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UAW-Ford 500,
1:30 p.m., Sunday NBC
Busch Series
Dollar General 300, TNT
Oct. 13. Friday
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3 p.m., Saturday
► Tony Stewart has won two Cup
championships one spon
sored by Winston, the other by
Nextel but he won his first
Soap Box Derby in Kansas.
Soap Box Derby? Well, it's unof
ficial. but the first two finishers,
Stewart and Casey Mears, did
coast across the finish line.
► Experience paid off in the Ban
quet 400. The drivers who fin
ished third, fourth and fifth
were, in order, 47-year-old Mark
Martin. 49-year-old Dale Jarrett
and 39-year-old Jeff Burton.
* Anyone can win the Chase,
thanks to the format, but Burton
has built a 69-point lead three
races into it. Only four drivers
Denny Hamlin, Martin. Matt
Kenseth and Kevin Harvick
are within 100 points.
► Kasey Kahne, so strong this
year on "intermediate tracks," is
unlikely to be able to take ad
vantage of that strength since
he now trails Burton by 273
points.
► Kansas should've marked the
beginning of Jimmie Johnson’s
valiant comeback. He led 105
laps, yet it all blew up in his
face in the final five. Part of it
was his fault a pit-road
speeding ticket but some of
it was just fate.
► The driver left pondering what
might have been was sixth-place
finisher Carl Edwards. Like Stew
art. Edwards had little to lose by
gambling on fuel, but unlike
Stewart, he didn't give it a try.
► A bizarre Kansas race left the
standings scrambled six of
the top 10 positions changed
and change is iikely to be the
norm again. The next race. Tal
ladega, figures to be the
Chase's most volatile. Rest as
sured that the drivers at the top
are dreading the UAW-Ford 500.
► Stewart's average speed at
Kansas was 121.753 mph. He
wasn't going half that fast when
he crossed the finish line ...
and it wasn't under caution.
► An almost alarming number of
400-mile races at 1.5-mile
tracks are seemingly being de
cided by fuel mileage.
WHO HOT
AND WHO'S NOT ' '
► Who's hot
Points
leader Jeff
Burton has
finished in
the top 10 in
four straight
races....
Mark Martin
has im
proved from
Burton
10th to third in points in a
span of five races.
► Who’s not Jeff Gordon
has finished outside the top
30 in two of the past four
races. ... Kasey Kahne's last
three finishes are 16th. 38th
and 33rd.
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without a hearing.
WITNESS THE HONORABLE
JANICE D. SPIRES
By: Michelle L. Elvins, Clerk
39183 10/5-10/26
Petition of
Jessie Harris for
Leave to Sell Property of
Estate of Christopher C. Plump,
Deceased.
To: Geneva Coleman and to Whom
It May Concern:
This is to notify you to file
objection if there is any to the above
referenced petition, in this court on
or before October 16, 2006. Be Fur
ther notified: All objections to the pe
tition must be in writing, setting forth
the grounds of any such objections.
If any objections are filed, a hearing
will be scheduled at a later date. If
no objections are filed, the petition
may be granted without a hearing.
Witness, The Honorable Janice D.
Spires, Judge
By: Carol Hurst, Clerk,
Houston County Probate Court
38527 9/21 -10/12
NEXTEL CUP SERIES
■ Race: UAW-Ford 500
■ Where: Talladega (Ala.) Super
speedway (2.666 miles), 188
laps/501.208 miles.
■ When: Sunday, Oct. 8
■ Last year's winner: Dale Jarrett
■ Qualifying record: Bill Elliott.
Ford. 212.809 mph, April 30,
1987.
■ Race record: Mark Martin. Ford.
188.354 mph, May 10,1997.
■ Last week: Tony Stewart won a
race by stretching fuel. Honest to
gosh, it's true. Tony the Tiger
stooped to conquer. He used his
noggin for once. The Banquet 400
ended with the top two finishers
coasting across the finish line.
Stewart's Chevy ran out of gas off
turn two. perhaps two-thirds of a
lap shy of the finish line. Since re
maining on the track while others
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Ryan Newman
A Serious Slump
Once a star on the rise, Newman has hit the skids this season
By Monte Dutton
NASCAR This Week
Ryan Newman, a former Raybestos
Rookie of the Year and a winner of 12
Cup races at age 28, finds himself in a
surprising slump.
