Racin'
& Different Stuff:
By Tom Avenengo
Volume # 122
01/17/2013
First:
If you normally
read my column on Dirt Track Digest, then you might have missed it last
week. For some unknown reason/reasons, I
could not get the column to post.
Hopefully, it will post this week.
Second:
Again, and for
a while, there isn’t and won’t be much racing news for our area. Some car shows coming up, and usually they
try to get some sprint car racing done in
Third:
Turbine Sprint Car
You ever hear of it? I hadn’t.
I have to wonder – what if?
In part:
“About the only
similarity between this unique Sprint Car and its modern counterparts is that
at 1,100 pounds, they weigh about the same. After that, forget it!
It may come as a surprise, but
this modern racer has its roots in the late 1970s with the Arizona-native Steve
Bolan. Bolan, a corporate pilot and motion picture special effects expert,
wanted to create a turbine-powered Sprint Car, and this little red racer is the
product of that vision. Bolan found his inspiration in Parnelli
Jones' STP turbine-powered IndyCar that was leading
the 1967 Indy 500
with just three laps to go when a $6
bearing failed and caused the engine to quit. Finding the whole idea of
turbine-powered racers fascinating, Bolan asked himself
why not put a smaller turbine in a Sprint Car? Why not
indeed!”
Fourth:
This past week they had their annual induction ceremonies for
those that were inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of
Fame. Sadly, the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Midget_Auto_Racing_Hall_of_Fame
Fifth:
According to
Lucas Oil Productions, the 27th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented
by General Tire will be televised on Sunday February 10, 2013 on NBC Sports.
The show is scheduled to begin at 4pm ET. Schedule is subject to change. Any
changes we are given will be posted to www.chilibowl.com as well as our Social
Media outlets.
Sixth:
Maybe
by now you’ve seen the Chili Bowl results?
How about that Kevin Swindell – four straight
wins! Personally, I’d love to see where
a Chili Bowl winner didn’t come from the front row, but maybe mid-pack.
A Feature results:
55 lapsPresented by
Lucas Oil
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 2 Kevin Swindell
Germantown, TN 39
2 1 Sammy Swindell Germantown,
TN 1
3 5 Brad Sweet Grass Valley, CA 67X
4 9 Tim McCreadie
47X
5 11 Dave Darland
Lincoln, IN 3DD
6 14 Jerry Coons Jr
Tucson, AZ 63
7 16 Shane Golobic
Fremont, CA 11
8 20 Bryan Clauson
Noblesville, IN 39B
9 22 Billy Wease
Noblesville, IN 38
10 8 Cory Kruseman
Ventura, CA 21K
11 19 Markus Niemela
Santa Barbara, CA 81
12 18 Jason Meyers Clovis, CA 71K
13 15 Jonathan Beason
Broken Arrow, OK 8J
14 23 Brad Kuhn Avon, IN 10
15 12 Tony Stewart Columbus, IN 14
16 10 Jac Haudenschild Wooster, OH 71X
17 13 Gary Taylor Snohomish, WA 05T
18 6 Damion Gardner
Concord, CA 47
19 21 J.J. Yeley
Charlotte, NC 1ST
DNF 24 Andrew Felker
Carl Junction, MO 11A
DNF 3 Kyle Larson Elk Grove, CA 71
DNF 7 Brady Bacon Broken Arrow, OK 99
DNF 4 Chad Boat Phoenix, AZ 15X
DNF 17 Mike Spencer Temecula, CA 51S
Seventh:
On
the home front:
The
wife: She's due to start her last two
weeks of pills on Jan 20th, I believe it is. Last IV Chemo is on the
29th. When she finishes those two weeks of pills, then she's done. Presently, she’s had what I guess you could
say is a light case of diarrhea over the past week or so. One of the side effects of
either the Chemo pills or IV Chemo treatments.
As for me - don't know why, but lately, I
just can't sleep at night. Woke up last night (Mon) around 3:00 AM, could
not get back to sleep. Got out of bed at 5:00 AM and played Internet
checkers until 8:00 - thinking I might doze off. No luck there.
Think I got maybe an hours sleep from 8-10 this AM. Last night – Tuesday, I woke up around 3:30
AM and tossed and turned the rest of the night.
I had an appointment with the surgeon that
put the stent in my aorta.. Stent is doing its
job - working perfectly, and no leaks. New problem -
left side Carotid artery. Had a sonogram done and at first they
were going to have me get a CAT Scan or MRI prior to next Wed, when the
surgeon is in his office, but with my pacemaker/defibrillator, that MRI
can't be done. CAT Scan, with dye - could be a
problem too, since the dye did a job on my kidneys when stent was put in. I
have to see the surgeon next Wed to see what is next.
Eighth:
Turbine Sprint Car
Ninth:
This
is worth reading and thinking about. Pay attention to your next Social Security
income, whether you get a check or an electronic deposit....note what it is now
called...see below.. Have you noticed, your Social Security check is now referred to as a
"Federal Benefit Payment"? I'll be part of the one percent to forward
this. I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will
in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.
The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a “Federal
Benefit Payment.”This isn’t a benefit – its earned income!Not only did we all contribute to Social Security
but our employers did too.It totaled 15% of our
income before taxes.If you averaged $30K per year
over your working life, that's close to $180,000 invested in Social Security.If you calculate the future value of your monthly
investment in social security ($375/month, including both you and your
employer’s contributions) at a meager 1% interest rate compounded monthly,
after 40 years of working you'd have more than $1.3+ million dollars saved!
This is your personal investment.Upon retirement, if
you took out only 3% per year, you'd receive $39,318 per year, or $3,277 per
month. That’s almost three times more than today’s average Social Security
benefit of $1,230 per month, according to the Social Security Administration
(Google it - it’s a fact).
And your retirement fund would last more than 33
years (until you're 98 if you retire at age 65)!I can
only imagine how much better most average-income people could live in
retirement if our government had just invested our money in low-risk
interest-earning accounts.Instead, the folks in
Washington pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than
Bernie Madoff ever did.They
took our money and used it elsewhere. They “forgot” that it was OUR
money they were taking. They didn’t have a
referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn’t
pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently, they’ve told us that the
money won’t support us for very much longer. But is it our fault they misused
our investments? And now, to add insult to injury, they’re calling it a “benefit,”
as if we never worked to earn every penny of it. Just because they “borrowed”
the money, doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!
Let’s take a stand. We have earned our right to
Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into
our government –Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going, for the
sake of that 92% of our population who need it.
Tenth:
Looking
at the entry list for the
Eleventh:
The
Ray Evernham Dirt Legends cars. Remember them? What ever happened with them? Last I had heard,
there was only one track they raced on – the track Evernham
owns.
I can recall,
for a short time, back in the beginning of 2011, I believe it was, these cars were featured on the Accord Speedways
website. Never did see one at Accord,
however.
A
couple of videos for ya, on these cars – back when
they were introduced – 10/14/2010.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nm9bokhvgs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7AYTPBwUB8
And, I see they did have some races in 2012 for these cars:
http://www.legendsmodified.com/index.html
Twelfth:
Actually, this
was found on Facebook:
How the
‘Problem-Reaction-Solution’ Paradigm works
1.
The government
creates or exploits a problem then attributes blame on others.
2.
The populace
reacts by asking the government for protection and help to solve the problem.
3.
The government
offers the solution that was planned by them long before the crisis occurred.
4.
Outcome: Rights and liberties are exchanged for the
illusion of protection and help.
Thirteenth:
“It's
only $425 a year and it provides $250,000 in coverage." You have any idea as to what I’m talking
about? Its insurance for race drivers –
those that race in cars with roll cages and the driver is belted in. Yes, Champ Karts ARE included. I questioned them on that.
A little
more:
“It was the
recipe for disaster: an un-insured race driver with a spinal cord injury at a
track with very little coverage. But, thankfully, Tim McCreadie
wasn't paralyzed, hospitalized or facing major surgery following his nasty flip
at the Chili Bowl in
The dirt modified star from
McCreadie had no personal insurance and Chili Bowl promoters Lanny Edwards and Emmit Hahn
carried a paltry $25,000 policy for the 295 drivers entered in the winter
indoor midget classic.
In this case, both parties are negligent.
"If Tim would have been injured like
Jacques Lazier was a few years ago and required surgery it would have been a
minimum of $60,000 for the operation," said Dr. Terry Trammell, the
orthopedic saviour of racers for the past three
decades who examined McCreadie last week.
"If he would have been paralyzed, well, the
costs to take care of him would be astronomical."
Like many young racers, McCreadie
had no coverage on himself, for disability or hospitalization. Tony Stewart
admitted he never had any when he was a midget/sprint regular in USAC. Ditto
for Kasey Kahne and two-time USAC sprint champ Levi
Jones just started buying some when he got engaged.
"A lot of guys don't think they can afford
it but there's a policy out there that a driver can't afford not to have,"
said Tracy Hines, the multi-USAC champ who began buying insurance when he went
to NASCAR a few years ago.”
Link: http://www.stida.com/
Found
on Jayski’s website:
Kyle
Busch signed extension with JGR in December:
#18-Kyle
Busch has re-signed a long-term extension with Joe Gibbs Racing, removing one
of the biggest names from the Sprint Cup Series' impending free-agent market.
Two officials with direct knowledge of the deal told USA TODAY Sports that
Busch, whose contract at JGR was set to expire after the 2013 season, signed a
multiyear deal in December [supposedly thru 2017]. The officials spoke on the
condition of anonymity because the team had yet to announce the deal. The team
had no comment on Busch's contract status. Asked Thursday night by
Dodge and RCR?
