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

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     BELOW ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WHILE WATCHING NASCAR ON TV, AND TALKING TO YOU GOOD FOLKS OUT THERE.

1.  THE FUN STARTS WHEN THE DIRECTIONS SAY "TURN OFF THE MAIN ROAD"

2.  LIFE IS A BIG CIRCLE THAT CONTINUES TO REPEAT ITSELF.

3.  YOU HAVE TO LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY.

4.  JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE  RUNS BESIDE YOU DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE YOUR FRIEND, OR JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE BEHIND YOU DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE STALKING YOU.

5.  SPEED WITHOUT CONTROL WILL PUT YOU INTO A SPIN.

6.  CONVERSELY TO MUCH CONTROL WILL KEEP YOU FROM ACHIEVING YORU GOALS.

7.  THERE IS A TIME TO GO ALL OUT, AND A TIME TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

8,.  TEAMWORK IS SOMETIMES EASIER SAID THEN DONE.

9.   ONE  PERSON  ON A TEAM CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN SUCCESS  OR FAILURE.

10. YOURS IS NOT ALWAYS THE ONLY WAY TO ACCOMPLISH A GOAL.

11. THERE ARE TIMES YOU HAVE TO JUST STOP AND REFUEL.

12.  SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THOSE WHO HAVE THE SAME GOALS AS YOU FOR THE BEST CHANCE TO COME OUT A WINNER.

     ENJOY THE 600 TODAY FOLKS, BUT STOP FOR JUST A SECOND AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR ALL TO ALOOW US THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL THAT WAS SOME RACE LAST NIGHT, I NOW ALSO THINK THEY SHOULD LINE THEM UP ACCORDING TO SPOT ON ALL THE RESTARTS, BUT DON'T FIGURE THAT WILL HAPPEN IN God's  LIFETIME.

    GREAT BIG ATTA BOY TO TONY STEWART AND STEWART- HASS RACING, WE KNEW IT WAS COMING JUST  DIDN'T KNOW WHEN.

     QUESTION:  IF MR. HASS WAS IN PRISON FOR TAX EVASION, WHY ARE ALL THOSE FOLKS OUR NEW PRESIDENT TRIED TO APPOINT  TO CABINET OFFICES STILL OUT WALKING AROUND.

      MATT AND THE BEE BOYS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB ALSO, JUST CAME UP A TINY BIT SHORT AT THE END, BUT STILL I LIKE THAT GUY EVEN IF HE ISN'T AS FLASHY AS MOST PEOPLE THING HE SHOULD BE.

     QUESTION:  IF JEREMY MAYFIELD TOOK AN ILLEGAL DRUG WHY NOT TELL WHAT IT WAS.  WOULDN'T THAT BE EASIER THEN HAVING TO MAKE UP EXCUSES NOT TO TELL US.

     I ALMOST FELT SORRY FOR THE TWIG, LAST NIGHT RAN HIS BUTT OFF AND SEEMED TO BE IN THE CATBIRD'S SEAT THEN GOT POUNDED AGAIN WITH DISSAPOINTMENT, BUT BEFORE IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE HE WILL HAVE A BUNCH UNDER HIS BELT.

     QUESTION:  IF IT DOESN'T SAY YOU CAN'T MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE ON A RESTART THEN WHY CAN'T YOU, AND EVEN WORSE IF YOU CAN'T MOVE TO THE OUTSIDE WHY THE HELL CAN YOU MOVE TO THE INSIDE.  SORRY THAT IS 2 QUESTIONS, BUT WOULD STILL LIKE ANSWERS.

     AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WHY ON ARMED FORCES DAY, A DAY WHEN WE CELEBRATE OUR COUNTRY AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DEFEND IT, DO WE ONCE AGAIN GET SOMEONE TO DO THE NATIONAL ATHEM, WHO CAN'T CARRY A TUNE IN AN OAK BUCKET.  BASED ON LAST NIGHT'S PERFORMANCE I CAN HARDLY WAIT  TILL THE 4TH OF JULY, MY GUESS IS EITHER TINY TIM, ROSANN BARR, OR PEE WEE HERMAN.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE BOOKS AND ONCE AGAIN, DARLINGTON WAS FULL OF SURPRISES AND GREAT RACING.  WE ALSO SAW DRIVERS WHO HAVE BEEN HAVING LESS THEN GOOD RUNS MAKE AN EXCELLENT SHOWING, MARTIN TRUEX JR., JOEY LOGANO, AND BRAD KESELOWSKI DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND SHOWED THAT THEY WILL BE FORCES TO BE DEALT WITH IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  AND NOW ON TO THE CURRENT HOT OR NOT.

NOT:

1.  SCOTT SPEED:  HE DOESN'T QUALIFY HIS CAR SO A DEAL IS MAKE FOR HIM TO DRIVE ANOTHER CAR AND HE SPINS IT AND WRECKS THE CAR BARELY 6 LAPS INTO THE RACE.  THIS BOY HAS A TON TO LEARN AND HE NEEDS TO GET ABOUT IT IN A HURRY.

2.  MICHAEL WALTRIP:   IF NOT FOR BAD LUCK THERE WOULD BE NO LUCK AT ALL.  IT MAKES ME WONDER IF MAYBE MIKE DIDN'T LOSE MORE THEN A FRIEND WHEN BIG DALE PASSED, LIKE MAYBE THE URGE TO WIN.

3.  DAVID REGAN:  JUNK ALL NIGHT LONG, HALF THE NIGHT IN THE GARAGE, I BET UPS IS WONDERING WHT DALE JARRETT I SDOING RIGHT NOW.

4.  A.J. ALLMENDINGER:  THEY CALL HIM DINGER AND AFTER THE WAY HE DINGED CLINT BOWYER, I GUESS I KNOW WHERE AND WHY THE NAME HAS STUCK.

5.  88 PIT CREW:  THIS CREW APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE EVERY WEEK, I THINK THAT PAST MISTAKES ARE PLAYING ON THIER MINDS SO BAD THAT THEY CHOKE FROM TRYING NOT TO MAKE MISTAKES.

HOT:

1.  MARK MARTIN:  MARK STARTED 12TH AND CRUSIED MOST OF THE RACE, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM AND CAME OUT ON TOP AGAIN.  TOLD YOU LAST WEEK ABOUT AN OLD DOG TEACHING THE NEWBIES NEW TRICKS.

2.  JIMMIE JOHNSON:  TALK ABOUT A TURN AROUND FOR A LOUSY WEEKEND, BET EVERYONE WISHES THEY COULD HAVE THAT KIND OF A WEEKEND, EVERYTHING GOES WRONG AND HE FINISHES SECOND, HE AND KNAUS ARE STILL IN THE HUNT.

3.  STEWART - HASS RACING:  TONY IS STILL HOT AND RYAN IS GETTING HOTTER BY THE RACE, IT REALLY LOOKS AS IF RYAN AND TONY ARE HAVING FUN TOGETHER, SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN AMOUNG THESE RACE TEAMS, IT LOOKS AS IF THEY ARE REALLY A TEAM NOT 2 DRIVERS WHO HAPPEN TO DRIVE FOR THE SAME ORGANIZATION.

4.  JEFF GORDON:  JEFF STARTED 2ND AND FLOATED BACK AND FORTH ALL NIGHT, LOST AND REGAINED THE POINT LEAD AND HELD ON FOR A 5TH PLACE FINISH, NOT BAD AT ALL FOR A MAN WITH BACK PROBLEMS.

5.  NASCAR ORGANIZATION:  I SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS ANYONE SLAMMING NASCAR AND SOME OF THEIR RULES, BUT THEIR QUICK AND POSITIVE ACTION AGAINST JEREMY MAYFIELD FOR FAILING THE DRUG SCREEN, IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE THAT ALL SPORTS SHOULD FOLLOW.  THEY ARE SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE THAT THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE DRUGS AND THEIR USE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES THE KILLER BEES TO DO A PIT STOP.

