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Gibbs Expected to Announce Deal With Toyota at New Conference
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Aug 30, 9:02 PM (ET)

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) -Joe Gibbs Racing has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday and several published reports say the team will announce it has signed a deal to field Toyotas in the Nextel Cup series.

The reports, citing unidentified sources, said JGR will end its 16-year relationship with General Motors and give Toyota its first big name team in Cup.

Team officials refused comment on the report Thursday but did confirm the news conference and that drivers Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin are expected to be at the announcement.

"That is not something we can talk about," Les Unger, Toyota's motorsports manager, said Thursday. "Anything on this subject at this point needs to come from the team."

The Gibbs team has worked with GM since 1992, competing first with Pontiacs and then with Chevrolets. Stewart has won two Cup titles during that period, while former team driver Bobby Labonte also won a title for Gibbs.

A GM spokesman said the company would have no comment other than to say that it never discloses details of ongoing negotiations with its teams.

Gibbs will field three Cup cars next year, including one for Kyle Busch, who is leaving Hendrick Motorsports at the end of the 2007 season. Busch recently agreed to a three-year contract with Gibbs.

Stewart is signed through 2009, but JGR president J.D. Gibbs said the team is hoping to sign him to an extension. Hamlin is under contract with the team through 2010 and is also working on an extension.

Toyota, which has competed and had some success in the Craftsman Truck Series for several years, moved into both the Cup and Busch series' this season. But the company failed to sign with any of the existing top teams and its entries have struggled just to qualify for the races and have come up with only a handful of top-10 finishes.

I guess I'm a #1 fan now.

Stand up Character

Titans loaned RB child supportPosted: Monday August 27, 2007 07:13AM ETThe Titans had no comment Sunday about a published report that they loaned former running back Travis Henry $9,800 for child support payments. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Henry fell behind on support payments for a child in DeKalb County, Ga. Threatened with jail, he borrowed the money from the Titans to pay the bill, according to court records. The newspaper reported that Henry, 28, has fathered nine children by nine women in Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia. Court records show that he spent $100,000 for a Mercedes and $146,000 for jewelry.

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Funny Nascar video on the Onion...

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/nascar_coach_reveals_winning

Summer Bash 2007

Summer Bash 2007 was on 8/11/2007 at the Chambers Place. Highlights of the night:

1) Todd pouring cold water all over Jesse's head. I had totally forgot about that until someone reminded me the other day.
2) Jesse and Ryan dominating Beer Pong. We even took down Big Marv. I think we won 5 in a row.
3) Todd brought Ladderball or Hillbilly golf or whatever you call it. http://www.ladderball.org/
4) Nightime Cornhole and Flip cup
5) Jesse and Ryan attempted to put up a tent. Luckily Marvin was there.
6) Much much drinking until around 5am or so.
7) Waking up and having eggs, bacon, OJ. I actually passed on Eggs and Bacon.....stomach wasn't filling so hot.


All and all a great party. Pics are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryan_otto_chambers/

Wedded Bliss

So, I had to leave Canada early to get to a wedding in Detroit with Julia. The guys in Canada told me to take 11 shots at the wedding - one for each guy on the trip. Well, this wedding was too classy for shots, so I had to settle on Beams on the rocks. I had 6 doubles before dinner.

I remember asking this older (60s perhaps?) couple from Denmark if they were from Mexico. The girl that got married stayed with them on an exchange trip once. Then I asked them if Americans were assholes and then whispered loudly that they can be honest because I know we are and said something like I am being now. The said Americans were nice though.

Two doctors sat at our table who were a couple. I asked them what they did and the girl (cute girl) said she was an emergency room doctor. So I asked her to take care of me when they wheeled me out on a stretcher. Then I pointed at the dude and told him no offense, but if I pass out later and need mouth to mouth it better be her (and pointed at her) and not him.

After that, fun drinking TJ turned into I think what Julia termed 'silent pensive drinking TJ' as I sat at the table drinking down more Beams the rest of the night.

Oh, and at the wedding, the priest forgot to do the 'you may now kiss the bride' part.

And here I am, back in the homeland. Aka Plainwell. I got the evite. Ryan, thanks for putting that together.

Fishing, Drinking, and Damn Near Getting Pissed On

I was fishing up in Canada last week - you can check out my pics if you want. We drove up about 4 hours north into Canada, hopped on a float plane, and flew another half hour or so to a lake and spent the week drinking beers and fishing.

The fishing wasn't the best, but we caught a decent amount and ate fish 3 of the 5 days. We probably could've eaten every day, but we were lazy a couple days. Throwing a fat chunk of bologna on the skillet with a slice of pepperjack cheese was alot easier - and damn tasty itself. My dad made them - hot bologna sandwiches - thick sliced he said. These things were as thick as a steak, it was great.

My dad and I were the only ones to catch all 3 kinds of fish on the lake, perch, walleye, and pike. We didn't catch the most or the biggest, but knocked out the trifecta.

We got in two card games which I basically threw away out of boredom. Once I was tired and the guy was playing tighter than I've ever seen. The other night I wanted to go sit outside and watch the shooting stars. I saw 11 of them in about 20 minutes and heard wolves off in the distance, so that was a nice night out in the chair.

The funniest part though, after the first card game, we're all in bed when all the sudden I hear a noise. It sounds like a waterfall. I shake myself awake and listen and it sounds like someone's pissing on my head. The cabin was 2 stories and one of the guys above us was drunk and pissing on the floor in his sleep. My dad woke up too, the guys in the room beside us woke up, and one comes over and asks if we hear someone pissing on his head. My dad shines the flashlight up and sees it dripping down through the floor just beside my brother's head who was in the top bunk above me. So I'm punching my brother in the leg telling him to move that he's getting pissed on. He eventually stumbles out of bed, goes and takes a leak himself and mumbles something about it not raining. Once he finally wakes up he can't stop laughing even though he's the one that almost got pissed on. Oh, and it was Bill - you know him Jesse. The one that was passed out after Kenseth wrecked. He said he didn't even remember pissing the next morning.

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Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1w7Fh7VNto&NR=1

Simpsonized Chambers

Here I am simpsonized:




TJ, you should try it out.