I JUST FINISHED READING A POST ON OUR BLOG SITE, DEALING WITH THE D. PATRICK INCIDENT LAST WEEK.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE ON THE POST. IT IS TRUE THAT MANY OF THOSE STORIES HAVE BEEN STRETCHED, BUT YOU AND I ALL KNOW THAT THEY ARE MOST LIKELY BASED AT LEAST IN PART ON THE TRUTH. I THINK THAT THE ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN TONGUE IN CHEEK AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN AS SUCH. HELL I DIDN'T CATCH THAT MUCH FLACK WHEN I WROTE THE CONTEST STORY WHERE I KILLED OFF JR., TONY STEWART, AND 2 OTHERS.
WE ALL HAVE OUR OPINIONS ABOUT ALL THE NASCAR FOLKS AND MANY TIMES WE DON'T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT CUTTING WRITERS DOWN OR INSULTING THEIR PARENTS IS NO THE WAY TO DO THIS. THIS YOUNG LADY STATED THAT SHE KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT NASCAR AND WAS TRYING TO LEARN SO THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS HELP NOT RUN HER IN THE GROUND OR RUN HER OFF BUT OFFER ADVICE AND HELP. IF SHE IS WRONG ON SOMETHING CORRECT HER, BUT DON'T BLOW HER OUT OF THE WATER.
AS FOR ME, I WANT TO SEE AS MANY NEW FACES AND NAMES ON HERE AS WE CAN GET, BECAUSE EVERY NEW FACE BRINGS US A NEW SIDE TO OUR SPORT AND IN THE END ISN'T THAT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
NIQUE, FUNNY POST, I ENJOYED THE HUMOR HANG WITH US.
I KNOW I HAVE RANTED FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT HOW THE PENALITIES FOR CHEATING SHOULD BE MORE SEVERE AND THAT RATHER THEN TAKING MONEY FROM THE DRIVERS THAT THEY SHOULD BE BENCHED FOR THE NEXT RACE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, AND I BELIEVE THAT IF THE CURRENT FOREMAT IS GOING TO BE USED THEN THAT IS WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
BUT, HOW MUCH DO THE DRIVERS REALLY KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE SHOP GUYS DO TO THEIR CARS? I MEAN DO WE REALLY THINK THAT CARL EDWARDS STOOD AND WATCHED WHOEVER LOOSEN THE BOLT ON THE OIL TANK BOX, OR WAS TOLD ABOUT IT, OR THAT ROBBIE GORDON STOOD AND WATCHED HIS SHOP GUYS BOLT ON THE NOSE OF THAT CAR. DOES ANYONE REALLY BELIVE THAT EURY JR. WALKED OVER AND TOLD JR. "HEY CUZ, WE DIDN'T USE THE NASCAR APPROVED WING BRACES ON THE CAR THIS WEEK."
I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD ONLY BE PUNISHED FOR INFRACTIONS THAT THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER, EXAMPLE: IF JR. PUTS BRIAN VICKERS UP IN THE CHEAP SEATS FOR WRECKING HIM LAST YEAR, THEN FINE THE HELL OUT OF JR. BUT DON'T BAR EURY JR. FOR 6 WEEKS FOR IT, AND ON THE OTHER HAND, IF KNAUS SLIPS AN ILLEGAL RESTRICTOR PLATE ON JJ'S ENGINE, DON'T FINE JJ A HUNDRED DRIVER POINTS AND A BILLION DOLLARS. I SUPPOSE I AM BEING NIEVE ( SPELLING) ABOUT WHAT AND HOW MUCH THE DRIVERS KNOW ABOUT WHO DOES WHAT ON THE CARS, BUT TO ME IF YOU DON'T HAVE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOMETHING THEN HOW OR WHY ARE YOU PENALIZED FOR IT, IF IT IS DONE WRONG. I BELIEVE THAT IF IT HAPPENS OUT ON THAT OVAL THEN MORE OR LESS THE DRIVER IS THE GUY IN CHARGE, IN THE PITS OR IN THE SHOP THE CREWCHIEF, AND THE OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF IT.
