Racin' Stuff:

                                                                                 By Tom Avenengo

 

 

First things, first:

Just wondering – did you watch the “Danica 200” last week on SPEED?  Seems that they’re saying that the attendance at the track was more than ever before, for an ARCA race.  I imagine the same might apply to the Nationwide race this coming Saturday – with her in it.

 

 

Some of my thoughts:

Danica:

A lot of hype about her running in the ARCA race, wasn’t there?  Does she really deserve it?

Looking at her Indy car record, I’d say no – one win in all the races she’s entered, and to many, that was a “gimme” win.  Keep in mind, she wasn’t the only rookie in the race and was only one of six women drivers.  Aside from Milka Duno crashing out in the first accident, and another woman having a serious crash, the other women weren’t on TV all that much – oh, excuse me, there was one other who was running with the leaders until she dropped back over the last few laps.  Also, keep in mind – Danica had probably the best car in that race.  I will give her credit, though, for how she handled her excursion through the grass, and didn’t hit anything.  A better test will be this coming Saturday in the Nationwide race.  And, no, she doesn’t have to qualify on speed – she’s got a guaranteed starting spot due to the way NASCAR has screwed up racing over these last few years.

 

Hmmm, around 12:50 AM on Wednesday, while checking out news on Yahoo!, I came across this – about Danica.  What I have, above, was done early on Tuesday.

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/nascar/18051866;_ylt=ApdkBc3lPXSAHvbAvVW3BhPov7YF#nascar/18051866

 

 

And, for this one, below, – I agree, 100%!! 

Passed along via e-mail:

“Like most folks in this country, I have a job. I work, they pay me - I  pay my taxes & the government distributes my taxes  as  it sees fit.  

In order to get that paycheck, in my case, I am required to pass a random urine test  (with which I have no problem). 

What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test.  

So, here is my question: Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them? 

Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their BUTT----doing dope while I work. 

Can you imagine how much money each state would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?  

I guess we could call the program "URINE OR YOU'RE OUT"!  


Pass this along if you agree or simply delete if you don't.  Hope you all will pass it along, though. Something has to change in this country - AND SOON!”  

 

Don’t forget!:

This coming Sunday, February 14th, is the date for – what?  The Daytona 500, you say?  Well, guys, it’s also VALENTINES DAY!  Don’t say you didn’t know!  Flowers, or a nice box of chocolates, would be a nice gift for your lady!

 

Going back, in time:

Going back to early & mid February:

 

On February 10th in:

1952:

 Marshall Teague won the NASCAR Grand national race on the 4.1 mile Daytona Beach, Florida beach and road course for the 2nd straight year. The scheduled 160-mile race ended 2 laps early due to an incoming tide. Teague led from lap 2, crossing the line 1 minute, 21 seconds ahead of Herb Thomas. Both were in identical Hudson Hornets owned and prepared by Teague. Teague wasn't allowed to compete until he paid a $574.50 fine for driving in a non-NASCAR race in November 1951. The event also saw Joie Ray become the first black/Afro-American driver to compete in a GN race.

Troy Ruttman won the 50 lap Pacific Coast AAA Sprint Car race at the Oakland Speedway, Oakland, CA.

 

1959

Marshall Teague sets an unofficial closed course speed record of 171.821 mph driving the "Sumar Special" streamliner, actually a Kurtis-Kraft chassis with a Meyer-Drake Offy 270.

 

1973

Tony Romit wins the TQ Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.

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1979

Richie Evans won the second night Modified feature of the World Series Of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at the New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, FL. Merv Treichler was second followed by Dave Nichols, Kenny Bouchard and Jamie Tomaino.

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1980

Dale Earnhardt won the Busch Clash at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

1982

Sammy Swindell won the first night feature of the World of Outlaws Sprint Nationals at the East Bay Speedway, Gibsonton, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

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1986

Steve Kinser won the All Star Sprint Car race at the Florida Fairgrounds Speedway, Tampa, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

Jamie Tomaino won the 20th Annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at the New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

Jimmy Horton won the Modified Stock Car race at the Volusia County Speedway, Barberville, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

Dick Trickle won the 25-lap Late Model Stock Car race and Jimmy Spencer won the Modified Stock Car race at the New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

1987

Andy Linden... Died ... AAA driver from the 1940's and 1950's. Ran in 7 Indy 500's with a best finish of 4th in 1951.

 

On February 11th in:

 

1888

Fred Offenhauser... Born

 

1901

Anton "Tony" Hulman... Born

 

1934

John Surtees ...Born

 

1959

Marshall Teague... Died ... NASCAR, AAA and USAC driver. Finished 7th in the 1957 Indy 500. Teague, 37, died in a crash during a closed course speed record attempt at the new Daytona International Speedway. Teague was driving a Chapman Root owned Indy roadster with an enclosed canopy and covered wheels. He had just turned a 3rd lap at 160.25 mph before losing control in turn 1. The record at the time was 177.038 mph set by Tony Bettenhausen at Monza, Italy the year before. In an earlier shakedown run, Teague had unofficially gone 171.82 mph.

 

1978

Phil Davoulas wins the TQ Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.

 

1979

Kyle Petty won the 17th running of the ARCA 200 at the Daytona International Speedway. It was Kyle's first race and first win. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

1980

Kenny Brightbill won the Modified race and Dick Potts won the Late Model race at the Florida State Fairgrounds Speedway, Tampa, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

1994

Neil Bonnett ... Died ... NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career and died from injuries suffered in a practice crash at Daytona.

 

On February 12th in:

 

1932

Dick Tobias ... Born ... He was modified stock car driver that went on to run URC sprints, USAC sprints and Championship Dirt Cars. He was an innovator and race car builder.

1965

Jack Duffy won the Tony Bonadies Memorial 100 lap Mid-Winter Championship indoor Three-Quarter Midget race at the Island Garden , West Hempstead, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

1977

Bob Cicconi wins the ARDC Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.

 

1982

Doug Wolfgang won the third night feature of the World of Outlaws Sprint Nationals at the East Bay Speedway, Gibsonton, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

 

On February 13th in:

 

1960

Bernie Wilhelmi won the Midget race over Bill Chennault and Mel Kenyon at the Memorial Stadium, Daytona Beach, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

Buzz Barton won the final IMCA Sprint Car race of the Florida State Fair series, and Pete Folse was crowned the Florida State Champion at the Florida State Fair, Tampa, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

Johnny Zeke won the TQ Midget race at the Teaneck Armory, Teaneck, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )

Bob Burbridge won the Midget race at the Oakland Exposition Building, Oakland, CA. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

1966

Jim Clark, defending series champion, drove his Lotus-Climax to his first win of the season in the Tasman Cup series race held on the Warwick Farm circuit in Sydney, Australia.

 

1976

Benny Parsons won the IROC race at Daytona, Florida.

Paul Russo... Died ...

 

1982

Dale Earnhardt won the Daytona Sportsman 300 race at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

Sammy Swindell won the Southern Sprint Nationals at the East Bay Speedway, Gibsonton, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

2002:

Country singer Waylon Jennings left us on that date.  He was/is one of my favorites.

 

 

On February 14th in:

 

1960

Junior Johnson wins the second Daytona 500 by being the first stockcar driver to exploit "drafting".

 

1965

Fred Lorenzen won the rain shortened Daytona 500 in a Holman-Moody Ford. The race was stopped after 332.5 miles and could not be resumed. ( Click here for the race report. )

Mel Kenyon won the 100 lap USAC Midget race at the Vallejo Speedway, Vallejo, CA.

Bob DeJong won the 100 lap CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway (1/2d) , Gardena, CA. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

1968

Scott Sharp... Born ... Trans-Am and Indycar racer.

 

1986

Al Unser Sr. won the IROC race at Daytona International Speedway , Daytona, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

 

On February 15th in:

 

1929

Graham Hill... Born ...

 

1948

NASCAR , a week before the organization was officially incorporated, held its first race for modified stock cars on a 3.2 mile-course at Daytona Beach. In the 150-mile race that featured almost exclusively prewar Fords, Red Byron edged Marshall Teague to become NASCAR's first champion. Stock car racing would become a tradition at Daytona, but prewar Fords would not. By 1949 the Olds 88 had become NASCAR's dominant vehicle.

 

1957

Jimmy Spencer ... Born

 

 

1974

Mark Donohue won the first International Race of Champions Final on the 3.81 mile Daytona International Speedway oval/road course.

 

1976

David Pearson limped across the finish line following a tangle with Richard Petty to take the Daytona 500 victory.

 

1980

Richie Evans won the NASCAR 200 for Modifieds at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

1986

Jimmy Horton won the final race in the DIRT Modified Florida Tour at the Volusia County Speedway, Barberville, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

 

On February 16th in:

 

1920

Walt Faulkner... Born

 

1975

Benny Parsons slipped by a spinning David Pearson with 2 laps to go and went on to win the Daytona 500.

 

1997

Hendrick Motorsport Chevys finish 1-2-3 in the Daytona 500. Jeff Gordon won, followed by teammates, Terry Labonte and Ricky Craven.

 

2005

Russ Klar ... Died ... He was a race driver in the Northeast. He drove midgets , sprint cars and 'big cars' in the 1940s and '50s and late in his career modifieds (stock cars).   He’s  the father of Anne Fornoro and Greg Klar

 

2008

Jerry Karl ... Died ... Jerry was a 6 time Indianapolis 500 Starter. He started racing at Freeport Stadium on Long Island in 1957. Jerry competed in ARDC, ATQMRA, URC,and USAC in the Midget,Sprint,Silver Crown,Formula 5000, and Indianpolis Cars. Jerry raced in the Indy 500 in 1973,1974,1975,1978,1980 and 1981.

 

An interesting e-mail:

Here is an e-mail that was sent out to the Yahoo! Race History Group.  Quite interesting, to say the least.  I responded, and am anxious to see what else transpires on this:

 

“This is a question for the old timers but mostly from here in the east. Back in the mid 60's in the north east part of Trenton, NJ there was a homeless man that lived on the streets and his last name was Rice (his first name was either George or Johnny). He would often hang out at an Esso gas station that was run by a friend of mine. He would tell everyone that he use to drive race cars but no one would believe him. He said he once had a lot of money but lost it on woman and turned to drinking. I think he ended up dying on the streets. Several years ago I found out that there were a few drivers named Rice that raced in the 40's and 50's here in the east. Does anyone know the story of the racing Rice's and if one of them could be the one that ended up homeless on the streets of Trenton.”

 

 

Racing on TV - http://www.racefantv.com/USTV.htm

 

Thursday, February 11th:

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on SPEED – Final Truck practice at Daytona.

11:30 AM to 1:00 PM on ESPN2 – Final practice for Nationwide cars

2:00 PM to 5:30 PM on SPEED – Cup Duel races from Daytona to set up the starting order for the 500

6:30 PM to 9:00 PM on SPEED – Truck qualifying

Friday, February 12th:

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM on SPEED – Cup practice

3:00 PM to 6:00 PM on ESPN2 – Nationwide qualifying

8:00 PM to 10:00 PM on SPEED – Truck race from Daytona

Saturday, February 13th:

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM on SPEED – Final Cup practice

1:15 PM to 4:00PM on ESPN2 – Nationwide race from Daytona

9:00 PM to 11:00 PM on SPEED – Delayed telecast of the Chili Bowl midget racing events

11:00 PM to 1:00 AM on ESPN2 – NHRA qualifying from Pomona, CA

Sunday, February 14th:

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM on FOX – Pre race show for the Daytona 500

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on FOX – the Daytona 500 for Cup cars.

