Didn't win but had a great time
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Congratulations, B.T. Thanks for sharing that!!!!
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Favorite Driver Quote
Stock Car Racing History
Richard Petty after winning his first Daytona 500 in 1964. Someone, I believe it was Chris Economaki, stuck the mic in the car in victory lane and asked "Richard, how do you feel winning the Daytona 500?". Richard's response was "Thirty Seven Thousand Dollars richer". I have never forgotten that for some reason. $37,000.00 in 1964 was big money. Today that isn't even the tire bill hardly. How things change in some ways but now it has all become about money. Maybe it was always. Maybe that's whey the quote has stuck with me all these years. Funny how it turns out that I'm the richest guy on the planet and it has nothing to do with bank account balances.
Tim
Contingency Sponsors
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There was an issued with Penske Racing once declining to display the contingency stickers. I know The King wouldn't but the Busch Beer stickers on his cars. I thought the deal was the product people asked about putting the stickers on the cars and it was up to the team owners to accept of decline. Perhaps Furniture Row just declined or perhaps they don't believe in Regan Smith. If the latter is the case, shame on them and to hell with their stickers.
Close but not horse shoes.
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Impressive Tommie. Few words, awesome statement. Thank you, my friend.
AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATON
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It was a most interesting trip to Charlotte Motor Speedway for me and my three grandsons yesterday. Listening to their conversations and spending 8 hours in the stands, has led me to present The Legendtorial tomorrow on Racing Through History with a different insight. Hope everyone will listen to hear my take on how it was sitting directly across the track from where my Uncle Bobby and I watched the first 600 from the infield.Although I haven't written it yet, I'm sure my perspective is going to surprise a lot of you regulars.
Tim
updated by @tim-leeming: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Close counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
Current NASCAR
Robbie!!!! You can NOT be serious. A computer makes an inaccurate calculation and a veteran with common sense gets it right??????? There is something communistic about that outcome. Since when does common sense and experience have a place in racing, in life, in America?????
Impressed by Ricky Craven in the ESPN Booth
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Without a doubt, Ricky is a first class act in everything he does. He is a great commentator and I enjoy not only his professional, knowledgeable observations, but the fact that he dresses impeccably and comes across as one of the best professionals in the business. We need to replace the rodent loving D.W. and his Boogity crap with Ricky.
NASCAR Driver License Written Test
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Dave, if you thought all that up, I am resigning as a writer for Forums,. Blogs, and Legendtorials. That is awesome and the pictures rock.
The Royal (Race) Wedding
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I enjoyed that. Very romantic. Seems, though, something is missing but I can't quite put my finger on it. I wish the bride and groom a long and happy married life.
INDY, BEWARE OF THE PITFALLS
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Today's State Newspaper contained an article by Will Graves of the Associate Press, headlined as "Evolution includes NASCAR-like feel". The article went on to point out that Indy car racing has taken a page "from NASCAR's mix of Soap Opera and speed". My first reaction, as an almost life-long NASCAR guy, was to be insulted. After reading the remainder of the article and digesting same, Will's definition is not far off base. NASCAR has the drama, the comedy, the "please tune in next weekend for the further adventures of ____________________ and _________________________ with the blanks to be filled in by whatever misadventures of the characters makes the headlines for the next week. The drama is no longer watching drivers battle the track and the heat at Darlington on Labor Day weekend. I'm not even sure I have a definition for the day-to-day, week-to-week, actions of NASCAR. There is no reasonable explanation of many things happening there.
As I've stated here several times already, thanks to my son-in-law getting his hands on four tickets to the 600, I am taking my three grandsons (14, 12, and 7) to that race Sunday. I will introduce them to the sport I discovered 60 years ago. It will be a far different sport. Bright lights, pristine cars shiny and new (at least at the start) and many, many different things. The speed will still be there, but, other than that, it is an entirely different world. I hope all three will enjoy it and I know I'm looking forward to that adventure. Maybe the boys will find some of the excitement I did that first time out for me. Funny thing is, our seats, which are tickets given to my son-in-law, are directly across the track from the infield spot where my uncle and I watched that very first 600 in 1960. Time moves on, but somethings just have a way of recycling.
So, Indy-car, you want to be NASCAR-fied, huh? Good luck. Please note that the crowds at the NASCAR races are decreasing each week. Don't go too far out on that limb yet. It's a great sport and I love my NASCAR but change is not always the best way to proceed. Ask any true NASCAR fan about the "Car of Tomorrow". Maybe you want to reconsider?
Tim
updated by @tim-leeming: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM