Billy, it is odd that you should mention this. When I was writing the original post I did so partly as a news report and partly to poke fun at one of my favorite targets. But here's the thing. When the race was over yesterday, I flipped over to the weather channel for a second to see if Columbia had, in fact, reached 100 degrees with the predicted heat index of 114. What was immediately apparent was the entire area between Indianapolis and Charlotte was marked as "Severe weather". I turned off the tv thinking about all those teams flying back through that. When we lost Alan Kulwicki it was like I could not believe it. It took a couple days to sink in. When the Hendrick team had that disaster at Martinsville, it was as though I had lost members of my immediate family.
Last night, I had nightmares about one of the teams losing a plane in that bad weather. Woke up in a cold sweat from that. I guess all the aircraft tragedies recently only fed my overactive imagination. Then I turn on the computer this morning to one of the sites I go for racing news and the headline was "Two NASCAR Team Planes Collide on Runway". It took like maybe five seconds to get to the part that there were no injuries and no serious damage to the planes. A very, very long five seconds.
I dread the though of another air tragedy taking any of our race teams folks. You are so right, Billy, about all the testing, flying, and everything else that goes on with the teams. NASCAR is not likely to wake up but with your experience in the field, it looks like they would at least consider your opinion as very valuable. I know I do.
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What a change! It's been awhile since I've checked in and I'm quite surprised. It may take me awhile to figure it our but first look it's really great.
