madamrex:

A weird Nascar weekend up here...

Stupid TNT showing the stupid race because stupid NBC had coverage of the stupid Olympics... stupid CRTC not allowing Canadians to get stupid TNT on our cable/satellite systems.... stupid TSN having stupid golf on instead of the stupid race. Stupid.

So I followed along with Trackpass: my desktop computer utilizing PitCommand, and my laptop keeping me up to date with the MRN broadcast. Yes, I was the MultiMedia Queen/Loser Resident of a Country That Cares Little for Nascar.

I survived though, only because Mark did well. He - impressively -passed about 8 cars in the last 15 laps. Now he's up to 13th in the points, only 72 out of tenth. If I were a praying person I'd be down on my knees every night, begging the racing gods to please please please let the guy make it into the chase. If anyone out there deserves it, it's Mark. Kasey Khane? Not so much.

So this weekend it's Michigan, and I get to do the Six Pfamily basket for Mark and the Blue Crew. I've spent the weekend working out the logistics of this in my head... how the hell am I going to get all this stuff across the border? This could be the first basket they've received from "the other side" - hopefully all the good stuff won't get confiscated by US Customs, eh? Time for research... Google, guide me!


My Guys & Where they Finished - Watkins' Glen

• Mark Martin - 3rd (woot!)
  
• Rusty Wallace - 25th (meh)
  
• Bobby Labonte - 11th
  
• Elliot Sadler - 15th
  
• Matt Kenseth - 9th
  
• Jeff Burton - 12th (yay! Us Roushies will miss you, Jeff!)
  
• Ward Burton - 37th (engine go boom - bummer)