tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142610212011-11-10T17:41:18.420-05:00chicksview.blogspot.comRChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609570337164385118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261021.post-62883523157355909792011-02-06T22:00:00.000-05:002011-02-06T22:00:35.955-05:00

Literally speeding folks.  I got my first ticket in my whole 26 years during this offseason and I wasn't happy about it. And no I'm not kidding. I had never so much as been pulled over and my insurance was spotless.  So anyway it got me thinking about insurance and since I care about you all, I figured you should check this out too. Questions To Ask When Shopping For Cheap Car Insurance When

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Hey gang! I was Tweeting today because the race was boring because there was so much to talk about, and I got to thinking about the second class that's going to be inducted into the Nascar Hall of Fame pretty soon.  And you know me, undercover phsycic, I made some predictions! ... With a few extras for back-up, and because I can't just pick five! Here we go... I'll start with my definites,

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This is a mid-race post.  I had all these thoughts going through my head thinking about things I would blog about, and I thought, "Too much info, not enough energy to keep it together. I'll blog now."  So here we are. If you're following me on Twitter, you know that there is constant Sunday conversation about Dale Jr. and the success, or lack thereof, depending on what week it is, of his team. 

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That's all it is folks.  Unless it's Monday, of course, because then it's the Denny show.  I wouldn't know much about these races, however, because I'm one of the poor suckers who has to go to work on Monday, rain or no rain.  Although I'll be staging a protest if the race is rained out this weekend.  I just can't miss A) Another race and B) 'Dega.  It just can't happen. I've been impressed with

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Hello out there! It's me! I received a comment from an old friend today and thought, "My lord, if Harold is worried about me, it's time to put my blogging hat back on."I'm not going to lie and say life isn't nuts. I'm working all of the time, and going to school again full time. Not a lot of free time, but I miss this place! I miss the readers, and well, I miss fun racing. This obviously

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Quick life (over the last month) recap: Still working like crazy, have vacation planned in August. Got to see Dane Cook show in June, put blond highlights in my hair. Saw Harry Potter at midnight screening last night, slept a little and am applying to college once again, to get another degree. So yeah, not much of an excuse, and really it seems like more has happened that has kept me away from

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So, shocker. Pocono was boring. I know I saw and heard from a lot of people that said the double file restart rule made it more interesting. That's cool. I think we're grabbing at straws, but whatever floats your boat. Why NASCAR continues to go to Pocono is one of life's mysteries to me. I say we go once and for 400 miles. Lessen the pain, you know?I appreciate stradegy and all that stuff

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This will be quick, but I just wanted to post something since this has been the story that won't end here at ChicksView. Rick Hendrick finally made the decision to separate Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Tony Eury, Jr. today. So now is the hard part. HMS needs to find someone who can get the car to drive the way Dale Jr. needs it. If anything, the pressure is on Junior more now to perform. At DEI,

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I can't tell you how much I want to sneak into the big NASCAR meeting tomorrow and ask Helton when he's going to retire so I can take his job. ::sigh:: He probably wouldn't react well to that, so! I'm doing it here. No, I'm not asking for Helton's job... yes, I am. But really, I just want to talk about the state of the sport.First things first, NASCAR is just a big ol' meany bully for fining

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So, I have to say, while I don't feel like there is tons to talk about these days, we've had some pretty good racing in the last few weeks. I haven't been happy with some teams performances but I'm still watching the actual races. It's good stuff. Richmond was entertaining, obviously 'Dega was. So there's one entertaining thing.Here's a boring thing, Mark Martin is back full-time in the five

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...and I really don't feel like I've had much to blog about lately. Is Dale Jr. still struggling? Yup. Kyle Busch still good and yet, annoying? Check. Constant left turns? Mm hm. Teresa Earnhart managing to ruin everything and piss me off all while not having to deal with the aftermath? Yep. Everything has remained the same.Check that. Jeff Gordon got back into victory lane which hadn't

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Hey everybody! It finally stopped raining here in North Carolina, so I took my racing love on the road. I know, I know. I should have stayed home and looked at the sunshine from the inside while scanning all of the drivers radios for golden nuggets of information. But I didn't. It was nice outside and I had things to do, so I listened to the race on the radio and ho boy, was it good.Now, I

RChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609570337164385118noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261021.post-49711192956198477322009-02-23T14:16:00.003-05:002009-02-23T14:46:12.799-05:00

I'm sure you guys know that I'm always looking forward to California after Daytona. And after California, I'm never sure why. Not a lot happened for me during this race. There were a few bright spots of good side-by-side racing but overall, a whole lotta nothing. A few things did pop out at me though...*Kevin Harvick's streak of running at the end of every race is over. I believe the number

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Well. The 454 days of Daytona are over and it ended with... a rain out. Which is almost fine by me because honestly, I was over it. I love Daytona. Love it. But the whole week just wears me out. I was about as pissy as Dale Jr. Minus the whole wrecking people thing. Anyway...Over the week I've been collecting thoughts on my fancy new phone (that I know how to work... pretty much) and so I

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Okey dokey, I don't have tons of time but I wanted to mention a few things quickly. I've heard from some awesome people in the last few weeks and I wanted to mention them quickly.First, you all have to check out Track Chic. I heard from... wait for it, Theresa Earnhardt a little while ago. No, not that Teresa Earnhardt, but the "other" (and much cooler) Theresa who introduced me to the world

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So I mean well. Really. I went and got myself a Blackberry just so I could blog from anywhere, and check my e-mail from anywhere. And as soon as I figure out how to use that sucker, I'll get right to it. But that's no excuse. I'm back and here are some random thoughts:*We are t-minus four days until the Budweiser Shootout. Granted, I'm still not clear on how that works this year, but the

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Hey everybody. Sorry I'm so late getting this posted but I had a family emergency to tend to in Delaware right after Christmas, so I'm just now settling back in in NC. I'm happy to announce that my Grandfather who suffered a heart attack got through surgery with flying colors and might be able to escape the hospital in a few days! So it's back to normal for everybody, including me and this

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Hey everybody! It's me! ... Brandy. You know, the one who normally posts witty, insightful thought provoki-- you don't remember? That's my fault. I've been so, so, so busy. The racing season has ended, work has been insane and... you don't care. It's cool. I'll just quickly mention that I've also had laptop issues and we'll end the excuse session of the post. Anyway!The holidays are

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I have to be at work soon, but I wanted to make sure I got this blog up while the subject matter is still pretty fresh in my head. And there are a few things I want to cover today, so you know what that means, a blog in bullets (stars)...*Is it sad that I don't care who wins the championship this year? I'm conveniently ignoring most championship talk and I change the channel when the checkered

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Pass it on.-RC

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Quick middle of the night post before the Atlanta race tomorrow. First, I'm so sorry for the lack of posts. Busy, busy. But here I am. And I have some thoughts on the qualifying, or lack there of, that has not been going on in NASCAR latley.At some point, NASCAR is going to have to give the whole lining up by points thing a second look. If you have a season like this one where ten (I think)

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Okey dokey, I have a lot to cover, so I figure I'll get right to it with a blog in bullets. Well, stars actually, because they're pretty, but anyway...* I thought that the yellow line rule was that if you pass intentionally under the yellow line but you give the spot back, you won't be penalized. And that if you are forced below the line, the person that forced you under the line will be

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No, I'm not talking about NASCAR fining any teams or, you know, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (ahem). I'm talking car insurance. As it turns out, (and you know I find this interesting) gender discrimination is alive and well. In car insurance.As hard as it may be for some people to understand in this day of political correctness and legislated equality, a degree of "discrimination" is not only accepted

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Spotted - Muscled and toned driver, C, is overheard telling almost as muscled and toned driver, M, about the un-muscled and toned state of driver D..."Oh my god, M, look at his butt. It's like, so big..." C said."One can't live off of energy drinks, oreos and beer and expect to be an amazing racecar driver. That's probably why his team loses the handle of their car mid-race. Plus, he probably

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And I wasn't even working. This was supposed to be a relaxing Sunday of football for me until Tropical Storm Whats-her-face ruined it for me. Instead, I was switching channels from the races to the football games like a crazy person. I actually had to take a nap between the Cup and Bu... Nationwide race just to keep up my energy.Anyway, Richmond was pretty entertaining, with deja vu reversed

