tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142610212009-10-30T10:22:09.235-05:00chicksview.blogspot.comRChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609570337164385118noreply@blogger.comBlogger466125http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.giftag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261021.post-26843464051073845522009-10-22T15:13:00.003-05:002009-10-22T15:35:20.404-05:00

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

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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

RChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609570337164385118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261021.post-19708241923771539142008-09-22T02:34:00.003-05:002008-09-22T02:56:27.132-05:00

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

RChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609570337164385118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261021.post-85612869421488364362008-08-13T20:21:00.002-05:002008-08-13T20:27:47.837-05:00

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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