Silent Prayers (The Sequel to As We Lay on a Summertime)

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Well with the NASCAR Starbucks Cup Chase starting and also a brand new month in September coming shortly, Looks Like we will do a Sequel to focus on the 1998 NASCAR Starbucks Cup in which will pick up where we left off from the 1997 Season

The Cast (Preliminary)
#00 Buckshot Jones - Aquafresh Chevrolet (Buckshot Racing)
#1 Jamie McMurray - McDonald's Chevrolet (Show Me State Racing)
#2 Brad Keselowski - Blue Deuce Ford (Penske Racing)
#3 Dale Earnhardt - GM Goodwrench Chevrolet (Richard Childress Racing)
#4 Kevin Harvick - Jimmy John's Chevrolet (Stewart-Haas Racing)
#5 Terry Labonte - Kellogg's Chevrolet (Hendrick Motorsports)
#6 Mark Martin - Valvoline Ford (Roush Racing)
#7 Alan Kulwicki - Hooters Ford (AK Racing)
#8 Katia Lewis - Circuit City Chevrolet (Stavola Bros. Racing)
#9 Lake Speed - Cartoon Network Ford (Melling Racing)
#10 Danica Patrick - GoDaddy.com Chevrolet (Stewart-Haas Racing)
#11 Brett Bodine - Paychex Ford (Team Scandia)
#12 Jeremy Mayfield - Mobil 1 Ford (Penske Racing)
#13 Jerry Nadeau - First Plus Ford (Elliott-Marino Racing)
#14 Tony Stewart - Mobil 1 Chevrolet (Stewart-Haas Racing)
#16 Ted Musgrave - Primestar Ford (Roush Racing)
#17 Darrell Waltrip - Western Auto Chevrolet (Roush Racing)
#18 Bobby Labonte - Interstate Batteries Toyota (Joe Gibbs Racing)
#20 Matt Kenseth - Dollar General Toyota (Joe Gibbs Racing)
#21 Michael Waltrip - Citgo Ford (Wood Brothers)
#22 Joey Logano - Shell-Pennzoil Ford (Penske Racing)
#24 Jeff Gordon - Dupont Chevrolet (Hendrick Motorsports)
#26 Jay Jianoran - California Music Channel/KTSF Ford (CMC-Pinoy West Racing)
#28 Davey Allison - Texaco-Havoline/California Music Channel/KFTL Ford (CMC-Pinoy West Racing)
#30 Derrike Cope - Gumout Pontiac (Bahari Racing)
#31 Mike Skinner - Lowe's Chevrolet (Richard Childress Racing)
#33 Ken Schrader - Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet (Andy Petree Racing)
#35 Roger Yasukawa - Tabasco Pontiac (ISM Racing)
#36 Ernie Irvan - Skittles Pontiac (MB2 Motorsports)
#40 Sterling Marlin - Team SABCO Chevrolet (Team SABCO)
#41 Kurt Busch - HAAS Automation Chevrolet (Team SABCO)
#42 Kyle Larsen - Target Chevrolet (Team SABCO)
#43 Richard Petty - STP Pontiac (Petty Enterprises)
#44 Kyle Petty - Hot Wheels Pontiac (Petty Enterprises)
#46 Wally Dallenbach Jr. - First Union Chevrolet (Team SABCO)
#48 Jimmie Johnson - Lowe's Chevrolet (Hendrick Motorsports)
#55 Kenny Wallace - Square D Ford (FILMAR Racing)
#75 Christi Nishikawa - TBA Ford (Butch Mock Motorsports)
#77 Caitlin Shaw - JASPER Engines & Transmissions Ford (Jasper Motorsports)
#78 Michael Annett - Pilot Travel Centers Chevrolet (Triad Motorsports)
#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. - National Guard Chevrolet (Hendrick Motorsports)
#89 Dennis Setzer - McDonald's McRib Ford (Elliott-Marino Racing)
#90 Dick Trickle - Heilig-Meyers Ford (Donlavey Racing)
#94 Bill Elliott - McDonald's Ford (Elliott-Marino Racing)
#96 David Green - Caterpillar Chevrolet (American Equipment Racing)
#97 Chad Little - John Deere Ford (Roush Racing)
#99 Jeff Burton - Exide Ford (Roush Racing)

Free Agents: Dakota Armstrong, Eddie Bierschwale, Chad Boat, Trevor Boys, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Jorge Goeters, Bobby Hillin Jr., Parker Kligerman, Justin Labonte, Kasey Kahne, Narain Karthikeyan, Kevin LePage, Lance Norick, German Quiroga, Boston Reid, Boris Said, Ramo Stott, Al Unser Jr., Wendy Venturini, Blackie Wengerin

Note: Driver Roster is Subject to Change, However we will work as we check some silly season updates leading to the 1998 Season, But That's Not All Race Fans, You Can Take part for Next Season and maybe will report you in your News, Fill Out The Following

Name:
Hometown:
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So we will look forward to get ready for 1998!

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First Headline in the Silly Season to 1998: Clint Bowyer to Melling

Clint Bowyer got 3 DNQ's in his 3 Races for Bud Moore Racing has announced that he will join Melling Racing getting Sponsorship for Cartoon Network in hopes Harry Melling can run his team for a full season in 1998

The Melling Race Team had tried luck with Irvington Student Jake Dody but a lack of sponsorship forced the team to a limited schedule. Jake has qualified for every race in which the team participated.

"We are just thrilled for the whole team who stuck together," said Harry Melling. Mark Melling (Vice President of Racing) added, "Lake and Jeff (Jeff Buice, crew chief) have done wonders with the budget we are on now. I can't wait to see what our boys can do with the proper resources. Stability is what it's all about and we can guarantee that now."

"Our prayers have been answered! Now we will be able to really go racing for the first time since I left Bud Moore," said Clint Bowyer. "It's great to have a sponsor like Cartoon Network that my whole family can get excited about."

Although this is great news, Melling Racing is still looking for sponsorship to run the last 2 races of the 1997 season. "We are only looking to cover our variable expenses such as tires and engines for the rest of the year," commented Mark Melling. "No sponsorship is too small at this point. We just want to race."

In Other News: Mikayla Richard will switch sponsorship to Gumout for Chuck Rider's #30 Pontiac Team in 1998, Gary Bechtel has planned to Keep Lauren Froderman until 2000 on the #29 Chevrolet but will keep AC Delco as sponsor, Bobby Allison didn't show up in the #12 it will be Davey Allison to move to the #12 in 1998 but they are plans that the Texaco/Havoline Sponsorship could be moved but CMC-Pinoy West Racing has planned to get a new driver for the #28 if this happens.

More Details on a Later Update following the next Starbucks Cup Race at RebaqueTech Superspeedway for the Pemex Eliminator 500 (Monterrey, Mexico)

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This Just In: Davey Allison and Texaco/Havoline will be moving to Penske in 1998

Under a Surprise move Davey Allison will now be Penske Racing in 1998 to replace his father Bobby, as a result the sponsorship for the #28 car Texaco Havoline will now be moved to the #12, Davey said "A nice move for new sponsorship I don't want to worry to see Bobby going to the #22 Car or retire, but we better get that #12 car to win it all in 1998", The Texaco/Havoline sponsorship for Roger Penske will began in February with the Daytona 500

However the end of an era for Davey Allison & CMC-Pinoy West Racing has been started.

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This Just in: Jay Jianoran injured with his feet hurting, Marissa Milele will fill in for the first races beginning with the Season opening race at Daytona this week.

In a related story: Jollibee Cup have announced that the Union City 500 will be moved to a spring event instead of the series opener however Daytona will be first keep in mind Jay Jianoran will recover in the spring and will race at Sonoma Raceway on Race 6 before Union City.

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"Well This Year we're not only having a boy we decided to be more emotional and passionate performance and one amazing phrases in the song is all I want so we talked about finding confidence in ourselves and finding all that we want"
- Leah Angelle (St. Thomas More High's Vocal Dream Team Lead Singer the Sparklers) getting ready in this Pre-Performance Interview in the 2015 NDTC which aired on ESPNU

Silent prayer

I send to you my silent prayer
Before I sleep at night
I send to you my silent prayer
Baby, so you'll be alright

Every mornin' I think of you
I just can't shake of my dreams, no no
I read the paper and watch the news
I don't know what it means

"And So Bobby Labonte nabs his the way in the Start-Finish Line and wins the Very First Union City 500" - Bob Jenkins (Calling the Epic win for the Union City 500 on ESPN)

When you do what you've got to do
You must know that I'm there with you
Every breath that I take, I hope and I pray
Sweet, baby, baby be okay

Silent prayer, silent prayer
Silent prayer, silent prayer
Silent prayer, silent prayer
I send to you my silent prayer, oh yeah

"Earnhardt uses the lap car of Christi Nishikawa to them as the pick...20 years of trying, 20 years of frustration, Dale Earnhardt will come to the caution flag to win the Daytona 500...FINALLY!!!." - Mike Joy commentating the final seconds of the Daytona 500 (CBS).

I hold a picture of a golden sunset, yeah
And I'll take your hand, take my hand
We're gonna walk down that promised road
Just like we planned, just like we planned

"The most anticipated moment in the history of motor racing, Dale Earnhardt rolling into Victory Lane in the Daytona 500" - Mike Joy during the broadcast (CBS)

'Cause I know what I'm gonna do
Just as soon as I'm back with you
Every breath that I take, I hope and I pray
Sweet baby, baby be okay

"The Daytona 500 is ours. We won it, we won it, we won it!" - Dale Earnhardt in victory lane during a post race interview

Silent prayer, silent prayer
Silent prayer, silent prayer
Silent prayer, silent prayer
I send to you my silent prayer

"And Brad battles Kurt all the way to the Checkered Flag and he does and he wins the Primestar 500, Kurt Busch and Claire Bautista round out the Top 3" - Doug Rice called the Final Seconds of the Primestar 500 (PRN Radio)

I send to you my silent prayer
I send to you my silent prayer, oh yeah
I send to you my silent prayer, every hour
My silent prayer

Silent prayer, silent prayer
Silent prayer, silent prayer
Silent prayer, silent prayer
I send to you my silent prayer, silent prayer

"Kevin Harvick came down to the Wire but Marisa Milele tried to Pass in her #26 but she can't but Kevin Harvick wins it at Las Vegas!"
- Bob Jenkins called the final moments of the Kobalt Tools 400 (ESPN)

However Marisa Milele came in the for the Four Races and So I Decided to Take Over in Recovery, However there will be drivers for me so our tale, begins.

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Kicking It Off at Tulsa - Super Track, Super Speedway, Super Heartland
(BGM: Kai - Say You'll Stay)

Before the race 5 Drivers had to race Throwback Schemes using those that were based in Darlington including Kyle Larson getting sponsorship for Mello Yello, Dale Earnhadt gets Sponsorship from Wrangler and Tony Stewart and Claire Bautista gets retro for these Sponsors and Kevin Harvick salutes the Cudettes as for the Current (2015) Southern 500 Winner Carl Edwards in which he got his sponsorship from Classified Records after he beated all 30 Drivers That have a Throwback Scheme in that race because he would start 17th with a scheme that will honor the first artist to be ever signed by the Record Company in 1994: Jocelyn Enriquez however Several Others are hoping to get a shot to add a Retro Paint Scheme if they can win the Chili Bowl Classic at Tulsa among them Jimmie Johnson if he wins he will get to use a new paint scheme featuring his sponsorship's (Lowe's) logo from 1946 to 1960, Dale Earnhardt Jr. hoping that he want an early-80's look if he wins at the Track, Darrell Waltrip decide to go retro with a Tide or Mountain Dew Scheme if he wins and so on.

But for Me in driving a Special Scheme saluting a Filipino Boy Band from the San Francisco Bay Area called Kai and I Started 25th however the Pole went to Kyle Larson in a Mello Yello paint scheme

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Kyle Larson racing in the Qualifying Lap in his Mello Yello Scheme in Tulsa before Winning the Pole at the Track

And So It's Showtime, Alan Kulwicki took the lead in the First Lap of 200 in the Chili Bowl Classic however a good move for him but lap 25, Brad Keselowski in the White Blue Deuce #2 took the lap before the 1st Caution as Roger Yasukawa went out of the Race, Then Came the Halfway Point 13 Cars were involved in a Wreck including Pole Sitter Kyle Larson and they declared them out of the Race however then a Restart on Lap 105 as Kyle Larson inherited the lead in a Jocelyn Enriquez Paint Scheme giving him the lead but in the Jimmie Johnson stole Carl Edwards from the lead and went on to win the Chili Bowl Classic and Claimed the Rights to the 1946-1960 Lowe's Logo to run in a Future SNF (Saturday Night Freestyle) Race Jay Jianoran finished 2nd, Carl Edwards came in 3rd, Dale Earnhardt 4th and Darrell Waltrip 5th.

RACE RESULTS

1. #48 Jimmie Johnson
2. #26 Jay Jianoran
3. #19 Carl Edwards
4. #3 Dale Earnhardt
5. #17 Darrell Waltrip
6. #24 Jeff Gordon
7. #27 Gaby Diaz
8. #1 Addie Johnson
9. #5 Terry Labonte
10. #12 Davey Allison
11. #10 Danica Patrick
12. #14 Tony Stewart
13. #31 Claire Bautista
14. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
15. #43 Richard Petty
16. #36 Ernie Irvan
17. #9 Clint Bowyer
18. #99 Jeff Burton
19. #4 Kevin Harvick
20. #77 Caitlin Shaw
21. #97 Chad Little
22. #30 Mikayla Richard
23. #15 Jessica Sam
24. #90 Lance Norick
25. #59 Jamie McMurray
26. #21 Michael Waltrip
27. #20 Matt Kenseth
28. #00 Buckshot Jones
29. #41 Kurt Busch
30. #18 Bobby Labonte
31. #33 Ken Schrader
32. #7 Alan Kulwicki
33. #78 Michael Annett
34. #55 Kenny Wallace
35. #28 Marisa Milele
36. #42 Kyle Larson
37. #2 Brad Keselowski
38. #37 Rachel Buker
39. #6 Mark Martin
40. #44 Kyle Petty
41. #16 Ted Musgrave
42. #94 Bill Elliott
43. #35 Roger Yasukawa

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Current Point Standings before Bristol


Kevin Harvick - 740
Alan Kulwicki - 701
Carl Edwards - 701
Darrell Waltrip - 693
Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 629
Dale Earnhardt - 620
Tony Stewart - 603
Addie Johnson - 600
Jimmie Johnson - 584
Marisa Milele - 569
Claire Bautista - 568
Terry Labonte - 565
Bobby Labonte - 538
Richard Petty - 530
Kyle Larson - 518
Jeff Gordon - 516
Brad Keselowski - 507
Kurt Busch - 489
Jessica Sam - 470
Ken Schrader - 428
Chad Little - 407
Gaby Diaz - 394
Ernie Irvan - 390
Danica Patrick - 366
Michael Annett - 358
Lauren Froderman - 353
Jamie McMurray - 346
Jeff Burton - 344
Roger Yasukawa - 335
Wally Dallenbach Jr - 331
Caitkin Shaw - 312
Clint Bowyer - 304
Fea Villa - 297
Sterling Marlin - 278
Joey Logano - 274
Mark Martin - 267
Davey Allison - 266
Michael Waltrip - 264
Kyle Petty - 249
Matt Kenseth - 247
Kenny Wallace - 231
Mikayla Richard - 231
Samantha Gonzalez - 243
Dale Jarrett - 213
Adriana Parragan - 209
Brett Bodine - 197
Bill Elliott - 187
Jay Jianoran - 170
Buckshot Jones - 158
Jerry Nadeau - 140
Christi Nishikawa - 140
Geoff Bodine - 131
Walterissa DeLeon - 130
Ted Musgrave - 92
Lance Norick - 91
David Green - 85
Nina Nititadakul - 85
Dennis Setzer - 49
Rachel Buker - 49

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Bristol - Only 500 Laps because We Got to Race the CMC Way
(Music: Tessanne Chin - Fire)

And That's How you run a Short Track when I Started 2nd but Jimmie Johnson who won the Chili Bowl with Kobalt Tools Sponsorship has started the pole for this event as he ledthe field to the green as he led the first lap to Jeff Gordon, Gordon took the early lead after the first caution but Addie Johnson stepped in on the 61st Lap however It was all Jay Jianoran for the rest of the race as he dominated more and more laps to win this Short Track at Day.

RACE RESULTS

1. #26 Jay Jianoran
2. #14 Tony Stewart
3. #43 Richard Petty
4. #48 Jimmie Johnson
5. #3 Dale Earnhardt
6. #7 Alan Kulwicki
7. #18 Bobby Labonte
8. #12 Davey Allison
9. #1 Addie Johnson
10. #28 Marisa Milele
11. #46 Wally Dallenbach Jr.
12. #42 Kyle Larson
13. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
14. #19 Carl Edwards
15. #5 Terry Labonte
16. #9 Clint Bowyer
17. #55 Kenny Wallace
18. #31 Claire Bautista
19. #60 Geoff Bodine
20. #94 Bill Elliott
21. #35 Roger Yasukawa
22. #32 Dale Jarrett
23. #6 Mark Martin
24. #78 Michael Annett
25. #77 Caitlin Shaw
26. #27 Gaby Diaz
27. #29 Lauren Froderman
28. #33 Ken Schrader
29. #59 Jamie McMurray
30. #17 Darrell Waltrip
31. #40 Sterling Marlin
32. #21 Michael Waltrip
33. #41 Kurt Busch
34. #15 Jessica Sam
35. #13 Jerry Nadeau
36. #11 Brett Bodine
37. #99 Jeff Burton
38. #24 Jeff Gordon
39. #97 Chad Little
40. #10 Danica Patrick
41. #4 Kevin Harvick
42. #2 Brad Keselowski
43. #36 Ernie Irvan

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POINT STANDINGS BEFORE HAYWARD


Alan Kulwicki - 851
Carl Edwards - 822
Kevin Harvick - 780
Dale Earnhardt - 775
Tony Stewart - 773
Darrell Waltrip - 766
Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 753
Jimmie Johnson - 749
Addie Johnson - 743
Marisa Milele - 703
Richard Petty - 700
Bobby Labonte - 684
Terry Labonte - 683
Claire Bautista - 677
Kyle Larson - 645
Jeff Gordon - 570
Brad Keselowski - 544
Kurt Busch - 553
Jessica Sam - 531
Ken Schrader - 507
Gaby Diaz - 479
Wally Dallenbach Jr. - 461
Chad Little - 453
Michael Annett - 449
Lauren Froderman - 435
Roger Yasukawa - 435
Ernie Irvan - 424
Jamie McMurray - 422
Clint Bowyer - 419
Danica Patrick - 409
Davey Allison - 408
Caitlin Shaw - 400
Jeff Burton - 396
Jay Jianoran - 365
Mark Martin - 361
Sterling Marlin - 348
Kenny Wallace - 343
Michael Waltrip - 331
Dale Jarrett - 310
Fea Villa - 297
Bill Elliott - 290
Joey Logano - 274
Brett Bodine - 252
Kyle Petty - 249
Matt Kenseth - 247
Samantha Gonzalez - 243
Geoff Bodine - 237
Mikayla Richard - 231
Adriana Parragan - 209
Jerry Nadeau - 198
Buckshot Jones - 158
Christi Nishikawa - 140
Walterissa DeLeon - 130
Ted Musgrave - 92
Lance Norick - 91
David Green - 85
Nina Nititadakul - 85
Dennis Setzer - 49
Rachel Buker - 49

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This Just In, Despite the Chicago Cubs losing to the New York Mets in the 2015 NLCS, I Will Declare 1998 My Final Year of the As We Lay Series, However I Will Start my next dynasty in the year that I was born 1990 but keep some of the people including the NASCAR Drivers from this storyline will carryover to the next storyline, thanks for your patience and will continue in a moment.