This season has been one of his best if you're a race watcher, but also a season of what could have been. Currently, the man is 13th in the standings, and has 6 DNFs (Did Not Finish) under his belt. That means that even though he was unable to finish 6 of the races, he still managed to have an outside chance of making into The Chase. What really chaps me is that none of the DNFs were his fault. The first came at the Daytona 500 where he got wrecked in someone else's screw up, and the other 5 where engine failures. ENGINE FAILURES!!!! Four of those 5 he was running top 5 and the 5th he was running 6th when they expired, or began to "let go". Even after all that, the guy still wasn't completely eliminated until the last race leading up to the chase which is encouraging. Next season, with reliable Hendrick motors under him, hopefully, he'll be back in contention. But, now it's another wait till next year season, and that sucks.
*Silver Lining*
Back in the spring, The Mole and some of his fellow degenerates congregated in the Austin area for a bachelor party. Nothing was written of this adventure because nothing was really remembered, except for one thing. One of the Mole's buddies, The Communist, made a bet. It was pretty simple really, his driver is the #9 of Kasey Kahne, The Mole's is #8, Jr. Whoever finishes higher in the season points standings wins. Loser, has to float the Guadalupe River as the gay Ultimate Warrior over Memorial Day weekend during our annual drunken stupor fest. Had Jr. made the chase, this bet would be over since Kasey is in 22nd place. However, now that he is outside the top 12 this will give The Communist a chance to try and make up those 500+ points he's behind. More than likely, you'll see him, not The Mole, floating down the river in all pink. When you do, remind him we're in America, and we don't recognize communist football (soccer) as a real sport.
When real football players grab their knees and roll on the ground, ligaments are torn
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"Nothing was written of this adventure because nothing was really remembered"
I enjoy the small, sometimes un-noticed comments you make... I seriously had to pause and start reading all over again because of the laughing... Please Please Please never quit doing this... It makes my trips so much easier... I'm in Atlanta tonight, by the way... there is a Chinaman convention here at the Hampton Inn. I giggled a little bit upon my entry to the lobby.
Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature, Asian American, please.
BTW, speaking of Lebowski, P and I both got most improved bowler in our fall league last year. We started our new league this past Sunday and just bought her another new ball. Next time you're in town, we're gonna roll, unless it's Shabbos.
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