Fontana, CA

First of all, congratulations to Mr. Matt Kenseth for the second win in the first two weeks of NASCAR's 2009 season. This was a much better win than last week's rainedout. Next, my man, Jeff Gordon, was soooo close to his first win since October 2007. I was hoping not only to be able to witness Jeff's first win in 16 months live and in person, but I was ready to be done with all the talk of how Jeff has never gone this long without a win in his career. Both he and Greg Biffle, arguably, had the best cars of the race. The stands weren't as packed as I had seen them in the last few years, but there were plenty of people on hand to watch the race. TV's House doctor Hugh Laurie gave the "Gentlemen, start your engines" speech (after performing with the As Seen on TV band that included James Denton from Desperate Housewives performed with Hugh Laurie in the Band on TV before the race. Former NY Giants player Jason Sehorn and his wife, actress Angie Harmon, were there to wave the checkered flag. We had to sit in the (shudder) sprinkles of what Southern California calls "rain" that drifted through the area (causing four of the five yellow flag delays in the race), but it was a fun day for any NASCAR fan. Really, it was literally a sprinkling of rain. I was beginning to think that what NASCAR laughably determined to be "rain" would cause us to watch 250 laps go by at 55 mph for the first 50 laps of the race.

I am the lone Jeff Gordon fan in my NASCAR family of Jr fans. I get a lot of heat about loving "the enemy". So, I have to say that watching Jeff run a hell of a race on Sunday was right up there with Jr coming on over to the winning Hendricks team last year. I didn't have to say anything about the race. I'm not a gloater. I really don't have to be. However, I can't say that I was happy to see Jr fall prey to a bad break when he dropped a cylinder just over halfway through the race. It's always hard to watch a good driver have a bad race. And, listening to him run after trying over and over to fix the problem during Yellow Flag pit stops was quite excrutiating. It sounded like a wounded animal limping around the track. And I took no pleasure in watching him get lapped (even by my own guy) in a sea of crap-talking Jr fans (not to insinuate that ALL Jr fans talk crap...just my group of friends).

I'm happy at the way Jeff Gordon's year is taking shape so far. I'll be watching FOX on Sunday at 3:30pm ET to see how he does in Las Vegas. Go #24! Let's just hope his pit crew works on their skills that were so seriously lacking on Sunday (every pit lost Jeff 2-3 positions). They need to take notes on Kenseth's pit crew. Now THAT'S a crew that knew what they were doing!

Top 10 Results of Auto Club 500 from February 22, 2009:

1 - Matt Kenseth (#17)

2 - Jeff Gordon (#24)

3 - Kyle Busch (#18)

4 - Greg Biffle (#16)

5 - Kurt Busch (#2)

6 - Denny Hamlin (#11)

7 - Carl Edwards (#99)

8 - Tony Stewart (#14)

9 - Jimmie Johnson (#48)

10 - Brian Vickers (#83)

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Ninety Fontana homes were listed for sale during the week ending Feb. 21, 2009, and 92 homes entered escrow, according to the Inland Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service.

A total of 1,427 Fontana homes were listed for sale in the MLS on Feb. 22. Included were 1,311 single-family homes not in associations. There were 116 condominiums, townhomes and single-family homes in homeowner associations listed for sale in Fontana on Feb. 22; 752 homes were reported as vacant.

The MLS showed 394 foreclosed, or Real Estate Owned, homes listed in Fontana on Feb. 22; 28 as In Foreclosure, and 34 as having received a Notice of Default. Please note: The MLS only recently required the type of sale of listed homes to be reported when a listing is entered into the system; the numbers of homes in foreclosure or having a Notice of Default - both of which likely would have short payoffs - does not included previously listed homes.

Twenty-six Fontana homes were reported as sold in the MLS during the week ending Feb. 21, 2009.

Ila Josephs, an associate Realtor with Tarbell, Realtors, prepares weekly reports for her website, www.ilajosephs.com, surveying home market activity in the Inland Empire cities of Chino, Claremont, Fontana, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, and Upland. For more information, call Ila at (909) 261-3541.

One hundred three Fontana homes were listed for sale during the week ending Feb. 14, 2009, and 87 homes entered escrow, according to the Inland Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service.

A total of 1,441 Fontana homes were listed for sale in the MLS on Feb. 15. Included were 1,3425 single-family homes not in associations. There were 116 condominiums, townhomes and single-family homes in homeowner associations listed for sale in Fontana on Feb. 15; 759 homes were reported as vacant.

The MLS listed 27 Fontana homes as "In Foreclosure," 38 as "Notice of Default," and 347 as "Short Payoff." In addition, 409 homes were reported as "Real Estate Owned" - that is, offered by lenders who have foreclosed on defaulted loans. Please note: The MLS does not require the type of sale of listed homes to be reported.

Twenty-four Fontana homes were reported as sold in the MLS during the week ending Feb. 14, 2009.

Ila Josephs, an associate Realtor with Tarbell, Realtors, prepares weekly reports for her website, www.ilajosephs.com, surveying home market activity in the Inland Empire cities of Chino, Claremont, Fontana, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, and Upland. For more information, call Ila at (909) 261-3541.

One hundred sixteen Fontana homes were listed for sale during the week ending Feb. 7, 2009, and 71 homes entered escrow, according to the Inland Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service.

A total of 1,460 Fontana homes were listed for sale in the MLS on Feb. 8. Included were 1,349 single-family homes not in associations. There were 111 condominiums, townhomes and single-family homes in homeowner associations listed for sale in Fontana on Feb. 8.

The MLS listed 781 Fontana listings as vacant, 561 as "short sales," and 450 as owned by lenders who foreclosed on defaulted loans.

Forty-seven Fontana homes were reported as sold in the MLS during the week ending Feb. 7, 2009.

Ila Josephs, an associate Realtor with Tarbell, Realtors, prepares weekly reports for her website, www.ilajosephs.com, surveying home market activity in the Inland Empire cities of Chino, Claremont, Fontana, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, and Upland. For more information, call Ila at (909) 261-3541.

One hundred one Fontana homes were listed for sale during the week ending Jan. 31, 2009, and 93 homes entered escrow, according to the Inland Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service.