NASCAR Ain't PC

American Thinker ^ | March 03, 2007 | Earl Wright

[silentreignofheroes]

"Rattler 500" going on now at South Alabama Speedway between Opp and Kinston in Southeast Alabam,,,shoot,,we even race lawnmowers here..

[steveegg]

I'll take the DeWalt Lawn Mower, though that flaming burnout at Homestead to end the Busch season last year has to take the cake.

[Ole Okie]

ROFLMAO!

[word_warrior_bob]

I'm in suburban Bergen County and I can tell you there are a LOT of Nascar fans in NJ, if they built a race track in the Metropolitan Area they would get 150,000 fans.

What kind of sissy doesn't like 750 horsepower cars going 200 miles an hour? Liberals.

[steveegg]

I am Sirius about that flaming burnout...

And don't call me Shirley.

[elcid1970]

"The tank is full of hundred proof,

"The car's tuned up and gassed,"

("And it was moonshine, moonshine, to quench the Devil's thirst")

[SouthTexas]

Was playing with an old truck I bought. Is it a bad when you pull the bearing cap of the front wheel and water comes out?

[JoeFromSidney]

If my luck holds, heaven is a lot like the Talladega Superspeedway only the beer is a lot cheaper.

Sorry, but according to one of my favority polkas, "In Heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here."

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD
Let me tell the story, I can tell it all
About the "mountain boy" (Whippoorwill) who ran illegal alcohol
His daddy made the whiskey, son, he drove the load
When his engine roared, they called the highway Thunder Road.

Sometimes into Ashville, sometimes Memphis town
The revenoors chased him but they couldn’t run him down
Each time they thought they had him, his engine would explode
He'd go by like they were standin’ still on Thunder Road.

(CHORUS)
And there was thunder, thunder over Thunder Road
Thunder was his engine, and white lightning was his load
There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the Devil’s thirst
The law they swore they'd get him, but the Devil got him first.

On the first of April, nineteen fifty-four
A Federal man sent word he’d better make his run no more
He said two hundred agents were coverin’ the state
Whichever road he tried to take, they’d get him sure as fate.

Son, his Daddy told him, make this run your last
The tank is filled with hundred-proof, you’re all tuned up and gassed
Now, don’t take any chances, if you can’t get through
I’d rather have you back again than all that mountain dew.

(CHORUS)

Roarin’ out of Harlan, revvin’ up his mill
He shot the gap at Cumberland, and screamed by Maynordsville
With T-men on his taillights, roadblocks up ahead
The mountain boy took roads that even Angels feared to tred.

Blazing right through Knoxville, out on Kingston Pike,
Then right outside of Bearden, they made the fatal strike.
He left the road at 90; that’s all there is to say.
The devil got the moonshine and the mountain boy that day

[TYVets]

Is it a bad when you pull the bearing cap of the front wheel and water comes out?

It would be better if some moonshine or better yet a lot of grease came out.

[tubebender]

Only when you drain the transmission and Differential and you hit water. Then you punch holes in the lower door panels and hope that fresh water and not salt water drains out... :(((

[DUH]

cool your jets people ... no beer in Heaven.

But, The New Wine will knock your socks off!

[Condor 63]

Sorry, but according to one of my favority polkas, "In Heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here."

That sounds more like an excuse to drink a frosty 1 today than any strict doctrine.

Clearly turning donuts in heaven's infield is not prohibited.

[lawdude]

I had the opportunity to see a B-2 at Whiteman AFB this summer. Got up close and personal (about 2 feet away from it). What a gorgeous piece of engineering and American workmanship.

Saw another one take off that morning and by the time it was a mile away, it was invisable. No profile at all in a clear sky.

[SouthTexas]

No such luck on the moonshine! Guess it was a good thing there wasn't one on the other side eh? :)

[SouthTexas]

Hadn't got to those yet, had a busted wheel cylinder on the rear. I think it's been 25 years since I did drum brakes, sure hope I remember where all those little springy things go!

[TYVets]

We were outside the grandstand before a NASCAR race at the Kansas Speedway.

A B-2 was flying away from us, we could barely see it.

It did a 180 degree turn, truly amazing!

Only one thing better is when it comes in low and slow over the grandstand.

[TYVets]

Guess it was a good thing there wasn't one on the other side eh? :)

Well sorta, no grease cap means the water will drain out faster eh?

[tubebender]

See if you can buy a hardware kit with all those little goodies. Use your Digital camera to document the layout before you disassemble things.

[Mr. Mojo]

NASCAR is a celebration of engineering and ingenuity, when we used to build great things and feel good about ourselves.

Ain't that the truth. .....which is why I miss the old cars (especially '64 - '74). Chargers vs. Torinos vs. GTOs vs. Roadrunners vs. Chevelles. vs. Cyclones .....a great time in the U.S. auto industry. Every car on the track was instantly recognizable, and badass-looking.