The Bad Word Jar
Legendtorial for June 6, 2017
Before we get into the Legendtorial tonight, let us remember that it was on this day in 1944 that Operation Overlord landed on the beaches of Normandy in France to begin the end of the Third Reich....
Been Awhile
Legendtorial for May 30, 2017
It's been awhile since we've shared some time here on a Tuesday night. Missed the interaction with my fellow panelist and missed the chat feedback from all you loyal listeners who have so much to say as...
Talladega Days
Legendtorial for May 9, 2017
Before I begin the Legendtorial tonight, I want to express my sincere thanks to Alex Nickerson for filling in for me last week. I listened to the show, Alex, and you did an awesome job, even with your...
Raindrops, No Vortex, and the New Legend
Legendtorial for May 2, 2017
I'm sitting here in my little studio on a Sunday afternoon when I should be watching a race from Bristol. But, alas, it is raining in Bristol so the race has been rescheduled...
Opinions Matter Only to the Opinion Holder
Legendtorial for April 18, 2017
Using a conservative expression of a well-known statement about opinions, "Opinions are like belly buttons; everyone has one". Having said that, the next thing I expect is...
Torches and Memories
Legendtorial for April 11, 2017
On a cold January afternoon in 1961, a young newly elected President of the United States, stood on the Capital Steps to deliver one of the most memorable and quotable inaugural speeches I've...
Research
Legendtorial for March 28, 2017
"Re" Search. The very word leads one to believe that you searched it once and didn't find what you wanted to find so you REsearch it again. I heard that word spoken by RacersReunion's own Patrick...
The Phoenix
Legendtorial for March 21, 2017
The Phoenix is a mythological bird, which, it is said, arises from the ashes. The way my teacher told it to me way back when, is that the Phoenix would rise from ashes of failure to be an even more...
Old Man Hair
Legendtorial for March 14, 2017
For those of you who may remember, I was not here last Tuesday because my youngest grandson was playing in his school's Spring Band Concert. Although I learned of it at the last minute, I was...
No More
Legendtorial for March 7, 2017
When I was five months old, my parents moved from upstate New York to South Carolina and I rode all the way in my mother's lap, car sick all the way, in a 1936 or '37 Plymouth Coupe. I took my driver's test...
Can't Believe the Change
Legendtorial for February 28, 2017
Remember a couple of shows ago when I did the story about my first trip to Daytona in 1962? Things were different then in so many ways, not only the racing but also the actual trip...
No Love in This Valentine
Legendtorial for February 14, 2017
I have been complimenting NASCAR, as far as my ability to compliment the organization, quite a bit since the Press Conference of a few weeks ago in which the new rules for the 2017...
Sign Posts, High Bridges, and Cocoa Krispies
Legendtorial for February 7, 2017
Rod Serling would introduce the Friday Night, 10:00 p.m. episode of "The Twilight Zone" each week from 1959 through 1964, including the line "there's a sign post up...
Legendtorial for January 31, 2017
Was it truly, only a week ago last night that NASCAR held its famous press conference in which several new rules (and words) were set forth? Words such as "incentivize" "enhancement" and "segment racing"? Yep,...
Baby Its Cold Outside
Legendtorial for January 10, 2017
That is the name of a song played usually around Christmas, is it not? If not so, forgive me for it is not my intention to construe "flirting" with the use of "Baby". But that song came to...
