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Intoxicated woman overturns pickup at Smoky Mountain Speedway
WBIR .com ^
| 7/19/2005
| Katie Allison Granju
Posted on 07/20/2005 10:06:37 AM PDT by Cowman
Blount County authorities say an alcohol-induced decision to try a couple of laps at the Smokey Mountain Speedway led to a strange getaway.
A police report says officers responding to a call at the speedway found Dana Marie Gragin sitting beside a pickup truck, which was on its side. Gragin told officers she wanted to drive on the race track. On her second lap, the truck went into the wall and overturned.
Deputies say Gragin smelled strongly of alcohol.
She also had a companion. He wasn't around, but his wallet was and it identified him as Dennis Maynard Kimsey, also of Maryville.
Officers were searching for him when they heard a farm tractor start. A nearby resident then reported his 40-year-old Massey-Ferguson missing.
Police searched, even calling in a helicopter, but didn't find the suspect right away.
Later Friday night, police found Kimsey at his home and arrested him. The tractor was found at the home of one of Kimsey's friends and returned to its owner.
Katie Allison Granju , Online Producer Last updated: 7/19/2005 10:01:54 AM
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: drunkenescapade; escape; holdmuhbeer; masseyferguson; pickuptruck; racetrack; rollover
Deputies say Gragin smelled strongly of alcohol. Gragin and Maynard were proud graduates of the Ted Kennedy Driving Acadamy
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:06:39 AM PDT
by
Cowman
To: Cowman
And here I had visions of her lifting up one side...
To: Cowman
Danica Patrick she ain't.
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:08:55 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: PBRSTREETGANG
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:09:19 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(We few. We silly few.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I thought you said you just stayed home and watched T.V. Friday night?
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:10:18 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: Cowman
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:11:59 AM PDT
by
najida
(The hardest person to forgive is yourself.)
To: windcliff
To: Cowman
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:12:25 AM PDT
by
SuperSonic
(GOD Bless the United States of America!)
To: Owl_Eagle
Hon! Did you trade the F150 for a TRACTOR!?
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:12:44 AM PDT
by
Cowman
(Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
To: Owl_Eagle
UH, I did watch TV. Yeah that's the ticket. I watched TV prove I didn't.
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:13:02 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Cowman
This is too funny! I could understand wanting to drive the Speedway for a few laps - but not in a pickup truck. Way too funny.
should have had a gps system on that tractor, too.
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:28:38 AM PDT
by
peacebaby
(summertime, and the livin' is easy. The fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.)
To: Cowman
She also had a companion. He wasn't around, but his wallet was and it identified him as Dennis Maynard Kimsey, also of Maryville. Officers were searching for him when they heard a farm tractor star
Sir we are going to have to ask you step OFF the tractor and go back to your friend passed out on the track..
(spit tobacco) man I done thought I could get away with this here tractor....gosh
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:29:50 AM PDT
by
PaulaB
To: Cowman
Article unfortunately didn't give their combined tooth count....
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:37:24 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(No rolling stone ever says, "I want to be a Bryologist when I grow up!")
To: Hegemony Cricket
Gotta love those Tennessee hill folks...
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:50:25 AM PDT
by
HeadOn
(Strict Construction - otherwise, why bother?)
To: Cowman
Hold muh beer and watch me drive this suckah!
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posted on
07/20/2005 10:53:58 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(West Virginia needs neurosurgeons like San Francisco needs gynecologists)
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