Racin' & Internet Stuff:

By Tom Avenengo

Volume # 10

First things, first:

Maybe I’m going out on a limb here, but I, personally, was glad to see the Governor of Arizona sign that “Immigration Law” bill. Later on, towards the end of my column, there are a bunch of figures, with supporting documents, about how much “Illegals” cost us, the U.S. citizens - in dollars. In the latest, as of Tuesday, it now seems that our government isn’t taking to kindly to that new Arizona Law. Why, is beyond me.

Link to Yahoo! News article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100427/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_holder_immigration

Note: You can’t believe the amount of postings on Facebook about this - postings in favor of it, no matter what you might see on the news on TV.

And, while on this subject, why isn’t this, below, done today? It seems like our government has taken a complete about face!

“THREE PRESIDENTS

HOOVER, TRUMAN AND EISENHOWER
Here is something that should be of great interest for you to pass around.

I didn't know of this until it was pointed out to me. But, back during The Great Depression,
President Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order
To make jobs available to American citizens that desperately needed
work.

Harry Truman deported over two million Illegal's after WWII to create jobs for returning veterans.

And then again in 1954, President
Dwight Eisenhower deported 13 million Mexican nationals! The program was called 'Operation Wetback' so that American WWII and Korean veterans had a better chance at jobs. It took 2 Years, but they deported them!

Now, if they could deport the illegal's back then, they can sure do it today!! If you have doubts about the veracity of this information, enter Operation Wetback into your favorite search engine and confirm it for yourself.”

Oh – I did check out “Operation Wetback”. It confirms what is said, above.

I found this link on Facebook. How Mexico is a “Police State” and doing just what Arizona is planning on doing:

Police state: How Mexico treats illegal aliens

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/04/28/police-state-how-mexico-treats-illegal-aliens/

Some of my thoughts:

Part 1:

Hey, I might get some flack from this, but I believe that to have better racing at OCFS, I think the track should be made SMALLER. Why? Well, last weekend I went to Accord on Friday night – their opening night, and OCFS on Saturday – their second week of racing. To me, Accord had the better show, even though it was somewhat dustier than OC. Why? Smaller track. As far as I’m concerned, the jury is still out as far as OC having better racing with the lowering of the banking in the turns. Some rather rough track conditions are still occurring at OC.

Part 2:

Well, not really my thoughts, but my son, Eric, his thoughts. I must agree, he might be correct. In a way I think something pretty drastic just might happen. If you watched the Cup race from Talladega this past Sunday, you would have seen many, many empty seats – all around the track.

It’s being said that TV viewer ship is way down, too, and Eric seems to think that in the not to far off future, you won’t see NASCAR races televised on any “major” network, like FOX. The ratings just aren’t there. If that should happen, then I can easily see the NASCAR races only on SPEED TV. SPEED, as you well know, is mostly NASCAR now, anyway. Don’t be surprised if the major networks try to get out of any TV contracts that they have with NASCAR. Heck, in today’s world, contracts don’t mean much, anymore.

Going back, in time:

Some special racing related things that happened, in years past, covering the dates from May 1^st to May 8^th.

MAY 1

1900

Ray Keech ... Born ... He was a board and brick track racer in the 1920s. He is best remembered for winning the 1929 Indianapolis 500, and for setting a land speed record in the Triplex Spirit of Elkdom. This monster featured three 27-litre Liberty aero-engines! He died in a racing accident at the Altoona 200-Mile Race in 1929

1911

The Gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy 500.

1955

Mike Nazaruk... Died ... AAA driver He raced midget cars, sprint cars, and IndyCars. He was nicknamed "Iron Mike." He won the track championships at Staten Island, New York, and Rhinebeck, New York in 1947. He scored over twenty feature wins at Middletown, New York enroute to winning the 1948 track championship. Nazaruk was the 1949 American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) midget car champion. [1] The series tours the East Coast of the United States. Nazaruk joined the AAA in 1950. He won 14 national midget tour events, including the 1950 Night Before the 500, and the first midget car event at Terre Haute Action Track in 1953. He finished fifth in the 1954 National Midget car points. Nazaruk finished second in his first Indianapolis 500 in 1951. He competed in two more Indianapolis 500, including a fifth place finish in 1954. Nazaruk was killed in a AAA sprint car race at the tricky 1 mile circular dirt Langhorne Speedway on May 1, 1955 in Langhorne, PA.

