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

The race last night lived up to what I would call a Saturday night special.  No real controversy, just good racing.  You can definitely tell everyone is thinking championship now. Especially with Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick, who are one and two in the Winston Cup Championship points standings.  Harvick last night didn’t give Kenseth any breathing room when Kenseth went to pass early in the race.  While I can’t remember if they actually touched, there were some pretty tense moments.  Luckily for both drivers they came away unscathed and both finished in the top-10 of the race.

Ryan Newman almost won his ninth race on fuel mileage again, but this time his tires hurt him and Tony Stewart passed him with about 10 laps to go.  Stewart cruised to win the UAW-GM Quality 500.  Congratulations to Stewart on only his second win since winning the 2002 Winston Cup Championship. 

As for our teams, most of us did much better this week. But, I almost had to award the Charlie’s Angels’ BONEHEAD Award to one of our teammates, but their driver did enter the race, just didn’t qualify.

Yes, Sabrina I’m talking about you.  Ken Schrader not making the 43-car field really hurt you and automatically gives you the GOLDEN CABOOSE Award for this race.  Robby Gordon didn’t help you either with his 38th place finish after crashing into the wall.  Other than that, you’re drivers were outstanding.  Dale Earnhardt Jr., finished ninth, while Jimmie Johnson finished third.  Your top driver this week is your “stud,” Stewart and his win.  Much better luck next week.

Bosley, Sabrina saved you from a repeat GCA this week.  Lucky for you all of your drivers qualified.  Unlucky for you though is Elliott Sadler is having a string of bad luck with crashes.  He crashed hard again this week ending his day early in 43rd spot.  Kurt Busch had his engine blow up last week, this week he had a tire disintegrate causing his to crash late in the race.  He finished 41st.  Michael Waltrip had a decent day finishing 14th, while Rusty Wallace had two penalties for speeding on pit-road.  He lost many positions and ended his night in 13th spot.  Your top driver is Newman and his second place finish.  Your average finish is a disappointing 22.6.  With your recent bad luck, I suggest all of our angels wish you a much better week next week.

Tiffany, while you held the top spot on the Charlie’s Angels’ Fantasy League after last week’s race, this week you lost that position because Sadler’s 43rd place finish combining with John Andretti’s 30th place finish is definitely not helping your cause. Harvick however had a good run and finished 10th. Johnson and Newman teamed up to finish in third and second places to round out your five drivers.  Your average finish this week is a not so bad17.6. Better luck next week.

Kris, Mike Skinner again is your worst finishing driver by crashing with Elliott Sadler.  Skinner finished 39th after reentering the race almost 50-laps down.  Terry Labonte finished 18th, but was never a factor in the race.  You picked a good week to get rid of Kurt Busch and pick up Jeremy Mayfield.  Busch crashed, and Mayfield 12th.  Nice pick.  Earnhardt definitely helped with his ninth place finish, while your top driver this week is Jeff Gordon in fifth.  Your average finish is a nice 16.6.  Better luck next week.

UnNamed One, all of your drivers didn’t do too badly with former teammates Dale Jarrett and Ricky Rudd finishing 22nd and 23rd respectively.  Greg Biffle had a decent day yesterday, winning the Busch race and then finishing the Winston Cup race in 17th.  Kenseth had a solid run even though he took a provisional to start the race and finished eighth.  Your top finisher is Newman who started in the pole-position for the eighth time this year.  You’ve got to wonder where Newman would be if he didn’t have such a horrible start to the season.  Your average finish is a nice-one at 14.4.  Better luck next week.

Kelly you’ve been having solid runs with your drivers as of late.  This week included.  Jeff Green didn’t hurt you too badly with his 27th place finish, three laps down.  Labonte is in the same boat with his 18th place finish.  Waltrip helped you his 14th place finish.  Labonte’s brother, and your heartthrob, Bobby, definitely helped you with a sixth place finish.  Your top driver this week is Newman and his second place finish.  Your average finish is also a nice 13.4.

Mr. X, you and I tie for the Charlie’s Angels’ second spot this week.  Rudd’s 23rd place finish definitely didn’t hurt you too badly, while Andretti’s 30th place finish didn’t hurt my too badly either.  We both share Biffle and is 17th place finish.  But that is where you and I differ.  You also have Mayfield and his 12th place finish, following Mark Martin in 11th place.  Your top driver is Newman and his second place finish.  I have Kenseth with his eighth place finish, along with Jeff Gordon and Johnson with their fifth and third place finishes.

Our tying average finish this week is 13 even.  Nice job.

Well, Jill, your driver picks this week definitely paid off, BIG-TIME, for you.  Kevin LePage started the race in the fourth spot, but when the green-flag waved, he immediately fell back.  He didn’t fall back too far though and finished the race two laps down in 21st spot.  If you want to call that a blunder you can, but your remaining four drivers were absolutely stellar.  You were one driver away from the lowest average finish possible.  This is because your remaining drivers Stewart, Newman, Johnson and Jeff Gordon, finished first, second third and fifth respectively.  If only LePage could’ve finished fourth instead of starting fourth.  Instead of having the absolute lowest average finish of three even, you’re average finish is still an incredible 6.4.  My congratulations on winning the TOP ANGEL AWARD for this 31st race of the Winston Cup Series.

Our combined team’s average finish is a very nice 12.68.

Here’s how we stack up after last night’s UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowes Motor Speedway.

1	Jill's Jockeys, J. Lindsey	493	570	587	614	727	610	785	4386
2	Tiff's Young Guns, J. Young	618	594	680	564	690	567	586	4299
3	Charlie's Boyz, E. G.	539	528	603	652	509	594	652	4077
4	Mr X, D. Nunes	671	607	468	651	488	548	638	4071
5	Kelly's Knights, S. Riddle	659	595	481	520	563	591	642	4051
6	Unamed Ones Fords, R. Young	570	610	518	577	476	565	620	3936
7	Kris' Boy Toyz, P. Grill	419	528	600	409	679	513	585	3733
8	Bosley Bombers, J. Kratzer	384	581	518	400	764	517	494	3658
9	Sabrina's Stallions, S. Jackson	0	0	0	0	638	592	547	1777

Sabrina, even with only four drivers, you still scored more points than Bosley.  This is because your drivers had extra bonus points. 

Next week’s race is the Old Dominion 400 at Martinsville Motor Speedway.  Don’t forget to change your line-up if that is what you choose to do by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

Good luck next week, Angels.

Charlie