Dave Fulton
Administrative
Thinking of you, Dave.
Forum Activity for @jay-coker
I made it to New Orleans
Stock Car Racing History
Dave,
Can I kindly request to be added to your will? LOL I would LOVE to have some of this one of a kind stuff!
Signed (your new best friend)
Jay
Bank requests ‘immediate and exclusive custody’ of Rockingham Speedway
Stock Car Racing History
Betcha a donut Ann Eidson has never heard of NASCAR, much less been to a race in her life.
The Legend & Jeff Gilder Finally Have Their Answer
Current NASCAR
Funny- she sure as heck wasn't signing or taking pictures when she was a rookie.
Legendary Car Owner Ed Whitaker Passes Away on Hometown Bristol Weekend; R.I.P., Ed
Current NASCAR
Reminds me of when Larry Nuber once referred to Ed Whitaker's cars on ESPN as "the fastest rent-a-car in the South." LOVED that #7 font he ran on his cars, and that Skoal Buick he ran for Gant back in the late 1980s is one of my favorite cars of all time!
Cup schedule changes...Darlington Labor Day?
Current NASCAR
I'd really like to say what Bruton Smith and Nascar can do, but I don't think it would be printable here.
Shame on the BOTH of them for screwing the Atlanta market out of the season finale, a Chase date, two dates, and now a Labor Day date. Karma is a bad thing.
DO YOU REMEMBER HAVING TO AGREE TO THIS?
Current NASCAR
The key element in any investigation is going to be "intent." I personally don't see how any criminal investigation is going to prove "intent," no matter how highprofile the prosecutor is.
Civil suit on the other hand? Let's just say Tony would be well served to go make a withdrawal at the local bank, have his attorneys call the Ward family and hope that it's enough to make them disappear. Otherwise, it's possible a jury could take an even bigger piece of Tony's kingdom.
Tony Stewart hits and kills driver at dirt track Saturday night
Administrative
Couple of thoughts...
While I think this was JUST an accident, I believe the whole Nascar "boys have at it" mentality has fueled these kinds of confrontations. Granted this didn't happen in a Nascar-sanctioned race, but it shows how far reaching their influence is with people around the world. Let's face it, Nascar is maybe the most image-conscious sports governing body in the world. Now that this "boys have at it" philosophy has blown up in their face, I am interested in seeing the kneejerk reactions that come from it and what the fallout is. Every situation is different, but back in 1979 there was an accident at Atlanta Motor Speedway where a crew member was awaiting his driver who was leading the race to pit, the driver ran out of gas on pit road coming in for his stop, popped the clutch while trying to refire and the rear gear locked, driver lost control of the car and struck the crew member, an eighteen year old gasman who was launched about 50 feet down pit road an killed instantly. The driver immediately retired from the race and never raced again. Not to say that will be Stewart's career decision; but I also think going forward he has a decision to make- give up the corporate sponsored Nascar world that he supposedly resents and go back to doing what he professes to love: short track racing, or give up what he loves to focus on the sport that allows him the financial means to do what he wants.
I just hope everyone gains some perspective about how life >>>>> racing, and how sad it is something like this had to happen to remind us.
What is the first Nascar race you attended
Stock Car Racing History
Yep- both victims of an early wreck in the trioval. My seventeen year old brother at the time went to the pits after that race, and Jimmy Means told him to tag along and he would walk him around to see some of the cars up close. I still have the pictures he took from that tour.