Nascar 2008

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Originally Posted by Cincy'sMom

Right now they are saying an 80% chance of rain on Sunday.

:eek: I'm not sure how it would go over if I fly across the country to work at our CA location
and then don't show up Monday because the race got postponed!!!

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There's still time to plan for a Monday off ...

* Begin about 2:00 pm ... with a severe *koffing* attack - EAT koff drops

* About 3:00 pm - excuse yourself to the powder room ... >flush< <FLUSH>a lot

* 3:15 .. Muss up you hair and drag yourself back to the group ~ >deep sigh< <DEEP sigh>a LOT

* 4:00 pm - do a return dash to the potty --- >moan< <GROAN>& >flush< <FLUSH>a lot

* 10 minutes before quitting time - ask no one in particular where the nearest ER is

* Leave 5 minutes early ... mumbling LOUDLY "Damn FLU!"

They should be HAPPY to NOT see you on Monday!

Happie Race! *wave* at the TV camera!

The Local forecast is Sunday morning rain and clearing in the PM....

This is funny because it NEVER RAINS IN Kah LEE Fuh Nee Ah! :rolleyes:

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It rained on Media day too.....I woke up and saw it was sprinkles in the air..
Turned on the tube and saw that Hollywood and Highland (the Kodak theater, more precisely) was closed due to the fact that they were setting up for the Oscars. Plus no mention of any NASCAR event....the twits were enamoured of the fact that there was going to be show....

Ryno was supposed to sign autographs from 12-2 that PM.

Reason Two not to go.......They setter uppers take over the street and security sucks. So stupid because Osama may want to disrupt the awards. :rolleyes:

Last time thru that kind of security was a Prostate Check, metal detector and search your bag.....and I wasn't even there for the show.....I just wanted to get to Point B. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

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Reason Two not to go.......They setter uppers take over the street and security sucks. So stupid because Osama may want to disrupt the awards. :rolleyes:

Last time thru that kind of security was a Prostate Check, metal detector and search your bag.....and I wasn't even there for the show.....I just wanted to get to Point B. :rolleyes:

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So if it gets rained out tomorrow, you don't want the ticket for Monday?

Here's hoping!! And maybe I'll get to stay for the Nationwide race too!!!

A check outside before I go to work..I guess it fricking rained all night long.

Hmmmmm,

I feel some gears turnin in my head..... :D

If I work really hard today and finish..

Amy is going to the race today!! I didn't even know. OMG...I'm so envious. I hope it is a dry one and have lot of fun, girlie!!!

Did the race get cancelled or postponed for a couple of hours? Nascar website has conflicting reports. :(

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Originally Posted by ramanth

Did the race get cancelled or postponed for a couple of hours?
Nascar website has conflicting reports. :(

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NASCAR website seems to always be The Last to Know! :rolleyes:

About 10 minutes ago (~4:30 pm Eastern time) the Three Stooges -
(Darrell, Dumb, & Dumber) said "about an hour to go" and showed views
of the Emergency Vehicle Fleet driving laps on the track - which looked "dry"
in whatever corner they were shooting from.

Gonna be a LATE Night if the still plan to run the Nationwide Race AFTER the
Cup Race.

Geez. I had the race on via MRN here at work. They were doing pre race interviews and such, I had to step away, I come back and they're playing music.

So I jumped online. Race lineup said "RAIN OUT" while the front headline said they were going to "wait an hour" since it appeared the rain was moving out.

Wish they'd make up their minds!! :rolleyes: :p

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Originally Posted by ramanth

Geez. I had the race on via MRN (radio) here at work.
They were doing pre race interviews and such, I had to step away,
I come back and they're playing music. :rolleyes: :p

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I shudda dialed in the Radio ...
The Fox Sports *Comedy* Clowns have been doing their INANE Talking Head Comedy
and Fill-In act for HOURS ... :eek:

WHERE do they get that stuff they BABBLE about!??? :confused:

Do those guys actually get PAID to be on TV?

HEY - NAtional Anthem on NOW ... maybe we'ge gonna go *R*A*C*I*N* !!

OMG! *I* could do the NA at least that well ... :p

looks like we will be going racin'

strike that ...gotta clean up michael's mess now. Geesh, Brandon and I have been waiting forever!

cmon guys!

Go Mark
Go Matt
Go Carl
Go Greg


Boo Tony

Yay! Time to switch MRN radio back on. :D

Go Jr!

*edit* Okay Dale's out. :( Go Chevy!