1963

Graham Hill passed his rookie test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indianapolis 500.

MAY 2
1969

Kevin Gobrecht... Born ... Pennsylvania Sprintcar driver. Kevin Gobrecht was 30 years old when he was killed in a violent sprint-car crash at I-80 Speedway in Nebraska.

1971

Buzz Calkins... Born ... Indy Racing League driver 1996 to 2001.

MAY 3
1948

Ted Tappett won the ARDC Midget race over George Rice and Bob Disbrow at the Bridgeport Speedway,Bridgeport, CT.

1987

Davey Allison recorded his first NASCAR Winston Cup victory at the Winston 500 in Talladega, Alabama, driving his #28 Ford Thunderbird.

MAY 4
1948

Hurley Haywood... Born ... He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1977 (Porsche 936), 1983 (Porsche 956) and 1994 (Dauer-Porsche 962) and is the most winning driver at the 24 Hours of Daytona with 5 (1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1991). He also drove in the 1980 Indianapolis 500 finishing 18th. He also represented IMSA four times in the International Race of Champions (1986, 1989, 1992, 1995).

1949

John Force... Born ... Many time NHRA Funny Car Champion.

1966

Jackie Stewart passed his rookie test for the Indianapolis 500.

MAY 5
1913

Duane Carter ... Born ... AAA / USAC driver from the 1940's, 50's & 60's. He raced midget cars, sprint cars, and IndyCars. His son Pancho raced in Indy cars, along with Johnny Parsons (who he helped raise). He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991 and the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1989.

1927

Art Pollard ... Born ... He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1965-1973 seasons, with 84 career starts, including the 1967-1971 Indianapolis 500 races. He finished in the top ten 30 times, with 2 victories, both in 1969, at Milwaukee and Dover. Pollard died in Indianapolis, Indiana as a result of injuries sustained in practice for the 1973 Indianapolis 500.

1964

Mark Kinser... Born ... Sprint car driver. Son to car owner Karl and cousin to Steve Kinser, Mark won the 1996 and 1999 World of Outlaws championship and the 1996, 1999, and 2000 Knoxville Nationals.

1983

Dana Carter ... Died ... USAC and CART driver from the 1970's & 80's. Son of Duane Carter, brother of Pancho Carter and half brother of Johnnie Parsons Jr. Dana died on May 5th in 1983 of a heart attack after finishing second in a midget race in Indianapolis .

MAY 6
1961

Ralph Earnhardt, father of Dale Earnhardt Sr., made his NASCAR Grand National debut driving for Cotton Owens in the Rebel 300 at Darlington, South Carolina.

MAY 7
1927

Frank Lockhart Set the record for the fastest single lap driven on a board track (championship car) in a Miller 91 rear drive with an average speed of 147.229mph at the Atlantic City track. This track was the fastest and last major board track constructed.

1968

Mike Spence, Grand Prix and Sports car driver, died when he was killed in practice in the Lotus turbine car at Indianapolis. He crashed and the front right wheel of his car struck him on the head. Later that same night, Carroll Shelby withdrew his two uncompetitive turbine cars from the Indy 500.

MAY 8
1924

A. J. Watson ... Born ... Watson was a car builder and chief mechanic from 1949 through 1984 in the Indianapolis 500. During a 10-year stretch from the mid-1950s, Watson roadsters were virtually unbeatable at Indy. They finished one-two four times, including the famous 1960 race when Jim Rathmann and Rodger Ward swapped the lead countless times before Rathmann prevailed at the end. Watson-built cars won the Indianapolis 500 six times, and a Watson copy by Floyd Trevis won with A.J. Foyt in 1961.

