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I'm so excited that Mark Martin is racing full time this season and was really hoping he could pull off the win. All is well though because I can handle a win by Matt Kenseth.
Congrats Matt!
P.S. My son was at the race today. I hope he had a good time and didn't get too wet.
Yeah, stinks that it was a rain out. :(
Was really hoping that Tony would pull it off. :) And I'm sure Jr. and Busch are gonna have words. :eek:
What a bummer. I don't mind Matt winning at all, however. It's still raining at my house and pretty hard at that.:( We really need it.
I missed the Jr. thing. What happened? I was going from one tv to the next and missed it.:(
It is interesting that Jr. didn't get the same penalty as Leffler did yesterday...Quote:
Originally Posted by Moesha
I would have like to see them run the last 48 laps, but I'll take an 8th for the first race. Tony's car was better then that though. Off to California....
I just noticed that HotPass is going to be free on Direct TV all season. This week's drivers are Kahne, Harvick, Junior and Carl Edwards.
I got my first issue of NASCAR SCENE today.
It had Kyle Busch on the cover. After I read the REALLY INTERESTING stories I gave it to my brother. I refuse to have anything with his name or picture on it in my house.;)
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"I'll just run out and pick up this loose tire...no one will see me!"
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If I was Mark Martin, I'd run over my pit crew at the next race, then turn the keys over to the owner and say, "No thanks!"
GIve the guy a CAR to race!:eek:
Good lord there's just no escaping Kyle Busch- he's friggin' everywhere! I can barely stomach watching any races this season. Most weekends have me wanting to throw something at the TV just to escape the crush all of the TV announcers have on Kyle . I still root for Colin Braun in the Truck series and Mark Martin in Cup, but Shrub/Rowdy/Wild Thang has totally ruined the Nationwide series for me since my favorite NW driver (Hamilton Jr) isn't driving this season.
yaaaaaay Mark! :love::cool:
Booooooo Kyle! :mad:
I think that the M&Ms I ate 5 years ago are making my stomach hurt.:D;)Quote:
Originally Posted by aTailOf2Kitties
Yep, he's everywhere. I am looking to his same pattern of last year, this year.
Win races, go away for the chase.:eek:
Somehow I survived the off weekend, but I am ready for some racing this weekend!
Saturday night, 6pm on ESPN 2 a Charity race at Bristol, celebrities race 15 laps to set the starting order for Legends...Junior Johnson, Harry Gant, Jack Ingram, Jimmie Spencer, Rusty Wallace. How fun will that be to watch?
wooo-hoooo, Mark on the pole again!:cool: Keeping all fingers and toes crossed that the car will hold up this time;)
Gonna eat my corn flakes tomorrow!Quote:
Originally Posted by aTailOf2Kitties
GO MARK!!!!! I would love nothing more than to see Mark win @ Bristol!!!!:D
I got an email from Direct tv saying that Hotpass was free to all this week. :D
Hotpass has been free all year. So far they've had a channel with Kasey's team. Well, I'm not sure about Atlanta, because I was on vacation that week. My RaceView subscription expired and I'm going to try to go as long as I can using Hotpass and not resubscribing to RaceView. I'm hoping to make it to Phoenix. I just need them to have Kasey for Texas because I probably won't be home for Martinsville next weekend anyway.
I am a Kasey fan myself. The Kasey hotpass was great today. Kasey was definately up on the wheel the whole race. His car was good on the long run, but on that short run restart Johnson and Gordon were able to stay
out front. I don't think anyone could have caught Busch or Hamlin. Sorry
aTailOf2Kitties that Martin got stuck in Kasey's rear view mirror. ;) I have a 100" HD projection screen so I ended up with two 50" screens to watch. It is great to not loose viewing during commercials.