:eek:

RAIN Flag @ 8:15 pm (ET) ... :(

Hope Amy packed a BIG Lunch!
(And mabe her pillow and sleepie bag! :p )

And the HEADS are Babbling, again ... :mad: :rolleyes:

MRN Radio Phred! ;) :D

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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke

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RAIN Flag @ 8:15 pm (ET) ... :(

Hope Amy packed a BIG Lunch!
(And mabe her pillow and sleepie bag! :p )

And the HEADS are Babbling, again ... :mad: :rolleyes:

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How about a raincoat? They don't usually let you bring an umbella in to the track.

RAIN Flag --- again.
:(

Wonder if Amy took her phishin pole?

Where's my Radio ... the Heads are starting to ramble incoherently ...

:rolleyes:

I was tempted to go out to my car and get the Sirius radio. Now I think I'm just going to go to bed.

Wow!! What a day! I got the track about 930am, just in time to catch an interview the Fan Zone with Dale Jarret. Then it was over the Race Day, to see Mark Martin and the Speed guys. Next I Headed to Pit Road and watched some cars go through inspection and the Goodyear guys blow up some tires.
Pretty soon it was time for the ZZ Top concert! Awesome!!! They didn't play long enough, but it finally stopped raining! Then I was right inthe grass in fron of the stage for Driver intros. After that it was back down pit lane and over to the grandstand area to do a little shopping and finally around 2 pm, grab some lunch.

3 pm, we are going racing!! WhooHoo!!! Man, what a wreck!!! I was do relieved to see Casey Mears out of his car, cause it looked nasty!!!

Rain delay and an impromtu Football game broke out in Ryan Newman's pits.

Finally back to racing, until about 630. I called it quits then and headed back to the car. Traffic was gridlocked, so I walked back in to use the restroom, and watch them dry the track some. It wasn't looking promising so I headed out and forced my way into traffic about 730. By 745 I was on the move, and back to the hotel by 900. Christy had sent me a text message so see if I was still at the race so I called them for an update. I though twe were suppoed to go back racing at 9, and came in to find the Simpson's :( Now they are saying 10pm. We'll see..... I'll be watching from my warm ,dry, hotel room!!! PIctures will follow when I get home

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Originally Posted by RobiLee

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Boo Tony

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And I took close up pictures of Mark for you!!! :( ;)

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

A check outside before I go to work..I guess it fricking rained all night long.

Hmmmmm,

I feel some gears turnin in my head..... :D

If I work really hard today and finish..

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If they don't finish it up tonight, we you welcome to come get the ticket and go watch the end tomorrow!

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Originally Posted by Cincy'sMom

(RICHARD)
If they don't finish it up tonight,
you welcome to come get the ticket and go watch the end tomorrow!

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:eek:
WHAT!??

You're gonna GIVE UP on it??
Where's your dedication to the cause?

For whatever it's worth ... sez NASCAR >>>

"At 12:02 a.m. ET, NASCAR has all inentions of running the race in its entirety.
Weather reports show no further rain is in the radar.
The plan is to go back racing by 1 a.m. ET."

Racing is Phunn ... keep saying that ... you might believe it by the next race!

:D

PS:
1:00 AM (ET) FOX Network ...
Claim "We're going Racing - TONIGHT/THIS AM ...
'We'll be Back WHEN they re-start the Race!'
... Hold Thy Breath."

:rolleyes:

I know, I know. I feel like a putz for whimping out! But I'll be watching. I'm just glad my feet are dry!!! And I didn't want to drink there, with an hour drive home in an unfamiliar area. Now at least I can sit bck, open a cold one and again, have dry feet!

It was blast to be at the track today. I'm glad I at least got to watch part of the race live!! And since it has gone this late, I hope they still run it tonight, cause I won't be able to watch from work tomorrow....

I want to apologize to all the NASCAR fans.......especially CM....
To have a rainout here in CA is unheard of.....I think it's because of the track name change. :rolleyes:

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They did finish the AMGEN bicycle race in the rain... :D

That was 'phun' to watch because they came down one of my favorite roads!

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They better show it........

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Did anyone notice that FRANK BEARD is finally trying to catch up with the rest of the band? ;)

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Originally Posted by Cincy'sMom

I feel like a putz for whimping out! But I'll be watching.

It was blast to be at the track today.
I'm glad I at least got to watch part of the race live!!

And since it has gone this late, I hope they still run it tonight,
cause I won't be able to watch from work tomorrow....

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Pop a NO-Doze ...
NASCAR.com has changed it's "Headline" three times in the last 10 minutes ...

Latest Version says The Race RE-STARTS at 2:00 am ET = 11:00 PM at theTrack.

And I'll bet ALL they care about is going for 250 miles / 100 laps.

:eek:

Well, another Change of Plans ...

NASCAR GAVE UP on Today ...

Race is *scrubbed* till tomorrow (Monday) ...

The Heads came on FOX TV at 2:00 am Eastern (11:00 pm Track Time)
and said G-Nite - they were goin home!

