To the Tylers...cause I am one.

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TNT SUCKS!!!!!

Stop pretending to cut people in half when you could be showing racing. That was appallingly stupid. Horrible Coverage!!

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For Some Reason This Reminds me of The Rowdy Nation

In my last nine to ten old Ah Pook waltzed in
Put his slimy gun to my head and said son this is the end
I said you better get back I got an army of good friends
Who would follow me to hell and I've done the same for them
Besides you're not going to destroy what we've worked so hard to defend
We protect the things we love just like our families did
We picked a long and winding road and we'd do it again
We picked a dark horse and we're gonna ride it till the end

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Meanwhile: UPS

Okay so get ready for me to contradict myself. Actually Bass made a good point that I figured I'd turn into a blog. It seems logical it's just not the intel we are hearing.

A. The collective wisdom is that UPS is headed to RCR. This rumor has not been shot down and we know that in NASCAR when a rumor is left to float it just might be true. I have been told repeatedly that UPS is going to RCR. But to whom? All four cars have a primary sponsor. I don't see them wanting to share the spotlight. Moreover, I don't see UPS wanting to share the spotlight.

Okay so you say fifth RCR car? I mean ... possibly but isn't there a four car rule coming down for 2010? Would Richard thumb his nose at Helton the way Jack Roush has? Maybe....

B. Answer ... UPS goes to a fourth car at Gibbs. Truex? Mears?

Let's be clear. We have not heard this so this from any source. So this is not news. I think we are the first to bring it up. But, doesn't it make sense? Didn't Chevy buy-out Smoke's contract. Are not Joe and JD flush with cash?

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Meanwhile: Gary P Nunn

This is a test. This guy is so sadly forgotten. A songwriting genius. Put your outlaw hat on. Who writes for hank, Coe and Wille? Gary does.

You ask me what I like about Texas
I tell you it's the wide open spaces!
It's everything between the Sabine and the Rio Grande.
It's the Llano Estacado,
It's the Brazos and the Colorado;
Spirit of the people down here who share this land!
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play the sons of the mothers of the bunkhouse band!

You ask me what I like about Texas
It's the big timber round Nacadoches
It's driving El Camino Real into San Antone
It's the Riverwalk and Mi Tierra
Jamm'n out with bongo Joe
It's stories of the Menger Hotel and the Alamo!
(You remember the Alamo!)

It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play the sons of the mother love'n bunkhouse band!

It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play the sons of the mother love'n bunkhouse band!

Well, you ask me what I like about Texas
It's Blue Bonnet and Indian paint brushes
Swimming in the sacred waters of Barton Springs
It's body surfing at Freo
It's Saturday night in Del Rio!
It's crossing over the border for some cultural exchange!

It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand!
It's a quarter for the jukebox, boys,
Play the sons of the mother love'n bunkhouse band!

Well, you ask me what I like about Texas
Well, I could tell you, but we'd be here all night long

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Dale Earnhardt Is Back

So it's my job this weekend to post the news blog and I think I am speechless. After watching the Coke 400 and having recently attended my first IRL race I can come up with three pearls of wisdom.

1. NASCAR racing is ten times more exciting because off all of that bumping and banging.

2. The guys might hate plate racing but it is one the ... if not the ...most exciting sporting events for fans.

3. Shrub might just be Dale Earnhardt. He is driving in a wildly smart fashion. That reminds me of The Intimidator.

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Gibbs Nationwide 20 Car = T-Rex?

Now I'm not pointing the finger here and I'm not saying that Smoke, Sliced Bread, Grand Slam and Shrub are not all top flight NASCAR drivers... but what I am saying is that it looks like by the looks of things that "THAT 20 CAR" is something special. Maybe we should call it The Raptor cause it reminds me of a T-Rex.

Don't remember T-Rex? Let David Newton of ESPN take you down victory lane. Ooops I'm mean memory lane. And, then tell me if you're not thinking what I'm thinking.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ray Evernham still laughs when people claim the T-Rex Chevrolet that Jeff Gordon drove to victory in the 1997 Winston All-Star race was illegal.

Jeff Gordon and then-crew chief Ray Evernham made a heck of a team at Hendrick Motorsports in the mid-1990s.

"That car had no cheating on it," said Evernham, then Gordon's crew chief at Hendrick Motorsports. "That car was built by what the rules were, and it never became illegal until after The Winston when NASCAR wrote rules to make the car illegal."

The car in large part was the engineering marvel of Hendrick engineer Rex Stump, who at Evernham's request built a car that pushed the limit of every gray area in NASCAR's rulebook without crossing the line into cheating.

It single-handedly forced NASCAR to add several pages to its rulebook and sparked the engineering boom the sport enjoys today.

"Gary Nelson had seen the car as it was being built," Evernham said of the former director of NASCAR's premier series and initial developer of the Car of Tomorrow. "That car was perfectly legal until after The Winston, when other car owners complained and said they would have to build all new cars to keep up with that car.

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Bet on Lagano and Truex

Now that we know that Smoke is going to Haas/CNC in some ownership fashion.... (reported first by Rowdy's own super-sleuth: Don Runkle.) ...

Sources say that Lagano will run the 20 car next year and that Truex will be Smoke's teammate provided he can wiggle out of his DEI contract.

This does make the most sense. Home Depot has got to be itching to sign Lagano the vunderkid. Any guy that wins his third Nationwide race makes sponsors all giddy. And, given his backers, Mark Martin, Bobby Allison and of course, JD, you have to believe they will snap this kid up. Good decision? It's a marketing decision so we'll see. Probably. I think so, but call Casey Atwood.

As for Ryan Newman vs. Truex ....why would Newman go to a new team with Tony as his boss? Given that he would, in the end, have to answer to Tony and work through obvious start up snafus, the only reason Ryan would do it would be for a boat load of cash. I think Ryan wants to win right now more than he wants money.

Truex? His team is not exactly lighting the world on fire and he would let Tony serve as his mentor. I see these two getting along far better than Ryan and Smoke. The only thing stopping Truex is his contract with DEI. And don't think Chevy doesn't care about Truex. Chevy rewards/buys loyalty. Just ask Tony.

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Meanwhile: Goober And The Peas

This pretty much says it all now don't it?

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Meanwhile: I gotta Dumb Question

So Why does Delena always where a racing suit? Does Chrissy Newman don one? What about Chandra? And Katie Kenseth ... does she have a fire suit? You Think Danica makes her husband wear one? And lastly, why is Delana pretending to stand Like "The Intimidater"?

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