Notes for Chicagoland
Hey there! Long time no see!
All I can say is a busy lifestyle makes for a bad blogger…[some highlights interspersed below].
So with no further ado…here are some random thoughts on Saturday nights race at Chicagoland.
There’s alot of talk about this being a good track for ‘Happy’ Harvick…he carried some good speed in P2, but i’m not buying him until he comes out of his funk. I might think about Bowyer who has had some consistency lately.
May 6: elected secretary/treasurer for my Home Owner’s Association. They neglected to mention how much WORK this is! Already have attended 3 Board meetings, 2 Architectural Control Board meetings and 3 general committee meetings. I also just finished authoring a 10 page Agreement between our Association and the neighboring Association for the upkeep of the half mile parkway leading to our subdivisions.
Truex Jr. announced he’s moving to MWR next year. given EGR’s current situation, i don’t expect Truex Jr. to get much from them through the rest of the season. They might use him as the experimental guinea pig though.
May 15: Pensacola Pelican’s game, semi-pro baseball team, daughter Kristin got to sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame on the field in front of the whole crowd.
Juan Pablo is in the chase, expect him to drive for position and not do anything crazy. He WANTS TO MAKE THE CHASE and he should be a solid driver over the remaining races leading up to it.
May 2oth: went to the Paradise Bar & Grill to see awesome canadian guitar wizard Shawn Kellerman with my neighbors. The great thing about the Paradise is that there is a bar, a restaurant type area and an outdoor picnic style beach area for famlies. There’s always lots of kids on the beach, the water is warm and shallow, so the girls have a great time too. Especially Kristin who loves to dance and usually gets invited to dance on stage with the band.
A new crew chief hasn’t done much for Jr. who has slipped two spots in the standings since Lance McGrew took over. I’ve placed Jr. on mydo not use list until he shows some consistency. I’m thinking that might happen sometime next year. Maybe.
June 4: All end of school year parties are over, report cards and awards handed out and the kids are out of school! Yippeeeee!!! Or maybe not, how can they be bored ALREADY? Have 2 extra for the summer as well, a friend of one daughter whose home life is sketchy and another whose parents seperated and can’t be home alone. That makes FIVE almost everyday, plus assorted friends. YIKES!!!
Tony Stewart is a must have, for the foreseeable future. jmo.
June 16: if you like old time blues I recommend the Atlanta based Breezekings who I saw perform on the outdoor stage at the Paradise Bar & Grill. Some Polynesian fire dancers also performed.
Ryan Newman shouldn’t hurt you either.
Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin all look good.
June 29th: more Paradise! Motor City Josh, an awesome blues band from Detroit, on the outdoor stage. He was so good, we went back with more friends on July 2nd too!
JJ has an AF of 3.3 if you throw out the crash two years ago. He is running very well right now.
Mark “Wrinkled Raisin Man’ Martin always looks great, but only finishes that way some of the time. I see around a top 15 finish for him this week, but not much better.
Jeff Gordon really likes his car.
Both Busch brothers should have a good finish. Kurt might be safer, he wants to stay in the chase. Kyle might win, but will he be out to prove something to Stewart? Win or crash, there doesn’t seem to be much inbetween for him these days. He needs to be a bit more consistent to cement his place in the chase though.
July 3rd: my AC unit failed, boy was it hot! Got it defrosted and limping along until the repairman could come visit on the 6th.
I like new daddy Matt Kenseth even though his practices are nothing special so far. His practices are usually not that exciting and he wins ,or comes close anyway. He has the second most points earned here in the last 2 races. He has never been lower than 5th most points earned here in the last 10 races.
Biffle should be good for a top 12.
Carl Edwards’ AF here is 23.5, however, his AF this year at similar tracks [Las Vegas, Atlanta, Texas & Charlotte] is 8.5. He does have a fast car this weekend.
July 9th: Cheerleading practice starts…….and seems to never end.
Kasey Kahne is my dark horse.
Vickers, Ambrose and Logano are my budget picks for the week.
Good luck everyone!
xox, mb
bonus!!! a rare siting of malibu barbie from the Shawn Kellerman gig….
