And what happens to the #8? Does it stay with DEI or go with Dale
Jr.

Dale Jr. is not gonna make it to the end of the season with DEI, mark
my words!

On May 11, 11:09 pm, sauteedshr... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote:
Bud goes with him

On May 11, 9:09 pm, sauteedshr... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote:
Now what do you think ????

On May 11, 9:09 pm, sauteedshr... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote:
What do you think ? Unless there is something in the
contract ...OF COURSE
BUD GOES WITH HIM ??? why the hell wouldnt they ??? And we dont know
the
details in the contract ..so it is hard to say how it all plays out.
I would presume
that JR has made mention of his plans LOL ...and BUD will follow him
to the
ends of the earth. They have made some dumb marketing moves in the
last
few years....BUT THEY WONT BE DUMB ABOUT THIS.
will be interesting as hell to say the least

On May 12, 12:19 am, Call for Dr Punch stop talking so much stop
talking so much <fastpitst... (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:
For someone who seems to know so much, y ou have quite a bit of "so it
is hard to say"s and chit....you inbred idiot!

On May 11, 11:29 pm, itellitlikeitis
<i_tell_it_like_it_i... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
A quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon ensues over the return of
Chryseis to her father. Athene dissuades Achilles from rash action,
but he swears he will not fight again. He calls his mother Thetis from
the depths of the sea and asks her to obtain from Zeus some
gratification of his resentment. Thetis agrees to do so when the gods
shall have returned from their twelve day banquet among the
Ethiopians. Meanwhile Odysseus has returned Chryseis to her father,
who placates the god towards the Greeks. Thetis lays her request
before Zeus, who nods assent. His intentions are kept secret from all,
including Hera, despite her bitter complaints. It is left for the
cupbearer Hephaestus--lame and the butt of everyone's joke--to bring
back the laughter which should accompany the feasts of the immortals.


BOOK XIII

Despite the commands of Zeus, the gods who favour the Achaeans can
remain onlookers of their peril no longer. Poseidon, in the guise of
Calchas, encourages them to fight bravely: later, in the shape now of
Thoas, he is further grieved to see his grandson Amphimachus slain by
Hector. In the long drawnout battle that follows, in which Idomeneus,
king of Crete, plays a dominating part, Achaean resistance grows
stiffer. Polydamas calls for a concentration of the Trojan force and
in a council of war warns Hector that Achilles will not remain idle
much longer. Hector accepts the advice to call his men together, but
disregards the reference to Achilles. The battle goes on.

BOOK II

Zeus sends a dream commanding Agamemnon to attack Troy. The king tells
the elders and assembles the army. It is now near the end of the ninth
year, and it seems advisable to sound the feelings of the warriors.
Agamemnon pretends a desire to return home, and the idea is more
popular than he had thought. The attitude of the army delays the
joining of battle, but Odysseus and Nestor rally the ranks for war:
Thersites rails against the leaders, but is put to silence. A
succession of highly wrought similes now describes the marshalling of
the army: then follows a fresh invocation of the Muses to give an
accurate account of Greek strength in the Catalogue of Ships, which is
followed by a shorter catalogue of the Trojan Forces.


BOOK XIV

Nestor now leaves Machaon, whom he has been tending in his pavilion,
to find how the battle is going. He meets Diomede, Odysseus and
Agamemnon, all returning wounded from the fray. For the third time
Agamemnon speaks of withdrawal, now in terms of flight under cover of
darkness. Odysseus and Diomede disagree: Poseidon encourages the king,
and his voice puts heart into the army. Female cunning now enters the
lists: Hera borrows Aphrodite's enchanted saltire and rouses Zeus'
passion on Mount Ida, where he soon enough falls asleep. Her helper
Hypnus hastens to the plain to tell Poseidon that he can now help the
Greeks without thought of Zeus. The god vigorously encourages them,
and soon a stone from Ajax lays Hector low. He is long senseless, and
meanwhile the Trojans suffer other setbacks.

BOOK III

Despite these elaborate preliminaries, general battle is not yet to be
joined. A new delaying device holds up the increasing pressure of
events. Paris declares himself ready to settle the issue by single
combat with Menelaus, and at the last minute an armistice is declared.
Iris takes human form, speaks to Helen, and the latter goes up to the
wall over the Scaean gate, where Priam and the elders are gazing onto
the plain. At the king's request she names and points out the greatest
warriors of the Achaeans. Priam is then called into the field to swear
that he will abide by the issue of the single combat. Menelaus' sword
breaks on Paris' helmet: he seizes him by the chinstrap and drags him
towards the Achaean lines. Paris' fate seems sealed, but Aphrodite
makes the strap break, and rescues Paris in a cloud, taking him back
to his own house. Then, taking the shape of an old woman, she bullies
Helen and drives her into Paris' arms. This striking deliverance of
Aphrodite's favourite has created an ambiguous situation: Paris is
dallying with Helen, while Menelaus rages over the field seeking him.
Agamemnon claims victory for his brother and the return of Helen and
the booty: the war, he declares, is at an end.


BOOK XV

The Trojans have been driven back over the ditch when Zeus wakes up
and sees how he has been deceived. Hera has to obey his command and
send Iris and Apollo to him. Now for the first time she fully learns
his plan: Iris is to summon Poseidon from the field; Hector,
strengthened by Apollo, will drive the Greeks back to the ships of
Achilles, whereupon the latter will send Patroclus into battle.
Patroclus will have many successes - he will even slay Sarpedon - but
in the end he will fall by Hector's hand. In revenge Achilles will
kill Hector, and from then on the fate of the Trojans will be sealed.
In the end their city will be overthrown by a device of Athene's (the
wooden horse). Hera conveys the commands of Zeus to Olympus, where
Athene restrains Ares from a rash intervention in the battle. Poseidon
unwillingly obeys the command brought by Iris, and Hector with renewed
strength drives the Greeks back into their camp. Apollo himself levels
the ditch and breaches the wall: the Greeks are panicstricken as he
shakes the aegis. As the Trojans enter, Patroclus leaves the wounded
Eurypylus and runs to Achilles. Already the Trojans bearing firebrands
are approaching the nearest ships, and only Ajax still offers
effective resistance.

