Mike you are ALMOST right. If Smokey were still around, NASCAR would try to have him deported to somewhere he could not even hear of NASCAR. That man could do things with automobiles that today's engineers are still years away from discovering. Thanks for posting the pictures. Brings back alot of memories for me.
I just watched Victory Lane on Speed and caught up on the details. Impressive ending.
I went to bed at midnight, just after halfway, but I checked NASCAR.com first thing. Surprising finish but there are really no details up there yet. What I saw was good racing.
I'll see what I can do Chase. I think I have that picture somewhere, but with all the unorganized mess I have, it may take years to find.
Having attended this event for the past four years, I am really looking forward to being there again this year. This group is a great bunch of folks and they put on a most excellent event. Hope to see many of you there.
Chase, this is an absolutely awesome!!!! The pictures are also great. Thanks for sharing all that. Can't wait for the full report!!!!!
I had an interesting phone call over the weekend. Seems someone I know very well who lives in Batesburg, SC, about 30 miles from me, tuned into his Direct TV Channel for the Nationwide race Saturday night to be greeted with a screen blank except for the notice that the race was "blacked out" in his area. He called Direct TV and was told that was a decision of the race track as they had not sold enough tickets to the race and therefore requested the blackout for anything within a certain radius of the track. Although Direct TV did join the race in progress, it was shocking to me that Atlanta Raceway would have the audacity to black out coverage of the race. What a stupid, down right idiotic move on the part of Atlanta Raceway Management. I do recall when Charlotte Motor Speedway did that years ago to the 600.
Just think. If they are going to start blacking out races where there are not enough tickets sold, looks like SpongeBob Squarepants will get a lot more viewers. Lack of ticket sales? Lack of television viewers? Lack of fan? Black out NASCAR if you must. Or maybe I just won't care any more.
Hey Chase, that is a great picture of you up there in the high places! Too high for me. Too afraid of heights. Johnny, you gave a good outline of what I think we can expect come Saturday night in Richmond. Should be very interesting to see how that race turns out. I am thinking that Jeff and Carl may wreck themselves out of the event trying to hard. As for Kyle Busch, never know what he will accomplish. Should be a good event and I would expect they will sell a bunch of tickets to that one. If not, then the sport is in much more trouble than I even imagined.
It would seem to me that NASCAR is going to have to change their stance on "Boys have at it". It will become "Boys, and little girls with race car play toys have at it". While I wasn't driving either car, and while I acknowledge it was Bristol and it happened fast, it appears to me that it was more Danica coming down on the Smith car, just a little, but Danica trying to stay off the wall. But even so, that's racing.
I've said before that NASCAR needed Danica to increase the interest. She served that purpose several times this year. I seems to me that the "newness" is wearing off and a lot of folks just don't care any more. Then when something like this happens, it's time to crank up the hype machines and rev up the interest again. She dumped Hornish at Talladega AFTER the checkers so we know she is capable of doing exaclty what the hype machine is proclaiming. I cannot help but wonder, however, if she crosses swords with Carl Edwards or Kevin Harvick, what the outcome will be. I don't think she is ready for that.
I am backing off Danica bashing as whatever I say will be seen one way by the Danica lovers and another way by the Danica haters, so the continue a discourse with such an outcome is a useless waste of time. Whether or not she ever wins a race, the television commentators are going to comment on EVERYTHING she does. When she is running 24th one lap down, she is having a fantastic race if you listen to them. Pity the same consideration is not given to other drivers runningahead of her is much less of a funded ride.
So, to all Danica lovers, have you called the cell phone number used as her's in the Nationwide advertisement with Dale, Jr?I would suspect some of those more inclinded to alcohol use probably have.
Boys, have at it. And Danica, if you're really serious, you have at it too. I wish you luck with that. Just be sure you get a list of the guys who are still gentlemen enough NOT to punch you out. If you play with fire, you will get burned. My Daddy used to tell me that. Of course I had to prove it to myself and he was sure right.
Interesting! Very Interesting! But it is the promise from Smoke of more to come "every chance I get" for which I await the next race. I don't want to see any driver hurt, but the more damage that can be done to the Rousch bunch, the more in favor of it I am. But, that's just being the old crumudgeon I am.