1964

Bobby Labonte ... Born ... NASCAR Cup driver.
1968

Colin Chapman, effected by the previous day's death of Mike Spence and the recent death of Jim Clark, leaves Indy and flies back to England, leaving the STP Indy team to be run solely by Andy Granatelli.

2005

Alvin Junior "A. J." Shepherd ... Died ... CRA , IMCA and USAC Midget and Sprint car driver . He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1960-1961 seasons with 7 starts, including the 1961 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 4 times, with his best finish in 4th position, in 1961 at Springfield. He finished 26 in his only race at Indy.

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

Live racing telecasts

Friday, April 30^th:

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM on SPEED – Cup practice from Richmond

2:00 PM to 3:30 PM on SPEED – Cup final practice

4:00 PM to 5:30 PM on SPEED – Nationwide qualifying from Richmond

5:30 PM to 7:00 PM on SPEED – Cup qualifying

7:30 PM to 10:00 PM on ESPN2 – Nationwide race

Saturday, May 1^st:

1:30 PM to 4:00 PM on ABC – Indycar race from Kansas City

7:30 PM to 11:00 PM on FOX – Cup race

9:00 PM to 11:00 PM on ESPN2 – NHRA qualifying from Madison, Il.

Sunday, May 2^nd:

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM on SPEED – FIM Moto GP World Championship from Spain

1:00 PM to 3:30 PM on SPEED – NASCAR Truck Series race from Kansas City

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM on SPEED – FIM Moto 2 World Championship from Spain

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM on ESPN2 – NHRA Eliminations from Madison, Il.

Track news:

For OCFS:

A young gentleman named Jordan Sheehan has put out the following information about a special racing show and Demolition Derby being held at OCFS this coming Sunday:

“Well some may know but this Sunday we will swing the pit gate open at 12 with hot laps around 230 and racing at 3pm.
$10 for grandstands!
$25 with or without a membership for the pits. Only entry fee is demolition derby.

$500 to win pure stocks race. $500 to win pro stocks if using OCFS compound. If using other tires its $300 to win. BUT if a pro stocker has ran OCFS since the AMERICAN RACER tire decision they MUST use OUR TIRES! All others will be allowed to use what ever tires they have whether its Hoosiers American Racer other compounds and good years! ALL CARS NO MATTER WHAT CLASS MUST PASS SAFETY INSPECTION AND OTHER THEN TIRES MUST FOLLOW ALL OCFS rules!!!

** Double Points for OCFS regulars in both classes**

The winner of pro stocks WILL be a guaranteed starter for Eastern States Weekend!

PRO STOCKS!
$100 extra to the first invader across the line
$100 if never won a OCFS feature before
$100 POLE Award
$50 outside pole
$50 hard charger
$20 tough luck

PURE STOCKS!
$50 First Place Extra
$50 Hard Charger
$20 tough luck
$35 to 10th spot on 10th lap
$15 to 7th position on the 7th lap

ANY QUESTIONS CALL ME 973 248 1850 will be more then glad to help you”

And this, too:

Just got off the phone with Howie Commander and 3rd place finisher in the pro stocks will be guaranteed starter for Lebanon Valleys pro stock race on September 11th.

Alos, at OCFS last Saturday, it was announced that smoking wasn’t allowed in the grandstands. If you wanted to smoke, you had to go down in front of the stands or behind them. Somehow, I think this is a law now in New York. I’ve read that if you go out of some ball park or stadium, to grab a smoke, chances are you won’t be let back in – a “no return” policy, I suppose?

The History of the Sport:

Something quite a bit different for these next couple of weeks. Years ago, I met up with a gentleman named Peter Kessler. Pete is what we all refer to as the present day “Historian” for the Orange County Fair Speedway. Not only does he have a website devoted to “Victory Speedway”, Pete also has articles in the Hard Clay racing program that one can get every week, at OCFS.

Here is one of them. Next week, I’ll have another.

It’s 1954.

Elvis Presley recorded a 10-minute demo in Nashville. NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio married actress Marilyn Monroe. The marriage lasted ten months. The first atomic submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched at Groton, Connecticut. It’s still there as a commissioned Navy vessel, and you can walk through it. The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh. The 1st shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan. RCA manufactured its first color TV set and began mass production. The 12-inch screen TV cost $1,000.00. Bill Haley & the Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock." Chevrolet introduced the V-8 engine for its 1955 models. Ellis Island closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since opening in New York Harbor in 1892. Today, it is a museum. A US middle-class home of 800 square feet cost $7,000. Median income was $4,173.00. The new color TV cost almost a fourth of that.

Since the end of WWII, the United States stood alone as the world’s greatest military and economic superpower. 1954 was the dawn of the greatest period of economic growth in the history of the world up to that time. In the fall, the fabulous 1955 Chevy, with its overhead valve, 265 cubic inch V-8 engine, made its debut. An astonishing 1,776,652 1955 Chevys found owners. In fact, in 1955, General Motors sold half – HALF! – the cars in the United States. Today, the “Tri-Five-Series” Chevy is one of the most sought after collectibles on earth.

The Korean War had been over for a year. The Interstate Highway System was only a dream in the minds of planners. The United States was tied together with ribbons of concrete that were, mostly, only two lanes wide, with hundreds of thousands of traffic lights. Most highways that connected the cities ran directly through those cities. It was a commuter’s nightmare. Something had to be done to move traffic – and all those 1955 Chevys – more efficiently. Two years later, President Eisenhower signed the Interstate Highway Act, and I-80, I-84, I-95, and all the other six lanes thoroughfares were begun.

Traffic wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been. The population of the United States was less than half of what it is today.

As I have stated many times in this column, the venerable flathead Ford engine was the first dominant power plant at Victory Speedway, and hundreds of dirt tracks across the United States. Midget racers were using the Ford V-8-60 as a low-cost alternative to the Offenhausers of the day. When stock cars hit the tracks in the late 40’s, they, too, used the ubiquitous Ford engine. And, like all the parts associated with stock cars of the day, they were available at any junk yard. They made stock car racing affordable when stock car racing needed to be affordable, and hundreds of would-be racers took advantage of the situation. Speed equipment was plentiful, from milled, high-performance heads, to multi-carburetor manifolds, sophisticated ignition systems, to headers, etc., etc.

It was inevitable that the Chevy V-8 would overtake the Flattie Ford as the engine of choice, but hold on.

The small block Chevy wasn’t the first overhead valve engine to be introduced to the public. Cadillacs had the same type of engines since 1949, as did Oldsmobiles and Buicks. But those engines were expensive to buy, even in junkyards. In 1954, Ford debuted its own modern V-8 power plant. Like the flathead, it was a 239 cubic inch, fairly lightweight unit, but was capable of more power and torque.

From “The Hard Clay in Orange County – Fifty Years of Speed” by Ray Martin:

“It was now the month of September and an historic event was about to unfold before unsuspecting fans in Orange County. Up to this point in the infant history of stock car racing, 90 percent of the engines running were the Ford Flathead V-8’s. Once in a while a 6-cylinder would come along and try their luck. Except for two notable engines in those early years, most of the sixes were destined for the non-winners list. The two exceptions were (Steve) Danish and his GMC and the very fine gentleman from Pennsylvania, Pat Ronco. Pat had great success with a six-cylinder Nash in the earlier days. But almost all the races were won by the flatheads. This means most of the engines were V-8, but not like the ones that are in most of today’s cars, which are referred to as “overhead” V-8’s. There is a whole world of difference in structure and power.

“It was on September 4^th and a fellow from New Jersey signed the driver sheet at the pit entrance with an “overhead.” The engine was a mean one and sounded like a bulldozer that was wide open. The car took to the track and the difference with its tremendous power was evident to all who were there.

