Posted on 02/19/2008 8:55:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Feel free to jump in whenever you wish.
Good shot, too bad it doesn’t count.
Not looking good for the race...Accuweather says 100% chance or rain. Looks like another race on Monday that I wont be able to watch :-(
Al Gore and his global warming campaign is causing it.
It is hard with that magnification unless the camera is fixed.
He was busy down here today. Was further north and they go 1 1/2” in about two hours.
Ashley who? Say hello to Ingridby: David Newton
posted: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | Print Entry
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So what’s next for Vandebosch? Perhaps a dress on pit road.
Gordon said his wife couldn’t help but notice that Ashley Judd, the movie star wife of rookie Dario Franchitti, was allowed to wear a dress in the garage during Sunday’s qualifying for the Daytona 500.
NASCAR has a rule restricting women from wearing tank tops, open-toed shoes and, until Judd, dresses.
“She likes to push the issue,” Gordon said of his wife. “She likes to push the issue on the shoulders. I got her past the open-toed shoes part. The skirts, she kind of gave up on all of it. Then she heard about Ashley and said, ‘Oh, I’m bringing the skirts back now.’ “
Gordon said he actually had a conversation with NASCAR on the issue a couple of years ago.
“They were bringing out the topic of do we need to be strict on this when it’s driver introduction,” he said. “I can understand if the engines are fired up and the cars are going down pit road and you’re on the box.
“But when you’re walking out there for qualifying or for driver introductions, is it really that big of a deal? I think it’s petty. The problem is they’ve been so strict on it — if they allow her to do it then they’re going to have to allow others to do it. Then if they don’t they’re going to have some issues.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3244660&name=nascar
The article in the RJ said that the Speedway was paying for 30 some traffic cops to escort and that the traffic lights on the Las Vegas Blvd would be preempted for the parade...
I attended the very first California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway way back in '70. Indy cars -- Foyt, the Unser brothers, Rutherford, (Mario) Andretti, etc. Al (Sr.) had it won but stripped 3rd gear with a few laps to go and Jim McElreath went on to take the checkered. Blazing hot summer day in the "inland empire" -- triple digits.
Total bunk. Let ‘em race!
If I still had a $100,000,000 I would give it to Robby...
Yeah, me too, but I spent it last weekend.
Guess I better change my tagline.
Are you a week early for this parade?
Now that is damn funny!!! but true...
More than you know! I’ll probably be on their mailing list next year. LOL
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