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JUNE 25, 2007 - SWINGIN’ BOTH
WAYS"LEFT & RIGHT" IN SAN FRAN
EVENT"…# 16 OF THE 26 RACE TO THE PLAYOFFS…10…TO GO
JUAN MONTOYA…MADE IT TO THE TOP 5 ABOUT LAP 80…WHICH MEANT THERE WERE STILL 30 LAPS TO GO…AND THE TNT…"TALKING HEADS"… TOLD US HE WOULD NEED TO PIT…OR RUN OUT OF FUEL BEFORE THE RACE ENDED…THEN THEY TOLD US THE SAME THING REPEATEDLY…UP TO THE FINAL LAP…WHEN…MONTOYA…CROSSED THE FINISH LINE… CLINCHING HIS 1ST CUP WIN…IN A CLASSIC…FUEL ECONOMY RUN…
OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO JUAN MONTOYA THE FORMER CHAMP CAR CHAMP INDY 500 WINNER AND F-1 PARADER WHO HAS STRUGGLED ON OVALS BUT WAS OBVIOUSLY QUITE COMFORTABLE ON THE LEFTY-RIGHTY…ROAD COURSE BUT THAT BEING SAID… SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE LARRY MC REYNOLDS…AND HIS… CALCULATOR AND NASCAR…LAPDOG…BILL WEBBER…TO TASK…FOR MISLEADING…VIEWERS…FOR THE MOST CRITICAL PORTION OF THE RACE…
THEY…OBVIOUSLY ARE NO BRIGHTER THAN THE COVEY OF DUMB BLONDES…NOW POPULATING PIT LANE…AND PRETENDING TO DO SOME SORT OF… MEANINGFUL MOTORSPORTS REPORTING…
ANYHOW…16 RACES INTO THE "CUP" PHASE OF HIS RACING CAREER… MONTOYA BECOMES A WINNER…AND GIVES DODGE A SURPRISE WIN…
NEXT UP FOR THE "CUPPERS"…WILL BE A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP…TO …NEW HAMPSHIRE…NEXT WEEKEND…
JUNE 18, 2007 - MICHIGAN
EVENT"…# 15 OF THE 26 RACE TO THE
PLAYOFFS…9…TO GO
CARL EDWARDS…WAS DENIED THE CHANCE TO DO A BACKFLIP…IN THE JOURNEYMAN SERIES RACE… IN KENTUCKY…ON SATURDAY…WHEN… "BLINKY" WALLACE…WRECKED HIM…BUT ON SUNDAY…IN MICHIGAN… EDWARDS…WOULD NOT BE DENIED…AS HE MOVED TO THE POINT…FOR THE 3RD AND FINAL TIME…ON LAP 166…AND WOULD NEVER BE HEADED IN THE 200 LAPPER…
THE CUP WIN WAS…EDWARDS…FIRST...IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF AND PROVIDED CAR OWNER…JACK ROUSH…WITH A…"SWEEP"…OF THE MICHIGAN WEEKEND…IN THE BACKYARD…OF THE "BIG 3" AUTO MANUFACTURERS…
AS PLEASED AS…EDWARDS AND ROUSH WERE WITH THE WIN…THE HAPPIEST GUY AT MICHIGAN HAD TO BE EDWARDS’ CREW MEMBER TOM GIACCHI…WHO HAD MADE A PACT…WITH EDWARDS IN 2005…NOT TO SHAVE…UNTIL EDWARDS WON AGAIN AND THE MICHIGAN WIN… SAW EDWARDS…IN VICTORY LANE…HELP TRIM…GIACCHI’S BEARD …WHICH WAS ONE OF THE NASTIEST BEARDS…WE’VE EVER SEEN…
LAST WEEK’S WINNER…MARTIN TRUEX…WAS STRONG AGAIN THIS WEEK…FINISHING 2ND AFTER RECOVERING FROM AN EARLY ‘SPIN" …WHILE…TONY STEWART…QUIT WHINING…FOR A WHILE AND DROVE TO A 3RD PLACE FINISH…
NEXT UP FOR THE "CUPPERS"…WILL BE THE 1ST OF 2…"LEFTY-RIGHTY" SHOWS ON THE SCHEDULE…AS THEY HEAD TO THE "LEFT COAST"…TO RUN AT…SONOMA.
JUNE 11, 2007 - THE "POCONO
TRIANGLE"…"106 LAPPER"
RACE…MAKE THAT…"EVENT"…# 14 OF THE 26 RACE TO THE PLAYOFFS…
LAST WEEK…AT DOVER…BECAUSE OF RAIN…NASCAR POSTPONED THE SUNDAY RACE UNTIL MONDAY…SAYING…"WE WON’T BEGIN A RACE UNLESS WE ARE CONFIDENT WE CAN RUN ALL THE SCHEDULED LAPS"…
FOLLOWING A 3 HOUR RAIN DELAY…AND WITH RAIN STILL IN THE AREA NASCAR "WAVED THE GREEN FLAG"…AND THEN WITH JUST 106 LAPS OF THE SCHEDULED…200 LAPS COMPLETED NASCAR…WAVED THE CHECKERED FLAG…AND… DECLARED…JEFF GORDON…THE WINNER…
NOTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE SAID OTHER THAN BE CAREFUL…IF YOU ELECT TO TRAVEL ANY DISTANCE TO ATTEND A NASCAR RACE AND LAY DOWN A BUNCH OF MONEY FOR TICKETS… PROGRAMS… SOUVENIRS…HOTELS…CAR RENTALS…ETC. YOU PLAY WITH NASCAR…AT YOUR OWN RISK…YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED…
HEADING INTO THE… MIND NUMBING…MICHIGAN RACE...NEXT WEEKEND.
JUNE 4, 2007
- THE "CONCRETE" BANKS…OF "DOVER 400"…MAKE THAT…"329"
RACE # 13 OF THE 26 RACE TO THE PLAYOFFS…(IT’S HALF OVER)
WHILE THE…40 MPH FASTER…I.R.L. CARS TOOK TO THE TRACK…ONE HOUR AFTER A DOWNPOUR WHICH TURNED THE TRACK…"GREEN"...THE NASCARIANS…A DAY AFTER THE RAIN FELL NEEDED NOT ONE… BUT…TWO…"MANDATORY CAUTIONS"…TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS SAFE TO RACE…
IF THERE IS A…"WUSSIER"…MORE CONTROLLING AND MANIPULATIVE RACING SERIES THAN NASCAR WE HAVE YET TO ENCOUNTER IT…AND IT’S NO WONDER…THE RACE ATTENDANCE AND…T.V. RATINGS ARE DOWN…NASCAR TRULY IS…THE…"DRAMA QUEEN" SERIES…
ANYHOW…ONCE THE…329 LAPPER GOT UNDERWAY…POLE SITTER… RYAN "ONE LAP" NEWMAN SHOWED THE WAY UNTIL...RR-AZ ALUM… MARTIN TRUEX…GOT HIS PACKAGE TOGETHER…AND FROM THEN ON IT WAS ALL OVER…BUT FOR THE…"HATS & HORNS" AS TRUEX…GOT OUT FRONT…AND WAS IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF…THE REMAINDER OF THE RACE…AS HE NOTCHED HIS 1ST CAREER "CUP" WIN…
A STRONG DRIVE FOR…TRUEX AND D.E.I…WHICH IS TRYING TO PROVE THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS MORE THAN JUST…DALE EARNHARDT, JR… AND THEY MADE THAT POINT…TODAY…
HEADING INTO THE… POCONO TRIANGLE...NEXT WEEKEND…