NASCAR - The GFS Marketplace 400, from Brooklyn Michigan on TNT Sunday 8/20, at 2:30pm ET

Nascar/Jayski ^

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The GFS Marketplace 400

Sunday 2:30 pm Eastern
Speed Pre-Race at 12:00, TNT Pre-race 2:00, Green flag 2:40

from Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

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[glock rocks]

Yes. Knock on the dryer door. Don't step on Bo, he's cleaning out the freezer.

[glock rocks]

You are welcome. I think I'ready now to pick my drivers.

[NYTexan]

I had pretty good luck by not changing my drivers last week! (at the misfortune of some others)

Thanks for the ping and hosting this weeks thread!

[glock rocks]

I decided to go with random picks last week and did really well...

until nascar decided to do random scoring after the race. LOL. Never a dull moment.

I think I'll go with the odds this week. Not the Vegas odds... just odd drivers. There are plenty to choose from.

[GRRRRR]

Happy Thursday morning...I never have to worry about which drivers to pick. I got only one....win or not, not, not...

Texas is a really hot place.
TSA people have no clue, sadly.

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks for the ping and running the neck bone thread this week. [something I read on a thread tubebender pinged me to]

Here's an I wonder if he will fit in the car post......

Wally's World at MIS: TNT Broadcaster Wally Dallenbach cooks up another exciting Wally's World segment as he drives Food Network Chef Mario Batali around the track. Chef Mario, a Northport, MI. resident, will be grilled by Dallenbach as they compare which is hotter, the kitchen or the racetrack. Wally's World will air during the Bank of America Countdown to Green on TNT, hosted by Bill Weber at 2:00pm/et.(TNT PR)(8-17-2006)

[SouthTexas]

Thanks for the ping.

Can't find second gear, haven't even looked at the FRFL this week!~

[tubebender]

Is that segment a rerun? It sounds familiar...

[Pete-R-Bilt]

If you come down to hitch a ride to Groks let me know I brought home some $800. a bottle champagne this week. lets see 12 bottles to a case, and 1250 cases, we could be in SLC by oh, 2017...


or wind up towel boys at Donna's Ranch

[tubebender]

2017? I'd better bring extra shorts and my medicare cards. Does Nevada have jails?

[tubebender]

BTW...is there any racing activity at the Bonneville Salt Flats?

[Pete-R-Bilt]

gettin close...

http://www.saltflats.com/

[Pete-R-Bilt]

btw this is the one I'd like to do...


once.

http://www.openroadracing.com/

[WestCoastGal]

THE SON ALSO RISES..........

By Wright Thompson
ESPN.com
NEW YORK — Dale Earnhardt Jr. presses his head against the tinted passenger window. The black Tahoe slaloms through afternoon traffic. He's silent. He likes to be the watcher sometimes. When his helicopter flies, he peeks into backyards, checking out who has a broke-down car on blocks and who has a manicured garden. You can tell a lot about a man by his yard. He's got a flagpole in his. There's a pirate flag waving from it. He thinks that's funny as hell; if you can't change a reputation, have fun with it, at least.

A pressed Kenneth Cole shirt hangs next to him. Just a few more minutes in his ripped white T-shirt. He's going to tape "The Daily Show." It's the first stop in another jam-packed day, split into incongruent parts, each act showing a different side.

He looks at the buildings and the people and he remembers, laughing to himself. The first time he rode through these streets was 1994. He was more of a kid then, about 20. His daddy had won another Winston Cup championship and had come to New York for the awards banquet.

"I was f---ing out of my element," he explains. "I made the limo driver drive me around for a whole day looking at run-down f---ing places and hookers. I was like, 'I wanna see a hooker right now.' He'd drive there, 'There's one over there on the corner.' I'm like, 'Holy s---, a real hooker.'"

He's laughing at what a hayseed he was, and he's laughing at how far he's come in the five years since he was forced to become a star. The perpetual teenager has done some growing up, this year more than any other, struggling to move from where he was to where he wants to be. He's making progress on his journey, closer to the end than the beginning. He's 31. He owns a Busch Series team and a production company, just to name two. He hires and fires. He frets over rising gas costs.

"I think right now he's stepping out and showing he's his own man," best friend Josh Snyder says. "I think it took five years to get that confidence back. He did lean on his father for so much. That was taken from him. Now he's like, I'm trying to step up to the plate and be a man and do this on my own."

Junior is still immature enough to put a poker table where the dining table should be, but he is mature enough to contemplate his own legacy, even if he's not sure what it will be.

"You think I'm gonna get in the Hall of Fame?" he blurts, breaking the silence.........


There's so much more here..........one of the best articles I've ever read..LINK

[WestCoastGal]

Anyone who was a Sr fan or is a Jr fan the link above is a must read.

[LasVegasMac]

That article was great! Thanks for letting me know.

A good peek at the "real" thing.

I did not realize that he was so distant from T.

Thanks, again.

[WestCoastGal]

Are you ever coming back?

[WestCoastGal]

Here's a very interesting rundown of what Ray did to Jeremy.......http://www.laidbackracing.com/Articles2006/CS.html

[Jackknife]

Well, I'm getting the car packed to head out at sunrise for a short trip to the 'Redneck Riviera' (Panama City Beach), so I'll be away from the PC rig for a few days. I'll be taking a break from the beach to watch the race sunday. Y'all have a good weekend, and keep the rubber side down! I'll have some pics when I get back. ;-)

[tubebender]

You Lucky Dog!!!