Newman, like teammate and former
champion Kurt Busch, failed to make
the Chase for the Nextel Cup for the
first time this year. His most recent
victory, in New Hampshire on Sept.
18,2005, was 38 races ago. He’s 17 th in
the points standings.
“The emotional feeling is obviously,
I won’t say depression, but sometimes
disgust, sometimes frustration, some
times a little bit just frustrated and
upset,” he said. “The bottom line is I
know we had a rough offseason at
Penske Racing.
“This is not an excuse, but you
asked for a reason. Matt (Borland, his
crew chief) and a lot of people at the
shop had been so in-depth in meetings
and things like that to make the car go
fast that we haven’t been able to put a
lot of emphasis and focus on making
the Alltel Dodge go around in a circle
real quick. I think that’s part of it. I
think we’re playing catch-up with a
few things, technology-wise, and I see
that getting better over time, obvious
ly. Our struggle in race trim has put
more emphasis on us ‘doing race trim’
in practice, which we’ve got a lot of
criticism for, whether it was deserved
or not. We’re definitely to a point
where we're struggling now.”
The emphasis on race performance
has, in turn, affected Newman’s quali
fying, which, until recently, was a no
table strength. Newman has won 37
poles in 181 races, but he has only two
this year.
The next race, at Talladega Super
speedway, doesn’t appear particularly
promising. Newman, from South
Bend, Ind., finished 33 rd in the cir
cuit’s earlier visit to the restrictor
plate track. Though he hasn’t fared
particularly well at such venues, it’s
pertinent to note that Newman did fin-
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NOTICE
HOUSTON COUNTY
PROBATE COURT
The petition of Patricia A.
Patterson, for year’s support from
the estate of Richard L. Patterson,
deceased, for decedent's surviving
spouse, having been duly filed, all
interested person are herby notified
to show cause, if any they have, on
or before October 10, 2006, why
said petition should not be granted.
All objections to the peti
tion must be in writing, setting forth
the grounds of any such objections,
and must be filed on or before the
time stated in the preceding sen
tence. If any objections are filed, a
hearing will be scheduled at a later
date. If no objections are filed, the
petition may be granted without a
hearing.
WITNESS, the Honorable Janice D.
Spires
Michelle L. Elvins, Clerk
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pitted had left Stewart with a sub
stantial lead and since the sec
ond-place driver at the time. Casey
Mears, also ran out of gas he
won anyway. The 27th victory of
Stewart’s career wasn't one he
particularly cherished, but it was
unlike any other. The 35-year-old is
noted for his brilliance behind the
wheel. Victories based on strategy
have, by his own admission, been
uncommon. "It's hard." he admit
ted, "to be disciplined." Stewart's
victory was hardly the only unex
pected development in a race that
seemed bizarre from its very be
ginning. In the first year in which
he failed to make the Chase for
the Nextel Cup. Stewart, the reign
ing champion, won one of the 10
Chase races for the first time. In
his career.
Nextel Cup Series
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NOTICE
HOUSTON COUNTY
PROBATE COURT
Carla Adamar has peti
tioned to be appointed Administrator
of the estate of April Leshay NeS
mith, deceased, of said County. The
petitioner has also applied for waiver
of bond and/or grant of certain pow
ers contained in O.C.G.A.
§53-12-232. All interested parties
are hereby notified to show cause
why said petition should not be
granted. All objections to the peti
tion must be in writing, setting forth
the grounds of any such objections,
and must be filed with the court on
or before on October 10, 2006. If
any objections are filed, a hearing
will be scheduled at a later date. If
no objections are filed, the petition
may be granted without a hearing.
WITNESS THE HONORABLE
JANICE D. SPIRES
By: Michelle L. Elvins, Clerk
38237 9/14 - 10/5
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Ryan Newman Newman, a weekly contender for the past couple of seasons, Is currently
mired in 17th place in the points standings.
ish third in this year’s Daytona 500,
leading 23 laps. That’s his second-best
finish of the season. A handful of driv
ers Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart
and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have domi
nated recent races at such tracks.
