Newman Now Number One

Newman Kisses Bricks

 

After the first 50 laps of the Brickyard 400, it was clear that the two cars to beat were the 48 and the 39. Those cars were the strongest all day long. Newman was trailing Johnson with the laps running down. Newman's crew chief gambled on a late race pit stop by taking two tires while Johnson took four. That move proved to be pivotal. It put Newman in front and even with four fresh tires, Johnson was unable to run the 39 down.

I am positive now that Ryan Newman must have listened to my song and was inspired by the deep meaning of my lyrics. His performance at Indy will go a long way in helping him find a ride for next season. Here are the results and standings.

Week-Chuck and Freddy 209, Toby 194, Norb 192, Joe 190, Michael 183, Brent 180, Dennis 172, Neil 169, Jim 168, Terry 167, PT 165

Segment-Freddy 396, Norb 373, Chuck 359, Terry 356, PT and Joe 352, Michael 344, Jim 337, Toby 335, Brent 330, Neil 321, Dennis 283

Overall-Michael 3436, Chuck 3420, Freddy 3353, PT 3339, Joe 3261, Dennis 3241, Neil 3188, Brent 3182, Jim 3136, Toby 3085, Terry 3049, Norb 2961

This week's race is at boring Pocono on Sunday. I will need your picks by 2 P.M. on Friday.

Rocket Ryan Returns

Ryan Newman used the inspiration from my latest song to carry him to the pole for the race at the Brickyard. I will not have a new song this week as I am on vacation. Let me show you where I will be watching the race from today.

Okay here are your picks and the qualifying results:

Chuck-48, 24, 11, 14=44
Freddy-48, 24, 11, 14=44
Norb-48, 2, 11, 14=41
Toby-48, 24, 51, 14=34
Brent-48, 24,55, 78=31
Joe-48, 24, 55, 5=30
Dennis-78, 24, 55, 5=26
Neil-48, 1, 11, 29=26
Terry-14, 24, 10, 20=21
Jim-5, 1, 55, 14=20
Michael-5, 24, 55, 27=16
PT-5, 24, 55, 27=16

The top 15 in qualifying were 39, 48, 99, 11, 14, 78, 5, 42, 24, 9, 22, 2, 20, 51, 88

55 Finally Finishes First

The Aaron's number 55 Toyota, driven by part-timer Brian Vickers, crosses the start/finish line to win the race at Loudon last Sunday. The win for Vickers was quite an upset, considering the fact that he is only in the car part-time. Vickers' career was put on hold after he suffered blood clots in his legs and lungs.

It also didn't help that his former team, Red Bull Racing, shut down operations. Another reason that his victory was considered such an upset was the fact that he hadn't won a race since the 2009 Michigan race, and that his two career victories have came at the high banked and high speed tracks of Michigan and Talladega.

I, along with league members Toby, Chuck, Neil, and former league member Matt, had the fortune to witness Vickers' first career Sprint Cup victory at Talladega. That was the race where in turn 3 on the last lap with Dale Jr.first, Jimmie Johnson second, and Vickers third, that Vickers got into the 48 and the 48 got into Jr. and they both wrecked as Vickers cruised to the win.

 That is the race when I came to the realization that many of Dale Jr's. fans are uneducated, toothless, brainless, dickless rednecks.

Many of his fans showed their displeasure by hurling piss-filled water bottles and half drunken cans of 25 year old Billy Beer onto the track. I know if anyone had been wearing any Brian Vickers apparel that day, those redneck dipshits would have kidnapped and tortured him while banjo music was being played in the background. I can almost picture it. Some beer bellied, unshaven redneck with a dirty camo ball cap, a number 8 Budweier tattoo, cut-off bibs with no shirt underneath with a pair of shit kicker boots on, telling his captive that he "sure has a pretty mouth" and to "squeal like a pig."

