GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

    WELL FROM ALMOST START TO FINISH I THINK WE HAVE TO AGREE THAT THIS RACING WEEKEND WAS NOT VERY GREAT.  ANN, MY WIFE, SUGGESTED THAT I CALL THIS WEEKS ADDITION DRY OR WET, AND I ALMOST HAVE TO AGREE WITH HER.  IT IS MY OPINION THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T  GET TO SEE ENOUGHT CONTINOUS RACING TO REALLY PUT TOGETHER A GOOD HOT OR NOT, BUT I HAVE DONE THE BEST I CAN AND I HOPE  THAT AT LEAST TO A SMALL POINT YOU AGREE WITH HOW I SAW THE RACE.

HOT:

1.  DAVID REUTIMANN:  HE MAY NOT BE THE BEST, BUT HE WAS THE BEST WHEN IT COUNTED, ON THE LAST LAP.  IF THE RACE HAD GONE 400 LAPS AND HE LED 399 AND LOST LAP 400, THEN HE WOULD STILL BE THE LOSER, BUT THE RACE ONLY WENT 227 LAPS AND ON LAP 277 HE WAS IN THE LEAD, SO THAT MAKES HIM THE WINNER. 

2.  RODNEY CHILDERS:  GUTSY CALL THAT  PAID OFF AND GOT HIS TEAM AND DRIVER THE VICTORY, THE SAME CALL NEXT WEEK MAY LEAVE RODNEY WITH EGG ON HIS FACE, BUT IT PAID OFF TODAY AND THAT MAKES HIM THE WINNER.

3.  3:00 MEMORIAL RED FLAG:  I HAVE NO IDEA WHOSE IDEA THIS WAS, OR IF IT WAS PLANNED  TO BE DONE DURING THE REGULAR SCHEDULED RACE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SHAKE THEIR HAND AND SAY THANK YOU, IT WAS AN EXCELLENT TRIBUTE TO BOTH OUR CURRENT AND FALLEN WARRIORS.  HAVING A FAMILY WHOSE MILITARY HISTORY GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR IT IS HEART LIFTING TO SEE THAT TYPE OF TRIBUTE.

4.  FOX BROADCAST CREW:  THESE GUYS PUT FORTH A VALIANT EFFORT TO KEEP US ENTERTAINED DURING ALL OF THE RAIN DELAYS, I REALLY DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN BE PREPARED TO FILL THAT MUCH RAIN DELAY TIME, BUT THE GUYS IN THE BOOTHS, IN THE PITS AND ON THE CAMERAS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

NOT:

1.  RCR RACING:  BEST FINISH FOR THIS 4 CAR TEAM THIS WEEK WAS 25TH BY JEFF BURTON.  THEY CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AND COME UP SHORT, COULD IT BE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF STAYING A 3 CAR TEAM.  I AM NOT SAYING THAT CASEY MEARS IS CARRING A BLACK CLOUD BUT RCR HAS GONE DOWN HILL EVER SINCE HE JOINED THE TEAM AND CAUSED ALL THE CHANGES IN CARS, CREWS, AND MEMBERS SINCE LAST YEAR.

2.  #88 RACE TEAM:  THE TIME FOR EXCUSES HAS WELL COME AND GONE, THERE HAS TO BE A CHANGE WITHIN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS OR THEIR SEASON IS OVER.  I THINK TODAY WE SAW THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE DRIVER, JR. STARTED THE RACE WITH A CAR THAT WAS CRAP AND RAN 225 LAPS AND KEPT IT OFF THE WALL AND OFF THE OTHER 42 CARS, IF HE CAN DO THAT THEN THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE DRIVER.  MR. HENDRICKS WHEN YOU  GET TO DOVER NEXT WEEK, GO TO THE LOCAL DIRT TRACK AND HIRE THE CREW CHIEF OF THE WINNING CAR IN THE FEATURE RACE, HE WILL DO YOU A BETTER JOB THEN WHAT TONY EURY JR. IS DOING

3.  #00 CREW MEMBER:  MR. BILLY-BAD-BUTT NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT IF TONY OR DAVID HAD OF WANTED ANYTHING OUT OF HIM THEN ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE SQUEEZED HIS HEAD.  HIS MOUTH VERY WELL COULD HAVE DRIVEN A STERN BUT CALM CONVERSATION INTO A RIOT, FROM NOW ON STAY IN YOUR PLACE UNLESS SOMEONE PULLS YOUR CHAIN.

4.  SAM HORNISH JR.: SAM HAS COME MILES FROM LAST YEAR, BUT HE STILL HAS A FEW TO GO, THE CONTACT WITH HARVICK MAY HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL BUT TO ME HE WAS PUSHING WAY TO HARD FOR THAT EARLY IN THE RACE.  WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING 600 MILES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET IN POSITION TO MAKE A WINNING RUN ONLY 100 MILES INTO THE RACE.

     FOLKS THIS IS A LITTLE SHORT BUT WITH ALL THE RAIN AND DELAYS AND STARTS AND STOPS I JUST DIDN'T SEE ALL THAT MUCH TO HASH OVER.  THE RAIN PLAYED HECK WITH WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXCELLENT RACE BUT AS YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT