You Want a Legendtorial This Week?
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Tim when the man isaway you should sneak in one of your delicious Editorals about the beginning of the eastern Tn Terror called Jeff Gilder on his early years on dirt. That could be good,,,
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Another great leaves us this weekend
Stock Car Racing History
Legendary Speedy Bill Smith Dies
If you were a racer in the 50s and 60s you remember this guy.
The Legendary Bill Smith died Friday at the age of 84 -- he supplied my Dad and myself with untold amounts of parts and if you needed info they were the place to go.
His wife died at the beginning of the year so its up to the kids to keep the show on the road.
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
Hoss Ellington Passes
Stock Car Racing History
A great loss to our sport. Look at the drivers he built front running cars for.And over a period of 20 years.
He will be greatly missed but never forgotten. The great track in the sky has another great in Gods infield so remember the next time you hear thunder in a distance it just may be another great motor being fired. God Speed my friend
UpDate On Betty Carlan
Stock Car Racing History
words will do nothing for your loss,I too met her briefly so i share your loss .... Now she will forever be in charge of Racings memory Lane on her own little cloud 
IF YOU WATCHED INDY OPENING TODAY YOU SAW IT FOR THE LAST TIME
Current NASCAR
you got to get kinda close if you going to pass right? they were some real close running and passing this year at Indy
IF YOU WATCHED INDY OPENING TODAY YOU SAW IT FOR THE LAST TIME
Current NASCAR
Jim Nabors AKA Gomer Pyle sang back home to Indiana for the last time today.
Also you missed a very good race and an exciting finish. Also can you believe Kurt Busch finished 6th with a road course car?
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:04:08PM
Betty Carlin
Stock Car Racing History
Our thoughts and prayers are being conveyed for the friend you describe and also a special request , would you be so kind as to extend my thoughts and condolences to Jimmy Johnson on the condition of Betty. I know they are close friends. "Patty Kay Lilly" 
AFTER LOSING HIS LEG IN AFGANASTAN HE COMES HOME AND -----------
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Staff Sgt. Liam Dwyer (left) and Tom Long (right) celebrate on the top step of the podium after winning the Continental Tire SportsCars Challenge race at Lime Rock Park. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Three years ago, U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Liam Dwyer lost his left leg while on duty in Afghanistan.
On Saturday, he was standing in victory lane with co-driver Tom Long after winning the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut.
Home track, Memorial Day, my Alive Day surreal does not describe the jubilation Im feeling right now, said Staff Sgt. Dwyer, who grew up in nearby Litchfield, Conn.
Memorial Day is not a day that I take lightly. I know exactly what it means to myself and to my fellow service members. To be here in Connecticut, at Lime Rock, at my home track, a place Ive camped at before I cant explain how awesome this feels right now.
Dwyer drove an impressive opening stint before handing the No. 27 Mazda MX-5 over to Long, who would go on to win the race by a margin of 19.950seconds over theNo. 5 CJ Wilson Mazda MX-5.
Dwyer, who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was severely injured on May 22, 2011 when hestepped on an Improvised Explosive Device (I.E.D) while clearing a compound in Sangin Province. The blast sheared off his left leg above the knee and caused damage to his right leg and right arm. Four other Marines were also injured in the explosion.
The 32-year-old returned home where he underwent intense physical therapy after being fitted for a prosthesis on his left leg.
Ive had therapists there at the hospital that have driven me and have pushed me, said Dwyer. Ive had great people around me that have supported me.
With help and motivation from those around him, Dwyer began driving cars at local tracks with hopes of paving the way towards a professional racing career.
In January, Dwyer was testing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where he impressed the Mazda-backed squad of Freedom Autosport.The team elected to sign him for select races in the 2014 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season including the Aug. 23 event at Virginia International Raceway, which will serve as Dwyers next race.
To best suit Dwyers needs, Freedom Autosport fits the car with a special bracket and velcro stripthat allows Dwyer to keep contact with the clutch pedal. It also allows for faster driver changes when its time for Long to take over.
Mazda took me right under their wing, said Dwyer, who will make his third start with the team onAug. 23 at Virginia International Raceway.Two years ago, I met them. Freedom Autosport, theyre the guys I met two years ago that are giving me this opportunity. Theyre the guys that are guiding me, and theyre the guys that are giving me the confidence to get out here and do this. taken in part from Fox Sports
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Some good reading on Dale senior Tony Stewart
Stock Car Racing History
This short story has some in depth short happenings between the two on memorial day
What's it like running the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same day? In a word, it's brutal.