On Wednesday, the Camping World Truck series will be heading to Tony Stewart's dirt track in Eldora for the truck race. It should be exciting to watch the trucks on dirt. This is a regular points race, not an exhibition. Many Cup drivers are entered for the race. Stewart has really been pushing for a points paying race at a dirt track. His ultimate dream is to have a points paying Sprint Cup race on dirt. How cool would that be? According to Tony Stewart, there are two venues in the United States that have tracks big enough for Sprint Cup cars. Those tracks are his at Eldora and the dirt track at DuQuoin. More seating would have to be put in but can you imagine how fast the tickets would sell out?

Okay enough of that. The next race is at Indy on Sunday, July 28 at 12:15 P.M. I will need you picks by 1 P.M. next Saturday. Here are the results from last week's race at Loudon, which was the first race of Segment 3.

Week-Terry 189, PT 187, Freddy 187, Norb 181, Jim 169, Joe 162, Michael 161, Neil 152, Chuck 150, Brent 150, Toby 141, Dennis 111

Overall-Michael 3253, Chuck 3211, PT 3174, Freddy 3144, Joe 3071, Dennis 3069, Neil 3019, Brent 3002, Jim 2968, Toby 2891, Terry 2882, Norb 2769

As many of you have heard, Ryan Newman will not be racing for Tony Stewart next year. Stewart-Haas Racing will be welcoming Kevin Harvick into the fold next season. Newman though it best to put his feelings in song.

 

 

Cheatin's Great for the 48

Knaus wonders how he got caught



I told you that Chad Knaus was a cheater and he finally got caught. The 48 had a difficult time passing pre-qualifying inspection and then failed post qualifying inspection. Therefore, Johnson's qualifying lap was disallowed and he will start from the back. Now this ruling is different than moving to the back if you had to change an engine or transmission. In those cases, the qualifying still counts. In this case, it is as if Johnson didn't even attempt a lap. So here are the updated points from qualifying.

Freddy-38
Terry-36
PT-33
Toby-31
Norb-26
Michael-23
Jim-21
Neil-19
Chuck-18
Joe-18
Brent-18
Dennis-8

Keselowski Quickest

Brad Keselowski is all smiles after winning the poe for the race at Loudon, NH on Sunday. Keselowski set a new track record at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Her are the quaifying results.

PT-48, 24, 11, 2=47
Freddy-20, 2, 11, 88=38
Michael-48, 2, 11, 14=37
Terry-18, 24, 11, 5=36
Jim-48, 1, 11, 99=35
Neil-18, 9, 11, 48=33
Chuck-48, 24, 11, 14=32
Joe-48, 24, 11, 15=32
Brent-48, 24, 11, 14=32
Toby-14, 24, 11, 78=31
Norb-29, 2, 11, 20=26
Dennis-48, 39, 11, 14=22

The top fifteen in qualifying were; 2, 48, 78, 88, 18, 24, 99, 11, 5, 31, 42, 1, 20, 55, 27

Johnson Dominates Daytona

Jimmie Johnson easily won the Coke Zero 400. I swear that Chad Knaus must be a genius. I don't know how he gets by with it or exactly what he is getting by with, but he has had to have figured out a way to cheat without NASCAR catching him. Their is no way that one car can dominate at Daytona like the 48 did. Nobody could pass him even if they were getting a push. That just does not happen at a super speedway. Knaus is a known cheater and one of these days his luck is gonna run out.

The actual race was fairly boring. There were a couple late race cautions but all in all, pretty boring. Our fantasy race to determine the segment winner was more exciting then the real race.
So here are the race results and the final standings for the third segment and the overall standings.

Race-Michael 176, Terry 176, Joe 166, Chuck 150, Freddy 141, Toby 141, Jim 139, PT 135, Brent 126, Neil 118, Norb 116, Dennis 115

Segment-Michael 1584, Dennis 1555, PT 1528, Joe 1511, Chuck 1481, Freddy 1458, Neil 1445, Toby 1412, Brent 1394, Terry 1337, Norb 1248, Jim 1215. For those of you that live in Okawville, if you happened to have heard the ambulance coming into town last night around 10 P.M. no need to be alarmed. They were in town for Dennis. He was choking.

