I guess you could say I started it. But it was really an innocent act of ribbing my neighbor for being a Jeff Gordon fan. Saturday night before the road race at Infineon Raceway, I taped a sign to my living room window. It was a number 24 with a circle around it and a slash across the number. Translation, no 24!

 
 Boy, did he take offense to that? Before I knew it there was a no 20 sign in his window, plus he hung two Dupont racing jackets on each side of his deck. It cracked me up when I overheard him telling another neighbor "he started a war".
 Sunday morning before the race started, I stepped out on the porch where he could see me. I was wearing my #20 hat and t-shirt. He came right out followed by his wife and brother in law. They all said I started something that could escalate. They now are thinking of painting their condo the Dupont Chevrolet car colors. And she is planting flowers in a pattern to create a 24 in her yard.
 I asked him if he was such a Gordon fan, why did he drive a Dodge Intrepid? He didn't have an answer for that, except he always liked the way Intrepids drive. He asked me why I hated Jeff Gordon?
 "Because he's such a 'prettyboy'", I said. "Besides, he's from California". I almost accused Gordon of being just as annoying as a democrat, then I caught myself. I think my neighbor IS a democrat. No sense in adding politics to a friendly disagreement.
 Now I added a checkered flag sign to my window. That got me some boos from acrossed the street.

So there you have it. As I'm writing this, the race is just starting. So in a couple hours we'll know the outcome, and who get's bragging rights around the neighborhood this week. And you can bet this will be an on going fued, kinda like the "Hatfields and McCoys".
 Well, Junior is already out! What a terrible season he's having.
 LET'S GO 20!!!
 And I'll catch you all next time.