And maybe while we're at it, we could have all of the North Carolina based NASCAR Cup teams skip the Watkins Glen August event and see how Governor Cuomo and his New York State lackies like that. Guess he could fill the field with DIRT cars and get one of those NASCAR E.I.R.I. special Talledega-like exceptions.
I would like to see ALL racers BOYCOTT New York Governor Cuomo's DIRT Week activities in the Empire State until he lifts the ban on New York teams competing in North Carolina and stops running his negative New York state funded television recruitment ads in North Carolina. Why would we want to give those people our money when they are trying to take ours?
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/new-york-ad-attempts-to-lure-north...
Donnelly wasn't paying his contractor. Per yesterday's Syracuse newspaper:
Lan-Co Cos., the North Syracuse contractor building the facility, pulled off the job several weeks ago because Donnelly owes it $1.2 million.
Donnelly may have let his mouth and promises overrun his ability to deliver.
Then again, Governor Cuomo has banned any New York public schools, colleges or universities from competing in North Carolina because we don't want men dressed like women using women's rest rooms in our state. If there are any North Carolina based dirt teams that would plan to compete at Oswego, I hope they don't and shove it back up Cuomo's ying-yang.
Alex Bowman subs for Junior
http://www.wsoctv.com/sports/earnhardt-jr-a-scratch-in-nh-with-concussion-symptoms/401264330
Did some serious partying with Little Bud back in the day. Prayers go out to Bud and family.
And so it goes... the legend of Too Much Country was born! A Chase by any other name just wouldn't seem cocoseptic!
We lost one of the nicest guys in racing and best jack man ever last week with the passing of David Smith. David went to work at RCR in 1982 and jacked Dale Earnhardt's car for 60 of his Cup wins. He was a member of both the famed "Junkyard Dogs" and "Flying Aces" pit crews for Earnhardt. He also served as Dale's crew chief in 1996 and as Team Manager for the multi-car Childress operation. David's funeral is Thursday, July 6. His obituary is at the link below.
http://www.hayworth-miller.com/obituaries/David-Ray-Smith?obId=986043#/obituaryInfo
That's David holding the jack in the photo below along with fellow "Junkyard Dogs" Chocolate Myers, Kirk Shelmerdine, Will Lind and Cecil Gordon. R.I.P. David.
There is a video tribute to David at the funeral home site. Click on the DVD link:
http://www.hayworth-miller.com/obituaries/David-Ray-Smith?obId=986043#/photosAndVideos
And the previous day they played a tribute performance on the deck of the USS Missouri anchored at Pearl Harbor, beginning with the Armed Forces Medley which is pretty appropriate also on the 4th:
You may remember this past December 7th when our oldest grandson's high school band marched in Hawaii's annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade. Just before the parade began, all the high school bands joined with the U.S. Marine Corps Pacific Fleet Band to play "God Bless America." It sounds pretty good on July 4th.
Back in 1981, our Wrangler Jeans sponsorship produced a promo TV special about Dale Earnhardt. I don't think there'd be much, if anything, here to help you, but there is about 3 minutes of Riverside footage shot at the 1981 June Riverside race beginning around the 9:47 mark. You can take a look.