KLVALUS SPENT 3 WEEKENDS WITH KURT BUSCH AND THE BOYS, HOW MUCH TIME DID KURT SPEND IN THE GARAGE, WATCHING THEM WORK ON AND PUT HIS CAR TOGETHER, WITH THE SCHEDULES THESE DRIVERS HAVE TODAY, I SOMETIME WONDER WHEN THEY HAVE TIME TO GO TO THE JOHN, MUCH LESS OVERSEE HOW THEIR CAR IS BEING PREPARED AND PUT TOGETHER.
SOMEONE OUT THERE IS BOUND TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA ABOUT WHO KNOWS WHAT AND HOW MUCH AND WHEN THEY KNEW, SO HELP ME OUT IF YOU CAN.
GOOD MORNING FOLKS, THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE TIME TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BACK AS CLOSE TO NORMAL AS THEY WILL FOR THE FAMILY OF SOUTHERN CINDI (SUNSHINE).
I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH HER MOM ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY THINGS HAVE SORT OF SETTLED OUT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T KNOW, MOM HAD A MILD STROKE 2 DAYS AFTER CINDI'S SERVICES. SHE SPENT 3 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEN WHEN HOME, APPEARED TO BE NO SEVERE DAMAGE DONE ALTHOUGH HER EYESIGHT WAS EFFECTED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. SHE HAS SINCE BEEN CLEARED BY THE DR. AND IS BACK AT HOME WITH HER AND CINDI'S DOGS AND IS DOING WELL.
SHE ASK ME TO ONCE AGAIN THANK EACH OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, CARDS AND FLOWERS. SAID NO ONE EVER HAD A BETTER OR MORE COLORFUL SEND OFF THEN WHAT SHE SAW AT CINDI'S SERVICE.
SHE SAT DOWN LAST WEEK AND WATCHED THE BUD SHOOTOUT FROM START TO FINISH, SOMETHING SHE SAID SHE HAD NOT DONE BEFORE AND MAN WS SHE EXCITED. LAUGHED AND SAID CINDI WOULD HAVE BEEN DANCING ON THE BACK OF THE COUCH WITH THE FINISH. FOLKS I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER NEW FULL TIME NASCAR FAN.
FANS HAVE BEEN SAYING IT, DRIVERS HAVE BEEN SAYING IT, SPORTSWRITERS HAVE BEEN SAYING. WHEN WILL HE START LISTENING? MAYBE WHEN THE GOOD LORD WRITES IT ON A TABLE OF STONE. RESERVING SLOTS FOR THE TOP 35 DRIVERS, DOES NOT WORK.
I READ AN ARTICLE THIS WEEK THAT SHOWED HOW IF YOU EXTENDED MICHAEL WALTRIPS AND DAVID RUITMANNS POINTS FROM THE RACES THAT THEY QUALIFIED FOR TO THE RACES THAT THEY HAD BETTER SPEEDS THEN CARS IN THE TOP 35, THEN DAVID WOULD HAVE FINISHED THE SEASON ABOUT 34TH OR 35TH AND MICHAEL WOULD HAVE FINISHED ABOUT 15TH.
MAYBE I AM AS DUMB AS A BOX OF ROCKS, BUT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU REWARD SOMEONE FOR SOMETHING THEY DID LAST YEAR, OR 10 YEARS AGO. I CAN SEE DOING THAT FOR THINGS LIKE THE BUD SHOOTOUT OR THE ALL-STAR RACE BECAUSE THESE RACES ARE SPECIAL TYPE RACES, BUT LETTING DALE JARRETT INTO 5 RACES LAST SEASON BECAUSE HE WON A CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE '90'S IS MORE THEN DUMB, AND BELIEVE ME I LIKE JARRETT AND WANTED TO SEE HIM RUN IN EVERY RACE. FACT IS MY WIFE QUIT WATCHING BECAUSE SHE NEVER KNEW IF JARRETT WAS RUNNING OR NOT.
AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF THIS WEEK NASCAR ALLOWED PENSKE TO TAKE BUSCH'S POINTS AND GIVE THEM TO THEIR NEW SUPER "WANNA BE" INORDER TO GET HIM IN THE FIRST 5 RACES. MAYBE WHEN YOU DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE FIRST 6 RACES YOU TRY TO GET INTO AND THEN FINISH IN THE MID 30'S WHEN YOU DO GET INTO A RACE, IT SHOULD BE TELLING YOU SOMETHING, LIKE "HEY BOY, YOU AIN'T READY FOR THIS."
I GUESS I SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THIS OUT ON YOU GENTLE FOLKS, BUT I WAS ABOUT TO EXPLODE SO I WROTE IT ANYWAY. MAYBE SOMEONE WILL BOP MR. FRANCE UPSIDE THE HEAD HERE SOON AND WE WILL GET THIS CHANGED.
WELL GUYS AND GALS CINDI HAS HAD 2 OF THE 10 TREATMENTS AND IS STILL FEELING PRETTY GOOD, OTHER THEN BEING A LITTLE ON THE TIRED SIDE.
SHE HAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OFF AND THEN STARTS AGAIN ON MONDAY, AND ONCE AGAIN SHE ASK THAT I THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
THE DR. HAS RASIED THE LEVEL OF A COUPLE OF HER MEDS AND THAT IS HELPING ALSO. BETWEEN THE DR. AND YOU GUYS WE WILL PULL HER THROUGH AGAIN.
FOLKS I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT CINDI IS FEELING MUCH BETTER THIS WEEK.
SHE IS STILL HAVING A FEW PROBLEMS WALKING AND HER FINGERS ARE NOT WORKING AS WELL AS SHE WOULD LIKE YET BUT SHE SAYS IT'S GETTING BETTER EVERYDDAY,
SHE WILL BE STARTING ANOTHER ROUND OF RADITATION TREATMENTS TOMORROW, SO LET'S KEEP THE PRAYERS GOING AND OUR FINGERS CROSSED.
WHILE WE ARE SAYING THOSE PRAYERS TONIGHT, I WOULD ASK YOU ALSO ASK THE GOOD LORD TO LOOK OUT FOR LISA AND HER FAMILY, THEY ARE REALLY REALLY CLOSE TO THE FIRES THAT ARE BURNING CALFORINIA TO A CINDER.
THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO LEAVE THEIR HOME AS OF 8:00 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, BUT SHE SAYS THT THAT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.
FOLKS THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE, KNOW THAT SOUTHERN CINDI HAS BEEN FIGHTING CANCER SINCE JAN. OF THIS YEAR.
WELL SHE WAS GIVEN 4 MONTHS TO LIVE WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL , BUT SHE HAS FOUGHT ALL THE WAY TO THIS POINT WITH HER GRIT AND WITH YOUR PRAYERS.
BUT WITHIN THE LAST WEEK SHE HAS SUFFERED SOME SETBACKS AND IS GOING BACK IN THE HOSPITAL TOMORROW TO HAVE SOME MORE TESTS DONE AND MAYBE ANOTHER ROUND OF RADITION TREATMENTS. WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS FOR YOU TO REGROUP AND KEEP THOSE PRAYERS COMING HOT AND HEAVY.
SHE ASK FOR ME TO TELL EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU THANK YOU, FOR ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND THAT SHE WILL BE BACK ON THE AIR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
FOLKS I ASK YOU THIS ONCE BEFORE AND I AM ASKING YOU AGAIN, WHEN YOU HIT YOUR KNEES TONIGHT ASK GOD TO KEEP HIS HAND ON OUR GIRL.
The roots of this thing we call NASCAR took hold in the dark and starry nights of the South. Anyone who has watched "Thunder Road" knows the excitement of a late night road chase. For me, these are signs of where and when racing should take place.
There are many advantages to moving more races to the twilight hours. The first and maybe the biggest would be driver and fan comfort. The temperature would be lower; therefore, it would not take near the toll on fans, drivers, or crews. It would also lower the track temperature thus providing better grip and better racing. Now, making the assumption that NASCAR would continue to run their night races on Saturday it would allow fans to return home and recuperate before going to work on Monday morning. The television networks would benefit by having a larger home audience, because both the guy and gal fans would be able to get their weekend "honey do's" done early in the day on Saturday and then relax and watch the race on Saturday evening. Last but not least the sponsors would be able to get their products introduced during prime time, which is normally reserved for more mundane things like various internet services and cheap travel tickets.
Folks the visual and audio effects of a night race are enough for me to wish for more night races. Any of you who have ever attended a sporting event during the day and then attended the same type of event at night know what I am talking about. The fans are more into the action, the colors are more vivid, the noise is louder, the action appears faster and the ending just seems more exciting. It's like the difference in seeing a 4th of July fireworks display during the day, then seeing it done at night.
The biggest drawback I see is the impact Saturday night NASCAR might have on the smaller local tracks in the area. But with a little planning and coordinating, the impact could be reduced to almost nil. If it were coordinated, where the smaller tracks would run on Friday night before the Cup race NASCAR could contract Cup drivers to do autograph parties at the track. Another thing they could do is donating 10 or 20 pairs of tickets for the Cup race, to be given away on Friday night. I think that the increase in fans, hoping to get an autograph or a pair of Cup tickets, would more then off set moving that one week's race to Friday night.
I'm sure there are other disadvantages, but being a kid at heart I don't want to see them, because I want what I want: more color, noise, action, and cooler temperatures. What more could you ask for?
ONE OF THE POINTS THAT WAS PUT UP FOR THE WRITING CONTEST WAS "DOES THERE NEED TO BE MORE DIVERSITY IN NASCAR. I CHOSE NOT TO COVER THIS POINT IN THE CONTEST BLOG, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY ABOUT IT.
IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN MINORITIES JUST FOR THE SAKE OF SAYING " LOOK WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AREN'T WE OPEN MINDED FOLKS" THEN THE ANSWER IS NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO.
IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING THEM IN TO IMPROVE THE QUAILITY OF THE SPORT THEN THE ANSWER IS MOST POSITIVELY YES. AS AN EXAMPLE, IF THEY BROUGHT IN SOMEONE LIKE SOUTHERN CINDI OR LISA TO DO A PORTION OF THE COLOR BROADCASTING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE OUT OF THIS WORLD. BOTH OF THESE LADIES ARE WELL SPOKEN AND WELL WRITTEN.WITH CINDI'S KNOWLEDGE OF NASCAR AND IT'S HISTORY AND LISA'S OVERALL SPORTS KNOWLEDGE THEY WOULD BRING TO THE BROADCAST BOOTH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND A POINT OF VIEW THAT WOULD BLEND GREATLY WITH THAT OF THE DRIVER-CREW CHIEF TYPE OF BROADCASTING THAT MOST ALL OF THE NETWORKS ARE NOW USING. THEY WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE VIEWER BASE BECAUSE THEY CAN AND WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT OUT INFO THAT NEWER WOMEN FANS WOULD UNDERSTAND.
IF THERE IS A DRIVER OUT THERE THAT CAN COMPETE WITH JR., TONY, AND JEFF THEN HE NEEDS TO BE IN A CAR TOMORROW, I DON'T CARE IF HE IS FROM MARS. I MAY NOT LIKE JUAN MONTOYTA AND NEVER CHEER FOR HIM, BUT I WILL ADMIT THAT HE HAS BROUGHT SOMETHING TO NASCAR, EVEN IF IT IS ONLY ALLOWING THE FANS TO SEE WHAT A DRIVER HAS TO ADJUST TO GOING FROM ONE TYPE OF RACING TO ANOTHER. IF SHANA ROBINSON CAN GET TO A TEAM THAT WILL SPEND A LITTLE MONEY TO SUPPORT HER I THINK THAT SHE COULD HAVE COMPETED WITH THE GUYS AND MADE A GOOD SHOWING.
BUT I AM AFRAID THAT AFTER THE FIASCO WITH ERIN CROCKER AND RAY EVERHAM, IT MAY BE ALONG TIME BEFORE ANOTHER WOMAN REALLY GETS THE CHANCE TO PROVE HERSELF IN NASCAR, AND THAT IS TRUELY A PITY, BECAUSE YOU AND I ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE WOMEN OUT THERE THAT CAN GET THE JOB DONE AS WELL AS MOST OF THE CURRENT DRIVERS AND AND BETTER THEN SOME. WHEN WE CAN GO TO SAYING " SHE IS A DRIVER, NOT SHE IS A WOMAN DRIVER" WE WILL HAVE HALF OF THE BATTLE WON.