“You’ve got a bunch of Chevrolets
and a couple of drivers who obviously
know what they’re doing at those race
BUSCH SERIES
■ Race: Dollar General
300
■ Where: Lowe’s Motor
Speedway. Concord. N.C.
(1.5 miles), 200
laps/300 miles.
■ When: Friday, Oct. 13
■ Last year's winner:
Ryan Newman
■ Qualifying record: Jim
mie Johnson. Chevrolet,
187.735 mph, Oct. 14,
2005.
■ Race record: Mark
Martin, Ford, 155.799
mph. May 25,1996.
■ Last week: Points
leader Kevin Harvick
won the Yellow Trans
portation 300 at
Kansas, holding off Matt
Kenseth.
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CRAFTSMANTRUCK
■ Race: John Deere 250
■ Where: Talladega
(Ala.) Superspeedway
(2.666 miles), 94
laps/250.604 miles.
■ When Saturday, Oct. 7
■ Last year's winner
First race
■ Qualifying record.
First race
■ Race record: First
race
■ Last race: Mike Skin
ner, in a Toyota, won the
Las Vegas 350 at Las
Vegas Motor Speedway.
No. 12 Alltel Dodge
tracks,” said Newman. “I think it has a
lot to do with the car and what car
they’re taking to the race track not
necessarily manufacturer-wise and
the bottom line is it takes a better car
than driver to win those races.”
Contact Monte Dutton
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Cambridge Realty, is owned and
carried on by GS McLit, Inc., a
Georgia corporation, whose address
is 339 Margie Drive, Warner Robins,
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2006 ►
ST Aaron's 499 UAW-Ford 500 St
Distance: 2.66 mile oval
Length of frontitretcfr. 4,300 ft TJm
“y Length of backstretcfc: 4,000 ft.
8 T53 " Miles/Laps: 500 mi. - 188 laps
Johnson
Warner Robin - High School
Northside - High School
Houston County High School
FEUD OF THE WEEK
Versus
Jimmie Johnson vs.
NASCAR officials
After leading 105 of the 267
laps, a comedy of errors relegated
Johnson to a 14th-place finish at
Kansas. Not the least of Johnson’s
problems was a penalty for speeding
exiting pit road on the 263rd lap. “I’ll
have to go and see where that was,”
said Johnson. “I definitely don't feel
I was speeding on pit road, but the
computer doesn’t lie ...”
NASCAR This Week's Monte
Dutton gives his take: 'Twenty-nine
penalties were issued during the
Banquet 400, and five went to cham
pionship contenders. Rookie Denny
Hamlin was twice penalized for pit
road violations. By far, Johnson's in
fraction was the most costly.”
.EOENPS AND LORE
Bouchard pulled historic
upset win at Talladega
One of many notable Talladega
upsets occurred on Aug. 2,1981,
when Ron Bouchard won the only
major NASCAR race of his career.
Bouchard, driving for Jack Beebe,
took advantage of the fact that Dar
rell Waltrip, Terry Labonte and Harry
Gant were occupied with one anoth
er. Bouchard, from Fitchburg, Mass.,
astonishingly swooped by all three
on the final lap. The top seven finish
ers all drove Buicks.
«=/VIM TIPS
Ever wonder how much
money these guys make?
The average salary for a Nextel
Cup driver in 2004 was between
$1.5 million and $2 million, but
some of the series' top drivers make
as much as three times that. But
where they can rake in the cash is by
performing well on the track a
NASCAR report in 2004 stated that
drivers can take home 30 to 50 per
cent of their race winnings each
week. For example, Tony Stewart
earned $346,361 for winning in
Kansas last week. He might pocket
around $150,000 of that total.
Those kind of figures really add up.
Jimmie Johnson has earned more
than $7.4 million this year in win
nings, meaning he's probably taking
in around $3.5 million in addition to
his considerable salary. You can add
to all of this appearance fees, spon
sor bonuses and any number of side
projects, and it’s easy to see how the
top drivers are among the most high
ly compensated athletes in the
world.
ing thereto required by the O.C.G.A.
§lO-1-490, has been filed with the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Hous
ton County, Georgia.
GS McLit, Inc.
By: Gayle McFayden, President
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