Posted on 02/17/2009 10:28:24 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Race #2 from SoCal .. fingers crossed.
Bring your slickers and galoshies.
“House” Star Hugh Laurie is the Grand Marshal For Auto Club 500 At Auto Club Speedway On Feb. 22.
Pray for our troops in harm's way around the globe. God bless their families.
got it
I just came in at the end of the thread on Sunday and it felt like I’s wandered into the bar scene from the first Star Wars. Not a good thing.
A word to the wise hopefully is sufficient.
A peaceful thread is nice, you are right. I will *try* really really hard to be good. ;-)
Thanks for posting the Fontana thread. :)
FYI - Stewart-Haas Racing has a fabulous website.
http://www.stewarthaasracing.com/
I’ll let ya slide if ya got any new car graphics for the race threads.. nothing salmon pink tho, Thx!
Thanks Norm!
Ahmmmm... and what do you have against our Salmon?????????????
ZOT this Troll NOW Norm or I’m outta here!!!
just remember: the only thing worse than frozen okra, is thawed okra.
Boiled Okra...mmmmmm, hot and steamy.
What if they made tires of okra??
I can’t get too excited about the Kalifornia Race...
I did my own race today...Richmond, IN to Chicargo, IL in under 5 hours. One pitstop.
That is cool.
I got to drive my Mercury Tracer at Richmond a few years ago. The gate was open and we did it.
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/02/17/cupp_nascar/
Is the long-suffering liberal media jealous of long-thriving NASCAR? It sure seems that way.
Over the last few months both The New York Times and Forbes have written dramatic, officious, and error-riddled obituaries for the wildly popular sport, claiming it is yet another victim of the bad economy.
Whether it’s a desire to sell papers or a more partisan plot to politicize the economy, we should remember that we can’t believe everything we read. NASCAR is the second-most-watched sport after football. But to hear some people tell it, we could be rubbing elbows with Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt, Jr on the bread line in no time at all.
They seem to rejoice in the news that this offending spectacle will go the way of other quaint American vestiges, like county fairs and turkey shoots, while simultaneously suggesting that the sport has become too flashy for its own good. Well, which is it? It seems as though the economic downturn is bringing out the claws, pitting the elite and effete against an all-American juggernaut.
Here’s how Times’ reporter Susanna Hamner described the scene outside a NASCAR race (that she didn’t attend, according to NASCAR) last summer in her story:
“…the parking lot was filled with excited NASCAR fans chugging beer, roasting pigs and exchanging drivers’ statistics.” But then she says chairman Brian France’s successful efforts to popularize and modernize the sport have alienated its “core fans.”
By that, we can assume she means Dilbert, Dusty and Billy Bob over at the Piggly Wiggly.
And that’s not all. Here’s Jack Gage in a Forbes cover story who writes:
“Several of the biggest drivers are look-alike, cleanshaven white guys in tracksuits, and their cars, which now hew to the same technical specifications, are equally cookie-cutter.”
Never mind that drivers wear fire suits, not tracksuits. He goes on to score France for his of-the-people delusions of grandeur:
It’s pretty long, see the full article at the link
Just wanted to post an answered prayer this morning.
About 6 or 8 weeks ago I had asked for prayer from ya’ll on the off season thread. WCG, I know you prayed and others too. Well, in the last 14 hours we have had 2 contracts confirmed for our drafting services! I had given up on the self-employment and looked for a regular job because there weren’t enough jobs for Lloyd and I both. God has different ideas and now we have plenty of work for the time being.
Thank you to those of you who prayed.
That is a lovely photo of my hero! Thanks for posting.
Don’t know if you recall me talking of a widowed friend of mine to whom I take homemade bread and fresh groceries. Her husband died one year ago today so I am about to leave to spend another day with her.
fried without egg wash
okay okay, I said I’d be good.
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