What's
it going to take to get Dodge Motorsports interested in NASCAR again? How about
an organization such as Richard Childress Racing? One of the reasons cited for
Dodge's departure from NASCAR at the end of the 2012 season was the inability
to secure an organization equal to Penske Racing's stature. Although Dodge
representatives flirted with Furniture Row Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports
and Andretti Racing, nothing materialized from the meetings. However, what if
Dodge could secure an organization that boasts six Cup titles, three Nationwide
Series championships and two Truck titles? "I haven't talk to
anybody," team owner Richard Childress said on Friday. "No one has
approached me yet." Still, the rumor persists.(FoxSports)(1-12-2013)
Dillon
to run some race for Phoenix Racing?:
A.J.
Allmendinger's 2013 NASCAR plans are less certain. He
ran a pair of races for #51 Phoenix Racing late last year after being
reinstated by NASCAR, and while team owner James Finch has said Allmendinger will drive for the team again this season, it
will apparently not be a full-time effort. Regan Smith is slated to steer the
car in the season opener at Daytona, and reliable sources say that
third-generation driver Austin Dillon will also run a handful of Sprint Cup
Series races for Phoenix Racing.(Godfather
Motorsports)(1-11-2013)
UPDATE:
Austin
Dillon, the grandson of Richard Childress Racing's owner, will drive a Sprint
Cup car with a Hendrick Motorsports engine at Las
Vegas Motor Speedway. Phoenix Racing owner James Finch said during Friday's Cup
test at Daytona International Speedway that Dillon will pilot his #51 Chevy
sponsored by TAG Heuer Eyewear at the March 10 race.
Finch's cars are powered by HMS engines. Dillon is running a full-time
Nationwide Series schedule and about six Cup races for his grandfather, Richard
Childress, as he plans to move full-time into Cup in 2014 at RCR. He is at the
three-day Daytona test driving RCR's #33 in
preparation for his debut in the Daytona 500 next month. Asked how the deal
came about, Finch jokingly said, "Richard is too old to mess with.
Danica vs. Ricky for Rookie of the Year:
For
the first time since 2006, when Denny Hamlin beat out Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr. and a host of others, there's a legitimate rookie
of the year battle. It's not a deep class, but the intrigue of two-time
Nationwide Series champion #17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
going against former IndyCar star #10-Danica Patrick
will draw a lot of attention.(ESPN), the rule used to
be once a driver ran more then seven races in a season, they were not eligible
for Rookie of the Year, but the rules changed when NASCAR required drivers to
declare which seres to accrue points for.(1-11-2013)
Larson to NNS in 2013 and some Cup
races?
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
development driver, Kyle Larson said he was going back to Charlotte on Sunday
to find out what [team owner Chip] Ganassi has
planned for him this season but it's believed he'll be driving a Target car
full-time in Nationwide with a few Cup [#41?] races thrown in at the end of the
year.(Robin Miller/SPEED)(1-15-2013)
Danica
Patrick files for divorce:
#10-Danica Patrick has cited an "irretrievably
broken" marriage as the cause for her filing for divorce with Paul Hospenthal. Patrick filed for divorce on Jan. 3 in the
Superior Court of Arizona in
NASCAR doesn't foresee major changes after successful
Daytona test:
The search for speed continued Saturday during the
third day of Preseason Thunder testing at Daytona International Speedway --
among NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers with their race cars still intact. After
Friday's 12-car accident during drafting practice sent many teams packing,
single-car runs were the order of the day among those who stayed for the
duration. On NASCAR's part, this year's season-opening test was a sharp
contrast to that of 2012, when the sanctioning body spent three days tinkering
with the superspeedway rules package in an attempt to break up two-car drafts
and to scale down speeds that exceeded 206 mph. Even though the Cup series is
transitioning to a new Gen-6 race car, the 2013 sessions required little
manipulation on NASCAR's part. Average lap speeds in the draft topped out at
the 199.650 mph achieved Friday afternoon by 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor
Bayne, and NASCAR was comfortable with the results.
"We're in the ballpark," said Robin
Pemberton, NASCAR's vice president of competition. "We know the teams will
go back, and they'll work and they'll bring a little bit better 'this' and
better 'that.'&We're
right in the ballpark, and we don't foresee any changes." Pemberton
acknowledged that one consideration in designing the Gen-6 cars was breaking up
the tandem racing, which was not a fan favorite. "When it was new, it was
cool," Pemberton said of the aggressive two-car push-drafting. "When
it was a couple races old, the coolness wore off of it. It was something that
wasn't very normal for us. If you saw us last year at this time, we left this
race track drafting at 206 miles an hour and went back and made rule changes
based on trying to minimize the advantage of doing that (tandem drafting) and
to minimize the appetite to do that, knowing that -- if it was the fastest way
around -- you would do that late in the race to win the race."(NASCAR Wire
Service)(1-13-2013)
News from the AARN:
January 8th
edition:
Changes at
Thompson
Ben Dodge out;
Thompson Modifieds shelved; Super Late Models
schedule is cut; A road course in planned, and Thursday nights maintained for
weekly racing.
After a ten year
run, the North East Enduro Tour Series (NEETS) is all
finished.
Brett Hearn was
voted as the Northeast driver of the year by the membership of the Eastern
Motorsports Press Association. Doug
Wolfgang was inducted into the EMPA’s Hall of Fame.
Eldora will not
expand it’s seating capacity for the NASCAR Truck
race.
Ryan Godown picked up a nice amount of money for winning the New
Egypt Modified championship. Well, to me
$10,000.00 is a nice amount!
Local teenage
driving star Tyler Dippel was planning on running at
A full page ad
for this weekends Motor Sports show, put on by the AARN – with show dates being
January 18, 19 & 20. The show is
held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA. Some of those that will be attending are
Michael Waltrip, Parnelli
Jones, Austin and Ty Dillon, Bones Bourcier, Kenny Brightbill, Brett Hearn, Doug Coby,
Stewart Friesen, Jimmy Zacharias and many others.
Note: The halls physical address cannot be
found. Use
Shane Hmiel will be behind the wheel again, in a race car at
Rockingham on January 26th.
Borgers will run at least two
ATQMRA sanctioned races in 2013.
ARCA is dropping
the driver minimum age to 17.
ARCA held a test
session at Daytona for three days. 61
drivers tested.
Guy Smith made
some of the races at the
Wingless 1200
Mini Sprints had 4 heats and 4 qualifiers, 2 B-Mains and an A-Main.
Wingless
“Outlaw” Micros had 26 heats, 6 qualifiers, 8 C-Mains, 8 B-Mains a last chance
race and an A-Main.
The Junior
Sprints kid class had 6 heats, 3 B-Mains and an A-Main.
The winged
A-Class Micros had 24 heats, 6 qualifiers, 6 C-Mains, 8 B-Mains and an A-Main.
The ECOtec Midgets had 3 heats, 3 qualifiers and an A-Main.
The restricted
A-Class Micros had 10 heats, 4 qualifiers, 5 B-Mains, a last chance race and an
A-Main.
The Winged
Outlaws had 19 heat, 6 qualifiers, 4 C-Mains, 6
B-Mains, a last chance race and an A-Main.
All those races
were held the week previous to the Chili Bowl.
Lenny Sammons:
In his column,
he made mention of Bruce Buckwalter, Sr. resigning as
President of the ARDC. Vice President
Greg Fitzpatrick has taken over as President and Ron Lauer is the new Vice
President.
Mr. Sammons also
makes mention that Lucas Wolfe has tested a F-3000
open wheel car recently at the track in
In AARN
This
Week – January 15th edition:
'Ridiculous'
Kevin Swindell
Chili
Bowl Win
Is
Fourth Straight
Zemco To Run,
Distribute
Eagle
Sprint
Car Chassis
Bridgeport
Speedway
Will
Stay
In
Hoffman Family Hands
Motorsports
2013 Show
Set For
Weekend
At
Greater Phila. Expo Center
Strunk, Hansell Team Splits;
Howard,
Hyneman To Run
Partial
Schedule
New All
Star Pro Cup
Post-Season
Race
Announced
By New Egypt Speedway
Delaware
International Speedway
Crowns
Its 2012 Season Champions
Ohio's
Historic K-C /
Atomic
Speedway Is For Sale
NASCAR
Daytona Test Session
Stymied
By Huge Crash
Rob Fuller Heads
For Full
Time NASCAR
Whelen Tour Stint
With New
Sponsor
Waterford Speedbowl
Champions
Crowned;
New Season
Awaits
Press Releases:
Swedesboro, NJ (January 14,
2013) – Following up on his brother’s dream of developing Bridgeport Speedway
into a premier racing facility, Keith Hoffman has assumed the remaining term of
a two year lease and will operate the South Jersey complex in 2013 following
the unfortunate Christmas Eve passing of Doug Hoffman. In addition, Dave Adams
is returning to Bridgeport Speedway and will be the promoter for the upcoming
season.
“I am honored to carry on
Doug’s dream of running Bridgeport Speedway,” stated Keith Hoffman. Hoffman and
Adams met with track owner Brian Ramey recently to complete the deal. A
tentative schedule for the 2013 season has been created and will mimic the
lineup from last year. On Friday nights, Micro-Sprints (270cc and 600cc) and
4-Cylinder Stock Cars will battle it out on the quarter-mile oval. Action on
Saturday nights will switch to the big 5/8th mile track and will feature Big
Block Modifieds, Crate Sportsmen, and Outlaw Stock
Cars. Hoffman and Adams are in the initial phase of supplementing the tentative
schedule with additional events.