Overall-Michael 3092, Chuck 3061, PT 2987, Dennis 2958, Freddy 2957, Joe 2909, Neil 2867, Brent 2852, Jim 2799, Toby 2750, Terry 2693, Norb 2588

So Michael is the winner of Segment 2. Segment 3 starts next Sunday at Loudon. I will need your picks by 2 P.M. on Friday. The third segment has only eight races as compared to nine for segments 1 and 2.

The new drivers groups are posted on the blog. I also emailed and snail mailed the new groups to you. Remember I used the driver points rankings instead of the owner points rankings to set the groups.

I have no song to record this week. After seeing Jimmie Johnson win again, I feel no inspiration.
 

KYLE CLEANS CLOCKS IN QUALIFYING

Kyle Busch put the number 18 on the pole for Saturday night's running of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona. He is such a weenie.

This fan's sign says it all.

Joe-15, 20, 10, 88=32
Brent-18, 20, 42, 31=31
Chuck-48, 20, 42, 88=24
Neil-99, 20, 21, 16=24
Toby-48, 24, 34, 20=22
Jim-88, 56, 42, 48=21
Freddy-88, 14, 9, 20=17
Dennis-99, 20, 9, 88=18
Michael-88, 55, 10, 29=14
Terry-88, 55, 10, 29=14
Norb-29, 20, 21, 11=14
PT-99, 31, 10, 88=9

I can't believe I was stupid enough to be sucked in by the 88. Of course, he sucks in a lot of guys.

Here were the top fifteen in qualifying; 18, 20, 15, 5, 56, 27, 55, 48, 17, 16, 10, 99, 14, 42, 2

The results of my text pole are in. In a landslide, setting the groups by driver points instead of owner points wins. So when I update the groups for the third segment after the race tomorrow, I will go by driver points. That will affect the second and third groups more than the first group. There is a good chance that Hamlin, Martin/Vickers/Waltrip, Allmendinger and possibly Stewart could all wind up in the third group.

Kenseth Claims Kentucky

Matt Kenseth was able to take advantage of a mistake by Jimmie Johnson and a ballsy call by his crew chief, to win the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. On a late caution when all the lead lap drivers came in for a pit stop, Kenseth's crew chief elected to go fuel only while all the other drivers changed two tires. This allowed Kenseth to come out of the pits leading the race. Johnson, who had the dominant car of the night, came out fourth and that cost him the race. After the race, Johnson bitched and moaned that Kenseth had held the field up on the restart. God knows it couldn't have been that little bitches fault. I mean he is a five time champion and he could never screw up a restart. Hells bells, he screwed up on every restart. If Johnson wants to blame somebody for screwing up his victory, he needs to look in the mirror.

Here are the results for the week and the standings:

Week-Toby 208, Freddy 190, Terry 188, Chuck 178, Neil 178, Jim 178, Dennis 176, PT 168, Michael 161, Joe 160, Brent 138, Norb 99

Segment-Dennis 1440, Michael 1408, PT 1393, Joe 1345, Chuck 1331, Neil 1327, Freddy 1317, Toby 1271, Brent 1268, Terry 1161, Norb 1132, Jim 1076

Overall-Michael 2916, Chuck 2911, PT 2852, Dennis 2843, Freddy 2816, Neil 2749, Joe 2743, Brent 2726, Jim 2660, Toby 2609, Terry 2517, Norb 2472

This week's race is in Daytona on Saturday night, that is if it doesn't rain. Qualifying is Friday afternoon and I will need your picks by 3 P.M. on Friday. This is the final race of the second segment. Following the race, I will reset the driver groups according to owners points and post the new groupings on the blog. I will also email you and snail mail you the new groupings. After the Daytona race, the season will have reached the half way point. The third segment will consist of eight races while the last segment will have ten races to coinside with The Chase.

Okay, I got really pissed off while watching the race. The race was scheduled for 267 laps and that idiot Kurt Busch, was driving like a bat out of hell on lap 30. He took one of my fantasy drivers out with his careless disregard for common sense. So this week I have prepared a tribute for that horses ass, Kurt Busch.