Hello loyal readers and other folks. This here race report may be a short one cause I have a sheep shearin’ job to do today for my baby sister Freezie Mae. Well to be correct I just have to tidy those rascals up a bit cause when she bought them, as usual, she didn’t have an inklin’ of what she was doin’ so here I am again savin’ that girls behind. Should be paddlin’ it instead, if ya know what I mean, but that’s neither here nor there so let’s get to this task at hand before I get all worked up a big ‘ol bunch, shall we? .
Ok then, so the Trucks were off this week and the Nationwide and Cup drivers headed to that famous brick track. Every driver dreams of kissin’ those bricks. My late husband Elmer always wanted to know what was so blame great about kissin’ bricks anyway. I tried to tell the man it wasn’t kissin’ bricks that was so wonderful but that it was kissin’ those bricks because the driver won. He didn’t understand. Course Elmer couldn’t go to Indianapolis to find a way to try it, so one night when he and Bubba had been bendin’ their elbows too much, they took the truck and drove to Franklin Furnace and broke into the brick plant there. Seems they found a fairly big pile of ’em and laid a bunch of ’em out on the floor. Bubba and Elmer got down on their knees, bent forward and commenced to try kissin’ ’em and both of them fell flat on the faces and when they did they kicked that pile of bricks and some of ’em fell on those dummies. Well they passed out either from the pain or the drink, whichever, and were found the next mornin’ by the plant folks still right there on the floor. The sheriff told me he would have put ’em in jail but he had so much fun tellin’ their tale and paradin’ them around town showin’ their messed up faces, that he just let ’em go as soon as he was sure they were able to drive. Oh my good and gracious LORD the stories I could tell ya but none of that is here nor there at this particular moment, I’m just rememberin’ and sayin’.
So Saturday Duck and I got our chores done and rested a little bit before the Nationwide race. Duck and I were fairly excited cause both of Winemaker’s grandsons, WOG and WYG, were racin’ in that event. Been awhile since we’ve seen brother against brother except for the 2 younger Wallace boys if ya know what I mean. Anyway with no need for snacks on the crates we settled in on the divan to watch Kutie Kahne, Rowdy, WYG, Denny Boy and Curly Sadler take the green flag in that order. FTWWTK Ricky, Jr started 10th, Jeffrey Earnhardt started 39th, Dave’s boy Ryan started 11th and the rest you can look up.
Course Indy is always a place of the unexpecteds and it was for sure. Right off the bat Rowdy grabbed the lead from Kutie Kahne. It was interestin’ to watch WYG out runnin’ WOG lap after lap and the announcers even commented on it. Course nothin’ is forever as we all know. A competition caution came on lap 16 to let the crews check the tire wear. Good idea I say, anyway Denny Boy came out the leader but lost it to G/B Brad next lap. Oh my good and gracious LORD they were just crazy out there. 3 wide, bumpin’ and it seemed That Girl is gettin’ good at tryin’ that bumpin’ stuff but it doesn’t seem she has it down pat cause she was bumpin’ Sorensen and wound up kissin’ the wall (real hard) instead of the bricks. Course that was caution number 2. Sad for her I say and that cute Reed, too.
Anyway there was a total of 3 more cautions. 2 were for debris and 1 cause Rowdy spun after the last green flag on lap 82 Curly Sadler got a good jump to the lead but all kinds of stuff followed. Curly was black flagged for jumpin’ the restart but replays show he was pushed by WOG and G/B Brad spun his tires. So even with proof of the deed Curly served his penalty and lost that race to G/B Brad. Sad (and unjust if ya ask this granny) for Curly and more on this later but this was Penske’s first Indy victory with G/B so good for both of them I say. Sam Jr, WYG, Denny Boy and WOG rounded out the top 5. Good for all of ’em I say and the rest you can look up. And just so’s ya know, that penalty stuff for Curly cost him the win and reduced his lead over WOG by 1 point. SAD again for that boy I say! The rest of the points standin’s you can look up too.