The opening race for the
season will be on Saturday, March 30 with “The 60 Over
Special” Race of Champions Big Block Modified race in honor of Doug Hoffman.
This 60-lap event will mark the first event of the Big Block Modified Poker
Series for 2013. The Crate Sportsmen are on the card with the first hand of
their Poker Series and will be joined by the full-fendered
action of the Outlaw Stock Cars.
Hoffman and Adams along with
several Bridgeport Speedway employees will greet fans and racers alike at the
upcoming 2013 Motorsports Show at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks,
PA on January 18 through January 20. Discounted Pit Licenses will be offered at
the show for competitors and team members. Also at the Motorsports show,
reserved parking spots can be secured for the 2013 season along with
information on various sponsorships including Nights of Racing and seasonal
rentals of
Bridgeport Speedway provides
a safe and secure family atmosphere, free parking, giveaways, and fan
participation games. As a premier racing complex, Bridgeport Speedway is a
banked 5/8th mile dirt oval, featuring a dirt 1/4 mile oval embedded in the
center, and is located in Southern New Jersey -- just minutes from Pennsylvania
and Delaware at exit 14 off of I-295.
News from BD Motorsports Media &
Friesen-Deyo Promotions
Media Contact: Brett Deyo
– Deyo99H@aol.com or 845.728.2781
For Immediate Release/Jan. 16, 2013
BD Motorsports
Media & Friesen-Deyo Promotions in High Gear for
Motorsports 2013; Active Display Planned This Weekend; Find Out Who Will Drive
Norm Hansell’s No. 357
OAKS, PA - BD Motorsports Media and Friesen-Deyo Promotions are in high gear heading into Motorsports
2013 this weekend Jan. 18-20 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks,
The 28th edition of the Len
Sammons-promoted ‘Mid-Winter Motorsports Happening’ features 250,000 square
feet of nothing but racing and more than 200 race cars on hand plus vendors,
speedway displays, sanctions, vintage clubs, driver autographs and much
more. BD Motorsports Media
returns for its third appearance at the popular January showcase.
Set up in an expansive, 600-square-foot
display in booths No. 216-218 & 316-318, fans and competitors will have an
all-access pass to information on the 2013 BD Motorsports Media special events
at Penn Can (Pa.) Speedway (June 11 ‘Clash at the Can’ and Oct. 18 ‘King of the
Can’ programs) and Five Mile Point (N.Y.) Speedway (Oct. 12 Short Track SuperNationals), in addition to the inaugural Friesen-Deyo Promotions 'Dirty Jersey 60' Super DIRTcar
Series event to be co-promoted by Stewart Friesen and Brett Deyo
at New Egypt (N.J.) Speedway on June 18.
Hot off the presses from Bob Hilbert
Sportswear, the eye-catching 'Dirty Jersey' 60 apparel - including tee shirts
($20), long-sleeve shirts ($22) and hooded sweatshirt ($30) - will be on sale.
The first 100 shirt customers will receive a FREE BD Motorsports Media can koozie with their purchase.
Registration forms will be available for
the Berks-Schuylkill Oil Heat Association 28th annual Racing Legends Reunion
& Car Show Feb. 24-March 2 at the Fairgrounds Square Mall in
On Saturday (Jan. 19) at 1:30 p.m., an
autograph session is planned featuring Ryan Godown
Stewart Friesen, Jeff Strunk, Doug Manmiller, Mike Mahaney, Ryan
Watt and Neal Williams. Custom posters will be provided to the first 100 fans
to stop by.
Displayed in the booth will be Ryan Godown's John Chemidlin-backed
No. 747, last year's New Egypt Speedway championship combination and 'King of
the Can' winner, and the famed Norm Hansell
Motorsports No. 357, which features a rich history in Keystone State Modified
racing. Motorsports attendees will be the first to know who will pilot Hansell’s equipment in the upcoming season!
On Saturday (Jan. 19) at 7:30 p.m. Friesen
will announce the support division for the June 18 ‘Dirty Jersey 60’ Super DIRTcar Series event at New Egypt while he is recognized by
Area Auto Racing News on stage as the Northeast’s Leading Winner from ’12.
To learn more about BD Motorsports Media
or Friesen-Deyo Promotions, visit www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com,
e-mailDeyo99H@aol.com or
“like” BD Motorsports Media on Facebook. Official ‘Dirty Jersey 60’ information
is also available online atwww.stewartfriesen.com.
I
get e-mails:
Here’s
just part of an e-mail I got the other day:
“John Noveske is
one of the most celebrated battle rifle manufacturers in
According to the Outdoor Wire, his car "traveled across the
oncoming lane onto the dirt highway shoulder until it struck two large
boulders. The vehicle rolled and Mr. Noveske was
ejected."
But barely a week before this incident, John Noveske posted a lengthy, detailed post on Facebook that listed all the school shootings tied to psychiatric drugs. At the end of the
post, he asked, "What drugs was Adam Peter Lanza
on?"
This is the last post John Noveske made on his Facebook page before
he was killed:
Eric Harris age 17 (first on Zoloft then Luvox) and
Dylan Klebold aged 18 (Columbine school shooting in
Jeff Weise, age 16, had been prescribed 60 mg/day of Prozac (three times the
average starting dose for adults!) when he shot his grandfather, his
grandfather's girlfriend and many fellow students at
Cory Baadsgaard, age 16, Wahluke
(
Chris Fetters, age 13, killed his favorite aunt while taking Prozac.
Christopher Pittman, age 12, murdered both his grandparents while taking
Zoloft.
Mathew Miller, age 13, hung himself in his bedroom closet after taking Zoloft
for 6 days.
Kip Kinkel, age 15, (on Prozac and Ritalin) shot his
parents while they slept then went to school and opened fire killing 2
classmates and injuring 22 shortly after beginning Prozac treatment.
Luke Woodham, age 16 (Prozac) killed his mother and
then killed two students, wounding six others.
A boy in
Michael Carneal (Ritalin), age 14, opened fire on
students at a high school prayer meeting in
A young man in
Andrew Golden, age 11, (Ritalin) and Mitchell Johnson, aged 14, (Ritalin) shot 15
people, killing four students, one teacher, and wounding 10 others.
TJ Solomon, age 15, (Ritalin) high school student in
Rod Mathews, age 14, (Ritalin) beat a classmate to death with a bat.
James Wilson, age 19, (various psychiatric drugs) from
Elizabeth Bush, age 13, (Paxil) was responsible for a school shooting in
Pennsylvania
Jason Hoffman (Effexor and Celexa)
– school shooting in El Cajon, California
Jarred Viktor, age 15, (Paxil), after five days on Paxil he stabbed his
grandmother 61 times.
Chris Shanahan, age 15 (Paxil) in
Jeff Franklin (Prozac and Ritalin), Huntsville, AL, killed his parents as they
came home from work using a sledge hammer, hatchet, butcher knife and
mechanic's file, then attacked his younger brothers and sister.
Neal Furrow (Prozac) in LA Jewish school shooting reported to have been
court-ordered to be on Prozac along with several other medications.
Kevin Rider, age 14, was withdrawing from Prozac when he died from a gunshot
wound to his head. Initially it was ruled a suicide, but two years later, the
investigation into his death was opened as a possible homicide. The prime
suspect, also age 14, had been taking Zoloft and other SSRI antidepressants.
Alex Kim, age 13, hung himself shortly after his Lexapro
prescription had been doubled.
Diane Routhier was prescribed Welbutrin
for gallstone problems. Six days later, after suffering many adverse effects of
the drug, she shot herself.
Billy Willkomm, an accomplished wrestler and a
Kara Jaye Anne Fuller-Otter, age 12, was on Paxil
when she hung herself from a hook in her closet. Kara's parents said "....
the damn doctor wouldn't take her off it and I asked him to when we went in on
the second visit. I told him I thought she was having some sort of reaction to
Paxil...")
Gareth Christian,
(Gareth's father could not accept his son's death and killed himself.)
Julie Woodward, age 17, was on Zoloft when she hung herself in her family's
detached garage.
Matthew Miller was 13 when he saw a psychiatrist because he was having
difficulty at school. The psychiatrist gave him samples of Zoloft. Seven days
later his mother found him dead, hanging by a belt from a laundry hook in his
closet.
Kurt Danysh, age 18, and on Prozac, killed his father
with a shotgun. He is now behind prison bars, and writes letters, trying to
warn the world that SSRI drugs can kill.
Woody ____, age 37, committed suicide while in his 5th week of taking Zoloft.
Shortly before his death his physician suggested doubling the dose of the drug.
He had seen his physician only for insomnia. He had never been depressed, nor
did he have any history of any mental illness symptoms.
A boy from
Hammad Memon, age 15, shot
and killed a fellow middle school student. He had been diagnosed with ADHD and
depression and was taking Zoloft and "other drugs for the
conditions."
Matti Saari, a 22-year-old
culinary student, shot and killed 9 students and a teacher, and wounded another
student, before killing himself. Saari was taking an
SSRI and a benzodiazapine.
Steven Kazmierczak, age 27, shot and killed five
people and wounded 21 others before killing himself in a
Finnish gunman Pekka-Eric Auvinen,
age 18, had been taking antidepressants before he killed eight people and
wounded a dozen more at Jokela High School – then he
committed suicide.
