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July 20, 2008
Benson and Edwards get the wins
Benson pulled out the win in the truck race, once he got out front in the end, there was no stopping him.
The biggest incident/tussle came when Sprague and Chrissy Wallace got caught up in a wreck. It was really hard racing and Sprague was being true to how he usually races and wasn't giving Wallace much room when she was under him. They raced for a few laps side by side until the wreck happened. It was hard racing, but that didn't stop her from being upset about the whole incident and the fact that she thought he was pinching her down on the bottom of the track. I'm sure Sprague has a different view of the incident, but "that's racin", still, it was nice to see some fire and know that even though she may make some mistakes, as all newcomers do, she's not afraid to go toe to toe with the big boys.
Hometown native Carl Edwards won the Nationwide race, as with most races he's won, once he got out front there in the end, he just kept extending his lead.
The big wreck in the race came with only 84 laps to go, but delayed the race for almost a half hour as it brought out the red flag to clean up the mess on the track. Cassill got into Wimmer and then that brought about a chain reaction. Cassill was able to continue on with no problems at all, the other four drivers involved weren't so lucky, the only other one that actually was able to get the car back out onto the track was Steve Wallace, unfortunately Wimmer, Bliss and Sorenson were out with too much damage. I was surprised with Wallace's attitude when they interviewed him, he didn't seem mad as he has been in the past over wrecks and just seemed more relaxed. Could it be that Dad wasn't at the track that made the difference? Could his Dad really stress him out that much? Or is he just starting to mature?
The other talked about incident was between Reutimann and Keselowski. Obviously Reutimann thought he was clear (or his spotter told him he was) and he moved up to apparantly block Keselowski, but the nose of Keselowski's car was there and he came across it. It took Reutimann out and although Keselowski had considerable damage to the nose, the taped it up and he came back to finish fifth.
Your thoughts?
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I hear ya F5 and sounds like an excellent plan.Thanks Di...Her niece was driving and just got her permit yesterday!She may have a broke arm...but her dad followed the HP to the house and they let him go around back in case he went that way and got the shixnit beat out of him...and yes he was drunk.........Kinda refreshing.
Posted by: DJ | Jul 25, 2008 11:30:03 PM
DJ - Hope your lady's family is OK.
Way to go JB. Another great win.
Congratulations also to Shelby Howard who got his best finish ever (5th) on his 23rd birthday today.
Posted by: Diane | Jul 25, 2008 10:52:10 PM
it's good to see benson win.
did they forget to hook ky's nos up.
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 10:40:25 PM
Sorry to hear about that DJm Hope everyone's o.k
my solution to illegal immigrants? send them over to Iraq,Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and when they do their 4 years they can becoma a US citizen OR Dig a moat the lenght of the Mexican border,Take the dirt from the moat and use it to raise the Levee's in New Orleans, then Fill the moat with Alligators from Florida...Now what was the Question?
Posted by: Fan #5 | Jul 25, 2008 10:25:40 PM
you are a sad little FS.
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 10:21:34 PM
Congratulations J.B,Trip,Bill and the entire #23 Team on win 4!
Posted by: Fan #5 | Jul 25, 2008 10:14:25 PM
Barack Hussein Obama had the time to work out at a gym in Germany but no time to visit the guys who stand on that wall and protect all of us and while doing it received terrible wounds that will be with them for the rest of their lives.
What a shameful shell of a person. Here's the potential future President of all of us, and the women and men who dedicated their lives to our freedom are ignored by this guy because of the importance of a gym workout.
McCain might not be as glib as Barack, but at least he has more substance than style. After all, that's all Obama is, all style and no substance.
Exile, ur the idiot.
Posted by: Nobama | Jul 25, 2008 9:46:31 PM
of course he's got no dl, DJ, or green card, or auto insurance.
spend a few days around brownsville and if ya come outta that a-freakin-live you got lucky.
but we "need" them so some bmw suv drivin soccer milf can get her new kitchen sink installed for 6 bucks plus a semi-warm glass of tap water.
yeah build a freakin fence out in the desert, thata work.
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 8:50:33 PM
You guys hug!LOL!I just had to go get a shot of GG after seeing and wondering why the hell Speed felt the need to ganster up my truck racers.I hate it when TV throws in that R and B BS Rap crap into my racin'!!!
Ya'll have a nice evening as beer and truck racing and beer and the local Mexican deck!With that thought,my woman just called me and told me her sister and family just got T-boned from a Mexican that ran a stop sign and guess what he kept going while his car and him was tore up.HP is after him.Imagine that and reckon why he was running????Now there is some politics to talk about!
Posted by: DJ | Jul 25, 2008 8:17:26 PM
Good come back, but lame as usual.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 7:16:09 PM
Thanks Ex.....You do the same!
Posted by: DJ | Jul 25, 2008 6:56:00 PM
yawn
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 6:13:54 PM
Exile,
Ya know your post would make more sense if we were actually getting oil from Iraq, but as usual you just repeat the attacks on Bush by the retards on the left and the MSM.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 6:00:41 PM
dj
yeah it's in indy
hopefully newman since AJ is gettin too old to drive
26 sucks
progress at it's worst
trucks Q'in right now hornaday rocks
don't follow basaballa
it's rainin here today...
not what you meant, but i got the point.
have a super weekend.
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 6:00:38 PM
Hey...is there a race this weekend?Who is going to be TS 2nd driver?Did ya hear the Cat in the Hat is down on the 26?Can you believe Kannapolis is taking down the 3 flags in favor of Oprah?How bout that truck series!How bout those Red Sox?The weather sure is nice in NC.
Geez,just can't handle the politics gang.They all suck ass.Beer.......
Posted by: DJ | Jul 25, 2008 5:31:09 PM
y'all nobama tard shit just can't leave the political shit off the blog even after most people say it's redundantly boring.
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 5:25:45 PM
the fuckup, bush, who put the wounded soilders in the hospital with his little war for oil scam in the first place NEVERS visits wounded military people.
look at the truth first before repeating the fox line.
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 5:21:58 PM
Wow Exile, so what does that make Obama for deciding not to visit the wounded soldiers in Germany becuase he can't make it a photo op, that is beyond contemptable.
Posted by: Jon
funny i heard that word for word while surfin fox "news"
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 5:16:06 PM
when mccain appears on courics show and can't answer a simple question correctly the show edits out his real answer and splices parts of two other answers together to save his stupid ass... that's an example of the MSM pimpin for a republican canadiate who isn't smarter than a 5th grader.
after 8 years of bush speak and total fuckups, you guys support a canidate who is dumber, older, a paid foreign business shill, calls his wife the "c" word, and is obv senile.
how's that workin out ??
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 5:14:36 PM
Wow Exile, so what does that make Obama for deciding not to visit the wounded soldiers in Germany becuase he can't make it a photo op, that is beyond contemptable.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 5:12:26 PM
nobama
sacry ?
y'all get scared by the most average everyday stuff.
course that's how the last two prez elections were "won"
did you know there were monsters in closets in "monsters inc"
did you know the movie was actually a movie and not real life ??
ur lame
"THIS IS TO THE ONES WHOM HIDE THERE NAMES AND I HAVE a feeling it is one person whom posts normal on here. HINT< HINT..
hide behind screen names, thats so grade school.."
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 5:03:39 PM
Thanks for posting that Nobama, that piece posted by befair is jaut another example of the lwft wing bias on the MSM
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 4:59:27 PM
"speaks to 100s of thousands of Nazis"
lol
oh, you really believe anyone who lives in germany is a nazi ??
typical
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 4:26:38 PM
ur an idiot
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 4:20:14 PM
This one week of talking to some foreign leaders will give Obama the necessary credentials qualifying him as an expert in foreign affairs.
Befair, from the mouth of a DOD official on Politico' website:
"Sen. Obama is welcome to visit Landstuhl or any military hospital in his official capacity as a United States senator," Morrell said in a brief interview. "But there is a DOD policy which governs campaigning and electioneering at military facilities that would have to be respected if he were to visit. That distinction was relayed and made clear to campaign, and they made a decision on their own based on that guidance."
"Morrell, in a subsequent interview, added that military officials told Obama he could only visit the military facility with his Secret Service detail and Senate staff."
No photo ops for the Obama fans back home, then Obama won't visit you even though you almost made the ultimate sacrifice for your country, you wounded USA Soldier.
This guy's a piece of work.
Posted by: Nobama | Jul 25, 2008 3:53:15 PM
befair,
His trip was a farce and a political stunt that is backfiring on him. He isn't getting bump in the polls that they expected because people recognized what he was doing and didn't fall for it.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 3:15:45 PM
Exile,
That is typical political bs and shows money talks and history takes a back seat.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 3:04:20 PM
Jon,
We'd all fit in the Focus too--I'd just have stitches in my head from banging it on the roof every day! I'd buy a low mileage used version instead of a new model, but we're not in the market for another car anytime soon--though the husband called to say the check engine light lit up in his
S-10 on the way to the park-and-ride this morning. Get one thing paid for and another thing pops up.
Posted by: Kari | Jul 25, 2008 3:01:33 PM
from the chicago sun times
BERLIN--A scheduled visit by presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) with U.S. troops Friday at a military base in Rammstein, Germany was cancelled because the Pentagon told the campaign it would look too political.
Obama and his campaign entrourage--press, staff and security--was to have flown to Rammstein this morning before heading to Paris.
Though the Rammstein visit had been planned for days, Obama senior strategist David Axelrod said that that Pentagon notified Obama military advisor Scott Gration only yesterday or the day before that he should not come.