:(

Racing is PHUNN (sometimes).

NITERz, Amy!

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

I want to apologize to all the NASCAR fans.......especially CM....
To have a rainout here in CA is unheard of.....I think it's because of the track name change. :rolleyes:

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One of my problems with the track in California, whatever name it has now, is all the trash that swirls around the infield. As far back as I can remember, they have had a problem with junk getting caught on the grills of the cars.

Will they finish the race today?

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Originally Posted by RobiLee

Will they finish the race today?

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Yes they will. 1 or 2 Pm eastern today. Not sure which. Think they'll miss be out here if a I take a lllooooooonnnngggg lunch? ;)

Race Today, Monday ??

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Originally Posted by Cincy'sMom

Yes they will.
1 or 2 Pm eastern today.
Not sure which.

Think they'll miss me out here if a I take a lllooooooonnnngggg lunch? ;)

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Better take an EARLY lunch, too ... ;)

Advertised Start Time is 11:00 am Track Time, or 1:00 pm Eastern Time.

You're not going to sneak back for Round 2??

;)

Weepers-People who are going to miss the race.

Rain Check- Hitting wet spot in the track, then the wall and having someone plow into you.

No, I ambeing a good girl, sitting here at "my" desk working. It is killing me having only the leaderboard on Nascar.com for updates. I can't find the race on my radio (FM only!) and this computer has no speakers!! There has to be a sports bar nearby I can go catch the end at lunch time, right? (Stupid client call at noon...grumble, grumble)

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Originally Posted by Cincy'sMom

and this computer has no speakers!!

There has to be a sports bar nearby I can go catch the end at lunch time, right?

(Stupid client call at noon...grumble, grumble)

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#1 Go find an empty cubical and "borrow" a pair of speakers.

#2 Ask a local

#3 Call Forward your office line to your cell ... and sit in a *quiet* booth at the Bar.

Have you no imagination? :p

Sorry, I didn't mean speakers, I meant sound card. I have earphones. I was hoping....

Way to go Carl...keep hendrick from winning!! And a Top 10 for Tony! Who-hoo!

Wooooo Hooooo! Way to go, Carl! Thanks for brightening my day. :)

He did a nice back flip into that pretty green grass. Wish my grass was looking like that right now. I'm a bit tired of the yukky mess in my backyard.

Ok, Anna get to work on that new nascar scrapbook page and make sure you post it here just for me ;) :p

Amy, you know that Anna would rather see a Hendrick car win than Carl. I think she is just down right mean :p :D

I have to side with you on that one Robin. I live by the ABH rule (anybody but Hendrick!) Or maybe it is just cause Ford Racing took me to Miami and let me drive their car :)

Tony is dominating the Nationwide race. Sure wish I could be watching!!!

Hmm, I think I will use that ABH rule also..lol.

Congrats to you Tony fans (yuck, did I just say that). He won that race pretty easily. I just hope he only wins Busch...ooops, Nationwide races and not any Cup races :p

Geesh, they only run two races and they are already taking a weekend off. What's up with that? I think they should race every weekend ;)

A weekend off? Aren't they in Vegas this weekend, and Atlanta the following?

Feel free to use the ABH rule...but they may mean occasionally rooting for Tony and the other JGR boys (Yeah even Shrub...yuck!)

My own personal * to the rule is that Hendrick can win if he is battling with Kurt Busch for the win.

Well if you can use the ABH rule, Mark and I will be using the ABR rule (I'm sure you know what that means;):p)

Yeah and congrats to you Carl fans too (Oh I can't believe I'm even saying that:o Now I need to wash my mouth out...lol!)

Amy sorry you missed watching the rest of the race but I'm glad you got to go and had fun while you were there:)
Ewww and don't you just hating to root for the Shrub:rolleyes: Mark is becoming a fan--he just said Shrub rules:eek:

Hmmm, I think I'll have to start cheering on Shrub just to aggravate you Anna! :p

Well, I don't know Amy. Brandon said they were off. I guess I should look at the schedule. :o

You are right, Amy! I don't know what Brandon was thinking. He usually knows his nascar stuff. Gonna have to tease that boy now!

I guess that means I will be fixing Sunday dinner then and having the kids over.

Did you hear Brad Garret when he started the race? ....We have a child missing in Kyle Busch's ear. Too funny!!!

Yesterday at the track, I wanted to buy a seat cushion, since I knew the bleachers were wet. I went by Tony's trailor but the lines were soooo long! So I walked by Denny's and they didn't have any. I walked by Kyle's and I just couldn't bring myself to stop...so I bought a Bobby Labonte Seat cushion. I dn't know what I would have done if they didn't have any...