GA_Boater
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With 6 races until the Chase, we are in the Pocono Mountains for what used to be called the Pennsylvania 400. Cup and Trucks are competing here, while the X-Men are running in Iowa. The Cup and Truck schedule from MRN;
And the MRN schedule for X-Men at Iowa;
The weather forecast for Pocono looks OK, so hopefully a dry weekend for once.
The Cup race has 43 entrants. Jeb will race no matter how his qualifying goes. :smile: Jr. has a new sponsor befitting this race. The scheme is appropriate as well.
From promising white abruptly switching to BSOD blue, not even a fade. 
News and Notes
H_B
And the MRN schedule for X-Men at Iowa;
The weather forecast for Pocono looks OK, so hopefully a dry weekend for once.
The Cup race has 43 entrants. Jeb will race no matter how his qualifying goes. :smile: Jr. has a new sponsor befitting this race. The scheme is appropriate as well.
From promising white abruptly switching to BSOD blue, not even a fade. News and Notes
- The Indy high downforce aero package will be used at Michigan. I'm sure the drivers will be happy. :blue: Some complained that the cars were lacking air flow through the car and were very hot. A few needed treatment after the race. The only ones liking the package are Mike Helton and Kyle Busch.
- The #98 was penalized for losing a 35 lb. unattached weight at Indy. Timmy Hill wrecked during practice and the chunk fell off when the tow truck drug the back of the car. I don't know - It seems like the weight was unattached by the tow truck dragging the back of the car on the track. :noidea:
- On the penalty subject - The Newman and Mears teams got the dreaded letter for making too many passes through inspection. Oh you naughty boys!
- The Pocano tunnel turn bumps are gone. Long a fixture adding to the difficulty of Pocono, the turn has been milled and repaved. Let's disallow shifting there, too. Whaddaya say, Denny?
- TV - Ratings down again. The only cable race so far that didn't sink is Kentucky and it stayed the same as last year.
It's time to start taking about what is ofter referred to as the "Silly Season" when driver changes are rumored along with other rumors and not rumors, which set the stage for next season. So here goes;
- SHR says they are almost down to dotting "i"s and crossing "t"s on Danica's contract extension. Still working sponsors since GoDaddy is done at the end of the year.
- Johnson still has no Hendrick contract extension. He reportedly turned down a lifetime contract, I guess similar to Gordon's with Hendrick.
- Rob Kauffman, principal owner (Mr. Money Bags) of Mikey's MWR, is is leaving and buying part of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Sabates said he isn't going anywhere for 5 more years when he turns 75. Mikey said I'm screwed!
- Along with the the MWR and CGRWFS announcement, several drivers are in flux. Rumor is that Bowyer will move with Kauffman to Ganassi. Ragan may return to MWR and Vickers says he wants to come back. Vickers is very iffy given his medical issues.
- Almost done - Furniture Row really wants to switch to Toyota and MWR may switch to Chevy. Manufacturer switch in the works?
FlaCowboy is eating our lunch and throwing those rib bones on the track in front of us. He won for the 6th time! All these :first:s are gonna cause a sinkhole under his mancave. He also has a 325 point lead in the overall standings.
Get your picks updated before race on Sunday. Good luck, iboaters. He also has a 325 point lead in the overall standings.H_B
