WELL BILL AND I WATCHED THE RACE LAST NIGHT AT THE HOUSE, WASN'T QUITE THE SAME WITHOUT CINDI SITTING THERE SCREAMING RUN TONY RUN, BUT WE GOT THRU IT. REALLY IT WAS SOMEWAHT A BORING RACE SO GAVE US TIME TO TALK AND WONDER ABOUT THINGS.
1. ISN'T GIVING BONUS POINTS TO THE GUY ALREADY IN FIRST SORT OF LIKE GIVING THE WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY A 6 HORSE LEAD IN THE BELMONT JUST BECAUSE HE WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY.
2. IF AFTER NEXT WEEKS RACE THE STANDINGS ARE THE SAME, AND DAVID RAGAN IS STILL IN 13TH,IF OVER THE NEXT TEN RACES HE CAN WIN ENOUGH AND THE TOP TWELVE HAD SO MUCH BAD LUCK THAT HE ENDED UP WITH THE MOST TOTAL RACE POINTS, WOULD THEY DECLARE DAVID RAGAN THE NASCAR CHAMP.
3. WITH CHIPPY LOSING A DRIVER AND A MAJOR FULL TIME SPONSOR, COULD SOMEONE BE TRYING TO TELL HIM SOMETHING.
4. BEFORE THEY STARTED BUILDING THE FONTANA RACEWAY, DID NO ONE LOOK AT WHERE THE SUN WENT DOWN, SEEMS LIKE NO THOUGHT WAS GIVEN AT ALL TO MOTHER NATURE.
5. IF THE TOYOTA TEAMS AND TOYOTA CAN COME UP WITH NEW AND BETTER ENGINES WHY CAN'T THE REST FOR THE CAR BUILDERS.
6. WHY DO THEY THINK THEY HAVE TO SCREW WITH SOMETHING TAHT ISN'T BROKEN LIKE THE BUD SHOOTOUT.
7.. AND OF COURSE MY CONTINUING QUESTION, WHEN IS JR. OR HENDRIXCK GOING TO FIRE TONY ERUY JR. ?
8. AND ONE FOR KRIS, WHAT IS THIS WE HEAR ABOUT KURT MAYBE LEAVING PENSKE ALSO, ANYTHING TO THAT OR IS SOMEONE JUST BLOWING FOG TO CLOUD THE SUBJECT.
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
P.S. THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT CAME OFF WITH ALMOST NO HITCHES, DID HAVE A 2 HOUR RAIN DELAY ANDTHEN HAVE TO REBUILD THE FIELD BUT GOT IT DONE ON TIME AND FINISHED AT MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY.
FOLKS, TOMORROW WILL MARK THE 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF A VERY SPECIAL EVENT IN THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS. TOMORROW , A YEAR AGO, AT 3:45, AN AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT OUT OF DALLAS LANDED IN LAWTON OKLAHOMA AND CINDI REDDING (SOUTHERN CINDI) THE SELF-PROCLAIMED "MOUTH OF HE SOUTH" WALKED THEN RAN INTO OUR LIVES. NOW MOST OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE KNOW THAT CINDI AND I WERE VERY CLOSE ONLINE, BUT SOME MAY WONDER WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THIS FLIGHT HALF WAY ACROSS THE U.S. JUST FOR A VISIT. WELL THIS IS SORT OF HOW IT CAME ABOUT.
CINDI AND I HAD TALKED OR HOURS ONLINE AND ON THE PHONE AND REALLY GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND OUR RESPECTIVE FAMILY MEMBERS PRETTY WELL. THEN AROUND CHRISTMAS IN 2007 IS WHEN SHE GOT SICK AND WAS TOLD THAT HER DAYS WERE MORE OR LESS NUMBERED. ANN AND I WERE TALKING ONE NIGHT AND I MADE THE STATEMENT "WHEN THE TIME COMES I AM GOING TO THAT GIRL'S FUNERAL." ANN LOOKED AT ME AND IN HER MOST COMFORTING VOICE SAID,"BULL S---, THE FIRST TIME YOU LAY EYES ON THAT GIRL, SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE LAYING IN A BOX!" I TOLD CINDI THAT STORY AND SHE TOLD HER MOM AND HER MOM SAID ALMOST THE SAME THING.
