GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     YOU KNOW A LOT OF STRANGE QUESTIONS CAN POP INTO YOUR HEAD AS YOU RIDE A JOHN DEERE MOWER FOR 8 HOURS A DAY.  WHY IS JR. SO POPULAR IS WHAT POPPED IN TODAY.

      IS IT HIS RUGGED GOOD LOOKS AND MANLY BUILD? MAYBE FOR THE GIRLS BUT NOT HE GUYS, IS IT HIS AMAZING ABILITY AS A DRIVER, NO DON'T THINK THAT'S IT EITHER CAUSE NEITHER OF THE LAST 2 SEASONS  HAVE BEEN VERY GREAT.  IS IT THE KILLER INSTINCT HE GOT FROM HIS FATHER, NOPE CAUSE HE REALLY DOESN'T DRIVE LIKE THAT (EXCEPT WITH CARL EDWARDS).  IF NOT THESE THINGS THEN WHAT IS IT?

     I THINK IT MAYBE IT IS THE FACT THAT HE SORTA LOOKS LIKE THE  ALL AMERICAN KID, THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO WHAT HE ALWAYS WANTED.  SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US NEVER GET TO DO.   ALSO HE APPEARS TO BE VERY HONEST, THAT MAY BE GOOD OR BAD.  AND HE ALWAYS WANTS TO PUT HIS FAMILY FIRST, EVEN IF IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST FOR HIM.  BUT MOST OF ALL I THINK JR. GETS HIS POPULARITY FROM THE FACT THAT HE SEEMS TO BE A MIXTURE OF BEAVER CLEAVER AND EDDIE HASKELL ALL ROLLED INTO ONE.

THAT'S MY OPINION, WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT 

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING RACES FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS AND ALL I HAVE HEARD IS PEOPLE RUN HIM DOWN.  MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE HAS BEEN RACING FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR SO - SO TEAMS AND THEN HE GOT HIS CHANCE WITH DEI. 

     HE GOT SOME GOOD EQUIPMENT AND IN HIS FIRST YEAR WITH DEI HE WON THE DATONA 500, OF COURSE THIS WAS MARED BY THE DEATH OF DALE EARNHARDT, AND THE WIN MEANT NOTHING WHEN HE LOST HIS FRIEND AND MENTOR.  WELL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS HE WON A FEW AND DID PRETTY GOOD AND ALL ANYONE COULD SAY THEN WAS ALL HE CAN DO IS RUN ON RESTRICTOR PLATE RACES.  BUT I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT HE RAN EVER BIT AS GOOD AS DALE JR. BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO REMEMBER THAT.  THIS YEAR HE IS IN A CRAP CAR THAT HE DIDN'T BUILD

     LAST YEAR HE GOT JERKED AROUND BY DEI AS THEY TRIED TO MAKE JR. BETTER, ALL HE ASK FOR WAS TO KEEP HIS CREW CHEIF, WHEN THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN HE DECIDED TO OPEN HIS OWN TEAM, FOLKS HE WILL NEVER BE THE RACER THAT EITHER OF THE DALE'S ARE BUT HE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, HE DIDN'T FIND ALL THAT MONEY OUT BEHIND THE OUTHOUSE.

     GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO, DON'T THINK IT CAN BE MUCH WORSE THEN ROBBY GORDON, AND BEFORE IT IS ALL OVER WE MAY REALLY BE SURPRISED.  LET'S FACE IT IT WAS NO EASY TASK TO LURE 3 FOR THE BIGGEST SPONSORS TO HIS COMPANY, AND TO GET THE 2 LARGEST FAST FOOD COMPANIES TO AGREE TO SPLIT THE SPONSORSHIP IN THE SAME YEAR  IS UNBELIEVEABLE.

     JR. IS MY NO.1 GUY, BUT MICHAEL WILL ALWAYS BE NO.2 WITH ME WIN LOST OR DRAW.

THAT'S MY OPINION, WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     I MAY BE THE ONLY ONE WHO WATCHED THE RACE SAT. NITE AND PICKED UP ON THIS , BUT WHERE WAS JAMIE McMURRY WHEN THEY SHOT THE AMERIQUEST TV AD?