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM on ESPN2 – NHRA Eliminations from Pomona, CA

 

Other forums/message boards and websites:

Note:  I’ll no longer copy and paste what’s said on the Internet, but will give a short “lead in” and if necessary, a link to a particular thread or subject.

 

Jayski: - http://www.jayski.com/

If you’re interested in the Duel race lineups, you can find them if you go here:  http://jayski.com/stats/2010/grids/duels2010grid.htm

And, as usual, a TON of info and comments can be found if you go here:  http://jayski.com/pages/stories.htm

 

Hoseheads: - http://www.hoseheads.com/

My friend, Richard Golardi, has his latest report from some sprint car races from Florida, over on Hoseheads, and it can be seen if you go here:

http://www.hoseheads.com/richard.html

 

Track Forum: - http://www.trackforum.com/forums/

NASCAR.com:  http://www.nascar.com/

New England Tractor:  http://newenglandtractor.com/racereport/

Dirt Track Digest’s forum:  http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/forum/index.php

South Jersey Dirt Racing:  http://theboard.southjerseydirtracing.com/Msgboard.asp?ForumID=27&Return=Msgboard.asp&D83jsd=True

 

 

 

 

Track news:

Well, in a way, no news I suppose.  The other day, on Facebook, I saw a tentative schedule for the CRSA 305 Sprint Cars.  I didn’t see any races scheduled for the Accord speedway – yet.  From what I’ve been told, no response - yet, from Accord, to the CRSA.  Sure hope they have some shows at the “Big A”.  The CRSA is at OCFS for I believe 4 shows – one that is during Eastern States Weekend.  As for the other three, it would be neat if Accord could schedule at least a couple of CRSA visits on the Friday nights previous to OCFS’s.

 

 

 

The History of the Sport:

If you recall, last week I had something in this section about a 100 mile midget race that was held at the Langhorne track on October 15th, and said what ha happened to George Rice.  His daughter, Sally, e-mailed me with this information:

 

“Just read through your column and have a correction for Langhorne.  Near the end of the 100 laps my dad signaled he would be coming in for a fuel stop.  Sonny Barnes refused to let him and my dad ran out of fuel on the backside which we could not see.  We were kind of scared until we eventually saw him walking around the 4th turn.  Then we were glad we were in the stands and not near Sonny.....a not too bright fellow....as when my father blew up no one wanted to be there.  He didn't do that often but knew when he was right.  I believe with signals he told Sonny he needed to pull in and Sonny said he had enough and refused to let him stop.  This must have taken at least 2 laps or more as my father repeated he needed fuel.  That is the one race he always regretted losing.  He was never able to conquer the track.

 

Something of interest to the family was when he won the Danbury Championship.  The trophy was a beautiful table lamp with a picture of Tony Bonadies in his car on the lamp shade.  My dad put it in the living room and I do not think he ever asked for a replacement.  I am wondering now whatever happened to the lamp.”

 

And now, about that 100-mile midget race that was held on the mile track in Goshen, NY on September 21, 1947:

 

I really have no idea as to why I didn’t attend that race in Goshen.  It was held the day before I turned all of ten years of age.  About the only thing I can think of was that at that time, my mother and father might have separated.  Sure wish I had been there, though!

My brother, “Jim”, told me about it, many times.  Told me how his favorite driver, Ted Tappett had won the pole – that being his first time on a dirt mile track, and how he was leading when his car “blew up”.  He said Tappett was standing by, in “Dutch” Schaefer’s pit, to possibly relieve “Dutch” after a stone had hit his goggles, broke them, and ended up in his eye.  “Dutch” never asked for relief, but did make a quick pit stop to change goggles, so he said.

 

I often wondered why some of the ARDC’s top drivers were not at Goshen that day, and I came to find out that there was another race – maybe in Springfield, MA.  Somehow, methinks the Goshen race was not a point race for the ARDC, thus, those that were in the point chase for the championship, like Schindler and Rice, were at an ARDC race that day.  I put out many queries about that Goshen race, not being able to find anything on it, via the Internet, and one person, photographer John DaDalt, came through when he sent me a copy of a newspaper article that was about it.

 

For “Dutch”, it really had to be a heart breaker, for sure.  As I’m typing this up – I wonder, what would have happened if they had put just a little gas in his car when he replaced those goggles?  Then again, from what my brother told me, “Dutch” really didn’t stop in his pit when they were exchanged for a new pair, just slowed way down.  “Dutch” had a two-lap lead over the field, when he ran out of gas on his 98th lap.  He pitted, got fuel into the tank, and took off.  But, something was drastically wrong!  Try as he might, he couldn’t get his engine to run right, due to the fact that it wasn’t getting enough fuel.  The problem:  The gas cap wasn’t put back on tightly enough!  To get pressure in the tanks, there was a hand pump on the side of the midgets that when pumped, would force air into the tanks.  The air would force the fuel into the fuel line and into the engine.  With the cap not tight, the pumped in air just went out through the opening where the cap was.  While frantically pumping air into the tank, “Dutch” hit the inside fence on the tracks second straight – the track was triangular, in shape.  Before he could get going, and up to speed, both Henry Renard and Chet Gibbons made up those two laps, and passed Schaefer for the lead, the win (Renard) and second place (Gibbons).  “Dutch” finished 3rd.

 

The top ten finishers:

 

 1.  Henry Renard,  2.   Chet Gibbons,  3.   “Dutch” Schaefer,  4.  Elmer Wilson,  5.  Tony Bonadies,  6.  Al Keller,  7.  Clarence La Rue.  8.  Jimmy Taylor,  9.  Johnny Ritter and 10.  Ralph Sheeler.

 

Others in that race:  Johnny Ringger, Len Duncan, Jeep Colkitt, Walt Fusco, Al Silver, Larry Shurter, Ralph Lund, Bob Disbrow, George Lewis, Tex Keane, Steve McGrath, Joe Barzda and Rex Records.

 

Some years later, Schaefer attempted to run in the Indy 500.  I’ve read some stories as to just why he didn’t or wasn’t allowed to run it – when that stone went into his eye, it caused enough damage to basically render it as blind.  That caused those in the AAA to be a little worried about his vision for the 500.  Another one was that “Dutch” and the AAA weren’t on the best of terms – what with the AAA trying to get more midget races scheduled in the East, and the ARDC more or less keeping them out, and “Dutch” was an ARDC driver.  Who really knows, for sure?  However, I think that had he been able to enter the 500, and given a competitive ride, he would have held his own.  After all, quite a few of his ARDC competitors ran in the 500 and did quite well.

 

A little unknown fact:  Last summer I was talking on the telephone with the son of Phil Walters (Ted Tappett), and during our talk, I made mention that I would have loved to have seen Tappett run the Indy 500.  I was rather surprised when his son told me that his father considered that race to be too dangerous, and that was why he had no desire to run it.

 

I have two photos in my computer that were taken at Goshen that day – Johnny Ringger in the Buck Wheeler # 62 and Johnny Ritter in the Cheeseman # 8 Offy.  Nine days after the Goshen race, Ritter came out with his own Canary Yellow # 3 Offy when they raced at the Hinchliffe Stadium, in Paterson.  I’ll never forget that night.  Yes, that was the car that ended up being owned by Ken Brenn and driven by Rodger Ward at Lime Rock in 1959 in the Formula Libra race, which Ward won, against some of the worlds best sports/racing and Formula 1 cars and drivers.

 

 

Former Dirt Oval runners:

At the racing events in Atlantic City, there were some former Dirt Oval runners that didn’t make the features.  In the TQ’s, Mike Casario didn’t qualify for both nights features.  In the Champ Karts, George Bark, Jr., Ryan Swartz, Ryan Kendall, Tom Ervin, Clinton Mills and Jeff Gallup didn’t make the feature.  I was surprised to see that there were only 25 Slingshots entered at Atlantic City.  This info was obtained via the AARN.

 

 

Other racin’ stuff:

As I’ve watched practice and racing from Daytona, one thing is still being mentioned, as it was last year – the bumpiness of the track.  Wonder when they’ll get them fixed?  Oh, and not only bumpier, but a lot slicker, too.

 

NASCAR is thinking of making some changes to the green/white/checker thing?  I caught something about it during practice on Wednesday.

Check this out:  http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/news/story?id=4903047

 

 

More racin’ stuff:

While on Track Forum on Wednesday, I came across a link to some photos and videos from Daytona.  Excellent shots, I must say, of the Jill George ARCA accident, and also of Danica’s ride through the grass.  The photographer is Mark J. Rebilas.

http://markjrebilas.com/blog/?p=7989#more-7989

 

 

 

 

Video time:

Some videos for you – some from the late Waylon Jennings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0fKL0Pvvk&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGz_xSSgjY0&mode=related&search=

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ecE1UML1q8&feature=related

 

 

USAC sprints from East Bay: 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIp-KNt0a9k

 

And one that has some unbelievable stuff in it:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKcFPnS9r8Y

 

 

Other (non racing) news:

Man, isn’t Toyota having problems?  It seems that with all this technology, we might be worse off than what we had – say back in the 50’s and 60’s as far as what was under the hood, when we could work on our cars with ease and no need for a computer.

 

And, Toyota isn’t alone.  It seems that Honda has some problems, too, with air bags:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_honda_recall;_ylt=ApqW11Y0IT9g8tTeUPOcwM.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNwdGNlZ2hxBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjEwL2FzX2phcGFuX2hvbmRhX3JlY2FsbARjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzUEcG9zAzIEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl9oZWFkbGluZV9saXN0BHNsawNob25kYWFkZHM0Mzc-

 

And, lets not forget what “Mother Nature” has been up to, either:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_winter_weather;_ylt=AnFA8pF91fx31QttT1tymzys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNoa3Y1azNrBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjEwL3VzX3dpbnRlcl93ZWF0aGVyBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMgRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDYmxpenphcmRzcG91

 

Some Credit Card news:

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/108802/5-smart-moves-to-make-before-the-new-credit-card-law-takes-effect?mod=bb-creditcards

 

 

Is this true?:

 

ABC NEWS BANS  FLAG LAPEL PINS    

Barbara Walters said that this was going to hurt ABC bad.  As you know she works for ABC.

This should make your blood boil...it DOES mine! 


 ABC NEWS BANS FLAG LAPEL PINS! 

YESTERDAY THE BRASS AT ABC NEWS ISSUED ORDERS FORBIDDING REPORTERS TO WEAR LAPEL PIN AMERICAN FLAGS OR OTHER PATRIOTIC INSIGNIA.  THEIR REASONING WAS THAT ABC SHOULD REMAIN NEUTRAL ABOUT 'CAUSES'. 

SINCE WHEN IS SUPPORT FOR PREVENTING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION SOME SORT OF A 'CAUSE'?  SINCE WHEN IS PATRIOTISM TO BE DISCOURAGED? 

I URGE YOU TO BOYCOTT ABC AND ITS SPONSORS AND AFFILIATES.  WE ARE SLOWLY LOSING EVERYTHING OUR COUNTRY STANDS FOR AND EVERYTHING OUR MEN AND WOMEN FOUGHT AND DIED TO PRESERVE! 

PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN.  THIS HAS BEEN VERIFIED THROUGH:  http://www.snopes.com/rumors/noflags.asp 



Closing with these:

 

To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity 
At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

 
Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice!

 
Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.

 
Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks . Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to   
Espresso.

 

Skip down the hall Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get.

 
Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face. 

Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go'. 
Sing Along At The Opera.

 
Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You have a headache. 

When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!' 
When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'

 
Tell Your Children Over Dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.' 



 

 

May “Guardian Angels” sit on the shoulders of all of our race drivers and race fans, and guide them safely around the tracks!

 

Drive safe! 

 

As usual, you can reach me at:  ygordad@yahoo.com