BOOK IV

The Achaean king may be in earnest in this view, but in the ensuing
scene in Olympus Zeus propounds it only to anger Hera and Athene. Both
demand the destruction of Troy; but we are not yet told the cause of
their hatred. At Hera's request Zeus agrees there is no other way of
keeping his promise to Thetis to send Athene to the Trojan field,
where she provokes Pandarus to break the armistice by shooting at
Menelaus. The latter is wounded, but speedily healed by Machaon, son
of Asclepius and physician to the army. Fighting is to be renewed:
Agamemnon urges on the heroes with words of praise or censure. Last to
be addressed is Diomedes, whom Agamemnon singles out for reproach.
Unlike Achilles, Diomedes takes rebuke patiently; but Sthenelus
retorts sharply.


BOOK XVI

Patroclus' tearful entreaties are wasted on Achilles, who still cannot
forget the injustice done him and has no time for Achaean self-pity.
Nevertheless he sends Patroclus with the Myrmidons and lends him his
own armour, telling him to repel the Trojans from the ships, but to go
no further, lest he diminish Achilles' reputation or meet some god who
favours the Trojans. Ajax is now exhausted, and Achilles urges
Patroclus to make haste, praying to Zeus of Dodona to grant him a safe
return. Patroclus drives back the Trojans from the ships and performs
prodigies of velour. Sarpedon falls by his hand, the son of Zeus
himself. The battle rages around his body; Zeus allows Apollo to
shield it, and Sleep and Death convey it to Lycia. Patroclus forgets
his friend's warning and attacks the very walls of Troy. He is
repulsed by Apollo, who takes the form of Asius and summons Hector to
fight him. As the sun sinks, the god himself comes behind Patroclus
and strikes him between the shoulders, so that his arms fall from him.
Euphorbus wounds him from behind with a spear, and Hector transfixes
him with his lance.

BOOK V

Diomedes is now to the fore: Pandarus' arrow cannot hurt him; Athene
strengthens him; his prowess is not content with mortal adversaries.
He wounds Aphrodite in the hand as she intervenes to protect her son
Aeneas: she flies to Olympus to be comforted by her mother Dione. Next
Apollo protects Aeneas: Diomedes prepares to attack him too, but the
god's warning voice keeps him back. With the encouragement and support
of Ares the Trojans attack boldly. Hera and Athene plunge into the
fray the latter even serves as Diomedes' charioteer. With their help
he wounds Ares, who flees to Olympus, and the goddesses also withdraw.


BOOK XVII

A furious battle rages round the corpse. Menelaus slays Euphorbus, but
retreats before Hector, who strips Achilles' armour from Patroclus'
body and puts it on. The Achaeans defend the body, stoutly led by
Ajax. Thick darkness overtakes the combatants. Achilles' divine
steeds, mourning for Patroclus, are given fresh heart by Zeus. Athene
and Apollo add further fury to the fight around the corpse. At the
prayer of Ajax, Zeus takes away the darkness: now Menelaus can look
for Antilochus, the son of Nestor, and send him to Achilles with the
fatal tidings. Victory inclines towards the Trojans, but Menelaus and
Meriones drag away the body, while the two Ajaxes defend them from the
angry onslaughts of the enemy.

BOOK VI

The Trojans' danger grows greater. The seer Helenus calls on Hector
and Aeneas to rally the ranks; then he sends Hector into the city,
where the women are to propitiate Athene with offerings and vows.
Meanwhile Glaucus and Diomedes meet on the field of battle, recognize
each other as guest friends, and exchange armour the Lycian's gold
against the Argive's bronze. This encounter in the midst of the
fighting serves as an example of knightly courtesy: it has another
function also: to hold up the swift development of the action in the
fifth book and to let us see what is happening in Troy. Hector hastens
to his mother, and the Trojan women fall to their ineffective prayers.
He next looks for Paris, to recall him to the field: he wishes to bid
farewell to his wife and child, but they are not at home. He finds
them by the Scaean gate, to which Andromache's fears have driven her.
There is a conversation between husband and wife, full of love and
grief, as if Hector were never more to return home. Andromache goes
back to the house and mourns him as if he were already dead. Paris now
joins Hector, and they return to the battle.


BOOK XVIII

Achilles is seized with such violent grief that Thetis and the Nereids
come from the sea to comfort him. His mother offers him new arms, but
says that Hector's death must shortly be followed by his own. The body
of Patroclus is still in the gravest danger, and Achilles, directed by
Iris and endowed with fearful stature by Athene, runs to the ditch,
where his war-cry appals the Trojans. Hera hastily makes th

The 8 stays with Teresa. Owner's number.

LMAROOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


"Call for Dr Punch stop talking so much stop talking so much"
<fastpitstops (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

On May 12, 1:16 pm, "pe2" <p... (AT) dalejrfan (DOT) net> wrote:
Thank you for your studious reply. That IS correct. Just like
Childress still holds the #3, but won't let anyone run it out of
respect for the 2nd best racer ever.

<gibson_car (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

From what I heard on Wind Tunnel last night (before I fell asleep-loong
weekend; we had two events a couple of hundred miles apart), this may not be
the case.

Carey in Manvel