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Get 'em in folks!

And I really hope Lavabe and I do not end up with the same picks again this week or this is going to start looking pretty damned suspicious!

Boogity, boogity. boogity! Let's go racin' boys!

Martinsville!!

First caution of the day: Lap 7: Jr,hits mthe curb down low, slides up high, causing lots of problems. Although Jr is okay, Jr had lots of damage, as did Skinner. Kurt and Hamlin get sent back too,

Competition yellow at lap 40 or so today.

Caution lap 30... serves as competition yellow
Blaney, Smith& Vickers get into each other.
Half the field pits, half stay out.
Smoke takes the lead.

Caution Lap 44: Vickers and JPM spin out
JG been coming in a lot.
Smith is the Lucky Dog... his car sure looks ugly.

In fantasy news, colchar and I did our best NOT to choose the same picks.
tilly didn't make picks today. According to the weekly picks, she'll get 0 pts for choice of Kes & Jr.

Lap 65 YELLOW, as Reutimann spins out.

Caution Lap 87: Vickers got into Jamie Mac, causing Mac to hit the wall hard, back end first.
Mac tried driving away, but as Vickers passed him, Mac tried to hit Vickers, missed, and hit the wall front end first.
Ugh!!

BY THE WAY, in fantasy news, everyone has Bowyer in the B list for this race.

Lap 95, Labonte spins out in the straightaway, gets hit by KK, but continues to move. No caution, but Labonte gets lapped, and is struggling to make it to the pits.

Lap 105: Caution: JPM spins out Ambrose.
Only 395 more laps to go.
Labonte gets the Lucky Dog.

Lap 292 of 500
JG, JJ, Blech, Hamlin, Kenseth, Kes, Harvick, Burton, Dinger, Jr
Menard 14
Bowyer 21
Smith 23
Edwards 24
MM 26
Labonte 33
Ragan 34

140 laps to go
Hamlin, JG, JJ, Kenseth, Blech, Dinger, Kes, JPM, Harvick, Vickers, Jr
Menard 17 (1 lap down)
Bowyer 18
Smith 20
Edwards 23
MM 24 (2 laps down)
Labonte 33 (36 laps down)
Ragan 34 (54 laps down)
Lots of green flag racing.
CAUTION... 137 laps to go, David Gililand spins out, leaders go to the pits.

108 laps to go
JG, Hamlin, JJ, Blech, Kenseth, JPM, Dinger, Harvick, Kes, Jr, Vickers
Menard 17
Bowyer 18 (1 lap down)
Smith 21
Edwards 20
MM 24 (2 laps down)
Labonte 33 (36 laps down)
Ragan 34 (56 laps down)

102 laps to go CAUTION... Burton spins out
After the pits, 100 laps to go:
Harvick, JG, Smoke, JJ, Hamlin, Kenseth, Blech, JPM, Kes, Dinger, Jr, Truex
Menard 17
Bowyer 18
Smith 20
Edwards 23 (1 lap down)
MM 24 (1 lap down)
Labonte 32 (36 laps down)
Ragan 34 (56 laps down)
95 laps to go... green flag racing again.

94 laps to go...Sadler spins out (Smith tagged MM, who tagged Sadler... only Sadler spun out)
Edwards is the Lucky Dog
Green flag racing with 88 laps to go
BUT
CAUTION 86 laps to go... Biff spins out, backs into the wall
MM is the Lucky Dog
Smoke had to pit (he got hit by Harvick earlier), but did something wrong in the pits (no penalty)

80 laps to go Green Flag racing:
75 laps to go
Harvick, JG, JJ, Hamlin, Blech, Kes, Kenseth, JPM, Jr, Truex
Menard 15
Smith 16
Bowyer 18
Edwards 19
MM 24
Labonte 32 (36 laps down)
Ragan 33 (56 laps down)
74 laps to go... Kurt spins out after Menard got loose.
Menard's right side peeled away.

69 laps to go... Green flag racing
60 laps to go... JJ passes Harvick
50 laps to go:
JJ, JG, Hamlin, Blech, Kes, Harvick, Jr, Kenseth, Vickers, JPM, Smoke, Bowyer
Edwards 16
MM 19
Smith 20
Menard 27
Labonte 32 (36 laps down)
Ragan 33 (56 laps down)

LOTS of bumping going on: Smith nearly takes out Dinger.
Vickers charging.
Don't look now, but JR is moving up as well.
Smoke now in the top 10. The pit issue was something with a tire, but he's been able to correct the issue. He's fine.
41 laps to go: CAUTION: Vickers with substantial damage. Kenseth pushed him too hard.
Most people come home... EXCEPT JJ!!
Most people are getting some new tires. This does not bode well for JJ.
As Harvick left the pits, he slammed Kenseth's right side, but Kenseth should be able to run alright.
Vickers has a lot of repairs to do. If he comes back out, I feel Kenseth is going to have issues.

CAUTION 37 laps to go
Kenseth, Blech, and JPM hit the wall on the restart.
Kenseth's fault on this one.
Blech's pit stop was disastrous... they failed to tighten lug nuts. When he started to get out, the left front wheel flew out.
He'll lose at least one lap.
Kenseth is now in the garage.

27 laps to go: Restart
JJ, Burton, Smoke, Reutimann, JG, Kes, Jr, Hamlin, Harvick, Bowyer
Edwards 13
Smith 16
MM 26
Menard 23
Labonte 32 (36 laps down)
Ragan 33 (56 laps down)

26 laps to go: Caution... Kurt Busch bounced, and hit Newman, who spins around
Smoke just managed to get 2nd place. He has the fresh tires, and should take the win, but restarting on the outside has been AWFUL for everyone today.

Smoke lost spots on the restart, but look who's charging... JR!!
JPM's hood flew off, but no caution.
Hamlin has a tire going down
Reutimann having trouble

9 laps to go
JJ, Smoke, JG, Burton, Harvick, Jr, Hamlin, Kes, Logano, Edwards, Truex, Bowyer
Smith 17
MM 29
Menard 23
Blech 28
Labonte 32 (36 laps down)
Ragan 33 (56 laps down