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Well, I didn’t think I had that great of a week, but I managed to move up to 4th in the league. From talking to you all on the site, it looks like I wasn’t the only one who got bit at the end of the race with the GWC’s. However, I did manage to pass my boy Ronthedog, who is in 10th.

Followed closely behind us is Peace6 in 11th; Fish8bait in 12th; Lonestar in 14th; CRracing in 17th; USMCFan88 in 18th and Icebabe64 in 19th. Congratulations you guys, you’re doing great!

Note: this is a personal “Rant”, not a policy statement.

Let me get to the point: Some of you Danica supporters are going to have to suck it up just like every other fan on here has to when someone says something about their driver. This is especially true when the most riled up and vocal Danica supporters have done as much or more of their share of trashing other members’ drivers in the past.

I promised LT i would do a race report, but I’ve realized its an impossible task. So, here is my take on the memories I have and will share with you all.

We attended the Budweiser shoot out, the twins, Nationwide and the 500.  Most of my memories of the individual races have molded into one fantastic blur, only a few stand out in my mind, so here goes hope you all enjoy.

Jake Elder passed away last Wednesday and in his own way helped to make Nascar what it is today. He was one of a kind and will never be forgotten by many. As you will read he was the type person that would help any team at any time and had his own way of doing it. Many races cars went to Victory Lane that Jake made some adjustments to and never wanted credit, he knew and the team knew how they got there.

“Rest In Peace Jake” Now go make some adjustments for the Drivers in heaven that have been waiting for a winning setup.

Wow, my boy, Ronthedog, is the highest from the 3WA family in our league in 5th place. Way to go boy! I’m not helping him one bit, I promise! When I try to give him a little advice, he doesn’t listen… like when I told him I wouldn’t use Almirola if I was him. He used him, and Almirola finished 43rd, but Ron still moved up positions in the league! Not sure I understand his strategy, but whatever he’s doing, he’s beating me!

Two points separate leftturns190, Fish8Bait and Moe55, covering 7th-9th places. We must be on  a similar strategy… hopefully it’ll keep working for us!

After teammate Jeff Gordon dominated most of the race, Jimmie Johnson took four tires at the last pit and sailed past Gordon and Kevin Harvick who only took two. Chad Knaus always seems to have the winning strategy for Jimmie, as he’s shown the last two races.

Gordon and Johnson just blew away the competition on the restarts. Kevin Harvick would make up time on them after a long run, but by then their lead was so vast, there wasn’t enough laps left to catch up before having to hit the pits. Then, coming out of the pits, Harvick and everyone else it seemed, lost time to Jimmie and Jeff. Those two were just in another league on the restarts today. I know that cars are set up for short runs or long runs, but it was more that that. They just drove off to another zip code!

It starts off with a great friend Chevytech! He helped me get my house prepared by storing some boxes for me and brought me a box spring so I could get the house ready for the 3wide party. Next was an adventurous trip to the Orlando International Airport to pick up the Nutters. I finally found them on the 4th pass through at the Delta departures terminal (don’t ask).  I got a great big hug from Nutter and a firm handshake from Mr. Nutter. When I got them home they greeted Mrs. Fish like they had known her their whole lives. Chevy came over and we visited for a few hours,  then we let them get a good nights rest after their long travels.

Friday, after work, we did a little shopping then lunch at the Ocean Deck. While there, I got a surprising call from Moe. I rarely get cell phone service there. but it went through that time. She was stuck in VA far from the destination she had planned to make. Saturday, once again Chevy comes to the rescue.  He picked up Moe and got her to the track.

Well, I guess I’m skipping a race summary this week, but obviously I was very pleased with how RCR and Kevin Harvick in particular performed. Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson - looks like he and Knaus are taking off right where they left off last year. I wasn’t ecstatic about Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s performance, but he’s had so much bad luck at Fontana I just wasn’t surprised. Hopefully things will go better for him next week.

Those darn RCR boys messed up my fantasy team hopes. I figured they’d get top ten’s, but I thought the win would come down to a battle between Kenseth, Jimmie and Kurt, and went with Kenseth on my team - Jimmie was just too much money. It all comes down to balancing the bucks in the Salary Cap game, so you have to go with who you can afford!

Congratulations to USMC88Fan for his great score of 839, giving him the lead in the 3WideAlley.com fantasy league!

Others with great scores in top 20 are Moe55, 3rd with 808; My boy ronthedog 4th, at 802. Fish8bait 11th with 754, my girl Becca5 15th, at 737,and  Birddog 16th at 730. Great job all of you!

Congratulations to Jamie McMurray and his fans for his win in the Daytona 500! He’s off to a great start back with his old team, Ganassi. Those RCR Chevy motors seem to be working for them! To say Jamie was emotional about his win, would be putting it lightly.

Dale Junior and Kevin Harvick seem to have shaken the woes they suffered last season.. at least for this race. Harvick had the best car all night. If Carl Edwards didn’t make that move up the middle that messed up himself and the whole inside line, Kevin and Junior maybe could have had a 1-2 finish. Still, it was great seeing them run like they should! Junior’s run from 22nd to 2nd during the three Green/White/Checkers was ALL driver, and will hopefully quiet the catty comments from his teammates and others about how he needs to learn to drive.