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I think I like this idea. So the Q&A session may come up again. I have a post about the 88 team that I'm hashing out in my head, but I'm not quite ready to commit to it in print (online or otherwise) yet. So without further ado, your answers...From DaleJarrett2ever:Who started the tradition of "kissing the bricks" at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?I didn't need to Google this one. Todd

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Normally I don't post news articles on here without breaking them down myself, but this article speaks for itself. The Gibbs Nationwide teams are tampering with NASCAR post-race tech.Read here for more info.All I will say is that if they are going to these lengths in the Nationwide Series, what can we assume they are doing in the Cup Series?Thoughts and Comments?-RC

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Okay everybody. This is something I've been thinking about doing ever since I saw it on Rusty's blog, and thought "Hey, cool idea. I think I'll steal it!" So here's the deal. In my mind, racing has been kind of boring lately, Ryan Newman is about to announce that he's going to Stewart/Haas Racing and Kyle Busch has won... again. All very predictable and boring. So I'm going to shake it up

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I've been back and forth on the race yesterday. Angry, amused, concerned, confused (yes, that rhymed) and I'm still not totally sure where I stand on the Goodyear Tire Debacle 400.Here are the facts:Goodyear had a tire test at Indy in April. There were tire problems. Drivers talked about it, media wrote about it, NASCAR said everything would be fine. There was about zero percent work done on

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Okay, since I don't exactly have time to delve into the horsepower world of Toyota today, I figured I would at least post something. So, here are fifteen things that are on my mind...1. Dale Jr. needs to rack up a few wins before the Chase starts. Maybe I should re-word that. He doesn't need to, it would just help. Top fiving them to death works, it's just not as fun.2. I'm tired of Dale Jr.

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Holy crap. I have been gone for a looong time! So long in fact that I totally missed Tony Stewart's announcement about Stewart Haas Racing. I also missed a lot of silly season talk, the Bus... Nationwide Series dyno tests and, here's the biggie that I can't believe I missed. The third anniversary of the ChicksView blog! I know! On July 6, 2005 I started this little space on the 'net and

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Probably I've hit the high point of my blogging career. Book reviews? Shhpt. Important people checking it out? No biggie. Getting asked by people to promote Coke Zero? It blows the top off people!All of you that know me know I'm seriously addicted to Coke Zero. In my humble but obviously right opinion, it's the best drink ever invented. You won't see me without one in my hand very often.

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So I've been so busy, I didn't even have time to post about how I just knew that Casey Mears would be in the 5 car next year. Nor did I get to say that I thought Biffle would be headed out of Roush-Fenway Racing. I've been so busy, I don't even have time to be wrong about Silly Season anymore! What's this world coming to?!Truth is, I'm in the middle of vacations. Not mine, of course. I don't

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I took marketing, public relations and all of that mumbo jumbo in college. There are studies upon studies about what makes things sell, what makes things huge, what that elusive "it" is. I've always thought those studies were crap. I've had many a-conversation about what makes a superstar in NASCAR. Mainly because my favorite driver is the most popular but doesn't win as many races as less

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Two posts in one day? I know, I'm shocked too. Anywho...Looks like Jamie McMurray is out at Roush/Fenway Racing in '09. I won't say that I totally called that one a loong time ago or anything. Interesting. I feel bad for him, even if he did ruin my fantasy league. Again.UDPATE: McMurray's denying it. But no one else is rushing to do so, so we'll see.Also, while I'm at it, I have a few

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After the wreck at the beginning of today's race at Dover, I had to wonder (sorry, I watched the Sex and the City movie on Friday) if NASCAR really has a plan for the races, or if they're just winging it and hoping for the best.When you have a wreck and the track is, for all intents and purposes, blocked, why not throw the red flag immediately so that the workers can clear the track faster? And

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And it aint good. I'm not sure what's up with either Kyle Busch or Denny Hamlin, but I must have missed the declaration that they are somehow entitled to everything. For once, I'm not as disgusted with Kyle Busch (but give me a day or two, I'm sure he'll do something) as much as I am Denny after the Busch race tonight. Denny talked like he was a ten year, respected veteran who had never

