I watched my team take it in turns to hit the wall.....got me knocked off of first place. Head was inflating too rapidly anyways.

Tony.

Truex Jr.'s engine blew up Stupid Toyotas!!!!

But Smoke WON!!!!

Smoke's come through for me pretty well the last two weeks since I picked him up ....figured he was fed up with his lousy performance and would do something about ...unfortunately I still get guys running 30's and 40's

T

Yeah - same for most of us -- 2 or 3 front runners and the rest are in the back

UGGH....what a hammering. Kenseth blows an engine, Hamlin hits the wall, and Johnson gets flagged because Montoya can't find his gas pedal.
dwight77

All 5 in the top 16 then Hamlin hits the wall and drops to 30 something and Johnson jumps the restart and goes from first to 17th. That's over 50 positions in 5 minutes! Oh well, next weeks a new race.

Have a good look at your rosters , boys , Pocono is coming up . Tough , flat , 3 turn track . I'm curious to see how the lovely and talented Danica can handle it since it is kinda sports-car-ish in feel .

T

As we leave Dover behind, we head to Pocono..... A very interesting track....

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Keseloski was fined 6 points for the car being too low at post race inspection. OOOPS!!!

Heading to Pocono for the "Party in the Poconos 400" the first race on TNT!!

Remember - if you want to see your overall positions, you have to go look at the ESPN league page - these are only the positions for this week.

Boys , I'm making a SERIOUS run for the championship .....all the way up to 49046 ! ....I'm on a roll !

T

Congrats T, I knew you could break into the top 50,000! With the races going to TNT that's it this year for me watching NASCAR. The ratings for NASCAR must be in the basement for a network not to carry the races.

Don't know if I get TNT anymore ( I'm thinking NOT ) but I won't spend xtra $$$ to get it .

I'm thinking seriously about writing a book " Teejay Can Pick ' Em " , discussing my truly remarkable success at picking NASCAR winners ...maybe make a few bucks at this fer shure best seller . I'll be right up there with , uh , Kim Kardashian , Donald Trump , Mitt Romney and other " legends in their own mind " types .

T

Well - Just as the weather guessers predicted, we have had rain for the past 16 hours And it's not over yet!!!

Since it's been raining, Pocono Qualifying was rained out, therefore the lineup is by Points.....

1 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools
2 Carl Edwards 99 Ford Kellogg's / Cheez-it
3 Clint Bowyer 15 Toyota RK Motors Charlotte
4 Matt Kenseth 20 Toyota The Home Depot / Husky
5 Kevin Harvick 29 Chevrolet Rheem
6 Dale Earnhardt Jr 88 Chevrolet National Guard
7 Kasey Kahne 5 Chevrolet Hendrickcars.com
8 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota M&M's
9 Paul Menard 27 Chevrolet Quaker State / Menards
10 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Miller Lite
11 Jeff Gordon 24 Chevrolet Axalta Coating Systems
12 Aric Almirola 43 Ford Smithfield
13 Greg Biffle 16 Ford 3M
14 Mark Martin 55 Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine
15 Martin Truex Jr 56 Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 17 Ford Valvoline
17 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota FedEx Ground
18 AJ Allmendinger 51 Chevrolet Phoenix Construction
19 Tony Stewart 14 Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops
20 Kurt Busch 78 Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing-Serta
21 Joey Logano 22 Ford Shell-Pennzoil
22 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet Banana Boat
23 Ryan Newman 39 Chevrolet Haas Automation
24 Jeff Burton 31 Chevrolet TBA
25 Juan Pablo Montoya 42 Chevrolet Target
26 Marcos Ambrose 9 Ford DeWalt
27 Casey Mears 13 Ford GEICO
28 David Ragan 34 Ford TBA
29 Bobby Labonte 47 Toyota Clorox
30 Danica Patrick 10 Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
31 David Gilliland 38 Ford Long John Silver's
32 Dave Blaney 7 Chevrolet TBA
33 David Stremme 30 Toyota Lean 1 / Swan Energy
34 David Reutimann 83 Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper
35 J.J. Yeley 36 Chevrolet TBA
36 Josh Wise 35 Ford MDS Transport
37 Landon Cassill 33 Chevrolet Little JoesAutos.com
38 Timmy Hill 32 Ford OXY Water
39 Travis Kvapil 93 Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper
40 Joe Nemechek 87 Toyota TBA
41 Michael McDowell 98 Ford Phil Parsons Racing
42 Jason Leffler 19 Chevrolet Plinker Tactical
43 Scott Riggs 44 Ford Brabble

The trucks race tonight in Texas. The Nationwide (in Iowa) and Sprint cars should have NO troubles tomorrow or Sunday!! The weather is going to be partly cloudy and near 80!! See you for the "points" on Tuesday!!!!

It was announced today that TRD (Toyota Racing Develpoment) Has built new engines - Lower horsepower, but more reliable.. I Have no idea which of the Toyota drivers have what engine in their car, but they each have a choice from the old higher horsepower (Prone to top end self destruction) or the new Experimental engines.. I'll be listening Sunday to see which one Truex Jr has.. :? :? :?

Also... Jeff Gordon's Team has signed a 3 year extension (10 races per season) with the Paint division of Dupont.. Great News!!!

I dropped Biffle as he hadn't been doing well and took Edwards instead so naturally Biff finishes 2nd to Edwards 18th! Still one of my better weeks though.

Kenseth has sure messed me up lately ...wonder if any of us will get a 200 pointer ?

T