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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 10:24 am
46 days until the Daytona 500!!!!!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 12:37 pm
I still haven't decided who is going to be my new driver since Rusty went and retired on me. I am leaning toward Bobby Labonte driving the Petty car, but nobody is appealing to me very much. But I will watch the 24 hour race this weekend to see my man Rusty! Darn it, I wish he would reconsider.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 1:06 pm
23 days, 20 hours, 53 minutes, 10 seconds until the Daytona 500...but who's counting! Roxip, I feel for you. It's hard when you no longer have your one true favorite to cheer for. Bobby Labonte is a good choice, or you could choose one of the young guns who will be around a bit longer.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 2:27 pm
I guess I'm getting old, but the young guns just don't interest me at all, except maybe Dale, Jr. I like Carl Edwards but don't care at all for Jack Roush. I also lean toward Jeff Burton -- feel like he might have a great year and would love to see that happen...but none of them are Rusty, who was my first NASCAR love...LOL! Isn't this ridiculous?
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 3:28 pm
Roxip, it isn't ridiculous at all. I remember what I went through when Davey Allison died. I tried to pick another favorite driver, you should see my t-shirt collection! There was both Labontes, the Burton Boys, Dale Jarrett, Ricky Craven, Johnny Benson, and several others, but the truth is this...no one person could replace Davey in my heart...so after a while I just quit trying to replace him. I now cheer for a whole bunch of guys. I like most of them...some more than others, but there isn't just one favorite. My heart still belongs to Davey.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, January 27, 2006 - 6:45 am
That was a bad year, wasn't it -- and it was my first year to watch regularly. Perhaps that was why the sport made such an impression on me...it wasn't the way they ran - it was the way they bonded together in the face of tragedy. It also was the year that Dale and Rusty finished 1-2 in the final point standings, and Rusty won the final race of the season. I remember so clearly seeing the two of them circling the track together - fierce competitors in the battle, great sports in the victory!
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Friday, January 27, 2006 - 5:22 pm
Can I join the party of fans without favorite drivers? Dale was the man, and then I adopted Ward, but no one has grabbed me like Dale did, he was the total package. I want a brash old school driver who is a man's man and speaks his mind. Tony Stewart has potential to snare me. I think I have posted before about Tom Higgins excellent articles reminiscing about racing back in the day. He has another great story about Junior Johnson and the 1960 Daytona race. http://blogs.thatsracin.com/scuffs/2006/01/gone_with_the_w.html#more As a Carolinian I love the moonshining history that Junior has, I would have loved to ride along on one of his moonshine runs!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, January 30, 2006 - 12:52 pm
I've got kind of a secret affection for Tony Stewart too - love to see the kind of dumpy guy climb fences! He exhibits true joy in winning that is infectious. But all my friends will send me scathing e-mails if I admit this...LOL!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 1:28 pm
I have NO idea who I'll be rooting for. No idea at all. GO TONY!!!! hehehehehe Actually while I'm happy when Tony wins, there are plenty of drivers I like. Elliott Sadler, Bobby Labonte, Casey Mears, Carl Edwards. And of course Kyle Petty and Kenny Shrader. I'm sure there are more. Alot of the time it's more about who I don't want to win the race opposed to who I am cheering to win the race.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 3:02 pm
A local college, Belmont Abbey, is going to offer a 4 year degree in Nascar management. Seems several news people across the country were making snide comments about that per a local sports radio talk show. Humpy Wheeler (Charlotte Motor Speedway Prez) came on the show today and said that there are 57,000 Nascar related jobs in the Charlotte area and the average pay is $70,000. Wonder if they will still make fun of it now?
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 2:08 pm
YEAH! Anybody besides me excited that there will be race cars on the track at Daytona this weekend? This one kind of snuck up on me.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 5:36 pm
Bud Shootout Saturday night and Qualifying on Sunday, it seems like forever since the awards banquet!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 9:29 pm
I've always said that having the Bud Shootout after so much time away is like feeding a starving person an appetizer. It just makes you hungry!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, February 10, 2006 - 7:56 am
Of course it just won't be the same without RUSTY!!! I'm still trying to come to terms with my loss and I guess I will comfort myself with Bobby Labonte driving the #43 car, but something will be missing.
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Friday, February 10, 2006 - 8:49 am
So glad that NASCAR is back... I've missed my weekend fix. Last weekend I turned on Speed Channel and they were showing Luge, or something like that! I need my fast cars!!!!!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 10:08 am
Last November my husband was invited to Texas Speedway and hung out with Kenny Wallace & crew as Kenny was putting "Disabled American Veterans" on his car for that race. [My husband is a disabled veteran and a life member of the DAV. He is also a veteran's advocate.] Kenny also visited veterans at the local VA hospital. Yesterday the following was announced & I'm so excited that he's & his crew are doing this. It means so much to Veterans when sports figures come visit them in the hospital. God Bless You KENNY WALLACE! The Disabled American Veterans has teamed up with NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace and his crew, who will be visiting sick and disabled veterans at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals this year. Wallace is behind the wheel of the #22 AutoZone Ford Fusion racecar in the Busch series, and he will be autographing the attached "Hero Cards" as souvenirs for hospitalized veterans who have given so much of themselves for our country. And if I might be selfish here keep your fingers crossed that Louisville will be one of the hospitals they are able to visit [if Kenny doesn't have a Cup ride that weekend] and I'll get to go along with them.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 4:14 pm
Is Nascar going to be on NBC?
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 4:23 pm
Tonight it's on TNT because of the Olympics.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 5:00 pm
Rain Delay. It's raining in Daytona.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 12:28 pm
Yeah, Jeff Burton won the pole!!!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 3:48 pm
Denny Hamlin wins the Bud Shootout! What an unbelievable talent this kid is. It's so nice to see a kid with talent succeed. Carl Edwards will be reporting to the NASCAR office immediately following the race for refusing to come to pit road as a penalty. Carl swerved to avoid a wreck, passed a couple of cars in the process. NASCAR decided to penalize him for going below the line...but even the announcers said he had no other option except to cause a wreck. Their sandbox...their rules. Bad call. It sure is going to be an exciting rookie battle, but I think I would put all my marbles on Denny Hamlin at this point.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 4:49 pm
Carl will be on an upcoming episode of 24
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 5:20 pm
Did you hear Carl's interaction with his crew chief about coming down pit road?? Loved it! He definitely stands by his principles. Wonder how much that will cost him?
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, February 13, 2006 - 12:51 pm
I know that I am getting monotonous, but it just wasn't the same without YOU KNOW WHO! But it was a great race - I watched it in Fast Forward on Tivo since I was out during the race, but did manage to catch some of it on MRN. Glad that Jeff Burton was the pole! He deserves a great ride.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 9:09 am
Chad Knaus banned from the remaining 500 activities this year. *shrugs* Not picking on Jimmie Johnson here but if a crew chief continues to cheat - and/or cheat as blatantly as this was, the whole TEAM needs to be banned for that race. This is the ONLY way to stop the teams from cheating like this. Ban the crew chief a a few measly [to them] fines, they'll keep on doing it.
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