUE DUECE AND THE BREW CREW MIGHT HAVE TAKEN THE MOSTER HOME.
5. #88 TEAM: IN THIS DAY AND TIME NORMALLY A 12TH PLACE FINISH IS NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME LANCE McGREW AND THE AMP BOYS HAD NO MISTAKES IN THE PITS, THEY FIXED AND REFIXED THE CAR AND JR. SEEMED RELAXED AND MORE CONFIDENT THEN HE HAS FOR QUITE AWHILE, FOR ME THIS GETS THE AMP CAMP ON THE HOT LIST.
AND FROM ME, A SPECIAL "YEEHAW" FOR DAVID RUITIMANN FOR THE BEST SAVE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN AT A RACE, AND THE FOX BROADCAST GUYS, LOTS OF FOLKS DON'T LIKE YOUR PRESENTATIONS BUT FOR 8 YEARS AND 13 RACES YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME AND LOTS OF OTHERS THE VERY BASICS OF NASCAR RACING, KEEP UP THE GOOD JOB NEXT YEAR. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A "YEEHAW" GOES OUT TO THE FOLKS OF DOVER AND THE TRACK FOR THE PIT ROW IMPROVEMENTS, I THINK THEY MAY WELL HAVE IMPROVED THE RUNNING OF THE RACE.
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