    IF YOU GO TO THE AMERIQUEST WEBSITE AND CHECK THE CONTEST, JAMIE IS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND.  COULD THIS BE THE FIRST STEP IN MOVING HIM OUT THE DOOR.

     RUMORS ARE PRETTY STRONG THAT THE NATIONAL GAURD IS  NOT GOING TO BE WITH BIFFLE NEXT YEAR AND NASCAR SAYS THAT ROUSH CAN ONLY HAVE 4 TEAMS, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT JAMIE IS GOING OUT AND BIFFLE WILL TAKE OVER HIS RIDE.  THIS IS JUST GUESSING ON MY PART, BUT IT MAKES SENSE AND GETS RID OF A DRIVER THAT HASN'T DONE MUCH OF ANYTHING SINCE HIS 2ND RACE WITH CG.

     HATS OFF TO TONY STEWART FOR HIS INTERVIEW AFTER THE RACE THIS WEEK.  ANYONE COULD TELL THAT HE WOULD HAVE RATHER HAVE HAD HIS FINGERS TWISTED WITH A IMPACT WRENCH THEN GIVE THAT INTERVIEW.  BUT HE SPOKE LIKE A CHAMPION AND WAS GRACIOUS TO THE REPORTER.  HIS FANS SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR DRIVER, I BET SOUTHERN CINDI STILL HAS THAT UGLY ORANGE SHIRT ON.

     AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DON'T THINK JR. IS GOING TO GET THE TROPHY THIS YEAR, I'M NOT SURE THAT MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T  KEEP THE TEAM BUT FIRE THE CREW CHIEF, JUST NOT SURE TONY JR. CAN REACT IN A CRUNCH TO GET THE JOB DONE.

     I'M GOING WAY OUT ON A LIMB AND GOING TO SAY KASEY KANE IS THE GUY TO BEAT.  HE HAS NOTHING TO LOSE AND EVERYTHING TO WIN.  JOHNSON IS TO MUCH OF A WEINE AND GORDON HAS A MENTAL BLOCK OVER TYING DALE EARNHARDT'S NUMBER ON CHAMPIONSHIPS.  SEE DALE EVEN DOES GOOD THINGS AFTER HE IS GONE.

THAT'S MY OPINION, WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT

GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     PLEASE FIRST UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE ONLY BEEN WATCHING NASCAR FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS SO I REALLY AM KIND OF NEW AT THIS, BUT A FEW THINGS SEEM VERY CLEAR TO ME.

     1. THE POINTS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE CHANGED

    2.  WINS NEED TO COUNT FOR SOMETHING IN THE CHASE

    IF NASCAR WANTS TO CONTINUE TO USE A POINTS SYSTEM TO DETERMINE THEIR CHAMPION THEN THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM SO THAT THE WINNER OF A RACE GETS MORE POINTS.  SET UP THE SCALE SO THAT THE WINNER GETS 200 POINTS PLUS ANY BONUSES AND THE SECOND PLACE CAR GETS 170 PLUS BONUSES THEN USE A 3 TO 5 POINT SEPERATION FROM SECOND TO FORTY THIRD. AND EVERYONE FROM 30TH BACK GET THE SAME NUMBER OF POINTS.

     IF THE OBJECT IS TO WIN THE RACE THEN SOMEWHERE IN ALL OF THIS A DRIVER WHO WINS A RACE HAS TO GET CREDIT FOR IT.  HOW ABOUT AT THE END OF THE 26TH RACE ALL DRIVERS WHO HAVE WON A RACE GET 10 POINTS FOR THAT WIN, TOTAL FROM THERE AND DETERMINE THE TEN RACERS FOR THE CHASE.  WOULD HAVE LOOKED REALLY STRANGE TO HAVE THE DRIVER WITH THE MOST WINS IN THE SEASON ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.

     ONE MORE THING, I THINK THAT WHEN THE CAUTION FLAG COMES OUT FOR JUNK ON THE TRACK AND THERE HAS BEEN NO WRECK ETC. THEN THE PITS NEED TO STAY CLOSED.  BET WE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE TYPES OF CAUTIONS DON'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.