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Between a trip back home to Delaware and not having more than one day off, it's been a tad crazy. I know I need to get back to blogging and it's going to be one of my top, top priorities once I have a chance to breath a little. With that said, a few thoughts:*Rumors are floating around that Kyle Busch may be looking at a possible F1 ride. Probably not true, but if it is: C-ya, pal.*Congrats to

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1) I feel bad for Denny Hamlin. His luck sucks... scratch that. I just remembered he stopped on the track for no reason to bring out the caution and got parked by NASCAR. It's a skeezy move and he deserved what he got.2) For someone like "The Golden Boy" who the TV booth goes on and on about his car control of the Gods or whatever, to not be able to steer his car under another car is

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It's not even funny how long it's been since I've posted here. I know, I know. I'm sorry. I said I'm sorry! No, not just sorry, super sorry. I've apologized already. Right now, I'm apologizing. That just happened. Sorry again. ;)Anyway. Not only have I still been busy, but I think I actually have scared the graphic designer off. I'll keep you all updated on that bit of business when I

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Okay, so no. I don't think NASCAR, as a sport, has a drug problem. With Aaron Fike's interview, (which, by the way, who paid him to come out with that mess? Classless.) coming out and Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart and others speaking about drug testing, or the lack there of, it's impossible for me to ignore this topic. Even if it's touchy, and I'm not quite sure I have a set, secure opinion on

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Alrighty. So I have plans for some back to basics, nitty-gritty posts about the sport, but they are going to have to wait until I get off of a seven day work bender. Days off?! Psshht! Not how I roll. So with that... a Friday Fifteen of fifteen quirky things about yours truly.1. I'm currently in the middle of a quarter-life crisis. Which is a huge deal to me but doesn't seem to be that big

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I'm not sure if I'm the only person truly troubled by what's going on at Petty Enterprises or not. It's been mentioned here and there that Kyle has been taken out of the seat, even if it's temporary, and we all now know that General Mills will be leaving the team for RCR in 2009. And I'm thinking that we all also know that Bobby Labonte will in all actuality be at RCR next year as well. The

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Not so much for Michael McDowell. I mean, obviously getting out was good but the ride had something to be desired. My one (okay, maybe I have more) complaint about the COT has been that we really don't know how the car will react in big crashes. Now we know, and I have to say it's a huge, huge positive for NASCAR. They said it would be safer and it obviously is. That would have been... well,

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Honestly, how does one start their day off on the right foot when they see bad news as soon as they sign on to their computer? How does one recover? She doesn't! That's how!Without further ado (or punishment) here are the ChicksView fantasy league standings:1. Dave (Deja vu, my friend.)2. Trish (This is just sick.)3. Turbot9 (Must find out who the new guy is.)4. Amy (Nothing bad to say about

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So I spent part of the day of HMS being a race fan. That was fun. I have family in town, so I thought it would be cool to go by there. I don't, in general, do that whole race shop thing but it was cool.Anyway, I saw an interesting little tid bit on Jayski about Jack Roush whining... er, talking about Toyota possibly spying and/or stealing from his team: "“We had a proprietary Roush Fenway

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Hey everybody. I'm alive! I'm still busy and I have a lot going on but I really want to get back to the blog. Especially since we're at such an interesting time in the season right now. We're headed into that nerve-wracking time where everyone is looking at the top 35 in points and teams that worried last year (MWR/Red Bull) aren't as worried this year and teams that weren't worried at all (

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It says something of how busy I've been when I can tell you that I haven't seen a Busch, I mean Nationwide race in three weeks and I (and this has only happened once before) fell asleep during the race on Sunday. Now that has two possible explanations, the first being that the tires are really that bad and therefore the racing suffered, or it could be that I'm flippin' exhausted. Neither one

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I think NASCAR made a pretty good move with Carl Edwards team. 100 points hurts no matter how you spin it, but I still think when it comes to changing the car to gain a competitive edge illegally, it should be bigger. For instance, I think taking the 10 points he gained for the win if he makes the Chase would mean more. Maybe even taking the trophy. It seems harsh but at what time is the point