THE POINT TO ALL OF THIS RAMBLING IS THAT DEVERSITY CAN BE A REALLY GOOD THING IF IT IS USED TO IMPROVE THE SHOW AND MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING, BUT IF IT BEING DONE TO BE "POLITICIALLY CORRECT" THEN DIVERSITY IS BAD AND WILL DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY FROM NASCAR IN DROVES, BECAUSE WE MAY BE #### AND WE MAY BE COUNTRY, BUT WE ARE NOT SO STUPID THAT WE WON'T SEE IT FOR JUST WHAT IT IS, AN ATTEMPT TO PLACATE THE MASSES.
SO IN THE END I GUESS WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS "IF IT MAKES THINGS BETTER, MORE INTERESTING, AND MORE EXCITING, THEN LET'S GET IT ON, BUT IF NOT JUST LIKE A SLEEPING DOG LET IT LAY.
WHAT WERE THE NASCAR OFFICIALS THINKING YESTERDAY? WITH A 4.5 HOUR RAIN DELAY AND NO LIGHTS AT THE TRACK DID THEY NOT KNOW THEY COULDN'T FINISH THE RACE BEFORE DARK, RAIN OR NO RAIN. I THINK THEY HAD THEIR HEADS IN RECTAL DEFALAIDED, (IN OTHER WORDS UP THEIR REAR ENDS). COME ON GUYS USE YOUR HEADS FOR SOMETHING BESIDES A HAT RACK.
WILL STEVE LATARTE'S PIT CALL FROM YESTERDAY'S RACE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE GUTSESTS EVER MADE BY A CREW CHIEF. IT SURE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN HIM A LIFE TIME EXTENTION WITH JEFFY. THE RAINBOW WARLET WINS ANOTHER BY THE HAND OF GOD. HOW LUCKY CAN YOU GET.
HAS ANYONE BESIDES ME NOITCED THAT DEI HAS DROPPED JR. LIKE A HOT ROCK. MARTIN TRUEX IS NOW THE DEI BOY WONDER, AND THIS IS GOING TO PUT HIM IN A VERY BAD LIGHT WITH MANY OF JR'S. FANS. FOLKS DON'T BLAME THE DRIVER FOR THE ACTIONS OF THE OWNER.
I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH TNT'S COVERAGE OF THEIR FIRST RACE OF THE SEASON. KYLE PETTY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WILL MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO THEIR TEAM. LOOKING AT HIS RECORD OF DRIVING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS , MAYBE HE SHOULD HAVE MOVED TO THE BOOTH A LONG TIME AGO.
AND ONE LAST ITEM, SHOULD PETTY BE CHECKED FOR CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS, THAT CHILD THAT TOOK KYLE'S RIDE LOOKS LIKE HE ISN'T OUT OF JR. HIGH SCHOOL YET. ANYWAY GOOD LUCK TO HIM AND PETTY ENTERPRISES.
GUYS AND GALS, I HAD THE WILDEST DREAM LAST NIGHT. I DREAMED I WENT TO NASCAR HEAVEN, WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE GATES, WHO DO YOU THINK OPENED THEM?, NONE OTHER THEN THE BIG MAN HIMSELF, BENNY PARSONS.
HE TOLD ME THAT THE BIG TRACK OFFICIAL HAD ASK HIM TO SHOW ME AROUND, TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE AND TO INTRODUCE ME TO A FEW OF THE GUYS. HE SAID HERE COMES A COUPLE OF YOUR FAVORITES RIGHT NOW, I LOOKED UP AND HERE CAME DALE EARNHARDT AND NEIL BONNET ACROSS THE INFIELD.
THEN HE TOOK ME ON TO SEE THE TRACK OF GOLD, A 2 MILE OVAL WITH 27 DEGREE BANKING, IT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE. THEN ALLEN ASK IF I WAS INTERESTED IN A POLISH VICTORY LAP, YOU KNOW JUST TO GET THE FEEL OF IT. THAT WAS WAY BEYOND COOL.
AFTER THAT HE TOOK ME BY THE HALL OF FAME WHERE WE RAN INTO DAVY AND KENNY, THEY WERE HANGING FLAGS AND PICTURES OF PHOTO FINISHES.
FINALLY I WORKED UP THE COURAGE TO ASK WHO ELSE THEY EXPECTED IN SAY THE NEXT 50 OR 100 YEARS. BENNY PULLED OUT A LARGE BOOK THAT HAD POINTS BOOK WRITTEN IN GOLD AND STATED TO READ THE NAMES: DALE JR., RICHARD PETTY, TONY STEWART, CARL EDWARDS, JEFF GORDON, TSFANPC, SOUTHERN CINDI, STEELERFAN1, VOLFAN69 , TSSMOKE69, GUNAQUAT.
WHAT, AND THAT IS WHEN I WOKE UP, AND I'M SORRY I DID, CAUSE I WAS DREAMING I WS IN NASCAR HEAVEN, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
WELL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS CHILDRESS RACING HAS PULLED OFF TWO PRETTY GOOD SIZE COUPS, FIRST THE GET THE COURT ORDER ALLOWING THEM TO PUT A####mp;T ON THE 31 CAR AND THEN HARVICK WINS THE NEXTEL RACE SATURDAY NIGHT. AND THEY SAY THEY ARE CLOSE TO RESIGNING JEFF BURTON TO ANOTHER CONTRACT. IF THEY CAN DRAG JR. INTO THE FOLD IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO THEY WILL HAVE CHRISTMAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER.
NOW LETS LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS ONE AT A TIME TO SEE WHAT THEY ADD UP TO, FIRST THE COURT ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO PUT A####mp;T ON THE CAR WHAT THAT DID WAS ALLOW THE SPONSOR TO PUT THEIR REAL NAME ON THE ITEM THAT THEY SPONSOR. NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL THEM THEY ARE STILL THE SAME COMPANY, AND IF NEXTEL MADE A BETTER PRODUCT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. BELIEVE ME , I HAVE TO USE A NEXTEL PHONE EVERYDAY AT WORK AND THEY REALLY SORT OF SUCK BIG TIME.
NOW HARVICK WINNING THE BIG RACE ON SAT. NIGHT, WELL HE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS AND RCR GETS ALL THE BRAGGING RIGHTS TO HAVING THE DAYTONA 500 AND NEXTEL CHALLENANGE IN ONE YEAR. THEY ALSO GOT ALOT OF GOOD INFO FOR THE RACE NEXT WEEK THAT MAY VERY WELL MOVE HARVICK RIGHT ON UP THE CHASE CHART.
SIGNING BURTON TO A NEW CONTRACT WILL ALLOW RCR TO REST EASIER KNOWING THAT HE HAS A VETERAN DRIVER THAT WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH CLINT AND KEVIN , TO TEACH THEM AND BE THAT CALMING FACTOR WHEN THE PREASURE BEGINS TO BUILD.
AND LASTLY IF RCR SIGNS JR., THEN THEY PULL OFF THE HAT TRICK AND HAVE CHRISTMAS IN JULY. JR. WILL BRING A GREAT SPONSOR TO THE TEAM, HE WILL ALSO BRING A FAN BASE TO RCR THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD SINCE DALE SENIOR WAS KILLED, AND I THINK THAT WITH JR. IN THE STABLE IT WILL RELIEVE SOME OF THE PRESURE ON KEVIN TO TAKE THE PLACE OF DALE SENIOR. AND IT WILL ALLOW JR. TO RUN WITH THE BEST EQUIPMENT AND BEST TEAMMATES IN RACING TODAY. THIS WOULD BE A CASE WHERE EVERYONE WINS.
ANYWAY RIGHT NOW I THINK RCR MAY BE IN A POSITION TO PICK UP ALL THE MARBLES AND START TO MOVE TO THE FRONT AGAIN.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THE AIR HAS BEEN ALIVE WITH IDEAS ABOUT THE MOVE FROM DEI BY JR. HIS DISTRACTORS SAY HE LEFT CAUSE HE DIDN'T GET WHAT HE WANTED AND THAT HE IS SPOILED, HIS FANS SAY HE LEFT CAUSE HIS STEP-MOM IS A MEANY AND WOULD GIVE HIM WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY HIS. AND A FEW OF HIS VERY STRONG FANS SAY I DON'T KNOW BUT I HOPE HE GETS WHAT HE WANTS. I SORT OF FALL INTO THIS GROUP.