“Before the races were over everyone knew the car definitely had the earmarks of something ‘different,’ because the others in the race with it had no chance at all. The booming machine that won the feature that night was driven by Frankie Schneider. The man from Lambertville had signed the certified copy of death for the faithful, Flathead Ford.

“So on 9/4/54, Schneider won the feature here with on overhead engine under the hood. Second place belonged to Danish with that rousing 6-cylinder, but he didn’t stand a chance against the powerhouse. (Bud) Marl was 3^rd in that race.”

The story goes that Schneider’s overhead valve V-8 came from a Thunderbird. But the T-Bird wasn’t introduced until later in 1954. In all likelihood, his engine was a standard 239 cubic inch model.

The overhead valve V-8 engine was one of many inventions that changed stock car racing forever. On September 4, 1954, that change took place at Victory Speedway.

As for the “Victory Speedway” website, here ya go:

http://www.victoryspeedway.net/

It is a website that’s continually being up-dated.

Former Dirt Oval (Oakland Valley Speedway) runners:

You’ll notice as we get more into the racing season, more names will appear.

Note: In most cases, the names that appear in this section are names of those that have run at the Dirt Oval for an extended period of time. In some cases, maybe only an occasional appearance.

At Accord Speedway, in the Modified feature, Lex Burrit was 17^th and Clinton Mills 19^th. In the Sportsman class, Brian Krummel won the feature, with Anthony Perrego 2^nd and Mike Ruggiero 3^rd. In the “Spec Sportsman feature, Kyle Rohner was 1^st with Matt Hitchcock 7^th. Jason Roe and Kayla Smykla were both DNQ’s.

At Penn Can, in the Modified feature, Danny Creeden was 3^rd.

At Cananadaigua, Michael Storms was 13^th in the Modified feature.

At New Egypt, Johnny Guarino was a DNQ for the Modified feature.

At Utica/Rome, Michael Storms was 8^th in the Modified feature.

At Lebanon Valley, in the Sportsman feature, Kolby Schroder was 8^th, Kyle Armstrong 11^th and Alex Bell 14^th.

At Stafford, in the SK Light feature, David Webb was 2^nd and Lauren Cooper 21^st.

At OCFS, in the nights regularly scheduled Modified feature, Mike Ruggiero was 6^th, Billy VanInwegen 14^th, Clinton Mills 15^th, Tim Hindley 21^st and Danny Creeden 23^rd. Jimmy Johnson was a DNQ

In the held over Modified feature from September 2009, Jimmy was 5^th and Clinton was 18^th.

In the Sportsman feature, Matt Hitchcock was 3^rd, Joe Conklin 6^th, Brian Krummel 8^th, Keith Still 13^th, Bobby Hassenmayer 15^th, Rich Coons 17^th, Anthony Perrego 20^th, Doc Young 21^st, John Lodini 22^nd, while Matt Janiak was a DNS.

At Hamlin, in the wingless 600 Micro Sprints, Brittany Tresch was the winner with Luke Schostkewitz placing 3^rd. In the 600 Rookie wingless class, Joey Kata was first and Geordan Farry 11^th. In the 270 class, Rick Casario was 7^th, while in the 270 Rookie class, Jacob Hendershot was 2^nd.

At Borgers, in the regular 270 Micro feature, Tiffany Wambold was 8^th. In the Rookie 270’s Tiffany was the feature winner. Luke Schostkewitz was 2^nd in the wingless 600 Micros feature, while Kyle Rohner was 5^th in the Stage One Modifieds. The Stage One cars are similar to the 600 Modifieds.

Note: Interested in seeing some lap times for Accord and OCFS? To be honest, I was quite surprised to see Kyle Rohner have a faster lap in a Spec Sportsman compared to a regular Sportsman and even some Modifieds, at Accord.

