NASCAR

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W00 H00 16.5 hours, till the Twin Gatorage 150's

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Less then 30 minutes........................ W00 H00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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W00 H00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! one hour, and forty-five minutes till the Daytona racing!

Go Mikey

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1 day, 1 hour and 30 minutes till the Daytona 500!!

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5 Years ago today, Dale Earnhardt was killed in the Daytona 500. I remember when Nascar announced, "We lost Dale Earnhardt."

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ANd the Daytona 500 begins, in a few more minutes. So you can guess what I'm going to watch today on TV.

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I watched about the last 20 laps or so following the #8 car(Jr. finished 6th) . I thought the race couldn't end on a yellow flag and yet it did. But hey, I'm not a true fan of the race.

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That is for saftey reasons, put into place last year. The top 20, iIn order to the finishing line it is.................

Jimmie Johnson
Casey Mears
Ryan Newman
Elliott Sadler
Tony Steward
Clint Boyer
Brian Vickers
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ken Schrader
Dale Jarrett
Kasey Kahne
Mark Martin
Robby Gordon
Kevin Harvick
Matt Kenseth
Martin Truex Jr.
Terry Labonte
Michael Waltrip
Bill Elliott
Kirk Shelmerdine


Points standings...

Jimmie Johnson
Casey Mears
Ryan Newman
Elliott Sadler
Tony Steward
Clint Boyer
Brian Vickers
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ken Schrader
Dale Jarrett
Mark Martin
Kasey Kane
Kevin Harvick
Robby Gordon
Matt Kenseth
Martin Truex Jr.
Terry LaBonte
Bill Elliott
Michael Waltrip
Greg Biffle

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Posted on Fri, Mar. 17, 2006
NASCAR owner-driver Bobby Hamilton starting cancer treatment, turning truck over to son
By DAVID POOLE
The Charlotte Observer

HAMPTON, Ga. - NASCAR Truck Series driver Bobby Hamilton will discontinue racing after Friday night's John Deere 200 and begin treatment for cancer in his neck, Hamilton announced Friday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

"I will be back," Hamilton said. "I am not quitting. I am not that weak."

Hamilton, who lives in Tennessee, will turn his No. 18 Dodge over to his son, Bobby Hamilton Jr., while he undergoes chemotherapy and radiation at Vanderbilt University hospital in Nashville.

"My goal is to be back at Homestead," Hamilton said, speaking of the 2006 season finale. "If not, then I'll be back for Daytona in 2007."

Hamilton, the 2004 Truck Series champion who has 10 career victories in that series, said he was diagnosed about three weeks after this year's season-opener at Daytona. He said the cancer is in the lower part of his neck.

Late in the 2005 season, Hamilton said, he had an infected wisdom tooth. He took antibiotics for the infection and then, in late November, had oral surgery to take out the tooth.

"The swelling in my neck wouldn't go down after that," Hamilton said.

He went to have that checked shortly before leaving for Daytona and that led to the tests that uncovered the cancer. "I guess you could say that wisdom tooth saved my life."

Hamilton said he considered trying to continue racing while taking treatments.

"But one of the things they mention about side effects is reaction time," Hamilton said. "So out of respect for everybody I race against, I didn't think it would be fair to the other competitors to even think about that."

Hamilton owns the truck that his son will now drive. Hamilton said he will continue to come to the track when he's able to do so.

"I am going to have to be in bad shape not to be there, I can tell you that," he said. "I love what I do, I love this business. NASCAR has been good to me and I just don't feel comfortable when I am not around it."

Hamilton asked the media not to refer to him as a cancer "victim."

"As of today, I am a cancer survivor," he said. "All you have to do is pray, that's all." (AMEN!! ... DW)

Hamilton is one of 15 drivers who has at least one career victory in each of NASCAR's top three series. He's won four Nextel Cup races and one Busch race in addition to his 10 Truck Series victories.

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W00 H00, President George W. Bush, just gave the command to start engines, at Texas.