I agree about not losing viewing during the commercials. Today was the first day I've watched with only hotpass and not trackpass going also. I had hoped to make it until Phoenix before renewing my trackpass, but I don't think I'll be able to wait. Hotpass is good, but I hate not having the team audio during the commercials. They go to commercial so often during caution when the teams are talking strategy and adjustments. I really missed hearing Kasey talk with Kenny and Kole today. But I must say, the way they have hotpass now is MUCH better than the first couple years. I purchased it the first year and COULD NOT stand it. They had commentators talking about each of the featured hotpass drivers. It was terrible. What they have now is the best I've seen offered for free. I'm glad they've featured Kasey so often also.
I really like the new configuration of Bristol. They can actually race there now. And without running half the race under caution, it seemed to fly by!
I don't mind that Mark got caught behind Kasey. I'm just happy he finished with the car in one piece! I was wondering what was gonna happen this week: engine, tire, accident, random piece of space junk mysteriously falling from the sky.... LOL.
I missed the last 75 laps but I recorded it. Not sure if I wanna watch it now that I found out you-know-who won, LOL ;)
:D :D :D I'll have to tell my daughter what you said. She'll love it. That's exactly what I was thinking.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by aTailOf2Kitties
originally posted by Moesha
I am speculating that Kasey is getting more exposure because "BUD"Quote:
I'm glad they've featured Kasey so often also.
is a major sponsor for the race each week. They are probably asking
for him to be one of the drivers on Hotpass. Ok with me.
This week the drivers that will be on hotpass for the race in Martinsville are Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards and Dale Jr.
I'm not a fan of any of this weeks Hotpass drivers but will probably watch
Carl Edwards since I think he is the best of the lot.
Why does NASCAR bring out the best in people?
I was walking out of my gate when I heard someone yelling at me over the music on my earphones.
I stopped and saw the mailman gesturing to me-when I got the earpiece out he wanted to know who the NASCAR fan was in the house.
Of course he has seen the NASCAR publication, Marlboro/GP ads and the Harvick flag waving on the porch....
We did a little back and forth across the street and got the info on his driver, the kind of beer he drinks (it's not the brand HIS driver is sponsored by) and why he has no particular hatred for the brother of his favorite driver. It was a fun 10 minutes and I now know another NASCAR fan I can yell at when I see them.
I have always found race fans to be very faithful to their guys and always ready to start a conversation and trade a few jabs about the race, season or who crashed who the week before.
I love my NASCAR and the crazy fans, too!:D
Oh, so I'm not around for a while and your all making fun of Kyle now:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
If Mark only knew he'd be kicking your butt:p;)
GO KYLE:D
99% of my NASCAR buddies are online. My in-laws and I go to the Memphis races every year but they're just generic race fans. I wish I had someone to shoot the bull with about NASCAR other than the drunk guy that lives one street over. At least he's a Mark Martin fan.
No worries anna_66. I'll talk bad about Kyle even if you're here if it makes you feel better, LOL. I don't hate him, I just think we are seeing waaaaaay too much of him. I'm hoping he thinks the Memphis Nationwide race this fall isn't worth his time. I dont think he's raced the Truck here in awhile so no worries there.
kyle Busch is without double one of the best drivers out there today. Unfortunately he is not very likable. I don't care for him at all and some of that has to do with the brand he drives.
I will probably only make it to one or two races this year, both being at Talledega. I live about 40 miles from the track so I don't have a good reason not to be there. I really don't care for restrictor plate racing but the races there are alway exciting. My favorite track is Atlanta because it is fast and you can see the whole track. I would love to go to a race in Bristol or Martinsville because I was brought up enjoying short track racing. I lived just Blocks from BIR where the old Alabama Gang honed their skills before Nascar.
I sure as shiat ain't sending you an Christmas card with KB on it.:p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by anna_66
TO2K,
Nascar and Drunks?
NEVER!:eek::eek:
KKP,
KB is a great driver and he knows it!
AACK!
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My NASCAR magazine came today and Kurt is staring back at me as I walk up the driveway!
Double Acck!
I resemble that remark!Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
I've had season passes to the races in Nashville for several years. This year with a season pass ticket, they are including admission to the driver's meetings. That would be interesting to attend, but sadly I think I'll have to pass this year.
