The car-driver-channel matrix for tomorrow’s running of the Allstate 400 from the renowned Brickyard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway reloads thusly:
#31-Jeff Burton, 795
#20-Tony Stewart, 796
(with Larry McReynolds)
#24-Jeff Gordon, 797
#11-Denny Hamlin, 798
#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 799
Looks like Larry Mac will be on ch 796, following Smoke’s progress. Good Deal. Larry knows his iron.
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H/T: Jayski.
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For today’s running of the USG Sheetrock 400 from Chicagoland Speedway, the car-driver-channel list looks like this:
#1-Martin Truex Jr., 795
#11-Denny Hamlin, 796
#24-Jeff Gordon, 797
#26-Jamie McMuuray, 798
#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 799
Dale Jr has reclaimed his channel 799 spot, and all’s well.
The DirecTV HotPass driver channel listing for today’s running of the Citizens Bank 400 from Michigan International Speedway lists out thusly:
#2-Kurt Busch, 795
#29-Kevin Harvick, 796
#24-Jeff Gordon, 797
#01-Mark Martin, 798
#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 799
June Bug back on 799, and all’s right with the world.
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Bill France Jr, who became NASCAR’s second president when he assumed the reins from his father, has passed away at age 74.
He oversaw NASCAR’s growth from a regional Southeastern US sport, to the coast-to-coast, border-to-border, and even international attraction is has become today.
Just a few of the things that molded NASCAR racing on Bill France Jr’s watch:
He passed the presidency to Mike Helton in 2000, but stayed on as CEO. Since then, we’ve seen XM and now Sirius Satellite radio, with 24×7 NASCAR coverage, the unveiling of the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord NC, and the series major sponsor changed to Nextel from RJ Reynolds.
Quite an impressive list. I didn’t always agree with everything NASCAR did; I wish they could have found a way to keep the North Wilkesboro and Rockingham NC facilities open, and I don’t like the way they’ve marginalized the Darlington SC facility.
Still, I’m amazed every time I tune in to a race; I remember the humble beginnings. And all fans owe a large part of what we take for granted about to the sport to the vision and fortitide of Bill France Jr. His contributions were great, and he will be missed.
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CBS has cancelled Jericho for the upcoming season. I neither know nor care about the business side of the decision, but SWMBO and I liked the show. I’ll be up front, and admit that its setting in Kansas reeled us in initially, and the show became a must watch. Portions, at least, were filmed in and around Lawrence KS, if I remember correctly. Anyhow, we liked the show, and we’ll miss it.
In better teevee-land news, 24 has been renewed for two days, or two more seasons, in broadcasting-and-show-format-speak.
The Tivo will still be of use, then.
Not even an Arkansas Sabbatical will deter me from posting the HotPass Lineup for tonight’s running of Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400 from Richmond International Raceway. This race also has the distinction of winning the Faulkernesque Naming Award for the first half of the season.
#31-Jeff Burton, 795
#24-Jeff Gordon, 796 (fan choice)
#11-Denny Hamlin, 797
#99-Carl Edwards, 798
#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr, 799
Car number, driver, and channel are indicated above, in a slightly different format than before. H/T: Jayski for the lineups.
My brother-in-law doesn’t have DirecTV, so we’ll be watching the event on Fox Sports. Hmm, and today is Derby Day, too. Better check the beverage supply.
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From The Free Dictionary:
hoax
n.
1. An act intended to deceive or trick.
Evidently, Bostonians should take this definition to heart, and realize that the cartoon characters left about the city in a perhaps ill-advised marketing campaign, were not a hoax. There was no intent to deceive or trick, and hence there was no hoax. It was a knee-jerk reaction by a bunch of officials, who must by now have remembered through which airport many of the 9-11 hijackers departed. And the arrest count is up to two, as another poor schlub, who was probably trying to make a few extra bucks, has been caught up in the investigation. The Massachusetts law is a felony offense; from the cited article:
Peter Berdovsky, 27, of Arlington, and Sean Stevens, 28, of Charlestown, were each arrested Wednesday night on one felony charge of placing a hoax device and one charge of disorderly conduct, state Attorney General Martha Coakley said.
A felony, for not anticipating what some official might do when confronted with a clearly harmless device, the intention of which was to promote a cartoon show. Man.
Add to this that the devices had been in 10 cities across the country for three weeks, and only sparked a reaction in Boston. This means either that Boston is one of the most alert and safe cities in the country, or the one most likely to inappropriately overreact to trifles. I have my opinion of which of the two it is. Hence, the return of the “Year of the Chickenshit” tag.
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I nearly let the Holiday season pass without a post about my seasonal likker purchase. Yesterday, it was time for a haircut, and there’s a Virginia ABC stors in the same strip mall village center as my haircut place.
I walked out of the ABC store with 750 ml of pure amber goodness: Jefferson’s Reserve Very Old, Very Small Batch Bourbon. From the website:
Jefferson’s Reserve takes many years to slowly naturally mature. In fact, by the time we open the barrel, approximately 50% of the bourbon has evaporated. We call that missing bourbon the angel’s share. Fifteen years of aging produces a bourbon with a rich bouquet, golden color and mellow flavor that you’ll find only in Jefferson’s Reserve. We hand-selected each barrel and then mingle them in a very small batch of perhaps a dozen barrels. You can see for yourself – each bottle is numbered.
I got bottle 647 of 2400 from Batch 47. And it’s pure ambrosia. And I consumed a small drop last evening, in the prescribed manner thusly:
We advise those purchasing our bourbon to use no mixers, please. Drink it neat, on the rocks, or with a splash of water.
At 35 bucks, best stuff I’ve had in a long time.
-k-
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Everybody knows that Robert Scoble was invited to tail along with the John Edwards campaign for the 2008 presidency. And that’s a great thing. A blogger, a real blogger, with enthusiasm, the naivete of geekhood, along on a Big Media Excursion.
And damned if the first 24 hours weren’t good. And then this gem, wherein it is shown in in-your-face detail, how insignificant those who weren’t included really are:
The problem is how do average citizens do trips like this and get access if they have to pay their own way? That’s going to be a problem. Maybe bloggers should start an association to pay for their own representatives to go on trips like this. That way we’ll make sure we keep our independence and credibility, while getting access to things like this.
Average citizens?? Sheesh, dude, average citizens keep this country going, working, paying their bills, drinking a few beers on the weekend. And us average folk don’t really give a rat’s patoot about going on some cross-country boondoggle 18 months before the election. And, there’s no way any association is gonna form, since it’s foreordained that the A-listers in their little fuzzy echo chamber who are going to provide the “independence and credibility”. They’ll look a lot like the Big Media we already know and hate.
Sorry, Robert, but I’ve got better things to do.
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