Asa Coon from
Jon Romano, age 16, on medication for depression, fired a shotgun at a teacher
in his
Missing from list... 3 of 4 known to have taken these same meds....
What drugs was Jared Lee Loughner on, age 21...... killed 6 people and injuring 14 others in
What drugs was James Eagan Holmes on, age 24..... killed 12 people and injuring
59 others in Aurora Colorado
What drugs was Jacob Tyler Roberts on, age 22, killed 2 injured 1, Clackamas Or
What drugs was Adam Peter Lanza on, age 20, Killed 26
and wounded 2 in Newtown Ct
Roberts is the only one that I haven't heard about being on drugs of some kind.
Found on Facebook:
This
is spot-on.
PLEASE, READ THIS TO THE END. IT ISVERY
INTERESTING!!!
Wal-Mart vs. The Morons
1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every
minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St.
Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger +
Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the
world's largest private employer, and most speak
English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the
history of the world.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and
Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket
chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other
store in the world.
10.
Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing
experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately
6.5 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen
miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am
really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys
who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.
This should be read and understood by all
Americans… Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!
To President Obama and all 535 voting members of
the Legislature
It is now official that the majority of you are corrupt
morons:
a.. The U.S.Postal Service was
established in 1775. You have had 237 years to get it right and it is broke.
b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have
had 77 years to get it
right and it is broke.
c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938.You have had 74 years
to get it right
and it is broke.
d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 48
years to get it right;
$1 trillion of our money is confiscated each
year and transferred to "the
poor" and they only want more.
e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You
have had 47 years to get it right and they are broke.
f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970.You have had 42
years to get it right
and it is broke.
g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to
lessen our dependence on foreign oil.It has ballooned
to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil
than ever before. You had 35 years to get it right and it is an abysmal
failure.
You have FAILED in every "government
service" you have shoved down our
throats while overspending our tax dollars.
AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE
TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM??
Folks, keep this circulating.It
is very well stated. Maybe it will end up in the e-mails of some of our
"duly elected' (they never read anything) and their staff will clue them
in on how Americans feel.
AND
I know
what's wrong. We have lost our minds to "Political Correctness" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone please tell me what the HELL's wrong with all the people that run this
country!!!!!!
We're "broke" & can't help our own
Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,???????????
In the last months we have provided aid to
Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income'
receive no aid nor do they get any breaks…
AMERICA: a country
where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed hungry, elderly
going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment -etc, etc.
Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same
support they give to other countries. Sad isn't it?
99% of people won't have the guts to forward
this.
I'm one of the 1% -- I Just Did
And these:
Why does the government
always want to reduce social security payments that every working person pays
into all their working life, but they never threaten to reduce welfare that
most of the recipients have never paid a penny towards?
Our own Tea Party News Network Director Scottie
Nell-Hughes bravely went in to enemy territory and took on far left anti gun
loon Piers Morgan on his own CNN show tonight. In true leftist Saul Alinsky fashion, when Scottie threw fact after fact out to
Piers and reminded him that our founding fathers wrote the 2nd amendment so the
US citizenry would always be armed to protect against a potential tyrannical
government, all Morgan could do in response was try to demean and shut Scottie
up and throw emotional stories at her from the audience. Do Americans really
need some Brit whose country we stopped from taking our arms in 1776 come to
our country and lecture us about our right to bear arms?
And this one, too:
Just
my two cents on Government boys and girls. Although I despise political posts beyond
words, I felt the need to use the good old platform of social media as a
soapbox.
Government isn't all that complicated. Here's a few tips for the "nimrods" that were
elected, or for the most part, re-elected for whatever reason.
1) There is no war on women. In fact, they have
a lot more power than men, believe me. I am yet to see a news story since the
election talking about the battles of the sexes proving my point further. For
those of you that bought into that diversion, congratulations, you're a sheep.
2) Gay marriage? I mean really? You can't help
who you love. I don't understand it, being the heterosexual male that I am, but
I don't fear it either. Stop making it an issue, noooooooooooooooooobody
cares. Live and let live. Pretty simple fix to the argument.
3) Stop taking the people's money. We live
within our means, so should you. Tell old Benny boy to
stop printing so much damn money.....it's killing us.
4) You don't know what's best for us. Just
protect us, do what we ask you to do and call it a day.
5) Guns are not assault weapons. The people
behind them are. End of list.
6) Socialism/Communism doesn't work. I.E., see
the "former" USSR
7) We ARE NOT the world police. Albeit that was
a funny movie, it's not our job. Let the "UN" do what they are
supposed to do.
8) Stop giving money away. Pretty
simple.
9) Bring home the manufacturing jobs and the
economy will thrive. I'll bet my left hazel nut that I'm correct.
