NASCAR Season Finale - Ford 400 at Homestead, on ESPN Sunday 11/21, at 1:00pm ET

Jayski ^

[glock rocks]

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The Ford 400
from Homestead-Miami Speedway

SPEED Pre-race show at 9:00 Eastern
ESPN2 Pre-race show at 12:00 Eastern
Green Flag 1:15

Please visit the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families:

The FR Canteen

Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.

[tubebender]

Setting the alarm clock doesn’t count. May your antifreeze boil over...

[Brad’s Gramma]

Will you two knock off the smut!!!

Sheesh, Tork, don't be so touchy! I JUST told the guy to brush his teeth! Man oh life.

[Brad’s Gramma]

I also have an iPod loaded with some of the finest Pete-R-Bilt truckin down the highway music you can imagine.

Holy COW! The man sings too? WOW!!!

Please note that I did not ping the grump, aka tubebender.

[WestCoastGal]

Well, it's over!!

Jr said yesterday "This is what my car would drive like if I built it"

Jeff Gordon was driving a 48 chassis? Yes it's true, I guess that was his reward for giving up his pitcrew.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone - we do have a lot to be thankful for this year.

[WestCoastGal]

Arrrrrrrrrrgh I forgot to ping you :(

[WestCoastGal]

90 days to go :)

Loved the peewee punt by the 29!

Also, the 20 Logano and 42 Montoya had an on-track kerfuffle after Logano got a new nose on his car. He came out and tried to wreck the 42 who then followed him down the access road - of course ESPN never bothered to show us that. Felix Sabates threatened to send someone to take out the 11 if he didn’t get an apology - never heard any more.

Then -—— at the end of the race last lap the 47 punted the 82 according to Jr and we didn’t see that either :( Boys have at it was alive and well yesterday only we didn’t get to participate.

[o_zarkman44]

Wow I really had a great rebound when mid 4th quarter I was 13th and way back. After sitting on top for one week. 3rd place overall in the 4th quarter was great. And salvaging a top 10, finishing overall 9th was pretty good. Thanks to the commish for keeping this league clean and green.

[o_zarkman44]

4th quarter?? LOL sounds like football. I ment the 3rd segment. Blame it on the flu meds.

[SouthTexas]

It’s a shame Flash didn’t get JJ engine. LOL

The pic is a reminder that I have an old friend coming down for Thanksgiving. He said what’s the weather like, maybe we can go to the beach. Forecast for Thanksgiving Day is cold and wet.

At least JJ found a pretty one. :)

[Tom Pain]

Thanks to all in the league.
This league is competitive, with knowledgeable people.

I have been in the FR league since 2002. (Previous team name was CatTeam in 2002 and 2003.) This is my first season to win the league. Finished 2nd in 2002 and 2008.

For those curious, and for the record(since I always wondered this about the league winner):
My 9,924 points were in Yahoo’s 96 percentile , and ranked 8,617 in Yahoo’s 2010 NASCAR Fantasy Auto Racing.
2010 Yahoo winner was “$5 Footlongs” with 10,737 points.
In case anyone curious, “Overall Leaders” info can be found from the Home page.

[WestCoastGal]

From my favorite sports writer Tom Bowles

Kyle Busch played the perfect role of teammate ... and paid a price.

A side circus to the whole championship battle played out in the way Kyle Busch raced all 400 miles. Determined to help Hamlin win the championship, the Joe Gibbs Racing teammate played the role of blocker while making it difficult to nearly impossible for both Harvick and Johnson to pass. Turning his car into a roving obstacle, Busch spent lap after lap irritating both, pushing the limit until a fed-up Harvick wrecked him with 23 laps to go, prompting the race’s final caution.

“Well, that affected the outcome of the Chase,” said a member of Busch’s irritated crew on the radio. “That’s about as blatant as blatant gets.”

Busch didn’t mince words either after emerging from a fiery, totaled Toyota.

“Just a guy that doesn’t have his head on straight,” said NASCAR’s bad boy, a classic case of pot meeting kettle, considering a year in which he’s been on the other side of several similar incidents. “Such a two-faced guy, it doesn’t matter.”

But Harvick didn’t back down. “He raced me like a clown,” he retorted in the post-race news conference. “Three-wide, on the back bumper, running into me, and I just had enough.”

My take? Great theater, at the very least providing entertainment for those fans not focused on the championship. Even Hamlin, often a critic of his teammate, stuck up for Busch in an exchange that turned into a hilarious battle of wits:

Hamlin: “Your teammates raced me all day.”

Harvick: “I just parked yours.”

Point Kevin.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/tom_bowles/11/21/five.things.homestead/index.html#ixzz161UWjKs4

[SouthTexas]

Hamlin: “Your teammates raced me all day.”

Harvick: “I just parked yours.”

ROFLMAO

[tubebender]

And now a few words about Jimmy Johnson

[SouthTexas]

A good take there. Especially liked the part about JJ being blamed for everything from the drop in viewership to global warming.

While I would have rather seen Flash get to five first, that didn't happen and being a race fan I can offer JJ my congratulations without any reservations.

[tubebender]

I have to get down to the Nascar Store before prices go up...

[NormsRevenge]

Jeff Gordon was driving a 48 chassis? Yes it's true, I guess that was his reward for giving up his pitcrew. -- Too bad he couldn't have got one of JJ's engines too.. lol

What's the old saying about changing pit crews in the middle of a race? ;-)

HaPPy Thanksgiving to You and Your'n from our pack of pampered poodles and us diehard Californians living on the edge..!!

You doin' a withdrawal thread?

[SouthTexas]

Should have been there at sunrise. Wait, has the sun come up out there yet?

It came up here this morning and is now hiding behind the clouds. 77 degrees with 30 mph breezes, a front is coming...

[NormsRevenge]

Congrats!!!

I been going downhill for years in the league.. 12th is pretty good against some of the pickers out there.. I felt like Gordon this season, running on 7 ‘til she blew way too many times..

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2010 Yahoo winner was “$5 Footlongs” with 10,737 points.

I still can’t fathom how anyone could have that long of a run of luck.. not in Nascar anyway.

[happydogx2]

Congratulations on your win Tom. I dropped from 3rd to 5th in the last race as I let the "experts" sway me to run Logano vs my pick of Kenseth. Live and learn but 5th is better then the back of the pack where I belong. Thanks to all how took the time and effort to post these threads too. It's a lifeline for many and certainly makes the races more enjoyable. The banter, food and general info posted here is sothing to the soul and I continue to learn much although I still don't know if S.T. wears a cowboy hat. What a year. Horrible announcers (last race especially) and "they" wonder why TV viewership is down. Some of the best races I've ever seen. Resurgence of RCR and the new Ford engine will make it tough for competitors next year. The Jr. watch continues. We were blessed to visit a new track this season(for us) Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Lord willing we'll hit a new one next year too. Congrats to J.J. and Knaus - Mrs. HDX2 is very, very happy for J.J.

[tubebender]

Hey! That’s the lady I saw at the Nascar store on Broadway today. She gave me the elbow and ripped that JJ jacket right off my back. I thought you said she worked 9 to 5?