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Just when things can't get any worse, I check the fantasy league standings and see this:1. Trish2. Dave3. Amy4. E!5. Darren6. RC7. Turbot8. MemeWhat?! I mean honestly, how does that happen? How is Trish winning?! I'll get you Trish! (Imagine me shaking my hand like an old man in traffic, cause that's what I'm doing.) :)Anyway, obviously the world has tipped on it's axis, so I'll talk about

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You'll have to excuse me if I have the song "Going back to Cali" in my head, or maybe "California Love" or "Hotel California" because I feel like I've been beaten over the head with California. For instance, I just typed it four times in that sentence... I'm over it.And now to top it all off, some people are talking about making California a restrictor plate track. Worst idea I've heard in a

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Maybe it's rust from a long off season, maybe it's just complete ignorance on NASCAR's part, but when I, from North Carolina, can tell that the track is wet in California, it says that someone in the NASCAR booth was overlooking something important. Driver safety.Sure they can make teams pay millions upon millions of dollars to build newer, safer racecars, but when their own money is on the line

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No, not the NASCAR season, although I always feel like the season really starts at California (or whatever the second race had been in the past), but that's not what I'm talking about.No, I'm talking about the drama-causing, panic-inducing, ass-kicking event that's going down right here at ChicksView... the fantasy league!That's right, the usual suspects and some new players are back to trash

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Now that the season is finally underway, I wanted to take a look at what we have to look forward to for the rest of the season. There are tons (literally, I had to make a list) of unknowns this year and I have the breakdown:-The Nationwide Series. (Yes, I started typing "Busc" before I realized the mistake. I still call it the Busch Series, but for the sake of argument, I'll go with Nationwide

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First off, were there enough "ch's" in the title? I'm not too proud to admit I had to sing that part of the song a few times to get it right... I think I got it right, anyway.Okay, for the real reason of this blog. Changes abound!Before anything happens, I want you all to know that (from what I know now) as of next week, certain posts from this blog and other racing articles written by yours

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I'm currently watching the second Duel race at Daytona, (23 to go, for those who are interested) and I just have to wonder whether the second race feels the need to be crazy since the first race went caution-free. It happens every time without fail. On a side note, I really hope Dale Jarrett makes the race, it would be an awful shame for him to miss his last 500 and to end his career like

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A few weeks ago, I was honored to receive an e-mail from a marketing company asking me to review a book for one of their clients. As most of you know a) I love books and b) I love racing. And they wanted me to review a book about racing. Obviously I jumped at the opportunity.What I didn't expect, however, was to love the book as much as I did. One Helluva Ride, by Washington Post reporter Liz

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Well, that was something. Something pretty awesome!I was impressed with many things, tonight, here they are...*Kurt Busch for hanging on to his car when he wrecked. I thought for sure he was going to lose it and back up into the rest of the field. He drove the hell out of the car to hang on to it. I still think he should have sat out for putting crew members in danger yesterday, but props for

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Hey, cars were on track today! In the middle of fantasy league hell, I got off work early enough to see practice and it was awesome. A few points for the day...*This is the second time, although there might be more that I'm not remembering, that Kurt Busch has attacked Tony Stewart and/or his crew with a vehicle. I'm not sure what he's going to have to do to make NASCAR realize that he's out

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UPDATE 5:58p.m.: Hooookay. I'm trying to figure out this fantasy league thing. (And I'm wondering, rather loudly, why nascar.com changed everything from last year.) I think we just didn't have enough people signed up. I'll be in touch with everyone that had signed up for the league and we'll figure it out. Sorry about this guys.UPDATE 5:16p.m.: IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE FANTASY

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So after the headache/fatigue/insanity that the fantasy league brought upon me last night, I'm just flat out happy. Did you know that the Shootout is this weekend? 'Cause it totally is!I spend a lot (a lot!) of time in Mooresville, and race haulers are old hat over there but when you see a bunch of them leaving town in January, it's the best! I saw a few leaving earlier and started humming the

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Holy crap! I've been working on this fantasy league for hours! I think I've got it now. I sent out invites to those of you that have shown interest in playing this year. I still have more to send out but I'm freakishly exhausted, so that will have to wait.If you all that have had invites have trouble let me know, as much trouble as I've had, I might be ready to take on customer service!From