And no one knows that better than Tony Stewart , who did it twice, in 1999 and 2001. Remarkably, he finished in the top 10 in all four legs of his two double attempts.
During Stewart's first shot at the double, in his rookie series in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, he found out that Dale Earnhardt was not much for small talk. But when the man known as "The Intimidator" let his actions speak for him, those actions spoke volumes.
"You knew when he said things that the words he used weren't necessarily what the message was he was trying to convey to you," said Stewart, a friend and competitor of Earnhardt's. "He had that wink in his eye, he had that grin. That said a lot of words without ever opening his mouth."
He had that wink in his eye, he had that grin. That said a lot of words without ever opening his mouth.
Tony Stewart, on the late Dale Earnhardt
It was that first attempt at completing the double when Earnhardt lent Stewart a big hand in time of need.
The date was May 30, 1999. It was a big day -- in addition to Stewart's attempt and doing the double, the Coke 600 was also Dale Earnhardt Jr .'s first Sprint Cup start.
Stewart's day began in his home state of Indiana, where he finished ninth in the Indy 500. Immediately after the race, he hopped onto a Joe Gibbs Racing private jet, which flew him to Concord, N.C. From there, he took a helicopter to the infield of Charlotte Motor Speedway. After he landed, he was walking across the infield and as he did, other drivers came up to him, shook his hand and congratulated him on his Indy run.
When Stewart got to Earnhardt, the seven-time champion didn't just shake Stewart's hand. He put one arm around Stewart's waist and lifted him clear off the ground, rubbing the top of his head with his other hand. It looked for all the world as if some proud father was lifting up his son after hitting the game-winning home run in a Little League game. Stewart's jaw dropped and he was clearly shocked.
Earnhardt then set him down and walked away without saying a word.
That night was a typical heat-thick, late May evening in Charlotte, with stifling temperatures and suffocating humidity. The cockpits of the cars were brutally hot for NASCAR's longest race. Jeff Burton , driving the No. 99 Roush Racing Ford, won the marathon, ahead of Bobby Labonte and Mark Martin .
Stewart finished fourth, Earnhardt sixth and Earnhardt Jr. 16th. For the day, Stewart raced 1,090 out of a possible 1,100 miles, earning top 10s in both races, a truly remarkable feat given that he was a rookie Cup racer.
But Stewart paid a terrible price, physically. He got sick in his Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac at one point and when the grueling 600-mile Cup race concluded, he pulled up to the gas pumps behind pit road and collapsed in his car.
"Obviously, I didn't understand the importance of nutrition and all that at the time," Stewart said. "I felt really rough after the race. I was just tired. I didn't have any nutrition during the day, and my body was out of gas. I just sat there with a cold, wet towel. I was out of energy. I was tired."
And then Earnhardt appeared.
Out of nowhere, The Intimidator walked up to Stewart's car, which was mobbed by photographers, crew members and NASCAR officials. Without saying a word, the crowd somehow sensed Earnhardt's presence and stepped aside as the seven-time champion approached.
"I just was sitting there, and as I started getting out of the car, I got grabbed,' Stewart said. "And that wakes you up right away, when somebody grabs you real abruptly like that. And you turn around and you see Dale and you see the grin on his face."
Earnhardt gently sat Stewart done at the edge of his car, slapped him lightly on the face, bent down and whispered something in Stewart's ear.
"The first thing out of his mouth is, 'Have you had enough yet?' " Stewart recalled.
"I told him, 'I think that's all I've got for one day.' "
And just like that Earnhardt turned and walked away. Gone.
But Stewart will always remember what Earnhardt did, a combination of an act of simple human kindness in pulling him out of the car and Earnhardt's non-verbal display, showing Stewart how much he respected what the rookie had done that day.
Actions, not words, were Earnhardt's style. No flowery speeches, just a quiet act that spoke more in a few seconds than any words could ever say.
Stewart definitely got the message.
"I'd built a pretty good relationship with him in a short amount of time, and for him to come up and respect what I was doing that day, for him to come up and acknowledge that, that really meant the world to me," Stewart said of Earnhardt.
"He showed me how much he cared about me as a person. You always knew where you stood with him. In a situation like that, if he didn't like you, he wasn't going to come up and do that. It really made me have a sense of pride knowing that he cared enough about how my day went and how I felt after that race, that he came up to me. Basically, without flat saying it, he gave me a hug and said, 'Good job.' " This is stuff you cant make up because only if you are a true racer/spectator can you relate to these happenings
Taken in part from Fox Sports
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
3 or 4 cars at Roush next year?
Current NASCAR
Not in Fords nature to bail out like that -- they may have wholesale change in teams but give up?? NEVER