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My Daddy is Bigger than your Daddy so there take that

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Wax on, wax off. (maybe even Geoff Bodine's Waxing Frenzy)

My Daddy is Bigger than your Daddy so there take that

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Ah So Most Honorable Papasan Mike

Dover Devilment between Denny and Kevin

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Did anyone else see the altercation at Dover today between Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick? Did anyone see how fast John Darby with NASCAR was there with Denny? He was there to stop the fight, so they say. Wonder if either of these drivers will get "spoken to" or put on probation for Sunday's race? I would bet a least one of them is very immune to any such action.

Not meaning to be negative here, but I cannot understand, for the life of me, what it is about Joe Gibbs Racing. When I worked for the attorney who represented many NFL players and then coaches, I had more than one occassion to be in the presence of Coach Gibbes and more than one occassion to speak with him one-on-one. He is an honorable man, and deeply religous Christain and an all around worker for good. Yet, he as a punk driving the 18, a high-school drop-out big mouth with a mafia father driving the 20, and a youngster who did work his way up the ladder the right way but now has that certain attitude that he is owed more respect than he has earned. For Hamlin to pop off his mouth about Richard Childress the way he did indicates a total lack of respect for the sport, as Richard Childress is one of those gentleman who helped make it possible for Mr. Hamlin to graduate from the dirt tracks to where he is today in the million dollar house and the half million dollar motorhome. It's a nice story about how his folks mortgaged their home and gave up everything to get him to the top, but without Richard Childress and the CRC Chemicals number 3 Chevy from all those years ago, Denny would be racing a donkey cart around a dirt track about an eighth of a mile long.

I am more than sick and tired of these young punks with their slick hair styles and even slicker attitudes, bashing the roots of the sport. I have no respect for a young punk bashing an icon like Richard Childress. While I am not a fan of Kevin Harvick either, what I saw in practice was a young punk trying to show out in front of Kevin and Kevin just showed him you don't run your mouth about my boss and then get in my way here.

I tell you, for someone who tries so hard to stay positive, I am having my moments with all that's going on here. Maybe it is time for me to be quiet, stay away for awhile, and eat birthday cake. What I was told two weeks ago, reiterated by NASCAR's actions with Clint, is enough to make me really sick. Where will it end? Who knows. I do know this; I will not be watching tomorrow's race, I'll be at my grandsons' soccer games. I will probably watch Talladega and Charlotte because those are"old school" tracks. But, I can assure you, even if I have to schedule a root canal, I will NOT watch the event from Homestead. To do so would allude to an allegience I no longer feel. I can fake many things, but I can't fake my way through this distaste I am experiencing right now. Forgive me for being negative, please. That is not my nature.Maybe I can fake my way into politics. It has been known to work for some people.

Tim

updated by @tim-leeming: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

The penality for a Crime Committed over a Thin Quarter

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Yep, Johnny, I hear it. And I keep hearing those FedEx envelopes from Toyko being ripped open as well.

An Awakening

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Pkl, I guess that's why you are paid the big bucks! Thoughts like NASCAR planting such a story to liven up the dead Chase. That never occurred to me. I did wonder why I was the "chosen" one to put out such information when I was assured that it was not given to any other outlet. Maybe I am the fool in this thing. Won't be the first time I fell hook, line, and sinker into the abyss of NASCAR. I may just take a couple weeks sabatical from here if I am that big a fool, and it is well possible that I am. Please, someone, watch the race tomorrow so you can fill me in on what strange happenings may transpire as I will be at a soccer game for my seven year old grandson. If, for instance, "debris cautions" fly when needed by Mr. Hamlin, make note. If everyone else BUT Mr. Hamlin is penalized for "too fast entering or too fast exiting" the pits, please make note. If all cars finishing ahead of Mr. Hamlin at found to be one one millionith of an inch too high, to low, too wide, or the wrong color, please make note.
Thank you for your assistance.
Tim

An Awakening

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Leon, if Richard Childress wins this thing it is only because the word is out about what is going on. I am continuing my efforts to make that word known and all of you are helping do that. But I'm very careful,now, about what I put here on RR. I have been advised by two individuals very well versed in such subjects, that NASCAR can get very violent with those who dare to spread the truth of their actions and I would really hate for anything I say or do to adversely affect Jeff and/or Racers Reunion. If I had somewhere else to blog it, I would do it there, but this is my only outlet. Keep spreading the word, far and wide, that there are things going on with The Chase that would make Washington D.C. look saintly.

An Awakening

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After all the texts, phone calls, and e-mails yesterday over the Number 33 and the 1/16th of an inch that has so upset the world, I lay awake last night thinking of how all of that actually impacts me. The bottom line conclusion is that it has absolutely no impact on me directly, it's just another nail in that coffin of sealing my long enduring love of NASCAR racing. I'm already to the point of watching it when it is convenient and NOT making it a necessity. I haven't spent any money on anything NASCAR in a few years now, although there are two things I want right now, both very "retro" and coming to a combined total of less than $100.00. I guess, in reality, those two things aren't really NASCAR related when it comes to today's racing.

I am very fortunuate, through this site and Facebook, to communicate with several young men from the age of about 14 up to 22 who are either currently racing in some form or hoping to start very soon, and who have the ambition of competing in the top series someday. I know that dream. I wish each of these young men well and I will always encourage them to pursue their dreams, for it is through dreams that reality is possible.

I have written Blogs and Forums here about the glorious history of Stock Car Racing and my good fortune to have been a part of it over the years in many capacities. I have seen it born on the dirt tracks, nutured on the short asphalt tracks, going through puberty at Darlington, and coming into adulthood at Daytona, Charlotte, Atlanta, and others. I have seen it reach old age now with a growing dementia that forgets the basics that got it through the best part of its life. There are somedays when the sport experiences true Alzheimers symptons and reaches out for the old days, such as the Hall of Fame in Charlotte including many artifacts from the beginning. Today, NASCAR sits as the old person in the nursing home, staring blankly out the window into the growing shadows of an evening approaching, without fear of the dark because the darkness will only hide the world outside of which it is no longer an active part. The family it raised and which has tried to support it in its growing infirmity is tired now. The family is tired of being ignored, abused, and having its collective intelligence insulted day after day, week after week. There are some in the family now who vow they will not even return for the funeral. Sad. It is a very sad thing to lose something that has raised you from childhood but it's even sadder when that thing lives now only to abuse you.

So, as for who will win the Cup, my information is that the conclusion is already bought a paid for. The remaining nine races in "The Chase" are for the purpose of maintaining at least an appearance of propriety in the sport. Knowing the outcome removes some of the anticpation factor, but in the end, I have reached the conclusion that I really don't care any more. Thankfully, I have grandsons who play soccer on the weekends and the 7 year old usually has Sunday afternoon games. I only hope that grandson doesn't miss the goal by 1/16th of an inch Sunday. That would be 1/16 of an inch that would make a difference.

Tim

updated by @tim-leeming: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

Growing up around a frame jig

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Awesome post Johnny. I always enjoy and appreciate your perspectives on things. Thanks for sharing this.

NOW HOW IN THE HECK DO YOU LET THIS HAPPEN--------

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I assume you checked behind me. Your sources are bound to be good.

NOW HOW IN THE HECK DO YOU LET THIS HAPPEN--------

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Leon, Denny Hamlin in the FedEx number 11 will win. It's a done deal.