Daytona, Baby! ! !

For months now I have waited with great anticipation for the 50th running of the Daytona 500. I have to admit for the first time in my life, I rooted for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Don't get me wrong he's a good driver, just not my favorite driver, my driver is Jeff "Big Daddy" Gordon!

On race day here is my pecking order: I always want Jeff to win, if he can't I'll turn to Jimmie Johnson, then Casey Mears and lastly Dale Earnhardt, Jr. you see, with me it's a seniority thing.

So, today after Jeff had his problems and took that horrible left hand turn to the garage, it was all about Jimmie at that point. Well that was short lived, he got tangled up and looked like he was doing some type of figure skating dance routine, twirling and sliding around the apron with another driver. Before next Sundays race, maybe he needs to ask Helio for some "lap" dance instructions!!

So then it was up to Casey and he was looking pretty good. He had positioned himself in 5th place with under 20 laps to go and Jr. was in 8th place ready and willing to help if he could get behind Casey. At that moment I said to myself "Come on, Jr! get up there and help Casey".

I was getting pretty excited and then it happend, I had just lost my third string quarterback, Casey hit the wall and out of the blue my words turned to "Come on Jr! win this thang for your dad" Whoa, did I really just say those words out loud? Guess so, my husband was looking at me with a big grin on his face. At that moment, I became a bit defensive, "he is part of the Hendrick team, you know and ummm, since I am known to be a team player, I gotta love him too!" Enough said, please, I don't want to talk about it anymore!

By the way, congratulations to Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch for finishing first and second in the most anticipated race of the year! A big "Thank You" goes out to Kyle Busch for always being fearless and extremely entertaining. Most importantly, I want to wish my Hendrick boys good luck and I'll see you on Sunday in Fontana.