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Hey Just had a great idea--now think about this how would Jeff Gilder pres and Tim Leeming assistant with Robbie,Bobby,and the rest of the crew as governing body. now that has reasoning to it--what yall think
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Hey Just had a great idea--now think about this how would Jeff Gilder pres and Tim Leeming assistant with Robbie,Bobby,and the rest of the crew as governing body. now that has reasoning to it--what yall think
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Well you beat me to that I found a trace earlier tonite and followed suit to the source in Daytona-- all i could find that was fact i could back up on was he in fact stepping down because of health reasons ---well imagine that----Way to go MR Starrs Radio Keep up the good work
an interesting writing about Kelly Earnhardt
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In the course of her career, Kelley Earnhardt has moved from being a racer to bringing one of the most anticipated NASCAR competitors into the sport.Most powerful females in NASCARShe has stepped from the shadows cast by being the daughter of Dale Earnhardt and sister and confidant of Dale Earnhardt Jr. to emerge as a savvy businesswoman who knows the racing business from all sides driving to marketing to licensing to contracts. These days, as she grows into her role as co-owner of the JR Motorsports team she helped found and develop, Kelley Earnhardt is also adjusting to a heightened public presence.Shes doing so in style.Earnhardt deftly cruises past questions digging for insight into her popular and successful brother, the man who is also a co-owner of JR Motorsports and with whom she has worked in an official capacity since 2001. She appears to seamlessly navigate the waters of negotiating contracts with sponsors and others and has played roles in both the high-profile move of Earnhardt Jr. to Hendrick Motorsports and landing the coveted Danica Patrick, who will drive part-time for the JR Motorsports Nationwide Series team this season.Earnhardt handles her role like a seasoned professional.In many ways, that is exactly what she is.After all, she essentially has been trained for this position her entire adult life. Now, shes just willing to take a more public role as part of her move into co-ownership.Weve been in front of the camera and the TV with our dad, being involved, she says. Ive not chosen to be out front. As a team owner, I think thats part of my role for the series. ... I enjoy it.Earnhardt obviously knows the sport from all sides.Not only did she grow up watching her dad race in NASCAR, but she also competed and raced well in Late Models at places such as North Carolinas Tri County Speedway and Hickory Motor Speedway. Although she hasn't raced in years, she says she sometimes wishes she had continued along that path.There are lots of days that I wish I had done that, she says. It was different then; it was just a different ballgame. I was working and fresh out of college."She earned a business degree from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, then worked in licensing before joining forces, in an official working capacity, with her brother.Kelleys pretty much handled the daily activities here over the last several years anyway. I can really involve myself basically as much as I feel like it, which makes it a lot easier for me to focus on my real job, Earnhardt Jr. says.Since then, she has orchestrated and seen numerous changes to the career and business of her brother, from the way things are managed to his landmark move from Dale Earnhardt Inc., the team his father founded, to his current driving role at Hendrick Motorsports.Kelley Earnhardt can remember how different things were just 10 years ago. At that time, the sports most popular driver had six employees, including someone who paid the bills, a motor-home driver and a couple of guys that mowed the grass and ran around for him.DEI handled Earnhardt Jr.s marketing, Web site and licensing. First, she worked with the personal side of the drivers business. As she became more involved with DEI, she slowly became more entrenched in the marketing and licensing side of Earnhardt Jr.As we obviously started our own Nationwide team, we had to do a lot of that stuff in-house for ourselves, hired different people to handle it and now we have 85 or so employees, she says. Then when we left DEI and moved to Hendrick Motorsports, we brought all our own licensing inside, marketing, all that kind of stuff, so now all that is within JR Motorsports. So its changed a lot and evolved a lot.Kelley Earnhardt says it hasnt always been an easy transition to make.She has delved into the world of contracts and now team ownership.These days, she deals in high-power negotiations and works with corporations as she tries to bring continued sponsorship to JR Motorsports.At times, she says, dealing with executives she hasnt met can be difficult at first. She has learned, though, that the feeling can actually go both ways. People can feel intimidated to talk with her and Earnhardt Jr. as well.Were both very really normal people, and I think its just as intimidating for people to work with us as it is for us to work with people, honestly. People dont know what to expect until they meet you, and they have this stereotype of what you may be, she says. I hear people all the time say Im just really normal.Yet she can calmly and courteously handle a series of questions concerning her team, her high-profile brother and her high-profile new driver.And she can still find a little time to have some fun.Earnhardt tells a story of working with her brother at the shop. She says he came into her office and she ended up raising her voice and yelling over the course of their conversation. When he left her office, she assumed he was gone for the day.Not so.About 45 minutes later, he came back with a slip of paper and he had went to the [human resources] office and he had me wrote up, she says. He said, HR is scared to come in here and give you this, and so I need you to sign this piece of paper.She says she quickly pointed out to him their conversation had been of a sibling nature and, therefore, he couldnt write her up, and they laughed about the incident.While balancing the family side of working together with the business aspects might be difficult for some, Kelley Earnhardt says that is not the case for her and her family. After all, they had a good example to follow for that -- one that has made her current role easier.I think weve all done good with it because of my dad, she says. Tony (Eury) Sr. worked with my dad, we grew up under my dad and dad always had a way of teaching you how to keep things separate. We had a good teacher from that standpoint.
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Bumpertag you are a great sport and I hope a good friend because you are holding true to your beliefs as to what cars should look like, there were many shapes and sizes coming up in my career,and you could spot one brand from another,even each driver or owner had a unique way to paint and set their car up(you can spot one of Buzzys car easy) but todays cars whether they are Nascar,Nationwaide,or late model they all look alike with the exception of the number and paint scheme and dont bump one of those cars because thats it if they get bent in any way or the spring loaded cars are so fickle it sad. Them old cars would just take it like a pro and still win. I will stop at that and await the next one who wants to play in the mud. Bumpertag said:
I prefer my race cars to have fenders and a windsheild, to each his own. I guess if I'd grown up around chopped up cars I'd like them more. My childhood was filled with stories and pictures of NASCAR Grand National racing and the stars that made it famous. Nothing else will do for me.
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Hey Ricky glad you picked up on this whats your take on the saga define a modified vs an old school race car vs a late model plastic car Ricky J. Coody said:
That's "OLD RACING PIG" Jeff!! LOL!!! Great pig too!!! Rick
Jeff Gilder said:As you can see, BT, debating with Johnny is like wrestling a pig in the mud....you soon realize the pig likes it.
johnny mallonee said:Bumpertag --- dont give up that easy --- I was just getting into our weekly debate ---but never fear there will be another that will start a neat discussion and you can partake in that one also
Bumpertag said:Good points by all and I understand that what I see as modifies some see as early stock cars. Each decade the racing and racers have changed, and I guess it becomes a question of what you grew up around. Here in upper S. Carolina I never heard of or saw a modified racer until around the mid 70's, and it wasn't anything that interested me. Other than a few of the top drivers, I nerver knew anything about the drivers or teams. This was like a little known sub series that lacked the drawing power to gain popularity to equal that of NASCAR stockers in that era. I know that was not the case, that the modies had a huge following and could hold it's own with any division. It just never appealed to me. To be honest, I liked the Baby Grands more than the modifieds because they looked more like street cars.
Jeff, this site could never disappoint me. I'll just have to wade through all the stuff that others like to find what I like. Fans of the open wheelers have to go through pictures they don't care for, so it's all a wash. No hard feelings, I hope, and please keep posting all the pictures you can find. Great site!
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Bumpertag --- dont give up that easy --- I was just getting into our weekly debate ---but never fear there will be another that will start a neat discussion and you can partake in that one also Bumpertag said:
Good points by all and I understand that what I see as modifies some see as early stock cars. Each decade the racing and racers have changed, and I guess it becomes a question of what you grew up around. Here in upper S. Carolina I never heard of or saw a modified racer until around the mid 70's, and it wasn't anything that interested me. Other than a few of the top drivers, I nerver knew anything about the drivers or teams. This was like a little known sub series that lacked the drawing power to gain popularity to equal that of NASCAR stockers in that era. I know that was not the case, that the modies had a huge following and could hold it's own with any division. It just never appealed to me. To be honest, I liked the Baby Grands more than the modifieds because they looked more like street cars.
