Hello Angels, Bosley, Mr. X and the UnNamed One,

What an exciting race to watch today, in comparison with last week's Daytona 500.  There was a lot of action from the beginning of the race until the end.  Most of the excitement came from one driver though, Dale Earnhardt Jr.  He was responsible, or part of an incident, that brought out  five of the seven caution flags today.  This included three spins on his own.  Of those three spins, he caused six or seven drivers to spin, including Jeremy Mayfield, John Andretti and most notably,  Jeff Gordon who was running 7th at the time.  These cautions allowed the race winner, Dale Jarrett, to go from the middle of the pack and beat Kurt Busch to the checkered flag.  Congratulations to Jarrett on his victory today, and let's hope that Earnhardt Jr., picks up the pieces and recovers from his dismal start to the 2003 Winston Cup season.

Ok, so now I'm sure you want to know where you stack up in the big scheme of things.

Well, Jill (Jennie), unfortunately by you not having any drivers finish in the top-10 today, you have earned our coveted, err, least wanted "GOLDEN CABOOSE" Award.  You have our Angels empathy with you today too.  Your worst driver, Todd Bodine, who is also on other teams as well.  He was an early victim to the Rock taking out his right front side, and ending his day on lap 87 of the 393 laps run today.  He finished 42nd.  Kenny Wallace was another victim to the Rock's walls as the nose of his car was crushed in during a spin.  He finished the race, but could only muster a 38th finishing spot.  Tony Stewart had a run-in with someone (I have no idea who), and bent in his left front quarter of his car.  He was only able to manage a 20th place.  As I've already mentioned, Gordon was a victim to Junior's antics and went as far down as 25th.  He was only able to recover a 17th place finish, one lap down.  Your top finisher today is Ricky Rudd (Go Air Force) in 11th spot.  Your average finish today is a dismal 25.6.  I do believe the rest of our Angels joins me in wishing you much better luck next week.

Bosley (Jude), you almost matched Jill's finishes because you both share three of the five drivers, Bodine, Wallace and Stewart.  Saving you from the GOLDEN CABOOSE is last week's sod eater, Ryan "I wish I had some of Paul Newman's Own salad dressing to go with my grass salad" Newman, who finished 15th.  You also had Rusty "I can't win a race lately" Wallace, finished 6th.  Your average finish is also a murky 24.2.  Much better luck next week.

Tiffany (Jen Y), This week you picked Kyle Petty to be your 5th driver.  Well, unfortunately, he lived up to that position by being your worst driver today, finishing 35th.  Not living up to his number one position on your team is Earnhardt Jr.  Let's hope for your sake, he improves his finishing performances for the rest of the season.  Kevin Harvick had an ok race but fell victim to traffic and finished the race two laps down in 26th.  Last week's Daytona 500 winner didn't have that much of an afternoon today and could only muster a 21st place finish, one lap down.  One thing that did go right for you today is having new rookie "Phnom" Jamie "I love playing jokes" McMurray, who finished 6th.  Your average finish today is a not much better than Bosley's murky one, with 24 even.  I'll wish you much better luck next week too.

Kris (Peggy), causing you much pain today is Bodine and Earnhardt Jr. Add to that mix is the 26th place finisher of Harvick.  The only drivers helping you today is Ward Burton's 14th place finish and of course, Kurt "I"m on one heck of a hot streak" Busch, finishing 2nd.  Unfortunately, your 23.4 average finish doesn't reflect Busch's hot streak.    Better luck next week.

Well, here I am, only one week after my domination in the Daytona 500 and all I can say is, "what happened." I I took one look at my roster and found my reasons.  Like so many of you today, I have Bodine and his 42nd place finish on my team.  He along with Robby "the other" Gordon (finishing 29th) hurt me considerably. Add to them, the spin by Jeff, "the Original"  Gordon and that is where my middle of the pack run comes from.  I also have Burton's 14th place finish helping me.  My best driver this week is last year's rookie Phnom, Jimmie Johnson, who finished 7th.  My average finish is also a disappointing 22 even.  Someone please wish my better luck next week.

Sabrina (Susan), unfortunately for you, you didn't do much better than I did.  Your worst driver, John Andretti, was taken out early by Earnhardt Jr.'s antics.  He finished 39th.  Robby Gordon didn't help you much either with his 29th place finish.  I chronicled Tony Stewart's problems, albeit, not that well, and his 20th place finish.  Putting you in our 5th place this week though was  Johnson's 7th, and McMurray's 5th.  Your average finish is an even 20 this week.  Better luck next week.

Julie (Jen T), I think this was the type of average finish you were hoping for in last week's Daytona 500. Your worst driver, like Tiffany, didn't live up to his first place billet on your team, especially with his 33rd place finish.  Harvick didn't help you much either of course, finishing 26th. Surprising me though was Jimmy Spenser and his 19th place finish.  (I didn't know he found a car to drive for this year).  Like Sabrina, helping you the most today is having Johnson and McMurray on your team.  They helped you to an average finish of 18 even. I think that I'll still wish you even better luck next week.

Mr. X (Dave), Kenny Wallace's spin and crash hurt you considerably this week.  This is because your remaining 4 drivers finished 26th or better.  In that 26th spot was Harvick.  Johnny Benson, who was an early favorite to win today, finished 13th.  The FOX-Sports announcers were jokingly calling Rockingham Raceway, "Markingham." This is because Mark Martin usually dominates the Rock.  Well, he didn't dominate today, but had a very good racecar, none-the-less.  He finished 6th.  Your top driver today is Busch and his 2nd place finish.  Your average finish is 17 even.  Good job.

Kelly (Sarah), you recovered nicely this week, after that disastrous week in Daytona.  You could've been a contender for the top-spot today had it not been for Andretti's 39th place finish.  He was your sole blemish today.  Bobby Labonte and Burton's 16 and 14 place finishes respectively definitely helped you.  But Ricky Craven's 4th place and Kurt Busch's 2nd place rocketed you to our runner up position today.  Your average finish is an even 15.  Nice job.

Well, that leaves the UnNamed One (Ray) as our "Top-Angel Award" Winner today.  Your worst driver is rookie Greg Biffle, who had himself a decent day finishing 23rd. Also helping you is having Rudd and his Air Force sponsored car finish 11th.  I guess what really put you over the top today was having three drivers finish in the TOP-5.  In that 5th place is McMurray, with Matt Kenseth in 3rd, and of course, Dale Jarrett finish as the race winner.  Congratulations on your first 2003 TOP ANGEL AWARDs, with an average finish of 8.6.

Our combined average finish is 17.96.

Look below to see where we stack up after the Daytona 500.  I'll post the new scores tomorrow after the RPM.ESPN STOCKCAR CHALLENGE Web site is updated.

Next week's race is the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Update your drivers if you choose to, by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27.

Good luck Angels,