Accord: http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=523942

OCFS: http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=524419

Video time:

From the Accord Speedway, last week – part of the Modified feature:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6kV7Ki6G8Y

And a Modified heat race, from Accord, last week:

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

Is this true?:

In an e-mail I received the other day, there were some interesting figures. Now I don’t know if it’s true, or not, but here, in part, is what was said:

“ My name is d'Lynn.  I'm a disabled Vietnam vet. And that's my ride.  She's looking pretty good looking also, especially when you consider that she'll turn twenty this summer.  That's right, it's a 1990 with a 1990 sidecar.  I can't ride a solo bike, ergo the sidecar rig.  It's my sole means of transportation - rain or shine, snow or wind, and this summer also marks a milestone in both of our lives, as I will finally be able to pay her off.  Twenty years old?  What?  Why did it take so long?  You weren't paying attention, were you?  It's right at the beginning of this paragraph.  I am a disabled vet, which means I receive a veterans administration disability pension, which also means "I'm broke!"  Just one step ahead of being homeless every month, and that's not an idle statement or an"Oh, whoa is me" dire complaint.  There’s a point to this, so hang in there a minute or two and read on.

There's a 25-year-old illegal immigrant woman living in Florida , with eight kids.  Yes, eight "anchor babies" and she receives just shy of $1,500 per month per kid, plus medical, plus food stamps.  Oh, wait.  I've been informed that I shouldn't call them Food Stamps anymore.  That's not PC.  It's all called “Social Assistance” now.  You do the math on that yourself.  I'd say that she was schooled early in how to make it in the system.  Twenty-five years old, eight kids . . . . . yep, she started early.

You can whip out the calculator if you want, but this women who never has paid a dime in taxes of any kind, (and still doesn't – she's 'illegal,' remember?) is here in this country illegally.  She hasn’t paid one one cent in medical for all the “anchor babies,” makes more in one month, legally, than I receive in over a year and a half in disability payments and I can't even get food stamps!  Oops, I mean “Social Assistance.”
Technically I am eligible for “Social Assistance.”  I was told it would be a walk through – a gimme – being disabled.  No problem, and in the very next breath I was also informed that under the law the amount I received in “Social Assistance” would be deducted from my disability pension. 

Let's say I take a great photograph.  It was just luck, a one of a kind accidental, in the right place at the right time shot.  My local newspaper offers me fifty bucks to use the photo in a featured story.  (I live in a small town and fifty bucks is all they could afford.)  I have to report that fifty dollars to the VA as earned income,  which will immediately be deducted from my next month’s disability check.  If I don't report it I’m in violation of federal law and technically they can stop my disability pension and prosecute me under a federal felony.  Pretty cool, eh?  For fifty bucks.
I see no point in dealing with two federal bureaucracies, so I don't bother.  What's the point?
She's here illegally and with just one kid would make over twice what I receive per month.  She has eight and she’s not a stand-out case.  She’s not alone.  That's the way the system works.  Millions of illegal immigrants know this, know how the system works and know how to use it.  (Haven't you seen the pamphlet?  It's handed out all along our borders, "The Illegal Immigrants' Guide to Keeping America Just The Way It Is.") and that's just the way it works.
Did you know that the federal government provides a “refugee” in this country with a monthly “stipend” of $1,890, plus $580 a month in “Social Assistance?” That’s $2,470 a month, tax-free.  That's two and a half times what I’m allowed to receive as a disabled vet.  And just what did they do to earn this?  All you have to do is show up on our collective doorstep, raise your right hand and swear that you're a refugee and, bingo, receive $30,000 a year, tax-free.  That's more than someone making $15 an hour, and they have to pay taxes to boot!”

There’s a lot more to that e-mail. If what is said is true, then I think we are in deep trouble, folks, deep trouble.

More racin’ stuff:

In years past, have you watched the “Prelude to the Dream” race? If so, did you pay to watch it on PPV on HBO, or did you wait until it was a freebie on SPEED? Well, if you waited for the showing on SPEED and were planning on doing it again, when it runs this year, here’s a little warning for ya: I’ve read that it will only b shown on HBO PPV – and not re-broadcast on SPEED.

I found info on this on the Internet, and there was a link in what I found that made mention of no later broadcasting of the event.

That link: http://www.preludetothedream.org/faqs/

Other forums/message boards and websites:

Note: In this section, from now on, I’ll be making mention of some certain things being said on the Internet, and will give you links to those items, along with links to various websites, message boards and forums. Hope you get a kick out of what some people are saying.

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

Daytona interested in IndyCar race - http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?136548-Daytona-interested-in-IndyCar-race

Frontstretch.com: http://www.frontstretch.com/

One: New drivers stole the spotlight this weekend – especially in Nationwide, Two: Carbon Monoxide is still a big issue in NASCAR, Three: Should NASCAR have thrown a caution for Bobby Labonte’s spin? (You might not be surprised at how people voted on this one!), Four: Did Kevin Harvick really pass below the yellow line? And Five: Is it really too early for Silly Season?

The above can be seen if you go here: http://www.frontstretch.com/article/29189/

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

Budweiser talking to Hendrick, Kurt Busch signs long term deal, no terms mentioned, Drug charges dropped, J.C. France, Dale Jr. to run #3 car at Daytona NNS race? Check those items out here: http://jayski.com/cupnews.htm#news-bud

Daytona to repave track for 2011 season – can be found here: http://jayski.com/pages/tracks/daytona.htm

Other (non racing) news:

Have you received this in an e-mail? I did. This goes along with what I opened this column with – about Illegal Immagration.

A Real Eye Opener

WHY is the USA going BANKRUPT?

Informative, and mind boggling!

You think the war in Iraqis costing us too much? Read this:

Boy, was I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us.
I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.

I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I also have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts... 

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.
Verify at: http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.HTML

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.HTML

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt..0.HTML

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/%20TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML<http://transcripts/..cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML>

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.HTML

9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSC%20RI%20PTS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US .
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0606/12/ldt..01.HTML http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0606/12/ldt..01.HTML>

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries.. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the US from the Southern border.
Verify at: Homeland Security Report:

12. The National policy Institute, estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.'
Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/PDF/deportation.PDF

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their countries of origin.
Verify at: http://www.rense..com/general75/niht.htm <http://www.rense.com/general75/niht..htm>

14.. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.'
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The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY; IT IS $338,300,000,000.00 WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY FOR THECITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.

Are we THAT stupid? YES, FOR LETTING THOSE IN THE U.S.CONGRESS GET AWAY WITH LETTING THIS HAPPEN YEAR AFTER YEAR!!!!!

McCain: Arizona had to crack down on immigration:

In part: “WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain says Arizona had to pass a tough immigration law because the Obama administration has failed to "secure our borders."

Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_mccain_immigration

Which do you think is more important – Changes in our climate or the “Immigration bill”?

Reid: Senate to act on climate before immigration:

In part: “WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he is willing to bring up climate change legislation ahead of an immigration bill, the first step toward resolving a dispute with Senate Republicans that threatened to derail a bipartisan effort months in the making.”

Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_climate_bill

Closing with this:

HOW TO INSTALL A HOME SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH

1. Go to a secondhand store and buy a pair of men's used size 14-16
work boots.

2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns &Ammo magazine and your NRA magazines.

3. Put a few giant-sized dog dishes next to the boots and magazine.

4. Leave a note on your door that reads:

"Hey Bubba, Big Jim, Duke and Slim, I went for more ammunition. Back in about an hour. Don't mess with the pit bulls -- they attacked the mailman this morning and messed him up real bad. I don't think Killer took part in it but it was hard to tell from all the blood. Anyways, I locked all four of 'em in the house. Better wait in your truck till I get back."

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

Special note:

Look for a change in my column starting next week. I’ll be leaving out some of the things that are not racing related.