     WELL NEXT WEEK WE MORE OR LESS HAVE A WEEK OFF TO JSUT WATCH A FUN RACE SO ENJOY IT.  AS FAR AS THE HOT OR NOT FOR THIS WEEK, WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT I SAW.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     WELL FOLKS NOT SURE RICHMOND HAS BEEN HOTTER AND FULL OF MORE  EXCITEMENT SINCE IT SERVED AS THE CAPITOL OF THE SOUTHERN STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR .   LAST NIGHT. IT LOOKED LIKE FANS TURNED OUT IN DROVES TO TRY TO ROOT DENNY HAMLIN TO VICTORY AND IT ALMNOST HAPPENED, BUT ONCE AGAIN A PROBLEM IN THE PITS TOOK HIM FROM A SURE WIN TO A  14TH PLACE FINISH.  SOMETIMES I THINK IF DENNY DIDN'T HAVE BAD LUCK HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK AT ALL.  WELL SO MUCH FOR THE COMMENTARY AND ON TO THE POINT AT HAND.

NOTS;

1.  BRIAN VICKERS:  BRIAN STARTED ON THE POLE, BUT I THINK THE ONLY LAPS HE LED WERE THE ONES UNDER CAUTION AT THE FIRST OF THE RACE, AS THE RACE WENT ON HIS CAR SEEMED TO JUST GET WORSE AND HE WENT FROM RACING TO PLAYING LET'S GET IN THE WAY.

2.  DAVID STREMME:  DAVID STARTED THE RACE AT 11TH AND FINISHED IN 38TH AND IN HIS TRAVELS TO THE BACK HE MANAGED TO TURN CARL EDWARDS THEN POP MATT KENSETH.  DAVID MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A TALK WITH KURT AND GET SOME POINTERS ON HOW TO GO FORWRDS AND NOT BACKWARDS, IT TOOK KURT AWHILE TO GET IT RIGHT , BUT HE KNOWS THE WAY NOW AND THAT IS FOR SURE.

3.  DALE EARNHARDT JR. :  THIS TEAM HAS NO FLOW THIS YEAR AT ALL, UP ONE WEEK AND DOWN THE NEXT.  IF THINGS DON'T COME TOGETHER QUICKLY THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVES DROPPING LIKE A ROCK TO THE BOTTOM, AND MR. HENDRIX MAY JUST HAVE TO PULL A MR. CHILDERS AND STIR THE POT  WITH A STICK,  WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN YOU STIR THE POT WITH A STICK SOMETHINGS GET THROWN OVER THE SIDE OF THE POT AND ARE OF NO USE ANYMORE.

4.  A.J. ALLMENDINGER:  SEEMS THAT A.J. WAS DRIVING BETTER AND WITH BETTER SENSE WHEN HE DIDN'T HAVE A SOLID RIDE FOR NEXT YEAR, COULD BE THAT HE NEEDS THE PRESSURE OF NO PAY CHECK TO KEEP HIM  CALM.  THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, AND WHEN THE LEADERS ARE RIGHT THERE AND YOU ARE DRAGGING THAT AIN'T THE TIME.

5.  ROUSH RACING:  MANAGED TO PUT JAMIE IN THE TOP 10 BUT, BUT STILL HAD ALL THE REST OF THE TEAMS STRUGGLING ALL NIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ONLY CONSENTRATING ON ONE CAR A WEEK, AND THIS HAPPENED TO BE JAMIE'S WEEK.  THIS ORGANIZATION HAS 5 OF THE BEST DRIVERS IN NASCAR SO WE HAVE TO LOOK BEYOND THE DRIVERS AND REALIZE THAT THE PROBLEM HAS TO BE ON UP THE FOOD CHAIN FROM THEM.