SO CINDI DECIDED TO COME TO OKLAHOMA, SHE SAID SHE HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE A PARIRIE DOG ( GROUND SQUIRRELS ON ROIDS) AND THAT THEN WAS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY TO DO IT. THUS STARTED THE PLANNING FOR THE TRIP, AND OF COURSE SHE WAS TRYING TO PLAN FOR HER TRIP TO DEGA, SO SHE WAS DOING TWICE THE WORK. WE DECIDED THAT THE BEST TIME FOR SHE AND MAMA SUE TO COME WOULD BE AROUND LABOR DAY, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A LITTLE COOLER AND I WOULD BEABLE TO TAKE OFF DURING HER VISIT. SO THEY MADE PLANS ON THEIR END AND WE MADE PLANS ON OUR END, WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO SEE, AND THE REST OF THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
THEN IN JULY CINDI STARTED TO WORRY. MIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE DOGS, WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.
I TOLD HER HAVE CHRIS (HER SON) DO IT OR PUT THEN A KENNEL FOR A FEW DAYS ETC,ETC. THEN SHE DICIDED WELL MOM WILL JUST HAVE TO STAY HOME. I SAID CINDI, MOM CAN COME WE WILL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DOGS. SHE REPLIED "MIKE, IF I COME BY MYSELF I CAN STAY LONGER." DUH MIKE, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ROSES. I TOLD HER THAT WAS FINE AS FROG HAIR IF SHE COULD GET MAMA SUE TO AGREE
AS THE BIG DAY APPROCHED HER FAMILY BECAME MORE AND MORE CONCERNED, I THINK HER BROTHERS WANTED TO HAVE HER COMMITTED FOR EVEN THINKING ABOUT TRAVELING THAT FAR TO SPEND A WEEK WITH PEOPLE WHO SHE DIDN'T KNOW, AND ON MY END I BEGAN TO WONDER, WHAT IF THIS AND WHAT IF THAT, WHAT IF SHE WON'T LIKE US? BUT DEEP INSIDE THAT LITTLE KID KEPT YELLING, "THIS IS COOL", IT'S GONNA BE GREAT", "YOU ARE IN FOR THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE."
ANYWAY CINDI ARRIVED, AND MORE OR LESS ALL OF MY & ANN'S PLANS WENT OUT THE WINDOW, WE WENT TO CRACKER BARREL FOR DINNER THAT NIGHT, THEN TOOK HER TO ELMER THOMAS PARK TO SEE THE PARIRIE DOGS. THEN ON SATURDAY NIGHT WE WENT TO TO THE RACES, AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE SIGHTSEEING. THE REST OF HER VISIT WE SPEND AROUND THE DINING TABLE TALKING, WE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING AND NOTHING, WE JUST DID THE BEST WE COULD TO CRAM LIFETIME OF FRIENDSHIP INTO 7 DAYS.
CINDI FLEW HOME ON WEDNESDAY AFTER LABOR DAY AND AS SHE WALKED OUT OF THE TERMINAL TOWARD THE PLANE SHE LOOKED LIKE A LOST LITTLE GIRL, AND I KNEW THAT MY VERY BEST FRIEND WAS A PERSON I WOULD ONLY SEE ONE TIME IN MY LIFE AND SHE WAS ON A SHORT TRAIL TO THAT GOLDEN RACE TRACK IN THE SKY.
SHE WAS HERE FOR 7 DAYS AND WE REALLY DIDN'T DO MUCH OF ANYTHING, BUT I WOULDN'T CHANGE ONE THING. SO THE NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND EVERYTHING AROUND YOU SAYS NO, DON'T DO IT, THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, BUT THAT LITTLE KID INSIDE IS YELLING "GO FOR IT, TRUST THE KID INSIDE OF YOU. yOU MIGHT JUST HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE.
SORRY I HAVN'T POSTED IN A WHILE, THINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY WILD THIS SUMMER, TRYING TO GET THINGS READY FOR A NATIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND. NOT REALLY TAHT BIG A DEAL, BUT THE POWERS THAT BE SEEM TO THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A MINITURE YANKEE STATIUM, LOL LOL
ANYWAY, FOR THE QUESTION: I THINK I HEARD LAST NIGHT THAT CASEY MEARS IS GOING TO CHILDRESS NEXT SEASON AND WILL DRIVER THE JACK DANIELS CAR WHILE BOWYER WILL MOVE TO THE GENERAL MILLS CAR. FOR SOME REASON I HAD THOUGTH THAT THE CHEERIO'S DEAL WAS GOING TO REPLACE A####mp;T ON BURTON'S CAR. IF THIS IS NOT SO DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO THE NEW SPONSOR FOR BURTON IS TO BE, OR HAVE I GOT THE WHOLE DEAL SCREWED UP.
THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD RACE AND LOVED THE OUTCOME, OPIE DID HIS THING AGAIN AND IT WS GREAT. I AM THINKING THAT NEXT WEEK MAYBE A WEEK FOR PAY BACK , NOT JSUT BETWEEN EDWARDS AND BUSCH BUT SEVERAL OTHERS ALSO.
FOR MY PART I THINK THAT BUSCH MIGHT BETTER LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE, I DON'T THINK THE NASCAR FOLKS LIKE HIM ENOUGH TO ALLOW HIM TO GET AWAY WITH STUPID STUFF AND I REALLY THINK HE WANTS TO GO INTO THE CHASE IN THE LEAD. I MEAN IF HE WAS TO GET A PENALTY FOR DUMB, TAHT LEAD COULD DISAPPEAR AND THE BONUS POINTS WOULDN'T HELP ANY, BUT WOULD NASCAR REALLY DO THAT.HMMMM LETS SEE, DOES A BEAR #### IN THE WOODS, IS THE POPE CATHOLIC, DID CARL EDWARDS WIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THE ANSWER WOULD BE YES TO ALL OF THE ABOVE.
FOLKS I READ AN ARTICLE YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON YAHOO NASCAR NEWS, ABOUT THE RAT IN THE HAT, WHINING ABOUT THE TOYOTA TEAMS CHEATING.OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT THE FRIST TIME HE HAS SAID THIS, BUT IT IS REALLY GETTING OLD.
DOES HE REALLY THINK THAT NASCAR IS ALLOWING THEM TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS SO "RIGTH OUT THERE" THAT IT WOULD BE CHEATING. YES THEY MAY HAVE COME UP WITH A WAY TO INCREASE THEIR HORSEPOWER, BUT IF THEY HAVE STAYED WITHIN THE RULES, THEN JACK YOU GOTTA SUCK IT UP AND SPEND MORE RESEARCH MONEY. AND THEN THERE IS THE FACT THAT IF YOU WERE NOT RUNNING 5 TEAMS YOU MIGHT HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY FOR HORSEPOWER RESEARCH.
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT GOES INTO THIS, THE TWIG OVER AT GIBBS RACING IS BY AND FAR THE MOST DOMINANT RACER THIS SEASON, LORD I HATE TO SAY THAT, AND WITH HIS ATTITUDE OF" WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN, I'M GONNA DO" IT EFFECTS ALL OF THOSE AROUND HIM, MAKES THEM WANT TO DO MORE AND DO IT MORE RIGHT AND FASTER THEN EVERYONE ELSE. WHEN YOU GET A TEAM WITH THAT ATTITUDE THEY ARE GONNA WIN AND FAR OUTSHINE EVERYONE ONE ELSE. SO JACK YOU MIGHT NEED TO FACTOR IN THE " I WANT TO BE THE VERY BEST" ATTITUDE OF THE TWIG AND SEE WHAT GOES FROM THERE.
YOU FOLKS KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN AS BIG A CRITIC OF THE TWIG AS ANYONE ON THIS SITE, AND MAYBE BIGGER THEN SOME. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I AM SEEING AND READING THINGS THAT ARE STARTING TO MAKE ME THINK THAT BEFORE IT IS ALL OVER HE MAY BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN NASCAR.
LET'S TAKE A SHORT LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT WE FIND. CALE, THE ALLISON BOYS, D.W., DALE AND EVEN SWEETMEAT JEFFY GORDON. ALL OF THESE GUYS WERE MOUTHY, LOUD, BRASH, WRECKLESS, AND GREATLY DISLIKED BY THE FANS AT ONE POINT IN THEIR CAREERS. ACCORDING TO THE BOOK THAT I JUST FINISHED, NOT ONLY WAS D.W. BOO'D BY THE FANS, THE BIGGEST PORTION OF HIS PIT CREW DIDN'T EVEN LIKE HIM. BUT ALL OF THEM WERE AND ARE TOTALLY WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN, AND THAT IS WHAT FINALLY WON THE HEARTS OF THE FANS.
NOW BEFORE ANY OF YOU BLOW A CASKET, I AM NOT SAYING THAT TWIG WILL TAKE THE PLACE IN RACING HISTORY OF DALE, PETTY, OR D.W., BUT I AM SAYING THAT IT APPEARS THAT HE SHARES MAY OF THE ACTIONS AND REACTIONS OF MANY OF THE BIGGEST AND GREATEST NAMES IN NASCAR HISTORY.
WE KNOW THAT ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS RACE AND WIN, HE IS GOOD AND WILL TELL YOU THAT HE IS, AND NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES HE PUSHES TO WIN, IF THAT MEANS TAKING SOMEONE OUT, THEN SO BE IT. WE KNOW THE FANS DON'T LIKE HIM, BEGINNING TO WONDER IF HIS TEAMMATES LIKE HIM OR HIS PIT CREW, WE KNOW THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER ARE NOT REALLY FOND OF EACH OTHER, SOMETIMES I WONDER IF EVEN HIS MOM LIKES HIM. BUT IT APPEARS THAT HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THAT, AND THAT ATTITUDE IS WHAT WILL MOST LIKELY PUT HIM AT THE TOP FOR YEARS TO COME.
THERE IS A TIME TO BE NICE AND THERE IS A TIME TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, AND THE TIME BETWEEN " GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES" AND "THE WINNER IS" IS NOT THE TIME TO BE NICE. THERE ARE 6 DAYS IN THE WEEK TO BE NICE, DO GOOD DEEDS AND TO GIVE BACK, BUT RACE DAY IS NOT ONE OF THEM AND TWIG HAS LEARNED THAT LESSON EXTREMELY WELL. I STILL DON'T LIKE HIM BUT I RESPECT HIS ABLITIY AND TALENT AND I HOPE THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW.
FOLKS IS IT JUST ME OR IS AN HOUR AND A HALF PRESHOW JUST WAY TO MUCH OVERKILL? THE GUYS IN THE BOOTH ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, LOVE KYLE PETTY, BUT THEY ARE GIVE OUT BEFORE THE RACE EVEN GETS STARTED. SURELY TNT CAN RUN ANOTHER RERUN OF LAW AND ORDER THEN START THE RACE WITH A 30 MINUTE PRESHOW.
ALSO DID I JUST MISS IT OR WAS NOTHING SAID ABOUT TONEY BEING SICK DURING THE TIMEHE WAS ON THE PRE-SHOW, HE WOULD AHVE BEEN MUCH BETTER SERVED IF HE HAD BEEN IN THE CARE CENTER GETTINGONE MORE BAG OF FLUID.
HATS OFF TO J J YALEY, HE MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN QUITE AS GOOD A FINISH AS ZIPPY WAS HOPING FOR BUT HE DID A WHALE OF A JOB, CONSIDERING THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN IN THE CAR AND WAS USING ALL OF TONY'S EQUIPMENT. HE MAY NOT MAKE THE HOT OR NOT FOR THIS WEEK BUT HE SURE DESERVES A "BIG HAND" FOR THE HELP HE GAVE THE 20 TEAM.
I'M NOT SURE THAT IT ISN'T TIME FOR RYAN NEWMAN TO SIT OUT A WHILE OR AT LEAST CHANGE TEAMS, 3 WRECKS IN ONE RACE, HE IS HIS OWN WORST ENEMY AND ALSO THE WORST ENEMY OF ALL THE CARS AROUND HIM.
FEEL SO SORRY FOR JEFF BURTON, HE GOT SPUN LIKE A TOP AND NOT A THING HE COULD HAVE DONE ABOUT IT, BUT I FEEL THAT HE ISN'T DOWN FOR THE COUNT YET, AND THAT HE AND KENSETH WILL BE AROUND WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE GOT A SHORT VIEW OF THINGS TO COME LAST NIGHT WHEN WE GOT THE SHOT OF THE 3 HENDRICK'S CARS AND MARK MARTIN RUNNING NOSE TO TAIL IN THE FRONT FOUR SLOTS EARLY IN THE RACE. NEXT SEASON MAYBE A REALLY LONG ONE FOR THE REST OF NASCAR NEXT YEAR.
IF THE RACE WAS GOING TO BE FINISHED UNDER CAUTION, WISH IT WOULD HAVE COME OUT ABOUT 20 SECONDS EARLIER WHEN CARL WAS IN THE LEAD, BUT THAT WAS JUST NOT TO BE, NASCAR WOULDN'T HAVE DELAYED THE YELLOW JUST A LITTLE WOULD THEY?
ANYWAY CONGRATS TO THE TWIG, MAY NOT LIKE HIM, BUT HAVE TO RESPECT THE DRIVE AND FIRE IN HIS BELLY.
WELL AFTER THE EVENTS DURING THE CLOSING LAPS OF THE RACE LAST WEEK, WE MAY SEE MORE BUMPING AND RUBBING THEN RACING THIS WEEKEND ON SAT. NIGHT.
FIRST WE HAVE JR. AND McMURRAY, HOW DO YOU NOT SEE A VERY LARGE WHITE CAR RUNNING IN FRONT OF YOU? BELIEVE ME I AM ALMOST AS BLIND AS A BAT, BUT I BET YOU I COULD HAVE . SEEN JR. HEADING FOR THE PITS. I'M HOPING THAT JR. STAYS FOCUSED ON KEEPING HIS PLACE IN THE STANDINGS, BUT WON'T BE TO SURPRISED IF MR. JAMIE DOESN'T GET A LITTLE LOVE TAP SOMETIME DURING THE RACE, HE MAY HAVE TO DODGE ROLLS OF PAPER DURING DRIVER INTRO ANYWAY, AND THEN IFJR. WIPES HIM THAT WILL JUST ADD INSULT TO INJURY. IT SEEMS THAT JAMIE IS HAVING A HARD ENOUGH TIME HOLDING ON TO HIS RIDE WITHOUT WRECKING HIS CAR AND ANOTHER TEAM'S AS WELL.
THEN WE HAVE TWIG AND MONTOYA, THIS MAY BE EVEN BETTER THEN JR. AND McMURRAY, I HAVE NO GREAT LOVE FOR EITHER OF THESE GUYS, BUT I DO AT LEAST RESPECT KYLE BUSCH, I REALLY LOOK FOR TWIG TO PUT HIM IN THE CHEAP SEATS EARLY AND THEN GET ON WITH THE RACING. FOR ME, CHIPPY COULD HAVE TRANSFERED MONTOYA'S SPONSOR TO CAR HE JUST CLOSED DOWN AND CLOSED DOWN MONTOYA. THIS GUY HAS HAD MORE FANFARE THEN ANY NEW GUY TO COME ALONG AND REALLY HASN'T SHOWED ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT HE KNOWS HOW TO WHINE. WAHT HAPPENED LAST WEEK IS A CASE OF WHERE THE DRIVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN PARKED FOR THIS UPCOMING RACE. HEY KRIS DOES THIS SOUND LIKE MY ARGUEMENT FOR ROAD RAGE LAST YEAR.
I AM REALY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, I MEAN DAYTONA, NIGHT RACING, EXTRA VEHICULAR EVENTS, WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR.
WELL FOLKS IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I WAS HERE, SOME OF YOU HAVE MOST LIKELY BEEN DOING THE HAPPY DANCE ABOUT THAT, BUT THINGS AROUND HERE HAVE HAD ME HOPPING MORE THEN A ONE LEGGED MAN AT A BUT-KICKING CONTEST.
ANYWAY WHAT I WANTED TO PASS ALONG IS THAT I RECENTLY RECEIVED A PACKAGE FROM MOM SUE, INSIDE I FOUND AMOUNG OTHER THINGS, WAS AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF JEFF HAMMOND'S BOOK REAL MEN WORK IN THE PITTS, IT WAS SEND TO CINDI BY JEFF THRU FOXSPORTS. FOLKS IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK, TAKE A TRIP TO YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE AND PICK UP A COPY, IT IS REALLY GOOD READING. I HAVE NOT FINISHED IT YET, AS I ONLY READ WHEN I GO TO BED AT NIGHT, AND THAT LAST ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE I DROP INTO NITE NITE LAND, BUT IT IS REALLY GOOD READING.
JEFF STARTS WITH HIS BREAKING INTO NASCAR AND CARRIES YOU THRU HIS ADVENTURES WITH ALL OF THE TEAMS AND DRIVERS THAT HE WORKED WITH. THIS IS AN EASY READING GLANCE INTO THE GARAGE, THE PITS AND MANY OTHER PLACES THAT THE COMMON FAN MIGHT NEVER HEAR ABOUT OR SEE.
WELL THAT IS ALL FOR NOW, EXCEPT FOR ONE OTHER THING, WHO GET'S THE 5 CAR NEXT YEAR, TAHT MAY BETHE SURPRISE, I DON'T THINK ANYONE WAS SURPRISED THAT CASEY WAS GOING OUT THE DOOR.ANYONE THINK TONY MIGHT GET BACK INTO A CHEVY THAT AWAY.
WELL FOLKS AFTER A PRETTY GOOD RAIN YESTERDAY I SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TODAY GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES, TRYING TO DRY OUT 5 SOAKED SOFTBALL FIELDS, AND AS I HAV ETOLD YOU BEFORE GOING IN CIRCLES FOR THAT LONG WILL GIVE YOU LOT SOF TIME TO THINK.
ANYWAY A FEW DAYS AGO I SAW THT THE MOVIE BUCKET LIST WAS OUT O CD NOW. WELL I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE NOR DID I BUY THE DVD, BUT I HAVE SEEN THE CLIPS FROM IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE PRETTY GOOD. BUT I GOT ME TO THINKING JUST WHAT WOULD MY BUCKET LIST LOOK LIKE IF I NEEDED TO MAKE ONE (AND NO I DON'T NEED TO). LETS SEE SKYDIVING WITH THE 10TH SPECIAL FORCES, QUICK TRIP TO LONDON, PARIS, OR AMSTERDAMN, OR MAYBE A FREE WEEKEND ALL BILLS PAID IN VAGAS. NAW NONE OF THT SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING TO ME, THINK MAYBE I AM WAY TO COUNTRY FOR THAT. BUT HERE IS A LITTLE INSIGHT AS TO WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
1. JR. TO GET RID OF EURY JR. AND THEN WIN ABOUT 6 RACES IN A SEASON.
2. SEE LISA WHEN SHE WAS AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
3. SEE MY KIDS AND GRANDKIDS GROWN AND SUCCESSFUL.
4. YEEMUM IN HER PIRATE SUIT
5. PHOTOGR WHEN THERE WAS NO SNAPPY COMEBACK.
6. MAYBE GO TO ELDORDA FOR TONY'S RACE ONE TIME.
7. KVALUS IN THE JR. HAT AGAIN
8. A FACE TO PUT WITH A NAME FOR TSFAN, VOLFAN, AND NIQUE
9. KNOW THAT MY WIFE (ANN) AND FAMILY WILL BE FINE WHEN I AM GONE.
10. SEE SUNSHINE'S SMILING FACE ONE MORE TIME.
SEE WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO OR SEE AND PUT ON A BUCKET LIST THE THINGS ARE NOT USUALLY AS FAR OUT AS WHAT WE THINK. SO JUST FOR FUN, THINK ABOUT IT FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND SEE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH AND MAYBE SHARE A LITTLE WITH THE REST OF US, IT MIGHT HELP ALL OF US TO KNOW EACH OTHER JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
FOLKS THIS PAST WEEK ANOTHER TRADITION, ANOTHER ICON OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF NASCAR, WAS THROWN BY THE WAY, AS HUMPY WHEELER WALKED AWAY FROM WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY.
I DOUBT THAT WE WILL EVER KNOW THE ENTIRE STORY OR THE REAL REASON BEHIND HIS DEPARTURE, BUT WE CAN ALL GUESS THE MR. BRUTON SMITH HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. WHETHER IT WAS THE PURCHASE OF THE KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY, OR THE STEAMROLLING OF CONCORD OVER BUILDING A DRAGSTRIP OR SOMETHING ELSE, IT APPEARS TO ME THAT SOMETHING WAS DONE THAT MR. HUMPY WHEELER COULD NOT OR WOULD NOT STOMACH.
REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE BIGGER THEN LIFE AND YOU FIGURED THEY WOULD JUST ALWAYS BE THERE, FOLKS LIKE MICKY MANTLE, WALT DISNEY, CAPT. KANGAROO, YOUR GRANDPARENTS, WELL FOR MANY NASCAR FANS HUMPY WAS IN THAT SAME CROWD, AND NOW THINGS WILL JUST NOT BE THE SAME. THE LOWE'S RACES WILL BE JUST ANOTHER RACE, BUT ALL THE GRAND SURPRISES WILL BE GONE.
I READ AN ARTICLE THIS PAST WEEKEND, THAT SAID SMITH WOULD NOT SPEAK TO OR BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS HUMPY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAREWELL DEAL BEFORE THE RACE SUNDAY. WELL FOR ME, MR. SMITH DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH CLASS TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS HUMPY WHEELER ANYWAY.
AS I HAVE SAID , NONE OF US WILL EVER KNOW THE WHOLE STORY, BUT FROM WHAT LITTLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND SPOKEN OF THIS INCIDENT, IT PUTS BRUTON SMITH IN THE SAME CLASS AS JERRY JONES AND THE WAY HE FIRED TOM LANDRY OF THE COWBOYS, AND THAT IS A CLASS THAT I WOULD NOT SPIT ON IF THEY WERE ON FIRE.
STUNTS LIKE BUYING TRACKS JUST TO CLOSE THEM AND MOVE RACE DATES TO ANOTHER TRACK, OR THREATENING TO CLOSE LOWE'S TO SCARE THE CITY COUNCIL IN CONCORD INTO GIVING HIM WHAT HE WANTED, AND NOW THE SUDDEN DEPARTURE OF HUMPY WHEELER AFTER 32 YEARS, JUST CONTINUES TO ENFORCE THE IDEA THAT I WOULD RATHER ASSOCIATE WITH SOMEONE "WHO DOESN'T HAVE A POT TO "P" IN OR A WINDOW TO THROW IT OUT OF", THEN THE LIKES OF BRUTON SMITH.
WELL OVERALL NOT A BAD RACE AT ALL, NOT REALLY SURE THE BEST CAR WON, BUT THE ONE THAT MADE THE FEWEST MISTAKES DID, THAT IS FOR SURE.
I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS CAUSING THE SMALL MISTAKES THAT ARE PLAGUING MANY OF THE BETTER DRIVERS THIS YEAR. JR'S TEAM CAN'T GET A TIRE OFF, KYLE IS HAVING MORE SMALL PROBLEMS THEN THEN A RUSSIAN JUMPMASTER WITH A PLANE LOAD OF QUITTERS, AND JJ AND JEFFY'S PROBLEMS ARE BEYOND BELIEF.
TIRES STILL SEEM TO BE CAUSING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, AND OF COURSE AJ AND JJ CASUE MANY MORE THEN THEY SOLVE. NOT SURE THOSE 2 BOYS WOULD BE SAFE ON BUMPERCARS AT THE CIRCUS. TONY LOSES THE LEAD AND THE RACE OVER A BLOWN TIRE, WAS NOT AT ALL SURPRIED WHEN THERE WAS NO POST RACE INTERVIEW WITH HIM. I FIGURE IT WAS TAKING TONY ALL HE COULD DO NOT TO JUST EXPLODE.
DOES IT SEEM STRANGE TO ANYONE ELSE THAT BRUTON SMITH BUYS KENTUCKY RACEWAY AND HUMPY WHEELER RETIRES ALL IN THE SAME WEEK, JUST A FREAK THING OF NATURE, I THINK NOT. I AM NOT THE GREATEST FAN OF THE FRANCE FAMILY, BUT IF THEY ARE NOT CAREFUL AND REIGN THAT SMITH IN, HE IS GOING TO BE THE ONE CONTROLLING NASCAR. I UNDERSTAND THAT NASCAR HAS ALREADY TOLD HIM NO CUP RACE IN 09 BUT WE WILL SEE, AND I BET YOU A DOLLAR TO A DOUGHNUT THAT THERE IS ONE THERE IN '10. SO LOOK FOR ONE OTHER TRACKS TO BE BOUGHT, CLOSED, AND THE RACE MOVED, OR A LOST RACE AT ONE OF THE EXISTING TRACKS.
I HAVE TO SAY CONGRADS TO KASEY AND HIS TEAM, WHEN THINGS GOT TOUGH THEY KEPT THERE HEADS AND DIDN'T CHOKE, GUESS WE WOULD HAVE TO SAY THEY ARE PART OF THE UNCHOKE-A COLA CROWD. BUT I DO WONDER IF KASEY MIGHT NOT BE IN A LITTLE HOT WATER FOR POPPING THE TOP ON THAT CAN OF BUD LAST NIGHT ON NATIONAL TV
THAT'S MY OPINION - WHAT'S YOURS
GUNAQUAT
P.S. FOLKS I RAN ACROSS A BOOK CALLED "BIG JOHN'S SPEEDWAY GRILL" AT WALMART THE OTHER DAY ON A DISCOUNT BOOK TABLE. THIS BOOK IS A COOKBOOK THAT IS WELL WORTH THE $4.97 THAT I PAID FOR IT, YOU MIGHT HIT YOUR LOCAL WALMART TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY. SOME PRETTY FUNNY STORIES IN IT ALSO.
WELL LAST NIGHT'S RACE WAS CERTAINLY A GOOD ONE WITH SEVERAL SURPRISES AND THEN A FEW THAT WERE NOT SO SURPRISING. BUT FOR ME THE WHOLE RACE WAS RUN UNDER A BAD MOON.
I MEAN HOW ELSE DO YOU EXPLAIN THE BEST CAR ON THE TRACK GOING OUT WITH A BROKEN 4 OR 5 DOLLAR CAR PART, OR YEEMUM'S MR. SADLER GETTING TAKEN OUT BY A TWIT, THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ALLOWED TO RIDE A TRICYCLE, MUCH LESS DRIVE A RACE CAR.
ALSO THE FINALLY SHOT OF DALE JARRETT,STANDING ALONE IN THE SEMI DARKNESS OF THE PIT AREA. IT SORT OF REMINDED ME OF THE PICTURE OF Y.A. TITTLE ( NEW YORK GIANTS QUARTERBACK, LONG TIME AGO) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, ON HIS KNEES, HELMET OFF, HEAD BOWED IN TOTAL DEFEAT. NO ONE OF JARRETT'S STANDING SHOULD GO OUT THAT WAY.
