Posted on 08/22/2006 1:18:18 PM PDT by WestCoastGal
LOL good shot.
Newt and Rudy for 08?
They drag me! For 10 year old girls, they are VERY knowledgeable! They love it, and they don't mind the 2 1/2 hour ride as much as i do.
I'll have to go a bunch more next year, as they are now members in a spostsman division drivers unofficial fan club. He was real good to them. He looks for them in the stands to wave to them, but they are right down on the fence to wave.
I love the access to the drivers at the short tracks. They are all decent folks and will hold up laoding up the trailer so another kid can sit in their car. They will autograph tear-offs, anything to make the kids smile.
That stuff right there is what it's all about to me, besides, the racing is way way better, and the french fries are only $1.50 and actually taste good!
I'm just trying to be diplomatic. Bo has you in his sights.
HAHAHAHAHAHA.
sigh.
Gained two spots this week but are there enough laps left??? LOL
Mrs don-o frowns very seriesly on the TeeVee; but I think I can get it done w/o too much.....uh, carnage.
http://web.mac.com/gmarsh75/iWeb/Site/Photos.html
Check it out kids...using iWEB on my NEW NEW NEW iMac...I have actually published some pics to a website...MAC technology...it just WORKS!!
Will post more as I have time...also does VIDEO!!
G
N-I-C-E (drool).
Thought this was an article about Flash.
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- In the wee hours of Sunday, Bristol Motor Speedway president Jeff Byrd drove through the emptying parking lots in a golf cart, apologizing to people.
Sadly for the image of Byrd's notorious domain, not a single outrage had occurred during Saturday night's Sharpie 500. Not a single driver had left here furious. (Oh, Jeff Gordon was miffed for a moment at Scott Riggs, but got over it too quickly to make a real Bristol-esque show of it.)
There would be no suspense this week waiting to see whether NASCAR would issue penalties for bad behavior.
[snip]
The crowd of 160,000-plus -- the 49th straight sellout here, purely due to the magnetism of melees -- had filed out unfulfilled. They hadn't seen enough of the fury that makes Bristol's night race the toughest ticket in NASCAR. "It happens to us," Byrd said dejectedly, "about once every 10 years."
[snip]
It could have gotten nasty near the end, but the key to good behavior may have been Dale Earnhardt Jr., who settled rationally and calmly for third place rather than trying to overdrive his sometimes-fitful Chevrolet into a fight with Kenseth for the win or even Kyle Busch for second.
And Earnhardt's rationale included a word that could be devastating to Bristol's wild reputation: respect. "With the Chase [imminent after two more races] and everybody being so close [in the standings], there was a lot more respect out there on the track tonight," Earnhardt said. "A lot more than you've seen in the past."
Uh-oh.
Respect was the one human element that had been flouted and stomped on for decades at Bristol. Why, if drivers respect one another here, then how are they to continue stuffing one another into the wall, with the victim usually retaliating within a few laps? How are they to stand amid their wreckage and make raging, sometimes obscene, gestures?
"When I caught guys, they moved over," Earnhardt said.
Oh, no.
"And I did the same for others."
Ouch.
"You don't normally see that here."
No kidding.
"He let me go," Busch said of their late encounter, "so I didn't have to waste much time on him or use a front bumper . . " And then, Busch said, he "never could get to" Kenseth. That, Busch concluded, was probably for the best.
[snip]
Of the top five finishers here, four ? Kenseth, Busch, Earnhardt and Gordon ? are all in the Top 10 which is the cutoff point for the Chase. Kenseth clinched a berth Saturday night, but the other three mainly wanted to make sure they didn't knock themselves out of contention by indulging their tempers and aggressiveness here.
Then again, Earnhardt reckoned, "I don't know if anybody is on any better behavior. I guess opportunities didn't arise for some of those guys to get into trouble."
So maybe there is hope for Bristol's hot August night after all.
Link: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/motorracing/orl-nascar2806aug28,0,7457578.story?coll=orl-sports-headlines-motorrace
No question about it...see my post 788...Possible the Demise of Bristol??
PS: Updated the Website
http://web.mac.com/gmarsh75/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html
Command Center
iMac 20" on the left, then dual monitors for WinXP machine...
Wow great set-up. I always love to see how everyone has their computer TV etc. for tacing. I will have to get a pic of mine.......I have one computer......lol
Great pics on your website also....From friends who went to Bristol Jr stayed in his motorhome at the track. Everyone had a great time, hot during the day. Headaches from the carbon monoxide and you can't hear anyone next to you say a word because it's so loud.
I really hate that they've made Bristol so peecee and forced the drivers to be "respectful" or else.
Cup Teams to test at Milwaukee Aug 28-29: The Milwaukee Mile will play a key role in the performance of select Nextel Cup Series teams this coming Monday, August 28 and Tuesday, August 29. Richard Childress Racing’s three ‘Cup drivers, #29-Kevin Harvick, #31-Jeff Burton and #07-Clint Bowyer will be testing over the two days, in preparation for similar ovals ahead on the Nextel Cup Series schedule, including Martinsville, Va, Richmond, VA, and Phoenix, AZ. Potentially all three Evernham Motorsports teams are expected, and there may be others. “In a show of appreciation to our fans, we welcome all to come out and watch these Nextel Cup teams conduct valuable test sessions from our all-aluminum grandstands free of charge,” commented Milwaukee Mile president & CEO Andy Randall. “We are pleased the teams allow us this opportunity for our fans to watch.” The grandstands will be open from 9:00am until 5:00pm both days. There will be no infield access to view the test sessions. Limited concessions will be available.(Milwaukee Mile site), also hearing Joe Gibbs Racing may also attend the test.(8-24/28-2006)
Testing was almost certainly rained out today, as we're now on Day 3 of "the rain's going to stop tomorrow". Between that and the constant and massive shifting of the Ernesto forecasts, I'm shocked, SHOCKED that the lieberals are still pushing "global warming caused by us decadent Americans" as gospel.
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