Jeff, this site could never disappoint me. I'll just have to wade through all the stuff that others like to find what I like. Fans of the open wheelers have to go through pictures they don't care for, so it's all a wash. No hard feelings, I hope, and please keep posting all the pictures you can find. Great site!
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hey bumpertag--i really need to know if you are going to be offended if i continue with my coupe and put it here on R/R --it wont have any fenders on it but it will have a late model set of rollbars in it and a stockcar seat and harness along with a net-- the motor,well i cant tell you that yet but it will have a set of those exotic headers that make it sound like an indy car and steam roller tires too.I bet you were referring to my chevelle i ran back in the 60's thru 80's as a stock car--if you were that car was as far from a stock car as you could get--it was on a 57 chevy frame with torsion bar suspension all around and the motor??well it was a small block bored and stroked to 420 in. with a roller in it and 2 speed transmission in it-- that was a modified anywhere you went B U T it did have fenders on it as long as Tim didnt try to tear them off when we were on the track together what you think you are seeing as stock cars may very well indeed a wolf in sheeps wool-- enjoy the site --enjoy the cars--enjoy the folks -- enjoy life sir-- because i am (think about this) What would you have if Jeff hadnt set up long nites putting this electronic website to racing the way it was ---not to Sprint cars or indy cars or to stock cars but to the best of all cars with and without fenders,or hoods, the people who built them had the desire to race and thats------------------------------------------------memories Bumpertag said:
Jeff I went to that page and still saw many modified racers. Maybe it's me, but when I click on the "Stock Car"tab I don't exspect to see hundreds of open wheel, no fender racers. I thought that was the purpose of the different tabs, to narrow the list of pictures to a specific catagory or type. I understand that some may look at these and see "EARLY STOCK CARS", but I don't think they fit the catagory. When I hear the words "Stock Car", I think of any race car that looks like a stock car type racer and has a full body.
I still love this site and visit every day. Love the stories and the flood of memories. Thanks
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Bumper tag sir define way to many -- how are you defining a modified? could it be a 75 chevy nova with a big block in it?? this could be called a modified--or maybe a Monti carlo body on a a tube frame,that could be a modified-- how about Sam Ards cars what would you call them?? Is it just because you dont like to see things without fenders ? I have a few pictures of the sprint cars I drove but I didnt put them here because they are clearly a different class. Now you are saying there are way to many modifieds here,does that mean when I finish my coupe I will not be able to post my car here on my page??? Im sorry sir that I picked a car that was out of contex for this site-- I will try to sell what I have so far to build it with then I will contact you and the others that think coupes and modifieds dont belong here and you all tell me what to build so I can post my car im building on racers reunion and everybody will be happy.Is this what we are to do? Are you going to clarify what a modified is? Surely you thought all this through before you posted your displeasure. I await you response Sir before I continue with my build Jeff Gilder said:
Let me try this again....If you will view the "Vintage Racing Gallery" you'll find it does not contain all those Mods...mostly stockers. We take the "cream of the crop" and place it in there almost every day.
Bumpertag said:This is getting out of hand. WAY TOO MANY modifieds, it's taking too long to find what I came to this for. Still love the site but wish there was someway to refine the "Stock Car" tab to eliminate the modifieds. For a long time it was just the opposite, lots of stockers and a very few modies. Now it seems we are finding it harder to post new stock car pictures so the modies are being posted instead. As with other annoyances in life, "this to will pass."
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joe what was that 40 ford your dad drove?? or the 37 flat back were they stock cars or were they sportman class or were they modified--- you tell me they were what made us have this club we have here-- no store bought car or a springloaded chassis car they were built from whatever was around that service station down town augusta or what your dad could build or swap out with someone--- You and I are Half a generation apart I saw it in action,you got in on the tail end of it when your dad had the tiger by the tail---now you tell me how to define what one or either the other they are !!! Joe Riddle said:
Well Bumpertag, for what its worth, I'm with you on this one all the way!!! I feel the same way you do about this. I just dont get it either. I said something about it in the past, and got no where.