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Jimmie Johnson |
Everyone writes his name as "Jimmy." Even the FOX crew on their in-race recap under the running order. |
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Matt Kenseth |
Favorite headline of the week, courtesy of thebrushback.com:
Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart Casually Trying To Kill Each Other
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Jeff Burton |
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but when FOX shows the running order, Burton is listed as "J. Burton." Everyone else is "Jarrett, Johnson, etc." Is this a subliminal message that Ward is coming back? |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
A clear sign that spotter Steve Hmiel is getting old: He called Johnny Sauter "Johnny Rumley." Rumley is a former Busch driver who has been out of the series since 2000. |
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Tony Stewart |
Hospital food. Yuck. |
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Greg Biffle |
Sometimes I just sit and wonder: Do new Subway employees have to undergo extensive anti-sneeze training? |
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Denny Hamlin |
He ought to sell his stitches on eBay. All 19 of them. And he can offer free shipping. |
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Carl Edwards |
They need to produce a remake of Stroker Ace for the mere reason that Carl Edwards looks exactly like a Parker Stevenson (Aubrey James) on steroids. Well, maybe not steroids. Maybe Stevenson weight-trained by bench-pressing ex-wife Kirstie Alley. |
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Kasey Kahne |
You know, I get all these emails bemoaning the fact that we mention Kasey Kahne’s large female fan base. And yet, you turn on the Coca-Cola 600 and see a commercial where four women are dreaming about him. |
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Kevin Harvick |
Almost seen on Jayski: Harvick buckles, starting to feel bad about Kurt Busch’s bad luck UPDATE DENIED: Being told this is not true, Harvick still laughing at Busch’s two top-10s |
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Jeff Gordon |
Are you like me? When Darrell Waltrip said, "Jeffy hasn’t won here since 1999," you thought, "Yeah man, it was so long ago, you were in that race with him?" |
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Mark Martin |
Report: Martin files entry for 2027 All-Star Challenge |
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Scott Riggs |
Dadgum it. The car stalled on pit road and then you got a penalty. Now we have to hear FOX say, “Boy, if he hadn’t missed that Daytona 500 and blown the win at Charlotte, he’d be leading the points right now.” |
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Jamie McMurray |
You knew his Busch Series crash was bad. The impact knocked the gel out of his hair, and track crews spent 10 minutes covering it with Speedy-Dry. |
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Kyle Busch |
I loved the Associated Press’ description of that little deal between him and Casey Mears: “[Busch] only managed a feeble, left-handed toss of a safety device that failed to hit Mears.” |
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Ryan Newman |
I swear, I get 10 emails a week thinking I am Ryan Newman. Maybe it’s because we have the same amount of Bud Poles this year. Anyways, an excerpt:
Hi Ryan this is Darla and I have been a fan of yours since you started. And driving the intrepid I bought one in 04 and asked my husband to get it painted with your logo on it, but back to my question why can't Penske get your car back to the front? I don't understand how you have gone so far backward.
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Bobby Labonte |
I’ll be serious for a second. Tony Stewart’s injury is exactly like Bobby Labonte’s in the Darlington Busch race back in 1999. After that, Labonte stopped driving Busch races. I wonder if Tony will do the same. I highly doubt he will. |
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Jeff Green |
The very definition of surreal is when you turn on the TV and see this on FOX’s running order:
1. GREEN 2. MARTIN 0.345 3. JO. SAUTER 0.452
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Kurt Busch |
Marty Smith says that at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, fans were holding up signs that said, “Honk if you hate Kurt Busch.” And everyone blew their horn. See, that sucks. They should have had signs that, "If you hate Kurt, go home." Traffic problem solved. |
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Dale Jarrett |
The funniest thing about his move to Michael Waltrip Racing? Yet another crew chief! |
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Clint Bowyer |
Report: Bowyer unsure of how he’ll deal with massive Delaware media contingent |
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Reed Sorenson |
Report: Reed planning on raising his voice soon at somebody |
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Elliott Sadler |
I guess you heard he was slightly bruised when he slipped while trying to dive off the Trackside Live stage. There were rumors he was really hurt. Of course, we can assume what Elliott was thinking: "Dadgum! You mean I still have to drive on Sunday?" |
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Casey Mears |
Fear level when he was sliding back into traffic during his Nextel Open crash: 10 out of 10
Fear level when Kyle Busch is about to hit you with a HANS device while you are sitting in a 3,500-lb. car: 0 out of 10
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J.J. Yeley |
He is a very normal person. At Darlington earlier this month, he decided to drive to the track for his first Nextel Cup race there. Three hours later, when he saw signs for Charleston, he knew he was in trouble. |
