Hamlin Wins Second in a Row

Denny Hamlin celebrates victory on Sunday






Okay I'm gonna get on my soapbox again.Why does NASCAR choose to hold so many races at the boring 1.5 mile tracks? Five of the ten races in the chase are at these so called "cookie cutter" tracks. They are soooo boring. Take last night's race for example. There were times that only nine or ten drivers were on the lead lap. If it weren't for the stupid wave around rule, there would have only been five or six cars on the lead lap by the end of the race. Hey NASCAR, instead of making up convoluted wave around rules, go to tracks that are actually exciting for fans to watch. The drivers enjoy these 1.5 mile tracks because of the good racing. What good racing? If those drivers were sitting at home or in the stands watching the race, they would understand what I am talking about. Has NASCAR not noticed the empty seats in the stands? Or the ever growing problem with sponsorship? Tony Stewart has lost his primary sponsor for next year. Matt Kenseth has had problems all year getting sponsorship. There are some teams that run unsponsored. NASCAR needs to WAKE UP!!! Let's face it, fan support drives everything. Without it, ticket sales take a nose dive, TV ratings shrink and sponsorship dries up. How about changing the races in the chase? Take out Chicago, Kansas City and Texas and move the races to Darlington, Bristol and Richmond. You could still leave the two races in Charlotte and Homestead. And how about doing away with a 43 car field? A 38 car field makes more sense. Get rid of the start and park teams. NASCAR also says it wants to put more emphasis on qualifying. Then how about doing away with the rule that the top 35 in owner's points are guaranteed to be in the race? Make everyone qualify on speed. That would force teams to put a hell of a lot more emphasis on qualifying. And finally, scrap the car of tomorrow. The idea was to create parity and to help the under funded teams. How is that working for you NASCAR? Not well. The under funded teams still suck and parity is boring. Okay I am done.

Here are the results for the week and the standings for the segment and the year.

Week-Brian 178, Norb 177, Al 173, Toby 165, Michael 160, Chuck 157, Cosmo 154, Terry 148, Matt 145, Bauman 144, Brent 144, Jeff 135, Joe 134, PT 132, Neil 132, Freddy 129, Jim 125

Segment-Cosmo 1183, Brian 1153, Chuck 1136, Freddy 1126, Michael 1124, PT 1118, Norb 1117, Brent 1115, Matt 1096, Toby 1081, Joe 1062, Al 1061, Neil 1056, Terry 1053, Joe 1042, Bauman 993, Jeff 968

Overall-PT 4397, Cosmo 4374, Freddy 4366, Chuck 4201, Michael 4188, Brent 4114, Toby 4083, Matt 4068, Joe 4053, Al 3988, Terry 3969, Norb 3946, Brian 3941, Jim 3912, Bauman 3880, Neil 3758, Jeff 3717

Now, I have 45 blog hits from Germany. Press play below to begin the tour of the Father Land.

I wonder where she holds all that beer.

What's more German then Col. Klink?

Pretty self explanatory

She is hiding her beer spickets

Peekaboob

Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.

King George III was actually born in Bavaria.

I know nothing!

Curse you Red Baron!

 

 

 

How do say quadruplets in German?

I think she would rather ride on a wiener schneitzel.



Heil Clittler

Earnhardt is German for "why doe this always happen to me"?

How would you like to climb the German Alps

The Luftwaffe can help get you up.

I love Oktoberfest



The actual Red Baron

 

This concludes our tour of Germany. I hope you enjoyed it. This week's race in Richmond is the last race of the third segment. The race is Saturday night. I will need your picks by 4 P.M. Friday.

PT 5-1, 39-2, 24-2, 88-2, 9-1, 55-1, 20-1, 17-2, 48-2, 15-2, 29-2, 2-2, 16-2, 11-1, 99-1, 14-1, 18-1

Dennis 24-1, 11-3, 17-3, 15-3, 88-1, 9-2, 55-2, 56-3, 29-3, 39-1, 99-1, 14-1, 48-1, 16-1

Toby 14-2, 29-3, 11-3, 88-3, 18-1, 42-1, 17-3, 48-3, 16-1, 24-1, 99-2, 2-2, 55-1

Al 16-3, 17-3, 14-3, 99-3, 48-3, 18-1, 2-2, 11-1, 29-1, 15-3, 9-2, 24-1

Matt 5-2, 48-3, 17-2, 14-2, 9-1, 16-2, 11-2, 99-1, 39-1, 15-1, 88-3, 24-2, 18-2, 2-2

Freddy 16-2, 14-2, 88-2, 17-3, 9-2, 14-1, 48-3, 11-2, 18-2, 24-1, 5-2, 99-1, 29-1, 20-1, 2-1

Chuck 16-2, 18-3, 20-1, 11-2, 22-1, 55-1, 17-3, 2-1, 88-2, 48-1, 29-2, 14-2, 99-2, 24-2, 9-1

Neil 17-2, 14-3, 11-2, 2-1, 15-1, 42-2, 55-1, 9-1, 88-1, 29-1, 99-1, 18-2, 48-1, 24-3, 31-1, 1-1, 16-1, 56-1

Jim 16-2, 2-3, 24-3, 29-3, 39-1, 15-2, 9-2, 18-2, 99-2, 17-1, 29-2, 88-2, 48-1

Brian 88-3, 11-3, 48-3, 29-3, 15-2, 17-2, 16-2, 56-2, 24-1, 99-1, 2-3, 14-1

Norb 11-3, 17-3, 18-3, 2-3, 14-3, 16-2, 99-2, 56-1, 29-2, 39-1, 24-1, 88-1, 9-1

Bauman 16-3, 14-3, 18-3, 88-3, 15-1, 11-2, 24-2, 48-2, 29-1, 99-3, 17-1, 56-2

Brent 14-2, 2-1, 88-2, 17-2, 9-2, 55-1, 11-2, 56-2, 29-1, 20-1, 18-2, 16-2, 24-2, 48-2, 5-1, 15-1

Terry 16-2, 48-3, 99-3, 14-3, 39-2, 5-1, 42-1, 24-2, 17-1, 2-2, 22-1, 88-3, 18-1, 29-1

Jeff 29-2, 88-3, 99-3, 17-3, 16-2, 24-1, 9-1, 15-1, 1-2, 11-1, 5-2, 2-2, 55-2, 18-1

Michael 5-1, 48-3, 14-3, 99-3, 11-3, 88-3, 29-2, 9-1, 24-1, 15-1, 18-1, 2-2, 16-2

Joe 20-1, 39-1, 17-2, 2-2, 15-1, 11-2, 99-2, 88-2, 29-2, 14-2, 16-2, 24-1, 48-1, 18-1, 42-1, 55-3