Man, I'd be willing to pay a dollar or two for one of our talented wags to update the lyrics to MTA and have some guy who can't get off the bus in Sparta!!!
Ha, ha, ha.....
These guys must not have "gotten the word."
Hope y'all ain't holding bus tickets for this ride, lol!!!
I'm guessing that text color PK is using is "Passionate Purple," not "Loving Lavender?!"
Maybe they can get one of the Owensboro boys or Mac&Cheese on television with that telestrater they love so much to draw the detour for Johnny, the truckers and the big time campers in their buses.
My buddy, Frank and I would have been just plain out of luck if we'd have planned to ride the 'hound to Kentucky like we did to Darlington from Richmond in 1966!
I think I'll refrain from commenting. Hope neither of the Waltrip boys were planning to drive their bus or tractor trailer to Kentucky Speedway, lol.
Trucks, buses warned to avoid Kentucky track
By: Associated Press
Published: June 22, 2012
Lexington, Ky
Kentucky State Police are urging people driving tractor-trailers and buses to stay away from the Kentucky Speedway to avoid big race-day crowds expected later this month.
It's part of a plan aimed at avoiding a repeat of last year's traffic jam that marred the track's inaugural Sprint Cup Series race.
The state has made road improvements and the Speedway expanded parking in hopes of smoother traffic flow this time.
State police said tractor-trailers and buses should avoid the Gallatin County area, especially Interstate 71, on June 29 and 30 when the northern Kentucky track will have big racing crowds. The signature event is the Quaker State 400 on June 30.
I understand that NASCAR was running an All-Star race for the previous year's race winners in its top series as early as 1961, when the "American Challenge Cup" was staged at Daytona. That was two decades before The Winston at Charlotte.
Link to pre-race story:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19610217&id=XgoqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q8wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1694,3024169
Is the American Challenge Cup the first all-star race for the top NASCAR series, or were there earlier ones?
Anybody know?
1961 American Challenge Cup
February 19, 1961 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
10 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (25.0 miles)
Time of race: 0:09:41
Average Speed: 154.905 mph
Pole Speed: drew for pole Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 36 inches
Attendance: 4,500
Lead changes: 4
Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led
1 1 8 Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '61 Pontiac 10 1,000 running 2
2 11 22 Fireball Roberts Smokey Yunick '61 Pontiac 10 500 running 6
3 5 27 Junior Johnson Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) '61 Pontiac 10 250 running 2
4 4 6 Cotton Owens Cotton Owens '61 Pontiac 10 150 running 0
5 2 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 10 100 running 0
6 10 72 Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '61 Ford 10 100 running 0
7 7 49 Jack Smith Bob Welborn '61 Pontiac 10 100 running 0
8 8 4 Rex White Rex White '61 Chevrolet 10 100 running 0
9 9 87 Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 10 50 running 0
10 6 11 Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 10 50 running 0
11 3 89 Joe Lee Johnson Joe Lee Johnson '61 Chevrolet 10 50 running 0
Well, if I have to choose between Johnny's Secret and Victoria's Secret, I will take the low road!
PK, of course I knew you really had Johnny when he used the term "Super Tex." That has always been AJ, as you asserted.
Our man from Corpus Christi, who first came to prominence with his top-5 showing as a Rookie for Billy Hagan in the Southern 500 after Skip Manning's departure, has always been known as "Texas Terry" and "The Ice Man."
But what the heck, I figure it never hurts to let an old guy think he won!
As far as mud wrestling, y'all can wrestle with the pigs... here's my pick:
Here is the .006-second finish of that magnificent inaugural Richmond truck race in 1995 won by Texas Terry Labonte - The Ice Man - over Geoff Bodine.
It would be Terry's only truck win of 3 starts - all in 1995.
Note that Terry was entered in all 3 Richmond weekend races - BEFORE anybody ever heard of Kyle Busch!!!
Ron Hornaday, Jr. was not appreciative of Geoff Bodine's on-track bump and chased him down pit road after the race, crashing into the end of the wall at a pit road opening when he tried to follow Bodine through! Then they had a little additional "conversation" when they got out of their trucks, requiring separation by NASCAR officials.
It was only a Thursday night and look at the size of the crowd!!! If I do say so myself, I outdid myself with promotions and media for that first SuperTruck Series race at Richmond. Wouldn't the trucks like to draw a crowd like that today?
And listen to the announcers... yes, that is Benny Parsons teamed with Dave Despain! Two Waltrips will never top that combo.
And you know it was an important event because Bill Broderick of UNOCAL had his face stuck in the camera in victory lane, but couldn't unhook Terry's window net!!!
This was a very pleasant memory of one of the best nights of racing I have ever been associated with. Thanks for the memories, Johnny.