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If that includes a game that is eerily similar to the Ocsar's or The People's Choice awards, no thanks.I know NASCAR has done some pretty weird things, but really? The five hour Super Bowl pre-show might be a bit much.I feel like they've Hollywood-ized the Super Bowl so much that it actually makes me squirm a little. If it wasn't for Troy Aikman up in the booth, this might end up unbearable for

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This, my friends, is what happens when you work late and then start all of your extra curricular stuff all late and wrong. It's... well, super early in the morning and I'm just getting started with my To Do list. Anyway, I'm going to make this one quick so I can get some sleep before, you know, the sun comes up. This means bullets, or in my case, stars, so here we go...*I'm ready to sign up

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So while everyone was at the NASCAR R&D Center on Monday, covering their eyes, cringing and bracing themselves for whatever Brian France was going to throw at them this time, he went and surprised them by saying what we've been saying all along. Something along the lines of, "Let's just leave it alone for now."Team owners and members alike instinctively yelled, "But how are we going to keep up

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So I woke up today and checked testing speeds, (although they don't matter) then read a million and four articles about testing, watched Dale Jr.'s presser, then went and got my car inspected, (passed, thank you very much to those people who say I need a new one! I loove my 93 grand am!) then came home and uuhh... checked testing speeds (that don't matter), read a few magazine articles,

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So here's the thing about testing, on the inside (and by inside I mean inside the teams) it's very important. In Daytona, they learn how the COT will react when on a restrictor plate track that involves handling and lots and lots of bumps, as well as the getting-to-know you time it provides for new teams. But to us on the outside, besides serving as the long awaiting semi-start to the season,

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It's Friday. To be more exact, the Friday before Monday. Following? No? Okay, okay, it's the Friday before the Monday that testing starts in Daytona! Big sigh of relief over here. I was so busy through the month of December that it didn't hit me until after Christmas that I was going through monster-sized racing withdrawals. And they were baaad. But now, after a good week at work, a good

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Now we're going to take a look back at the second half of the year/season just hour, hours (oh, the drama) before the new year begins. A new year which will see the new season start in just a few weeks, if you count Daytona testing, which I do because I'm desperate. Anyway, here is 2007: A Look Back, part deux...July - This month started with another one of my favorite times of the year, The

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So I was reading E!'s blog and saw that she was taking a look back at The Year That Was in her life and I thought to myself: "Self, maybe looking back at 2007 in racing, the blog and your life would be cool." And considering all of the craziness that happened in '07, I think this could be good.(By the way, my Christmas was great, I hope yours was as well. Now on with the show...)January - This

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Well kids, I'm off to Delaware in the morning to run around like crazy seeing all of the family I haven't seen all year.I have to do my annual Thank You's to everyone around here at ChicksView. Meme, who has been MIA but in contact with me and not forgotten at all. And all of the commenter's who I consider great friends and ever better people, and of course everyone who reads here from the

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I believe it says something about a person's work ethic when they work late enough that they come home, eat some dinner and maybe, possibly, sorta, kinda eat some (a lot) of chocolate with their third Coke Zero of the day and end up all hyped up on chocolate and caffeine that they can't sleep even though they have to be out of the house at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and it's already 1:30am!Deep

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You know, at least once a day while doing whatever it is I have to do that day, I say to myself, "Ah! I need to blog." Then there are times like today where the big warning bells go off... "Almost seven days! No blogging in seven days!"I think that may be my mental limit for letting the blog go quiet. Maybe during the off season, since there's nothing else to think about and I'm already going

RChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609570337164385118noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261021.post-71357397297737784772007-12-06T14:35:00.001-05:002007-12-06T14:42:34.475-05:00

Oh, I can hear the photographer now. "Jeff, could you move over? Yes, into the shadow. And Jimmie if you could just scoot over to the side there, thanks. Casey, to the back, if you will. Yup, right there in the middle Junior. Good, good. Now every one look angry. That's it."I won't lie and say I didn't grin a little seeing a picture of the new HMS. But I saw this and had to wonder, would

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Quick shout out to my partner-in-crime/fellow world-taker-over-er Meme, who while she is MIA (very busy) she is not forgotten. I know that's a random shout out but this meme just reminded me of her.Anywho, here are a few questions from Track Bunny's blog that I figured I'd answer. You should too. All of the cool kids are.1. Who is your favorite driver and why?Oh! I love telling this story.

RChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609570337164385118noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261021.post-8300847354445847872007-12-03T17:40:00.000-05:002007-12-03T17:56:20.647-05:00

First off, everyone sit down... are you down? Good, because I'm getting ready to announce the ChicksView Fantasy League results, and ho-boy am I shocked. Shocked! Flabbergasted! Gobsmacked! Sh--, no, yeah, that's all the words I can think of to show the emotion I felt when I saw that... wait for it... Dave won! With Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson on his team! What a miracle worker. Anxious

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So... the banquet is tonight. I'll probably be watching Friday Night Lights and possibly putting up my Cristmas tree."But RC," you ask, "aren't you interested in the sponsor laden speeches read off of a teleprompter?"Uh, no. I watch NASCAR broadcasts 40 weeks out of the year, I've seen those commercials already.*In other news, and please stop me if you've heard this one before, Dale Earnhardt,

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Alright everybody, it's time for the annual How Wrong Can We Be? Chase Pick Standings. When Meme and I first started making picks like this on the blog, we actually thought we had a chance at being right. Very soon after we realized that our specialty, if you can believe it, is actually that we can guarantee we will be wrong. For my own sanity, I'm going to give a point to each of us when we

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First things first, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I did, even if I did have an unfortunate macaroni and cheese cooking incident. Otherwise, all was good... especially the pumpkin pie.I still have family in town, which is why I'm blogging at 1:30 in the morning... from the floor because all of the couches and beds are taken! That's dedication, folks, even if I'm not exactly talking

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Totally kidding. One more race with DEI might actually drive me insane. But today was sad and hearing Junior tell his guys before the race that he was lucky to have them got to me a little. The team, not the company itself, was amazing. It was a good eight years for them and a great seven for me as a fan. I plan on next year... actually the next five years or more, to be awesome too. It was

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Here is a semi-late Thursday Thirteen. This list is kind of a dreaded thing for me, but it's something I must face... Thirteen things I'll be doing this off season. Here goes:1. Watching the Cowboys. And the Panthers, but really with no QB here in NC... let's just say I'll be watching the Cowboys.2. Visiting with people who I don't see during the season. This group mostly consists of the

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Hey everybody. First off, you all should know I'm having laptop troubles, so I'm using the old desktop, which is not only slower but as properly named, is on a desktop which is cramping my style a little bit. I've been laptop-less for a few days and I'm over it. (Which is why I haven't been able to visit any other blogs... my bookmarks are not on this computer. ::sniff:: No... I'll be fine.)

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As a sign of protest/rebellion, I will not under any circumstances blog about Jimmie Johnson or Jeff Gordon. Not because they aren't good drivers... they are. Not that a championship isn't worth talking about... it is. But because they seem to be all the TV guys can talk about, even when there are other drivers doing well.So, I hereby claim that Chicksviewville is a Jimmie or Jeff Free Zone...

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So, stop me if you've heard this one before, but I'm sorry it's been so quiet around here. I've been super busy, (deja vu?) and I've been struggling to find things to blog about.Also, those of you that have been here for a while know that I loooove the holidays and now that it's actually cold outside (56... buuuur) I've been busy humming Christmas tunes and baking. Nerdy? Yes. Do I care? Not

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Hey folks. I've been kind of insanely busy this week, and today is my first free day in... well, a long time, so this is going to be a quick post because, of course when I have a free day I'm busy catching up on everything. (Including e-mail. So if you've sent me something in the last week, I'm probably just getting to it. I should get back to you soon.)Okay, quick thoughts:*Am I the only

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Happy Halloween everybody. I hope the candy is good.-RC

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Seriously people, there is just too much going on right now. I know it's been a quiet few days here at ChicksView but now... now there's too much to talk about. Except that I'm brave, (and sick and out of my mind) so I'm going to try anyway. Random post on it's way...*News Flash: ESPN's coverage of NASCAR is horrible. Not only did I have to wait until midnight Saturday night/Sunday morning to

