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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2003
Kenseth remains strong
One race past the halfway
mark and Matt Kenseth doesn’t
appear to be feeling the pressure
in the race for the championship.
With a third-place finish at
New Hampshire, he now holds a
234-point lead over Jeff Gordon
in second.
The teams now head to Pocono
Sunday (TNT, 1 p.m.) for the
Pennsylvania 500, a track where
he struggles in qualifying but
not finishing. He has four top-10
finishes in the last six races
there - including the last two.
Meanwhile, Dale Earnhardt
Jr. maintained his spot at No. 3
and with a sixth-place finish did
gain 39 points on Gordon.
Bobby Labonte, Jimmie
Johnson, Michael Waltrip, Kevin
Harvick, Kurt Busch and Tony
Stewart occupy spots four
through nine respectively.
New to the top-10 this week is
Jeff Burton, improving three
positions after finishing ninth. It
was his third consecutive top-10
finish.
He replaces Sterling Marlin
who dropped five spots after cut
ting not one but two tires down
in New Hampshire and finishing
39th.
BROWN NOSER: Jeff Gordon
was born in California. His rac
ing roots are in Indiana. His
biggest fan base? No, Warner
Robins is probably a close sec
ond. In actuality, Pennsylvania is
where most memberships to the
Jeff Gordon fan club are logged.
“They’re some of the greatest
race fans in the world,” said
Gordon through his public rela
tions department Tuesday. Yeah,
well what do they have that we
don’t have ... other than those
little Hershey kisses ...
MOUNTAIN MEMORIES:
Jeremy Mayfield has fond mem-
MONCRIEF
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with the practice growing as
popular as it has and with spon
sors being as attuned to the
almighty dollar as they are, that
this little golden opportunity
hasn’t caught on long ago.
Robbie Loomis, crew chief for
Jeff Gordon: “Hey Jeff, come
back.”
Jeff: “Go ahead Robbie.”
Robbie: “How’s she handlin’?”
Jeff: “Well, it’s a little loose in
in turn four, but overall I’d have
to say my DuPont-sponsored
Chevrolet; co-sponsored by
Pepsi, GMAC, 3M, MOOG,
Union 76, Holley, EA Sports and
Fritos is handling pretty good.”
Robbie: “Do you need us to
tighten ‘er up?”
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ories of Pocono - although none
as a winner recently. First and
foremost is the time he beat Dale
Earnhardt on a bump-and-run
on the last lap to win. In fact, he
still considers it “the” highlight
of his career.
“I think about it a lot lately,”
Said Mayfield who is 27th in the
points but had posted three
straight top-10s prior to this past
weekend in New Hampshire
where a cut tire led to a nonpro
ductive day. “We’re going to race
harder than ever to get back in
victory lane, but it’s something I
think about a lot to keep my con
fidence up. It’s definitely been an
aspiration for me.”
DREAM DATE: Casey Mears
driver of the Target Dodge will
appear on LIVE with Regis and
Kelly July 31 and Aug. 1. He has
been participating in their
“Regis and Kelly’s Dream Date
Search” whatever that’s all
about...
FROM MONGO TO MON
GREL: Ultra Motorsports is
reporting on their Web site that
after this season Mongo - Sirius
Satellite Radio will no longer
adorn the hood of Jimmy
Spencer’s No. 7 Dodge. It’s
somewhat surprising consider
ing Mr. Excitement teamed
Jeff: “No, but I did forget to
mention Goodyear ...”
If there is a word of caution for
Nextel, it could very well be “go
slow.”
They might think they can
run roughshod over the sport ...
DW: “Looks like Mikey’s been
black-flagged for something.”
Larry Mac: “Oh, I see what it
is. Him and Tony Stewart were
racing real hard side-by-side
awhile ago and it looks like the
“N” on Nextel has gotten
rubbed off the side of Mikey’s
car.”
But they won’t.
They might have picked on
and off a driver whose time and
age old by WC standards
because he isn’t in diapers
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- has kind of resurrected the
team. Combined they have seven
top-20 finishes, two top 10s and
a top 5. And even Jimmy’s bark
had gotten worse than his bite
for the most part...
BABY BY BY: The Winston
Salem Journal is reporting that
Britney Spears is now saying she
“probably won’t” be doing the
proposed NASCAR movie - sto
ryline her as the daughter of a
car owner who persuades an ex
driver to return -- promo’d last
summer.
They the newspaper -
received a lot of heat for report
ing Tony Stewart would leave
the team; also reportedly in
error. Let’s hope they got this
one right...
STILL MORE IRON-ING TO
DO: Excluding something cata
strophic, Ricky Rudd - the Iron
Man of NASCAR - will start his
700th consecutive race Sunday.
During a streak that has
spanned 22 seasons, Rudd has
registered 23 wins, 28 poles, 186
top-5 finishes and 322 top-10
efforts. He has been ranked in
the top 10 in points 18 times. He
has come as close as second -
1991 - to winning a title and has
earned more than S3O million
while at the same time being
voted one of NASCAR’s 50
Greatest Drivers.
“I guess something I’m a little
prouder of and I’m not sure of
the average,” said Rudd now 46.
“But in nearly 50 percent of
those races (actually 46 percent
during the streak - 322 of 358,
according to NASCAR public
relations), we finished in the top
10.
“So it’s not just being there,
it’s the quality of the finishes
you got when you were there.”
has come and gone, but let’s
seem them try to unsheath
Alltel from Ryan Newman.
Anonymous crewman:
“Rubbin’ ain’t racin’ Harry.”
(Formerly anonymous in ski
mask) Harry: “Will you shut up
and keep sanding? We’ve got to
get this logo off before someone
shows up.”
The point is they’re big boys.
But they’re swimming in a sea of
giants just as large as Jimmy
Spencer’s head. The Cingulars,
the AOLs, the Net Zeros and the
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money’s worth one way or the
other.
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pating in the World Championships of horseshoe throwing. The largest trophy in the center he
received for winning his class in 1996.
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“You’ll have probably 1,800
pitchers because it is the world
tournament,” Thompson said,
explaining the necessity of the
tournament’s two-week dura
tion.
“We make a whole vacation
out of it,” he continued. “I have
met the nicest people in the
horseshoes.”
Next year the championships
will be held in Idaho, and
Thompson plans, along with a
few friends, to make the almost
800-mile trek by way of
Alaska for a cruise.
Thompson’s attitude toward
the competition isn’t entirely
casual, as evidenced by his pair
of world titles, one in 1996 (his
first year in serious competition)
and another in 2001. He owns a
title in two classes.
“At a local competition there
might be 10 points difference in
the field,” Thompson said. “Up
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ferences in your class.
“So, that means you’re equally
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good shot at it.”
Thompson’s percentage is at
29-percent.
He won the world title in 1996
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at 13-percent, and then vaulted
up to 26-percent in 2001 for his
second world title.
“I told my wife (Maureen) that
I really need to be out there
pitching right now,” Thompson
said.
“In fact I pitched the other day
and was at 26-percent. So, that
goes to tell you that if you don’t
get out there and work you’ll
drop off. To win it you have to
pitch around 31-percent.”
To be qualified for the World
Championships a pitcher must
compete in three sanctioned
events during the season.
After pitching in one tourna
ment an average is recorded,
that acts as a players “handi
cap,” enabling the National
Horseshoe Pitching Association
to classify a player in the correct
category come World
Championship time.