IF WE LOOK AT A FEW OF THE THINGS HE MIGHT WANT WE GET SORT OF A MIXED PICTURE. DOES HE WANT MORE MONEY? I DON'T THINK SO HE'S GOT MORE NOW THEN HE COULD EVER SPEND, AND LIKE MICKY MANTLE I THINK HE WOULD PLAY FOR NOTHING. DOES HE WANT CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING, DON'T THINK THAT IS THE ANSWER EITHER, HE HAS SAID MANY MANY TIMES ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS DRIVE AND WIN. DOES HE WANT TO TAKE THE PLACE OF HIS DAD IN THE HEARTS OF NASCAR FANS, NO, HE LOVED HIS DAD TO MUCH FOR THAT , AND WE ALL KNOW THAT LIKE JOHN WAYNE, THERE WILL ALWAYS ONLY BE ONE DALE EARNHARDT.
HMMMMMMM, THEN JUST WHAT IS IT HE WANTS, WELL ONLY HE KNOWS THAT FOR SURE AND ONLY HE WILL EVER KNOW IF HE GETS IT, BUT HERE IS WHAT I THINK.
I THINK HE WANTS TO STEP OUT OF THE SHADOW OF HIS FATHER, I THINK THAT RATHER THEN WALKING BEHIND OR IN FRONT I THINK HE WANTS TO WALK BESIDE HIS FATHER. HE WANTS TO PROVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER THAT HE DESERVES THE PRAISE AND ENVY THAT HE HAS RECEIVED. AND I THINK HE WANTS TO WIN AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT OF NASCAR RACING.
NOW THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED EACH OF US HAS IN OUR HEARTS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE OUTCOME BE AND HERE IS MINE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JR. GO TO EITHER RCR OR GIBBS RACING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BLACK CHEVY BUD CAR WITH JR'S NAME ABOVE THE DOOR, AND THE NUMBER 83 PAINTED ON THE SIDE.
THE 83 WOULD BE A VISUAL SALUTE TO BOTH HIS GRANDFATHER AND HIS FATHER, THE TWO MEN WHO PUT THE FIRE IN HIS HEART AND THE GLEEM IN HIS EYE. I GUESS WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT I THINK ALL THE ADO SHOULD BE ABOUT A YOUNG MAN'S EFFORT TO CONTINUE A TRADITION STARTED BY HIS GRANDFATHER AND CARRIED FORWARD BY HIS FATHER.
WELL FRIENDS AS I SIT AND WATCH THE RAIN, AND LISTEN TO THE WIND, I CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE TO MYSELF.
NOT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT MY FAVORITE DRIVER IS IN FIRST PLACE OR EVEN THAT THE FACT THAT I MIGHT GET TO WATCH BOTH THE BUSCH AND CUP RACE THIS WEEKEND, BUT BECAUSE I AM SO AMAZED AND PLEASED AT WHAT GOOD PEOPLE YOU ARE ON THIS BLOG.
A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO FOLKS WERE FUSSING AND FIGHTING AND CALLING PEOPLE NAMES, WHICH NONE OF US LIKED. NOW JUST A SHORT TIME LATER THESE SAME PEOPLE HAVE BANNED TOGETHER AND LEAD BY ONE YOUNG LADY, MANAGED TO GET SOUTHERN CINDI TO DEGA ON THE 29TH OF THIS MONTH. YOU FOLKS ARE TO COOL FOR COLOR TV. AND GOT HER A LAPTOP TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US TO BOOT.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT IN THIS UNDERTAKING ( MAN, I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE LISA'S PHONE BILL) YOU HAVE PROVED THAT PEOPLE CAN PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND GET A JOB DONE WHEN WE WANT TO.
MAYBE NEXT WE SHOULD TURN OUR THOUGHTS TO THE US CONGRESS AND GETTING SOCIAL SECURITY FIXED. ONLY KIDDING GUYS.
ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU CAUSE I KNOW THAT CINDI ALREADY HAS.
I AM FROM OKLAHOMA AND HAVE WORKED IN THE FIELD OF YOUTH SPORTS AND RECREATION FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
I AM A FAN OF NASCAR, AND OU COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THINGS THAT ARE PUT ON THIS BLOG WILL USUALLY BE BASED ON THESE SUBJECTS , BUT NOT ALL THE TIME.