Posted by: befair | Jul 25, 2008 3:01:16 PM
Barack Hussein Obama speaks to 100s of thousands of Nazis yet refuses to visit our war wounded American soldiers in Germany.
And this cat might be our next President.
Scary.
Posted by: Nobama | Jul 25, 2008 2:33:58 PM
KANNAPOLIS - The late Dale Earnhardt's hometown is taking down banners honoring the NASCAR great, at the request of a billionaire developer who is bringing a client to town Saturday.
The Salisbury Post also reported on Friday that the developer's company doesn't want the "Dale Trail" banners going up again.
According to e-mails obtained by the Salisbury newspaper, California billionaire David Murdock is coming to Kannapolis on Saturday with an important guest and wants to put the "best face on the city."
Murdock's company, Castle & Cooke, owns the North Carolina Research Center, a science research park being developed in Kannapolis at the site of the old Cannon Mills.
City Manager Mike Legg wrote in a July 18 memo to the city council that the "Dale Trail" banners would be permanetly removed. Earnhardt was killed in 2001, on the last lap of the Daytona 500.
The Salisbury Post says that in the past week, e-mails have been exchanged among Kannapolis city officials, Castle and Cooke, and the Cabarrus Convention and Visitors Bureau about removing the banners - and whether the NASCAR theme fits with efforts by some business and civic leaders to bill Kannapolis as the "Home to Science."
There are no indications as to the identity of Saturday's guest, but the Salisbury newspaper said there is speculation that it might be Oprah Winfrey. Murdock announced earlier this year that he is working on a joint project with Winfrey, an entertainment billionaire.
In the July 18 memo, Legg told council members and others that the banners would be taken down. He wrote that the Cabarrus Convention and Visitors Bureau agrees with the plan but wants to put up other flags or markers in the future.
"There may be a conflict as to what happens later," Legg wrote, according to the Salisbury newspaper. "There are many (including everybody at Castle & Cooke) that do not want to see anything 'Dale-related' going back up."
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 2:16:27 PM
Kari,
I am with you, I don't have $27,000.00 to buy an "affordable" Hybrid. I would rather spend $19,000.00 on a 2008 Ford Focus with a real MPG rating of 35 and my whole family will fit comfortably.
Hybrids aren't going to out sell non-hybrid cars just because the media hypes them.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 1:39:52 PM
Kari Check your e-mail.
Posted by: Graceann | Jul 25, 2008 11:23:01 AM
"Affordable" is relative. I sure don't have $27k or more to spend on a car and there's no way I'm stretching the payments out over seven years on a depreciating asset just so I can *try* to afford it.
K2,
It's called "In the Company of Heroes" by Michael J. Durant, a retired CW4.
Posted by: Kari | Jul 25, 2008 10:56:10 AM
Kari
What is the name of that book you mentined earlier?>>>
Posted by: Kurt2 | Jul 25, 2008 10:40:59 AM
dave
The way that I see it, FMS had the technology advantage on the new chassis, last year.
that and all the test time with david green
j2 and f5
up here the local paer just put 50 litres or 13,5 us gallons and a corolla went 621 miles on that 13.5 us gallons, so do you really need a hybrid in some non urban areas??
the small cars in europe are cool but many of them arent as safe as ours in no america the laws are a lil different for bumpers ect plus they dont get the extreme climate we get, also they ring out hp numbers with high octance gas not the shit u guys get in some parts of the usa like in sd, 85 octance?? there u get reg gas at 95 and super at 98 or 102 RON as they call it
j2
For some reason us Americans are always a day late or a dollar short when it comes to auto designing and auto technology.
NO KIDDING some of the stuff they do and not just no american makers, just makes me want to meet the guy who did it and ask WHY?? and what were you thinking??
Posted by: aggie/f5's agent | Jul 25, 2008 10:19:34 AM
Toyota hybrids are priced quite well. The Camry's very competitive pricewise as is the Honda Civic. Worried about size? The Camry can seat two fat persons quite well in the front.
In answer to your remark about big families, Kathy, it's only a matter of time before Honda and Nissan are gonna come out with the hybrid Odyssey and Quest. They'll blow out the family van market and if Chrysler doesn't already have something on the drawing board, the company who started it all will be left in the dust.
For all intents and purposes the big vehicles, trucks, etc. are history if mfgrs can't increase gas mileage. Of course, industry will always buy trucks but the consumer is saying bye bye to 'em.
For some reason us Americans are always a day late or a dollar short when it comes to auto designing and auto technology.
Got to drive a Euro mfgrd Ford Escort (think it went by another name) in Swissy land years ago. Compared to it's USA cousin, interior much nicer, more sporty, and the exterior had that Euro flavor to it. No comparison, Euro version was a much nicer vehicle.