JR. HAD A NORMAL SO-SO RACE, AND SO DID TONY, IF YOU ARE A FAN FOR THE UNDERDOG, THEN YOU HAD A VERY GOOD TIME LAST NIGHT. I MEAN KASEY WASN'T EVEN IN THE RACE, COULDN'T RACE HIS WAY IN, THEN GOT THE FAN VOTE, AND WOW WON THE WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH. BY THE WAY CONGRADS TO KASEY AND HIS CREW.
ALSO WAS IT JUST ME OR DID IT LOOK LIKE A TON OF SEATS WERE UNFILLED LAST EVENING, IF SO , THAT AIN'T GONNA MAKE HUMPY WHEELER HAPPY AT ALL. MAYBE HE SHOULD CALL MR. BUSH ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE GAS PRICES. LOL LOL, FAT CHANCE OF THAT RIGHT.
WELL, JR. CREATED QUITE A STIR A WEEK OR SO AGO , WHEN HE SAID THAT KYLE BUSCH WAS ALOT LIKE DALE SR., OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.AND I GUESS I AM REALLY BEHIND THE POWER CURVE WAITING TILL NOW TO COMMENT ON THIS COMPARSION, BUT I WANTED TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND SORT SEE WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE AFTER THE FACT.
SAD TO SAY, BUT I NEVER REALLY GOT TO WATCH BIG DALE DRIVE. BUT I HAVE HEARD THE STORIES, SEEN THE REPLAY CLIPS, SEEN THE MOVIES, AND HEARD THE SONGS, AND COMPARING THESE TO WHAT WE SEE WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT FROM "THE TWIG" I REALLY HAVE TO AGREE THAT THEY ARE MUCH ALIKE. BOTH HAVE OR HAD THAT BURNING, BALLS TO THE WALL, PEDAL TO THE METAL ATTITUDE ABOUT RACING TO WIN. BOTH CONSIDER 2ND PLACE AS THE FIRST LOSER AND BOTH WILL OR WOULD DO WAHTEVER IT TAKES OR TOOK TO WIN. I'M NOT SURE THAT THE MONEY MEANS NEAR AS MUCH AS THE WINNING.
I WILL ADMIT THAT I AM SURPRISED THAT KYLE DOESN'T HAVE MORE FANS IN THE OLDTIME, LESS POLITICALLY CORRECT NASCAR FANS THEN HE DOES. KYLE IS THE CLOSEST THING I HAVE SEEN TO THE OLDTIME HARD CHARGERS, WHO'S ATTITUDE WAS "IF I HAVE TO PUT YOUR BUTT IN THE WALL TO WIN, THEN THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING."
AS FOR ME, IT IS WAY TO EARLY TO COMPARE THE TWO, YOU CAN'T COMPARE ONLY 1 THING ABOUT 2 PEOPLE AND SAY THEY ARE ALIKE. IF IN 10 YEARS YOU WANT TO COMPARE KYLE'S TOTAL ON AND OFF TRACK ACTIONS AND SEE IF THEY COMPARE TO DALE SR. THEN THAT IS A GOOD DEAL.
THERE WAS A SIDE OF DALE THAT MAYBE ONLY RICHARD CHILDRESS AND HIS FAMILY KNEW ABOUT. SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE LEAKED OUT AND ARE MORE OR LESS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, THINGS LIKE: HE STARTED DRIVING FOR CHILDRESS ON A HANDSHAKE, WHEN HE TOLD YOU SOMETHING YOU COULD TAKE IT TO THE BANK, HE NEVER LOST CONTACT WITH HIS COTTON MILL ROOTS OR THE COMMON MAN, HIS WORD WAS HIS BOND. IF 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THE SAMETHING CAN BE SAID ABOUT "THE TWIG" THEN I WILL AGREE WITH JR. UNTIL THEN I WILL RESERVE MY RIGHT TO DISAGREE.
DALE EARNHARDT, IS A SYMBOL OF A BETTER TIME , MUCH LIKE MICKY MANTLE, ROGER MARIS, Y.A. TITTLE, I AM NOT SURE THAT ANYONE WANTS SOMEONE TO TAKE THEIR PLACES, BUT FOR THOSE COMING UP, THOSE ARE FOLKS TO ADMIRE AND GOALS TO SET. FOR MYSELF I DON'T THINK THERE COULD BE A GREATER COMPLIMENT THEN TO BE COMPARED WITH DALE OR ANY OF THESE GUYS.
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 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.
