All About NASCAR

I was there last October and night racin' is so incredible! Then on Sunday a bunch of us gathered in Kernersville for the Kevin Harvick Fan Club Gathering (second anual). Yeah, I did the tourist thing and hit up RCR and DEI. Garagemahal was impressive but at RCR before the race we actually got to meet Chocolate and RC. That was way cool.

I just wish the waiting list for Bristol wasn't so freaking long. I've been waiting for 3 years so far for tix to the fall race.
 
Re: Guess I was asleep !!!!

Jakeababy said:
Would you advise me what happened to Mark in the #6 Viagra car. He was duelling with Rusty, saw where he finished 34th.
OOPS, did he blow up or something..Hope he wins one soon.......
Thanks, Jake...

If memory serves me correctly, I think he had some kind of fuel/fuel line issue.
 
Re: Re: Guess I was asleep !!!!

HotinMo said:
If memory serves me correctly, I think he had some kind of fuel/fuel line issue.

Greg Biffle had the same problem, he couldnt get started after the red flag, found a hole in the fuel line when he got to the garage. They blamed it on a faulty batch of fuel line, I guess they buy it in bulk and then make their own custom fuel lines.
 
lunarsubmissive said:
Not me ;) But if you're giving them away.... :devil: :p

Not sure if I'll go to the May race here in Charlotte or not, the weekend before I'll be involved with the Litogether here and that might be too much excitement in one month for this mom ;)

October is my race time :nana: It's not too hot and not too cold to sit out in the stands :D


I have never been to a Winston or Nextel cup race :(
Who wants to take me to one???
 
HotinMo said:
I have never been to a Winston or Nextel cup race :(
Who wants to take me to one???

Aww...come on out in October and you can go with me and the wee one :)
 
Re: Re: Guess I was asleep !!!!

HotinMo said:
If memory serves me correctly, I think he had some kind of fuel/fuel line issue.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
Thanks, Jake.................
 
This weeks Power rankings

Biggest Gain this week: Jimmie Johnson, up five spots

Biggest Drop this week: Kasey Kahne, down six spots

New this week: Brian Vickers (20), Kyle Petty (25).

Dropped out: Casey Mears (18), Terry Labonte (22).


Week 9 of 36, Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway

Rank Prev Number Driver Comments
1 1 Kurt Busch He’s second in the points standings but only 15th in money earned, which doesn’t leave much money for celebratory bubble gum.

2 7 Jimmie Johnson Unfortunately for the media, he didn’t pit with Rusty Wallace when he should have, leaving them without the losing streak to write about.

3 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. The National Enquirer reported this week that he took the points lead with a third-place run at Martinsville, but don’t go believing that hogwash.

4 4 Matt Kenseth That wasn’t smart to get into Kevin Harvick at Martinsville. On Monday morning, Kenseth walked into the shop and suggested a special paint scheme for Richmond.

5 5 Jeff Gordon “I know he (Rusty Wallace) wanted this really bad,” Gordon said after the race. Was he talking about Wallace’s win, or the chance to judge the Miss USA pageant like Gordon did last week?

6 10 Rusty Wallace Now that the losing streak is finally over, poor Rusty is going to lose all his press coverage, because no one will have any idea what to write about.

7 6 Tony Stewart Man, he’s awfully aggressive this year. He ran into the back of two more people at Martinsville. The good thing is that his car is an orange Chevy, so he can just blame it on Robby Gordon.

8 2 Kasey Kahne You know why he raced Ricky Rudd so hard when he was a lap down, right? On a restart, his crew chief told him he needed to go get some R&R.

9 8 Elliott Sadler He drove the final laps at Martinsville without any front brakes. To motivate him, Robert Yates told Sadler that he’d buy him 50 of Martinsville’s famous hot dogs if he kept it out of the wall.

10 13 Ryan Newman Did you see him asleep during that red flag? No, not when he was lying on the pit wall. We mean during the actual interview.

11 9 Jamie McMurray Hey Jamie, we know how you can get Sterling back as far as practical jokes go: Have someone pretend to be Chip Ganassi and call up Sterling, explaining that the team has made the decision to put Scott Pruett in the No. 40 Dodge at Sonoma.

12 16 Bobby Labonte Unfortunately for the media, he didn’t wreck Rusty Wallace while racing for the lead at Martinsville, leaving them without the losing streak to write about.

13 11 Kevin Harvick He’s probably Chevrolet’s best bet to unseat the DEI juggernaut at Talladega. Pretty neat word, juggernaut. It means “overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.” Or, basically, Matt Kenseth when he’s on Harvick’s bumper at Martinsville.

14 14 Sterling Marlin Unfortunately for the media, he didn’t have very good pit stops even though he was faster than Wallace all day long, leaving them without the losing streak to write about.

15 15 Dale Jarrett Man, he did a whale of a job getting that car into the top 10 at the end of that race, but this team still has got to run well this weekend to retain any kind of momentum.

16 19 Mark Martin As the years drag on, the competitors get tougher, more visable and more vocal. No, not Martin's. Viagra's.

17 13 Jeremy Mayfield His results have gotten worse in four straight races, so Talladega is a welcome sight for him. Not as much as it is for Michael Waltrip, but pretty close.

18 20 Joe Nemechek He’s completed more laps this year (99.4 percent) than Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson or Stanton Barrett.

19 17 Greg Biffle We see the Subway ads are popping up again. Subway, gotta love em. You can get two footlongs for $7.99 on Sundays. Which sucks if you get scheduled to work there on Sundays, because you’ll be making two foot-long subs for everyone who walks in the door.

20 NR Brian Vickers He finished 12th at Martinsville, so he was finally the highest finishing rookie. Which is not exactly easy to do. To be the highest finishing rookie in 2004 – with Kasey Kahne around – you pretty much have to finish first.

21 21 Michael Waltrip Michael’s coming in for an online chat on NASCAR.COM on Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET, so be sure to send in lots of suggestions for new commercials.

22 23 Ward Burton So Tom Brokaw is retiring on Dec. 1 and being replaced with Brian Williams. Bad decision. They want ratings? They should have hired Ward.

23 NR Jeff Burton He hasn’t used a provisional yet this year. See, that is his problem. Burton needs provisionals to run well. He needs to skip qualifying for a couple weeks. He’d rocket up the points.

24 24 Robby Gordon Man, this poor guy is having to listen to some rumors about losing his job. And he doesn’t even watch The Apprentice.

25 NR Kyle Petty He’s going to be on CNN on Wednesday. But he won’t be interviewed by Larry King. If he was, we’d have to watch Larry lean forward and ask, “So, Kyle, tell me. Just how tough was it racing against David Pearson?” And Kyle would have to answer, “Well, Larry, by the time I raced David, it wasn’t too tough.”


The opinions listed here are solely those of the writer.
 
HotinMo said:
are you trying to be my first??? ;)

Charolotte is cool, so is Atlanta. But for pure speed ya gotta go to 'Dega. For the better part of 30 years I've only seen it from the infield in turn 1. This time out I'm in the front grandstands at the entrance to the pits. For the race in Louden this fall I managed to get tix about 40 rows up at the start finish line. That will be a first for me, I've never been to a short track (I am on the waiting list for Bristol though ;) )

The only downside to going to a race is the traffic after. It does take a while to clear out 200k people. Thats very minor compared to the expierience though.
 
Back
Top