2010 NASCAR Yahoo Fantasy league

[Drew]

Team National Guard....checking in! 

I finally signed up for the fantasy league. Now, I just need to figure out how to participate and make my selections.

[axlrosegnr]

For those of you that still somewhat give a shit about Jr., there's a good article on NASCAR.com : http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/features/02/10/inside.nascar.dearnhardtjr.hendrick.season/index.html


Also, another new rule change this year...it seems we will now get 3 attempts at a Green-White-Checkered. http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/headlines/cup/02/11/multiple.green.white.checkered/index.html

[Drew]

NASCAR has definitely taken some steps to try and get the same fire it had several years ago. Many rule changes have come this past off-season for the cars and races, and there's also been a lot of changes to help the tracks and fans as well.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Photo finish madnessssssssssssssss!

[Drew]

Photo finish madnessssssssssssssss!

Indeed......

[Drew]

It's been raining most of the day in Daytona but the truck race is still on for tonight as of right now.

[Drew]

Carl Freaking Edwards!  I now have another reason as to why I don't like him and have to root against him. He just took out Dale Jr. and about eight other cars as well. On the straight-away of all places, too!

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Carl Freaking Edwards!  I now have another reason as to why I don't like him and have to root against him. He just took out Dale Jr. and about eight other cars as well. On the straight-away of all places, too!

That felcher also took away Junior's Cup in 2004 and gave it to his teammate, Floppy Ears Busch.

[Drew]

That felcher also took away Junior's Cup in 2004 and gave it to his teammate, Floppy Ears Busch.

Grrrrr....I'm still pissed at him this morning! 

Great win for Tony Stewart yesterday in the Grand National race! Kevin Harvick finished third, too!

I'm ready to see Sarah Palin today! 

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

I woke up from my slumber and turned on my TV and it was lap 5!   

This race has been boring.

Here's a list of things I have been doing during the red flag, which is completely ridiculous by the way.

I shaved.
I showered.
I brushed my hair.
I blow-dried my hair.
Called up my bitch for today.
I'm posting this ridiculous message.

What to do next?

Fuck you ISC.
Fuck you NASCAR.

[Drew]

I woke up from my slumber and turned on my TV and it was lap 5!   

This race has been boring.

Here's a list of things I have been doing during the red flag, which is completely ridiculous by the way.

I shaved.
I showered.
I brushed my hair.
I blow-dried my hair.
Called up my bitch for today.
I'm posting this ridiculous message.

What to do next?

Fuck you ISC.
Fuck you NASCAR.

What I've been up to during the long break? Porn....porn....and more porn! A productive Sunday for me.

This red flag has killed a lot of enthusiasm. Hopefully once they get the race started again, the last 78 laps will be great.

[axlrosegnr]

Here's the first few paragraphs from an article on NASCAR.com http://www.nascar.com/2010/news/opinion/02/14/inside.line.dcaraviello.88.saves.500/index.html

 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- It had become nothing short of a fiasco, with a pothole in the track surface leaving the grandstands half-empty, and multiple green-white-checkered attempts leaving race cars fully wrecked. After nearly six hours, with spectators shivering in a cold and dark they had not expected, it was drawing comparisons to the tire debacle that had plagued Indianapolis Motor Speedway two years ago. It was difficult to find anyone outside of a driver suit who wasn't prepared to label the Daytona 500 as a disaster.

And who could argue with them? Twice the race had to be halted under a red flag because of a hole that developed from unseasonably cold temperatures, a fissure in the low groove of Turn 2 that likely chewed up one of Jimmie Johnson's tires and later took a bite out of Clint Bowyer's front splitter. Fans began to stream out of the gates long before the event finally ended. Drivers cursed over the radio and sparks flew as cars bottomed out trying to a avoid a spackle-colored patch. All the momentum NASCAR had built over the last two weeks, with the furious finishes in the qualifying races and the mania over Danica Patrick, seemed swallowed by a football-shaped gap in the asphalt.

And then came Junior.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

If only Junior had stayed midpack or even finished last.

Why did he have to tease me like that?  I actually believed in him during the last mile.

I was shaking for a good 30 minutes after that.

Jamie McMurray...I'm very happy for him.

[Drew]

Great win for Jamie McMurray and I'm very happy for him! Dale Jr. made that last lap push which was unbelievable. He looked just like his father beating and banging his way to the front. It was such a tease for Dale Jr. to come from so far back and so close to winning the race at the end. Kevin Harvick would have won if not for the last crash. I was going crazy at that point! 

I loved the victory lane interview of Jamie and how he talked about after winning the race at Talladega, he and his wife went to McDonald's for dinner to celebrate and he said he thought he'd go back again last night for dinner and to celebrate again. 

[axlrosegnr]

Anyone going to any races this year? Two weeks until Vegas. I've been lazy and still haven't got tickets yet. Usually I'm on top of it. I'll figure it out though. Want to go to another track this year too though. Been thinking about Pheonix in the fall...it's only like a 5 hour drive. Fontana is closer, but those races are usually boring as shit.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Anyone going to any races this year? Two weeks until Vegas. I've been lazy and still haven't got tickets yet. Usually I'm on top of it. I'll figure it out though. Want to go to another track this year too though. Been thinking about Pheonix in the fall...it's only like a 5 hour drive. Fontana is closer, but those races are usually boring as shit.

No.  Fuck NASCAR.

They will make some more changes before I throw another nickel at them.

[Drew]

They will make some more changes before I throw another nickel at them.

The pothole catastrophe was a complete debacle. They can't let this happen again at any track, especially at Daytona during the race of NASCAR's Superbowl.

I think it's time that Daytona was re-surfaced. You can't have this happening during races. it's too dangerous for the competitors and it's embarrassing for the sport when you have to red-flag a race to fix the problem.

[Drew]

Regarding the fantasy league, are you not able to pick any driver(s) from the field that you want to start the current race track? Are you stuck with the drivers that you selected before the Daytona 500, for the rest of the year?

It's a real shame if your stuck with the original eight drivers you select for the first race, for the rest of the season. I feel you should be able to pick any eight drivers from the qualifying field to start the race for your team.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

^Drew, check your PM's. 

And I'm laughing at the empty grandstand.

[Drew]

^Drew, check your PM's. 

And I'm laughing at the empty grandstand.

I just replied. 

I think there's a chance for some showers by the end of the race this afternoon. 

But than again, it is a race in Fontana, California.