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Tim, I stopped by the museum in Dawsonville one day and was very impressed. I was there by myself but found it to be true to its name. It was about Georgia racers, not just nationally known drivers. The North Carolina Motorsports Hall of Fame could learn a thing or two from them.

Yes, Ed, The Legend had an awesome day! Cody is quite the host and I can now speak from experience that his knowledge is in his head, not in a book somewhere. As Cody said, we spent about 3 and 1/2 hours in the museum and it was an incredible experience to hear Georgia Racing History from someone who loves it and lives it. It is worth anyone's time to go to the museum but IF you're fortunate enough to get Cody to walk you through it, your experienc will be all the more impressive. I have to say the Dawsonville Pool Room is so full of the magic of the area that you can't quite put a finger on why you feel so good just being in there. The cheeseburger was great too.
It was impressive to see the Elliott race shop even though we couldn't get past the front desk. Just a tour through history thinking of Bill in that number 9 burning up the tracks.
Cody Dinsmore is the real thing. I enjoyed every second there and it wasn't until I was dropping Cody off at his house that I realized I hadn't even looked at my watch all afternoon. Time was not important. Trying to absorb all Cody was presenting was the important thing.
Thanks Cody! For everything, including my gift bag.
Tim

Problem with that scenario, Cody, is Brian would have to bring someone in to show him how to work the dvd player to watch the video. After watching it, he would find fault with all we had to say and go about justifying his misguided judgments. I know that the past three weeks, moreso than anything else NASCAR has done, have driven me to the point of almost saying "to hell with it". If I can ever justify to myself that the heritage I so strongly believe in is no longer important whatsoever to the institution of NASCAR, then I'm finished. But as long as there is a Richard Petty, a Bobby Allison, a Rex White, a Ned Jarrett, I have to believe what they did meant something. I guess my heart can't give it up easily.
I had a discussion today about the Fred Lorenzen caution flags when NASCAR was so hot on making a star out of the golden boy who had no "redneck" accent, that when Freddie needed a pit stop, debris magically appeared on the track. Back then, we sort of overlooked it because we were struggling to be recognized as a major sport. Funny how that makes the old admonition of "be careful what you wish for" mean so much more.
Tim