Racer Rankins : Pocono ( Part Two)

All right, I'm sure you missed me, as I promised awesome pics of the burnout!! I was so glad for Martin. What is really funny is that his career has turned around since my five year old daughter chose him as her favorite driver. So I told her baby just remember daddy's business is your favorite! Daddy's web site is your favorite! Daddy's .....you get the point! Anyway let's get Rankin!

#6) #29 Kevin Harvick : Did you hear that Kevin was kidnapped Monday after the race? The situation was soon resolved when the real Ronald McDonald showed up for the kids birthday! Rusty was so was so embarrassed, but made up for it by letting Kevin take a few hot laps in Steve's Busch car!

#7) #17 Matt Kenseth : Everyone I talked to this week liked my joke about Matt and the apology in last weeks Rankins, only it was not a joke! Any way, I went to the De Walt trailer on Monday looking for a pink De Walt hat for my wife, they had none . The manager informed me that De Walt would not approve pink hats! Then on behalf of Matt and his crew he apologized for the inconvenience.

#8) #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. : Visa announced this week that there was absolutely no truth whatsoever to the rumors that they would be sponsoring dale Jr. , they said by Golly they wish they were true, but there not! ( You gotta give me some credit for that one!)

#9) #01 Mark Martin : There was an article this week on NASCAR.com that said if Mark made the chase it would ruin NASCAR. I say Bull Hockey, NASCAR might be ruined if either one of the Busch brothers have a ride at the end of 08'.

#10) #7 Robby Gordon : No I'm not tryin to make amends for slamming his guys in my article "A day added to my race season", I' just tellin the truth. But you know what would be funny, if Jim Beam sponsored a race and all forty three drivers had to down a fifth in like ten minutes and then run the race! Of course it would only be funny till Paul Menard pulled into victory lane, What the....!

This weeks spoiler : Chad Mc Cumbee! Why you ask, cause I'm dieing to see a Petty car in victory lane one more time!

As always stay tuned , I could not write the article I promised on what I would do to Jamie McMurray for taking my bunny, the animal rights activists went nuts, which I don't understand, I did not threaten the bunny! ( I couldn't even catch the bunny, it runs faster then Jamie!)

Racer Rankins : Pocono (part one)

Sooo, While speculating that Dale JR could sign a $1,000,000,000.00 deal if he played his cards right it hit me that Racer Rankins were due. I wonder if the king of NASCAR is hiring for the position of court jester? I'd apply!

#1) #20 Denny Hamlin : they are racin the car of yesterday next weekend and Denny seemed to have it figured out at this track, However I wonder if he could go help UPS figure out where that package of mine they lost is , it's been missing about two years , ever since Dale Jarrett said he was gonna work for Mikey. I wonder if they used the $140.00 inside to get that race team started, it sure seems like it.

#2) #24 Jeff Gordon : Jeff said he is ready to step out of the car and let Mark Martin jump in if his wife Ingrid goes into labor at the end of June. I thought Celebrities scheduled things like this? I mean it's almost human that they would have natural child birth and that Jeff would rush home from work to see his daughter born. Jeff you're gonna have to work on your reputation buddy, you smooth , calculating , racing machine, you. Who's the Dad?

#3) #20 Tony Stewart : When interviewed last week after the incident with Kurt Busch, Tony said if Kurt had a problem he should take it up with him, in the pits! Look out everybody CAT FIGHT!!!

#4) #31 Jeff Burton : I guess RCR must have either bought a lot of orange paint in advance , or they just went ahead and painted em' all orange because they didn't think they would actually win the injunction against NASCAR. On a serious note about AT&T ( write it down that's the first and maybe only time you can see me call em' that!) if you go to Billoreilly.com and take his quiz AT&T will send the troops free phone cards!

#5) #48 Jimmie Johnson : yea , yea I know JJ has been down in the Rankins for a couple of weeks now, it's not my fault, keep finishing in the same position as Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s average career finish and you won't be in the Rankin's at all unless my wife drops Matt Kenseth for you!

Hey Y'all this is part one this morning , part two tonight , plus some awesome pictures coming from Martins burnout!!

A Day Added To My Race Season!

So I am sitting here watching you out my window! Yup the race is rained out and I should be sad but I am not , probably because of how much fun I have had this weekend and am having right now as I watch the thousands of race fans stream by my home. It's really cool to see all the people and their stickers, banners, and such. My Kids and I sit in the front window and wave to as many people as we can. Most folks seem sad or tired, maybe both! If you are reading this there is a good possibility that you went by my home and saw my sign, if you did, please take the time to drop me a line and say hi. It is important to me to know who you are and how I can help you with your next race visit. We are planning some really cool stuff, like a help line you can call to get directions or info on local entertainment, or maybe just a recommended restaurant! With that said let's recap some of my weekend so far!

#1) Kudos to the Delaware DOT for having a great traffic control plan! Thank-you to all the state and local police who were out in the rain doing their jobs! I have seen worse traffic flow problems when leaving church!

#2) Kudos to Dave Newman with Dollar General or KHI not sure which and I hope I got his name right! I met him on Fri. with the #77 Dollar General car at , you guessed it DG, he was a great Representative for KHI and while I'm at it I want to go ahead and give props to all the folks involved with KHI and/or RCR because out of all the visits I made ( three days worth now) I had the most fun , and was treated the best by these folks, including Jerry and his wife (Jerry tells me he was a pit crew member on Delana Harvicks dads car!), Dayna w/ Velocity Sports and Entertainment, and her Todd Bodine look alike side kick at the Holiday Inn hospitality tent. I wish I had got his name ( the Todd Bodine look alike), cause he was a lot of fun and a great sport! We crashed their tent, we weren't even invited and we rolled out with goodies!!!

#3) Now I'm sorry to have to do this but I must be honest, we went to the Extreme Night Club to see Robby Gordon's Car. Upon arriving I noticed that there were two guys working this display , both were playing the race simulator, neither one even took the time to acknowledge us despite the fact that we stood right behind them for a while ( we were the only ones there , now I know why). You don't know the effect this had on me, I have a lot of respect for Gordon, who is known as one of the most versatile racers out there, just for simply being willing to take on the challenge of running his own team and driving his own car. By the way the way the last owner/driver to win a championship was Alan Kulwicki, his car number was #7!

#4) Thumbs down to NASCAR: I Love NASCAR and they are the best sanctioning body out there no doubt , but , we knew on Saturday evening that there was a 90% chance of rain for sunday, why not put together a better contingency plan for rain. I know they are not in control of the weather , but they are in control of the plan! I sat at the house most of the morning waiting and watching The Speed Channel, but the race was not called till after I arrived at the track around 2:00 pm. I spent about three hours wandering the track and having fun talking to folks and snapping pictures, but here is my point, I live five minutes from the track, most of you don't, so let's have a better plan , sooner!

#5) Kudos to Juan Pablo Montoya . I'm not a JPM fan, period. However I think he is fun to watch because he has a free pass from NASCAR to do a little excessive "rubbin" and "bumpin" right now. I watched him take that boy out in the Busch race, I was right there , it was fun! I must give Chip Ganassi a huge thumbs down though, JPM is not gonna do well there unless Chip changes his team, it's been about five years since Sterling Marlin led the points, chip hasn't been a real contender since then, sorry JPM , you would be better off applying for Dale JR's old job! P.S. I ran into some of Juan's people and I told them to pass a message to Juan, " hit em' harder, the fans like that sort of thing!"

#6) Once again the biggest KUDOS go out to the fans, although it was wet and chilly , and most folks had to leave so they could make work on Monday, nobody was too bent out of shape or rioting , in fact, folks act worse when Jeff Gordon wins a race!

Please stay tuned because we are going to start a contest where you can win free race parking and a climate controlled shuttle to and from the next race!! Plus we have a new website gettin started and we want you to have some input on it!

Thanks,

Jeremy

Racer Rankins Dover!

Hey Ya'll Sorry we Are late this week! We are working on setting up an entirely new web site and it was supposed to launch by Wednesday, any way Mike Waltrip made the Field this week and I did not, Go figure!

Let's go rankin!

#1) #20 Tony Stewart - My wife is sitting here watchin him on the 200Th episode of track side live and says "you know he really seems OK!" to which I say "know when to say when" and take her beer away!

#2) #24 Jeff Gordon - The only Hendrick driver to qualify in the top 10 today, I guess the pressure of having a family and a baby on the way motivates Jeff, He's gotta find a way to make ends meet ya' know, look at where the rest of those Hendrick slackers with no family to support qualified!

#3) #17 Matt Kenseth - My friend saw Matt's picture for the first time today and says "Damn he's ugly", I guess they wear those helmets for more then just safety reasons. (sorry Kelli)

#4) #29 Kevin Harvick - On a serious note I met Jerry, A Gentleman who hauls one of Harvick's display cars, at Bargain Bills in laurel today. Being a RCR insider, I knew he'd have the Skinny on Dale Jr, The scoop?, Dale is going to TOYOTA , They pay great and you get weekends off!

#5) #8 Dale Jr. - Speaking of JR , Have you heard the latest about Him and Ginn Motor sports, Supposedly Kyle bush is joining him at Ginn next year. Ginn, Budweiser, and Busch, Sounds like a college dorm party! (P.S. go read my article "A Personal Personnel Change" I predicted a dark horse suitor for JR. )

#6) #48 Jimmie Johnson- Why so low in the rankins? Lowes did not have a display car out today , the rumor is they're running it in the race sunday, at least that is what Associate "Linda" said when I asked her why the "48" car was not on display.

#7) #31 Jeff Burton- I read where Alltel is re-thinking their associations since the success of AT&Cingulars' lawsuit, I'm not 100% sure of this but now that they know they can stay in the sport no matter what , they'll probably hire a real driver.

#8) #01 Mark Martin- Mark and Kenseth both love Dover so this could be a battle of former team mates, it doesn't matter which one would get it, you would hear the same basic apology for winning.

#9) #2 Kurt Busch- While I was out on display car tour today one of the hauler drivers pointed out that the #2 he had on display was a "Rusty Wallace " car , not Kurt Busch, which of course I knew because there was no #5 Kellogg's car sticking out the side of it!

#10) #5 Kyle Busch- As a fan of Hendrick Motor Sports I am sometimes embarrassed of kyle and what he says. So I was thinking next year at Dover instead of the "Autism Speaks 400" We could have the "Kyle Speaks 400: Together We Can Find A cure"

This weeks spoiler: Mikey Waltrip, It's been so long since he's been in a race he's liable to run right over somebody to get to victory lane! That's natural selection baby, the strong survive , the weak get run over!! See ya at the Pepsi hospitality tent, the Busch Race , and the Cup race on Sunday , I'll be the guy with Racer302 written on my shirt in sharpie!