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Kyle Busch Ticketed; 128 in 45 mph Zone

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Wonder if he looked in his mirror on I-77 S only to see Harvick's grin behind him ...

Petty Door Number Variations

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Yes, the Frances were none too happy about the number swap and PE's attempt to get both cars on the pay plan. This was the 1st race of the 81 season and the last race in the longer wheelbase cars. For the next race of the season, the Pettys switched back. Result? The King won his 7th Daytona 500 ... in #43 Buick ... natch.

Petty Door and Fender

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I'm a little bit belated on the reply here. But I think your sheet metal is from the Petty-built Dodge Chargers raced by Woody and Bobby Fisher in the ARCA, LMS and Winston West series in the mid 70s.

Earlier this year, RR's Don Smyle was kind enough to share this photo of Bobby Fisher for me to use in blog entries I wrote about Woody and Bobby.

NASCAR Legends by Robert Edelstein, a "Must Read"

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Thanks for the tip Tim. Now I'm connecting the dots. I have read one of Robert's books, "Full Throttle" about Curtis Turner. That book is easily in my top 5 favorite racing titles along with books such as "Driving with the Devil" by Neal Thompson and "The World's Number One, Flat-Out, All-Time Great, Stock Car Racing Book" by Jerry Bledsoe. Robert's work on Full Throttle gives immediate street cred to his new release. Its now on my Amazon wish list.

Good to see you here Robert.

Look for me.

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Sah-WEET!

You are likely already there as I post this. But don't hesitate to flag a parking guy. They should bend over backwards to accommodate you if its tough to walk. (Said "should" not that they will. But I'd give it a shot.)

Catsup or Ketchup????

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Red condiment on my hot dog? I pronounce it Lew-eez-ee-ana Hawt Saw-ss.

edit and/or delete a photo and/or description of photo

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Go to your photo. Click the Options button to the right of your photo title (under the Classifieds menu item on my screen). You can then edit the description or tags or delete the photo.

Photo Categorys

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Here is another challenge. Over time, I've found many pictures I've liked. Because tags and descriptions aren't used effectively, I've marked them as 'favorites'. However, I recently noticed favorites are capped at 100 photos. After that, the newest one is retained and and an older one is un-favorited (de-fave'd?, anti-fave'd?). That really stinks too because its unlikely I'll find them again crawling through 50,000 photos. I don't know if there is a way that viewers can use their own tags as a photo is viewed in addition to any tags provided by the uploader.

Question of the Day for March 30, 2011

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At the end of each season, I get a bit cynical about racing. I'm done with it - tired of the overhyped stories - tired of the political correctness of the drivers - and so on. But then my adrenalin returns anew each February. So in that respect, I'm always up for GOOD coverage, especially early in the season.

What bothers me is not the quantity of the coverage. Its the quality. For the most part, folks don't need to complain about too much NFL coverage, do they? To me, its because Rich Eisner, Chris Berman, talking heads at FOX/CBS, Eli Gold on Westwood One radio, etc. often have pretty good, fairly balanced, objective observations/analyses to make about the sport.

NASCAR and its media partners, on the other hand, crossed the line a long time ago. Larry Mc, DW, and Jeff Hammond aren't play-by-play or color commentators like John Madden or Keith Jackson. They are about bringing attention to THEMSELVES. Furthermore, the in-race (or even pre-race) sponsor drops drive me crazy - particularly when the announcers are paid - without disclaimers to the viewers - to name drop a product or service. They'll go there even if the race circumstances don't dictate it, & it drives me crazy.

And don't get me started on the whole bias towards pretending Cup/GN started in 1979 with the Daytona 500 and rise of the rookie Earnhardt.

Finally, NASCAR wants to be a big time player in the world of sports. But then they'll bite and make you draw back a nub if you criticize them. This has resulted in owners, drivers, crew chiefs, and on-air media rehashing the same "safe" talk vs. giving the straight dope. And because print/web journalists are constantly threatened over their media credentials, most no longer provide any in-depth journalistic reporting coverage that doesn't come ready-packaged in a press release.

That's my beef. I could plant myself in the recliner in front of the tube if I could get some good critical analysis of the issues of the sport, a dive in what makes a driver tick, and a historical perspective that hasn't been told already 1 million times.

Looking for 1977 Firecracker 400 program

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Hope this is the right place for this request.

Does anyone have a copy of the 1977 Firecracker 400 program? If so, please reply here, leave a comment at my R-R page, or e-mail me at toomuchcountry (at) gmail (dot) com. I'm looking for a photo of a particular car from the 1976 race that I'm hoping may have been included in the 1977 program. Thanks.

updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM