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I get the hint Jeff, no more the abbreviated RR.com, from now on it's RacersReunion
The #96 Die Cast cars are in and I'm pretty stoked!
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I saw this 1/24 came out recently. There are some custom diecast's using Bill Elliott's #4 "Dalladega" Torino redone in the #96 Cardinal paint scheme that sold for well over $150 in the past, Lionel has put a stop to that monopoly.
Mixing Politics with Racing
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Robbie you're spot on, there would also have to be a recount of the laps led, laps finished, etc. it would be the hanging chad all over again. The government would take a good thing like a simple race and ruin it, the media would get involved and pressure the flagman to black flag anyone that was a front runner, the super packs would run negative advertising on the rear quarter panels, it would be a total train wreck before the race even started.
@Tim, you are the prize winner, you linked this forum to the runoff in South Carolina...way to go. That is exactly where I got the idea. I was curious to where the candidates were holding shop and it turned out to be Columbia. I was hoping there would be ONE candidate that would use South Carolina's racing history as a backdrop for their run but so far I can't find any candidate that will support my theory that if one did use stock car racing as their theme they just might win the primary's but nope, the are just not that smart and I'm not surprised. What's the old saying..."When in Rome do as the Roman's do".
Mixing Politics with Racing
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Now that I got your attention, the last thing I want to do is talk politics on RR.Com however, I do have a fun topic to discuss and the question of the topic is:
Of all the presidential candidates, to include Barrack Obama, in what order do you think each candidate as a stock car driver would stack up in a race of equally built cars and why would you pick the winner?
My picks are;
#1 Rick Perry, he's like John Wayne toilet paper, rough and tough and don't take crap from no one.
2nd place: Rick Santorum, a little hot under the collar, I could see him spin out his own mother to win.
3rd place: Barrack Obama, he don't have any experience but he knows how to win
4th place: Mitt Romney, he's a slick enough to cheat in the pits but not good enough to win
5th place: Ron Paul, his loyal fans are enough motivate him to a decent finish.
6th place: Newt Gingrich, he's not one to pretend he's a race car driver but could tell you the history behind it all.
7th place: John Huntsman, he's never attended a race, doesn't know a thing about it...I don't think Utah even has a track?
8th place: Michelle Bachman, DNQ
These placings are in no way a reflection of my political views, rather a calculated assumption of who could wheel a race car.
updated by @jim-wilmore: 01/07/17 09:13:23PM
Top-10 Coolest Drivers
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Only Earnhardt fans think Earnhardt should be the #1 coolest drivers, he could be funny at times but far from Mr. Cool. I don't neither disagree or agree with Rahal's top 10 I just don't think Earnhardt fit the definition of a "Cool dude".
However, it's not fair to have a movie star in the list, so to counter Rahal's movie star line up I'm going to trump his with the coolest of them all....Joe Cool aka Snoop Dog or, Snoopy as his momma called him.
What was your favorite track growing up and why?
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So many great stories, this is a real treat that you share your stories, it's not just the old drivers that have a story to tell, you all tell it like it was yesterday which goes to show how much of an impression going to the track as a young kid or teen had on you. Again, I can only imagine what it would have been like, I know envy is an evil thing but I got to say, I do envy your experiences however, I'm so glad you had them and can share them with us.
I was wrong in saying Fayetteville Motor Speedway was my first race when if fact it was Spartanburg Speedway back around 1985 where an army buddy took me to his hometown of Spartanburg and we went to the a races. THAT was the first time I had ever been to a track and that is where I got my first taste of southern clay dust, the smell of racing fuel, and loud straight pipes. My biggest memory was of an early model Nova going off the center of turns 1-2 and rolling. "Whoa" I said, "This looks like fun!" Spartanburg Speedway is a ghost track now but it sure left an everlasting impression on young soldier from Charlotte...Michigan that is.
The next race I went to was Rockingham in 1993, Rusty Wallace was my driver and there, at my first Winston Cup, Rusty won the race. I never saw cars go so fast as when the green flag dropped and pole sitter Ernie Irvan took the #28 Texaco Havoline Ford Thunderbird down the front stretch, I lost my breath, what an awesome sight. During Rusty's Polish victory lap ( in honor of Alan Kulwicki) he also held a #28 flag out the window to honor Davy Allison, both of whom we lost in the spring of `93. That was a dark year of my young years as a NASCAR fan, besides Rusty losing the points battle to Earnhardt and ultimately the championship. But I'll never forget that race and I took a hundred photographs, not so many of Earnhardt as you can imagine.
What was your favorite track growing up and why?
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What was your favorite track growing up and why?
Though I never attended a race growing up it wasn't due to lack of interest rather it was lack of interest on my father's part. I always had a fascination with racing. As a kid I would tug at my Mom's coat tail to buy me matchbox car at the local dime store and then go home and have a race with my pot metal toys. Growing up in Michigan there is a track called Spartan Motor Speedway in East Lansing. From time to time I would hear promos on the radio announcing up coming races and how I longed to go see for myself but it just wasn't to be. I joined the Army at 21 and retired at 41 and pretty much stayed put where I retired in Fayetteville, NC. Luckily for me there is a dirt track not 30 minutes from where I live and that is where I attended my first dirt race and I was hooked. Over the years I've met a lot of people that speak so highly of the race tracks they attended and how I could only imagine the thrill of being a kid at the big "Matchbox Race". Many of you probably take it all for granted that you grew up going to the race track, you just don't know how good you had it. So, I'm curious, what was your favorite track and tell me why so I can imagine some more.
updated by @jim-wilmore: 01/06/17 10:54:05PM