HOT:

1.  KYLE BUSCH:  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWIG, KYLE STARTED 14TH AND WORKED ALL NIGHT TO PUT A PROPER FINISH ON HIS SPECIAL DAY. KYLE GETTING THE PRAISE FROM DW THAT HE DID, SAYS A TON ABOUT WHERE THIS KID'S PLACE IN NASCAR HISTORY WILL BE.  IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUSCH -ADDINGTON COMBO WILL TAKE OVER THE JOHNSON - KNAUS PLACE IN THE PECKING ORDER AT LEAST FOR THIS YEAR.

2. JEFF BURTON:  JEFF STARTED 5TH THEN DID THE BUMP AND JAM WITH JR. THEN  GOT HIT IN THE PITTS BY THE 42, HELD IT ALL  TOGETHER AND PULLED OFF A 3RD PLACE FINISH, THIS GENTLEMAN IS THE BEST RACER IN THE RCR ORGANIZATION BAR NONE.

3.  TONY STEWART:   TONY IS ROLLING BETTER RIGHT NOW THEN HE HAS IN AWHILE, 2ND LAST NIGHT JUST ADDS ONE MORE TO HIS TOP 5'S FOR THIS SEASON, IT WILL NOT SURPRISE ME ONE BIT IF HE ROLLS RIGHT INTO NUMBER 3 IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS A OWNER-DRIVER., HIS WHOLE ORGANIZATION IS WORKING LIKE A FINE TUNED MACHINE, AND THAT MACHINE CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A MONSTER TRUCK.

4.  RYAN NEWMAN:  RYAN STARTED A LITTLE SLOWER THEN TONY, BUT HE IS GETTING THERE  AND WHEN BOTH OF THE STEWART-HASS GUYS GET IT TIED TOGETHER FOLKS BETTER WATCH OUT.  I THINK RYAN WILL CONTINUE TO PULL HIS PART OF THE LOAD AND WILL GET RIGHT BACK TO THE FORM THAT BOUGHT HIM THE NAME "ROCKERMAN".

5.  MARK MARTIN:  MARK IS JUST SORT OF LIKE THE LITTLE KNAT THAT WE KEEP SWATTING AT ,THINKING IT WILL GO AWAY, WE SWAT AT IT AND IT JUST LAUGHS AT US AND KEEPS COMING BACK.  MARK REFUSES TO GO QUIETLY INTO THE SUNSET, AND THAT TICKLES ME MORE THEN ANYTHING.  WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS OR IS IT THE OLD DOG WHO IS TEACHING ALL THE TRICKS.

6.  SAM HORNISH JR. MARCUS AMBROSE:  THESE TWO GUYS DID A SUPER JOB , HORNISH GOT BEAT AND BANGED ALL NIGHT AND AMBROSE GOT SPUN AND EVERTHING ELSE AND THEY STILL MANAGED TO COME IN  WITH FLYING COLORS.WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF OLD-TIMERS THESE NEWBIES EMBARASSED LAST NIGHT YOU KNOW THEY ARE GONNA BE AROUND A WHILE, GREAT JOB FELLOWS.

     KURT BUSCH SLIPPED A LITTLE LAST NIGHT AT THE END, BUT THEN SO DID A BUNCH OF THE GUYS, ALL OF THIS YEAR AND I THINK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, ANYTIME SOMEONE SLIPS KURT IS GOING TO BE THERE TO FILL THE SPOT.  KURT IS STILL IN THE TOP FIVE IN POINTS AND FOLKS DON'T LOOK FOR HIM TO DROP, FOR SOME REASON I HAVE THE FEELING THAT WHEN HOMESTEAD ROLLS AROUND IT MAY BE THE 2 AND 14 RUNNING FOR THE 1, WOULDN'T THAT BE A KICK IN THE HEAD.  WELL THAT IS HOW I SAW IT THIS WEEK  IT MIGHT BE RIGHT AND IT MIGHT BE WRONG BUT:

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT