Oh boy is this great!!

We have a new writer working with us on RedNeckMardiGras!

John McDowell is a former standup comic, who now works as a professional comedy writer. John spent 20 years in standup comedy, performing in clubs all across the country. During his career, John shared the stage with many well known performers such as: Bill Engvall, Jeff Foxworthy,  Jerry Seinfeld, Drew Carey, Ellen Degeneres, David Spade, Kevin Nealon...and many others.

As a comedy writer, John has written for such people as Rodney Daingerfield, Gabe Kaplan, Ron White.....while also writing for the TV show Vibe. John has also wrote for the 1990's Burt Reynolds sitcom,Evening Shade.

The 1979 graduate of The University of North Texas.....John now makes his home in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.....and lives not too far from The Texas Motor Speedway.

Check him out here, Johnny Mc's Pit Pass

Here are the standings after Loudon, New Hampshire. Race 19 0f 36

RANK	+/-	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	STARTS	POLES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	+1	Carl Edwards	652	Leader	19	2	1	10	13
2	+3	Jimmie Johnson	645	-7	19	0	1	7	12
3	+1	Kurt Busch	641	-11	19	3	1	4	11
4	-1	Kevin Harvick	637	-15	19	0	3	6	10
5	-4	Kyle Busch	632	-20	19	0	3	10	11
6	--	Matt Kenseth	626	-26	19	1	2	6	10
7	--	Jeff Gordon	587	-65	19	1	2	6	8
8	+1	Ryan Newman	586	-66	19	1	1	6	9
9	-1	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	577	-75	19	1	0	3	8
10	--	Denny Hamlin	570	-82	19	0	1	4	7
11	--	Tony Stewart	570	-82	19	0	0	2	7
12	--	Clint Bowyer	542	-110	19	0	0	3	8
13	+2	David Ragan	524	-128	19	1	1	3	6
14	+3	Kasey Kahne	523	-129	19	1	0	3	7
15	-1	Greg Biffle	523	-129	19	0	0	1	5

Kentucky is in the books

I heard some crazy stories about traffic and parking and it reminded me of the first race at TMS in Ft Worth. That being said, lots of work to be done. They will get it done. Here are the standings after 18 races:

1	+2	Kyle Busch	624	Leader	18	0	3	10	11
2	--	Carl Edwards	620	-4	18	2	1	10	13
3	-2	Kevin Harvick	614	-10	18	0	3	6	10
4	--	Kurt Busch	606	-18	18	3	1	4	10
5	+1	Jimmie Johnson	605	-19	18	0	1	6	11
6	-1	Matt Kenseth	602	-22	18	1	2	6	10
7	+1	Jeff Gordon	552	-72	18	1	2	6	7
8	-1	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	548	-76	18	1	0	3	8
9	+1	Ryan Newman	538	-86	18	0	0	5	8
10	+1	Denny Hamlin	530	-94	18	0	1	3	7
11	+1	Tony Stewart	527	-97	18	0	0	1	6
12	-3	Clint Bowyer	514	-110	18	0	0	3	8
13	+1	Juan Montoya	497	-127	18	2	0	2	6
14	-1	Greg Biffle	496	-128	18	0	0	1	5
15	+2	David Ragan	494	-130	18	1	1	3	6