So Sunday we were all excited to see the Cup drivers hit the track. Duck and I knew this was gonna be a finger chewin’ race. Well for Duck it was feather chewin’ but I’m just sayin’. And we were nothin’ but right let me tell ya that one somethin’ right now. Oh my good and gracious LORD…I took to pacin’ back and forth and darn near wore the patch on the floor in two. I think we may have to reorganize the furniture and cover that patch with the divan or some such somethin’. Duck was somewhat depressed fairly quick like but more on that later. Anyway 160 laps of nerves. Yessirree it was. Denny Boy started on the pole followed by Flippin’ Carl, Wide Smilin’, AA and Bif. FTWWTK NSCJBMBAS started 6th, Jeffie started 9th, JR started 20th and Flyin’ Ryan started 11th.The rest you can look up.
Let me tell ya one somethin’ right now this race pert near wore me out. Oh my good and gracious LORD everybody wanted this win bad like. NSCJBMBAS wanted to tie Jeffie’s record of 4 wins. It was amazin’. And lots of news was all over the place too. Runnin’ out of time here but in the end NSCJBMBAS won. Yep he did it so good for him I say. And poor Robo wrecked with 26 laps to go and lost the points lead. Sad for him I say. And poor Flippin’ Carl started this race hopeful with a new Crew Chief but had engine problems so sad for him AGAIN I say. Course Duck went from bein’ an excited duck to bein’ a dejected one. Sad for him and Flippin’ Carl I say. The rest you can look up.
Now for some other stuff. Boy howdy let me tell ya one somethin’ right now, Curly Sadler fans and Curly Sadler himself are totally ticked off with the results of that Nationwide race. I heard tell that NASCAR said that Curly didn’t do wrong on that restart and didn’t cause G/B to spin his tires but still that boy had to serve a drive through penalty. For what? For waitin’ to see if he was right? If so well, uh, for Heaven’s sake there Daytona Dudes he was! Now he is only 1 point over WOG. That is more than a shame, that’s just plain ol’ nasty stuff right there. For what it’s worth there Curly, darlin’, Duck and I and many more of your fans are sidin’ with you sweetness. We can’t do somethin’ about it, but I’m just sayin’.
Also as y’all know Dinger failed his “B” test. Well now at least we all know. And I think that boy has already started rehab or is gonna right quick. I read where he has a meetin’ with Penske this here week to determine his future with that team. It has to be that way sadly. The sponsors control the purse pockets and ya just can’t blame ’em for that. Best we all can do is wish that boy great success and hope he has a racin’ future. Time will tell if that furture includes Roger.
And the big news is that JR took the points lead at Indy. Course it came at the hands of bad luck for ROBO and sad for him I say, truly, cause I like that boy. But racin’ is almost as much luck as it is racin’. I have to say GOOD, GOOD and GOOD for JR but it ani’t over ’til it’s over. I like both those boys so we just have to wait and see what driver’s seat Lady Luck is wavin’ that wand over. Could be neither if ya know what I mean.
And I want to draw some attention to those Dillion boys. Oh my good and gracious LORD those boys are gonna be big. I mean to tell ya BIG! It’s been quite a spell since we’ve seen this kind of siblin’ rivalry. Yessirree it has and I have to tell ya I am just plain ‘ol lookin’ forward to it. Oh yes I am and I think Duck is too. Course he still hasn’t said much since the race ended yesterday but he needs to buck up and straighten up cause I need his help with those shaggy sheep.
And finally I want to draw some attention to that Jeffrey Earnhardt, Kerry’s boy. Well he sure looks like an Earnhardt and that boy can drive! He’s not in the best equipment but last week that boy would have had a top 5 finish but he had bad luck instead. And Saturday he was doin’ real well too. Hope that boy gets some big money to show everybody he is where he should be. He could set this sport on it’s rear bumper! And who wouldn’t want another great Earnhardt out there stirrin’ stuff up? You just go, go, go there Jeffrey darlin’. Granny and Duck are watchin’.
So there’s probably more I could go on about but perhaps another date in time. And apparently it wasn’t so short after all. Oh well! Email, comment or don’t cause you already know why. Granny and Duck over and out!