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So apparently everybody hates everybody else after Martinsville. You know it's been One of Those Races when even the winner is asking for an apology from someone.Side note: No one should apologize for racing someone else. It's silly, this is NASCAR. Do you hear me Jimmie? What about you Jeff?Also, I know Junior ruffled a few feathers this weekend. Including mine. At some points on the radio

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It amazes me to no end that some fans, but especially some Junior fans, are still on the Stewart side of this Stewart/Menard thing. I've literally read some message boards where they've been saying, "Everyone knows he wouldn't be there if it wasn't for his Daddy." Junior fans. Oh sorry, let me make this more clear:Dale Earnhardt, Jr. fans. As in, Dale Earnhardt's son. Just a thought.It's

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I'm totally kidding. They aren't out to get me at all. I don't think. I mean, I'm pretty sure. I'm assuming that a lot of bloggers got an e-mail from Nationwide offering them an advanced look at the Nationwide Series logo last night... right? Edit: I just found out they officially unviled it today, so they didn't give me much "advance" but it's still a nice thought.I'm trying to decide if

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I'm up to my eyes in html and I don't care who knows it!I've been working on some blog issues most of the afternoon, as I hope you can see. I updated the blogroll with blogs that I visit and blogs that link here. This brings to light the fact that I'm a horrible, horrible blogger. There were many times when I found a blog that A) I didn't even know existed... because I'm frickin' clueless,

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I know it's been talked about a lot, since (I think) Dover when Casey Mears' and Kyle Busch's teams went back and forth about Casey letting the 5 go if the opportunity presented itself. (If I've screwed that whole scenario up, let me know. It's been one of those days... weeks.)My thoughts on team orders are a lot like Tony Stewart's, (and write that down because I don't agree with Stewy on much

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While visiting E!'s blog yesterday, I read her post, that was actually about someone else's post (follow me here, people) about why, as NASCAR fans, we're forced to defend ourselves, and our choice of sport, to people who choose to watch stick and ball sports instead.I'm pretty sure I've talked about this before, but at this point, that could have been a year or so ago, so I'm figuring why not?

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Happy Birthday, Junior.Random Notes:Nationwide Series? Not gonna work for me.Sprint Cup? Doubtful.More later.-RC

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So as I said in the title, I don't think I "won" the Rockin' Girl Blogger Award but since I've had one of those weeks where if I find a penny heads up, I'm going to throw a party, I'll take it!I got this award from E! who has an awesome blog that I read daily; not to mention it's the best named blog ever: I solemnly swear that I am up to no good. If you're a Harry Potter fan like me, you just

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First off, sorry for the long absence around here. Crazy week. Long story. Hopefully I'll have more to tell you soon.Anyway, about this race...*I personally don't see what all of the fuss is about with this whole Biffle running out of gas thing. Do I think he was lying through his teeth in Victory Lane when he said that it would fire up? Hell yes. Do I care? Not so much. NASCAR makes it's

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Yeah, I know. Normally it's the Thursday Thirteen, but I actually have a pretty free day today, which means I'm bored, so I made up the Friday Fifteen. So here are fifteen things I'm thinking about today...1) The owners of the Dover track need to get to work making that place a better race venue. The teams are two to a garage stall, the security is always horrible... and they need lights.

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So I had a minute, (at 1 in the morning) to finally post about the news that Tony Eury, Jr. will be leaving DEI early and heading to Hendrick Motorsports after the Talladega race in a few weeks. As most of you know, I'm not the biggest Tony Jr. fan in the world, although he earned major brownie points with me after the Richmond race, so I'm sort of half in half with this one. One part of me

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::whistles:: Nothing much going on today. ::More whistling::Okay, for real. Here are the pictures of Dale Jr.'s rides for 2008.Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?I like the paint scheme, personally. I don't love them, and by no means are they the current 8 car, but I feel that, given a few months, I can love these just as much.The press conference was a little disappointing today, in that we

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**A little disclaimer, first and foremost I'm actually not being a bitter Dale Jr. fan about this. I'm sure at least one person is thinking it, but it's just not so.**Anyway, look at the guy to the far left and tell me if he inspires you to drink a cold one. No? Yeah, me either.I have nothing against Kasey Kahne at all. I think he's a very good driver, and in the right circumstances, very

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