Posted by: Jon2 | Jul 25, 2008 9:42:47 AM
Oops, I meant aren't the answer in my last post.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 4:44:28 AM
Kari,
My comment about under performing was that they are slow, mileage claims are exaggerated. I know several people that felt they were ripped off by the claims that the hybrid would save them money and they didn't see that was ever going to happen. I don't have any personal experience with one because I would never own one even if it was given to me. Hybrids are the answer to our energy problems. It is going to take the invention of a brand new propulsion system similar to when the internal combustion engine was first introduced to automobils to get away from fossil fuels of any kind.
Posted by: Jon | Jul 25, 2008 4:36:47 AM
I know alot don't like Carl. But, this is a funny article.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jul/25/no-big-wheel/
Posted by: dave | Jul 25, 2008 2:31:23 AM
Sorry, too many 12 ounce curls.
there should be they're
Posted by: dave | Jul 25, 2008 2:10:50 AM
My grammar sucks.
I guess there should be their.
Posted by: dave | Jul 25, 2008 2:07:44 AM
conspiriracy = conspiracy
there = their
Posted by: dave | Jul 25, 2008 2:05:08 AM
I would never be the one to defend Felon Motorsports. But, IMO there's a difference between last years "dominance" and this years.
The way that I see it, FMS had the technology advantage on the new chassis, last year. They had a huge advantage, until NA$CAR found out that they were "tweaking" the new chassis. After the suspensions, it didn't seem like they had such an advantage and other teams caught up.
This year, Toyota has a horsepower advantage. Ford is supposed to have a new motor coming out, sometime this summer, and evidently Chevy already has one awaiting approval. I don't know what the holdup is.
I think the horsepower thing will even out, when the new motors come out. NA$CAR always "tries" to keep the competition close, but it really makes you wonder if it depends on how much money the corporation donates to the France family. And, I'm not even a conspriracy theorist.
I know it's an election year, but I don't want to get into politics. I might as well just bang my head against a brick wall. What we type on this blog is not going to change anyone's mind about who there going to vote for. I think that it gets too personal.
Posted by: dave | Jul 25, 2008 1:26:27 AM
plus keeping the big pickups.
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 1:17:42 AM
Ford and GM's small car designs in Europe are awesome. Never could understand why they hadn't brought 'em to the USA. IMO, Ford & GM needs to bring some of those Euro auto designers over here.
Posted by: Jon2
lol
for once i completely agree with you.
the really high tech euro ford cars had to be fitted with the fed bumpers and other epa stuff to make them legal here so they just sold the big suvs and pickups.
plus when an american looks under the hood at a high output turbo 4 they go... hey where's the other 4 cylinders, dude.
where ford is heading and why they will outsell gm...
"Ford’s radical transformation signals a dramatic shift for the company – and the American automobile industry."
"The short story behind the announcement is this: Alan Mulally has completely abandoned what worked for the previous 30 years (and what has been made painfully obsolete over the last three months in this new “real price” energy world we live in) and has taken Ford in a new direction that basically eliminates the distinction between what Ford is in Europe and around the world, and what Ford is in the United States market, in terms of the cars offered."
http://www.autoextremist.com/current/
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 1:12:38 AM
next 5 years are going to real changing times for us automakers and this round of gas prices is going to change people lifestyles and driving habits, at 7-8 bucks a gallon we will be like Europe small cars that get min of 40 mpg will be the norm in bigger cities
Posted by: aggie
lol
good comments, the truth, nice try.
at 7 bucks people will find a way to get in and out of those tiny little cars.
can you see the trend...
it's too small
i feel cramped
my family and all my stuff don't fit
i feel safe in a big ol suv
the bus smells funny
the bus stop is 3 blocks away
i wish i had my old vw bug... no wait, it didn't have an a/c or a cup holder, nevermind.
f5 you should stop wrenchin on them jap cars and go get a sales job.
Posted by: exile on chevy street | Jul 25, 2008 12:58:03 AM
I would absolutly buy a Hybrid Camry, I've driven one and it's phenominal!...and at 27k I think it's affordable...I wonder if my local Toyota store would let me rent one for a couple of weeks so I can acuratly gauge MPG....Hmmm "The Bandit" mught get jelous...Or wait to see what Hydrogen vehicles do?!
Posted by: Fan #5 | Jul 25, 2008 12:34:58 AM
Jon; If your talking little cars, I can't stand em' feeling like I'm scooting across the highway on arse. I prefer the protection of a larger vehicle. With the price of fuel I go shorter distances or make all my trips in one day but I would rather have my family in a larger vehicle and be able to get out of the car than have crow bar pry me out of cracker box.
Posted by: Graceann | Jul 25, 2008 12:25:13 AM
Kari; Kasey of course.
Posted by: Graceann | Jul 25, 2008 12:20:07 AM
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