Hmmm....we had been debating the April Nationwide race. Might give a little more reason to consider it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Moesha
Anna, tomorrow morning at 9 am on Espn Classic, Sports Century is about Tony Stewart. I have my DVR set!
Kyle sure can drive...but I still refuse to become a fan. At least one that wears any Kyle gear!
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Originally Posted by Moesha
You could sit at the back with a straw and spitwads.:D
I wish Memphis (sister track to N'Ville) would do that. Had season tix for years and the only way I can ever get pics of drivers is by fighting my way to the front of the mosh-pit at the fence during intros, LOL. Nashville is a nice track. I have been there for a motorcycle race, but not NASCAR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moesha
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Originally Posted by aTailOf2Kitties
Dirt or street bikes? :D
I love the smell of castrol!
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CM,
I caught some of the TS program, as a kid he looked nothing like he does today. I think it's the cheeks.
whatever bikes these are:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77...007/Bike10.jpg I guess those are considered street bikes, although there is a class for dirtbikes. Just put some racing tires on them and let 'em go! It's cool and strange at the same time
I know I've got pictures from Nashville somewhere, but can't find them :confused: I guess I never put them online.
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Originally Posted by aTailOf2Kitties
Yes, street bikes! Suzukis! The dirtbikes with street tires are very popular in Europe and are classed as "Motorads"
Those guys are fun to watch, especially in the turns.
The Daytona Class races that were run here at AAA raceway will be televised on Saturday night on SPEED, 8 p.m. EST!
I have been a volunteer at the Barber Motorsport park for both the AMA Superbike championship series and the Gran-Am Series. This gives me free admission to the the WERA Regionals. aTailOf2Kitties the races you had in Memphis were WERA Regionals. I have worked my way into the VIP hospitality lounge for my volunteer work. I get to see all the racers and a birds eye view of the races. They just completed testing here for Indi cars and it looks like we will be getting an Indi race soon.I hope we can get a American Lemans series race here in the future. Barber is world class so eventually they will have a full calender. Between Barber and Talladega I get to see some great racing. I have been thinking of Volunteering at Talladega also.
yeah the bike races I went to were WERA. My bf's highschool buddy was racing for a while in that series and my bf and I were his onofficial crew, LOL. I've been to Talladega and Nashville bike races. We were busy when he went to Barber. He had a kid a couple years ago so he's kinda sittin' it out awhile. I'm not into motorcycles too much, but I do like taking picures and getting out of town for a weekend.
I've only seen NASCAR races at Memphis and the rare trip to the drag strip.
I used to be real big into motorcycles. I owned a Yamaha/Suzuki Dealership. My son Raced Motocross and we were on the road all the time with him racing. He was really quite good until he got a girl friend and discovered SEX. I couldn't convince him he had his whole life to be a lover but only a short time to be a top Motocrosser. He is 46 now and often tells me how stupid he was back then.
You need to come to Barber if you get the chance, It is world class and the Barber Motorcycle museum is unreal. I will go to 2 motorcycle and 2 car events there this year, plus we have our Audi Club meet there every year. I even get on the track a little. I don't race but we get some laps as club members.:D
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I'm not a great Johnson fan, But that was one classic Martinsville finish. The 48 team has their act together. It seems that no matter how bad they are early in the race they work out the problems before the end. The only lap that really matters is the last one. I'm a Kahne fan and they
couldn't get his car right all day. Martinsville has never been one of his better tracks anyway.
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Originally Posted by kokopup
Sex?
What kind of M/C is that?:confused:;) The closest thing I can remember with an "X' in is was a ROTAX!
Good to see Jeffy win one. I wonder how many parking lots he practiced doughnuts in while he waited for a checkered flag?:D
I was glad to see Jeff win, just so we won't have to listen to how long it has been since his last one!
Got my tickets ordered for Nashville! I'm really excited to see how the All-Access passes work!