10) Though I feel the need to keep it clean,
please reel in the EPA. The idealistic tree huggers that they are don't care
about the environment. Not in the abstract at least. Besides, the majority of
them haven't set foot on a hiking trail or spent any time in the real world as
it is. Getting advise from them would be like calling
a Lemming crisis hotline.
11) Stop encouraging people to be victims.
12) Stop encouraging people NOT to work. You're
not doing them any favors. You're just creating a way of life that is being
passed on from generation to generation.
13) Energy independence is possible, see #10 for
basic reasoning to this claim.
14) Socialism/Communism works really well until
you run out of the people's money. Just saying.
15) Political correctness and affirmative action
are just about the most racist ideas on the planet. Stop making people out to
be victims for crying out loud. If they actually are victims, make a really
good example of the bigots that pulled the proverbial trigger.
16) Capital punishment is a good thing. If
someone takes a life, take theirs back. It's a hell of a lot cheaper in the
long run.
17) Stop arguing about abortion. I don't like as
much as the next person, but it's here, it's been through the courts, it's not going to be overturned.
18) Capitalism/Free Enterprise is actually a
good thing. When companies compete, the consumer wins. When the consumer wins
they spend money. When they spend money, the economy wins. Not a difficult
concept.
I'm sure there are more but this is just a short
list. Agree, disagree, I don't care. However, I've said it and I feel better
for it. No more politics for this guy.....until 2016 that is. I'll be the guy
with the big old "I Told You So" sign.
And this one, also:
I
must say thank you to President Obama today. He has done such a great thing by
asking Congress to limit so-called "assault rifles" and high capacity
magazines. We will see an immediate drop in violent crimes and mass shootings
because as we all know, criminals don't know how to
reload!
And then
there was this, which was linked to on Facebook:
HURT: Gun edicts
put personal liberty under fire
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
In part:
“Where is the liberal outrage? Where is the
liberal suspicion about powerful, unchecked governments? Where is the liberal
unflinching devotion to individual liberty?
We have a president who has radically
reshaped the landscape of American government so that it is more of a behemoth
than at any time in history and more involved in every aspect of our lives. It
is also more unanswerable than ever before.
Now this president is issuing 19 new
edicts aimed at curbing individuals’ gun rights. At the same time, his federal
agencies are stockpiling more and more weapons and ammunition.
And for what, exactly? To go hunting? To shoot the
Chinese when they come to collect their debts? To shoot
Mexicans tumbling over the Southern border? To shoot
the Canadians?
What does the Department of “Homeland
Security” suddenly need 1.4 billion more rounds of ammunition at the very point
the same government is making it harder for citizens to arm themselves?
There are only 300 million of us. How many
bullets do you need? That’s more than four bullets for every American man,
woman and child. Is your aim really that bad? I mean, have you seen us lately?
We are too fat to run very far.
You can say these concerns are some sort
of Alex Jones, wack-nut, black helicopter paranoia or
you can simply ask, “Why does the government need a billion more rounds of ammo
just as it is trying to disarm citizens?”
And the lists. The lists of people who
are deemed too mentally unstable to own a gun.
A principled liberal would be horrified at
the notion that the government is going to keep giant lists of people who are
criminals or who are deemed crazy or dangerous. And even more breathtaking is
that these lists will be used to determine the degree of freedom those
individuals will be granted by the government.
Do you remember the liberal outrage over
the huge government list to keep people deemed dangerous from flying on
airplanes? Ted Kennedy is turning over in his grave.
Now, of course, no one rightly objects to
finding reasonable ways to keep criminals and wackos
from getting their hands on guns. But it is shocking how easily and freely
liberals have gone along with the notion of more giant government lists of
crazy and bad people.
Then there is the debt-ceiling debate
where we have a president who refuses to conduct an open debate over raising
it. President Obama orders Congress to simply authorize the government to
borrow for him a ton more money. And if they don’t comply with his wishes, then
he will seek to take that power away from them.”
Lots more on this can be seen if you go
here: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/16/hurt-gun-edicts-put-personal-liberty-under-fire/#.UPcB6G9jFM1.facebook
Found on the Internet:
While on the Internet on
Wednesday afternoon, I came across this:
What do the shootings
of Gabby Giffords in
In each case, the killer was a highly
intelligent young man, with KNOWN mental health issues. In each case there was
known reason to have these men committed. Holmes out in Colorado had been under
the care of a professor who had reported him to campus police for his violent
fantasies, Loughner in AZ. had multiple restraining
orders due to his insanity, and Lanza was known to
have issues his entire life.
This just goes to show that it is not necessary
to take away the rights of law abiding folks, in order to stop these types of
shootings. These men were obviously mentally ill, and had no business being on
the streets at the time. Had there been proper action, these tragedies would
have been averted. Yes,
It’s not about the guns or the number of bullets, it is about the poor state of our mental healthcare
system, that lets these people loose on the streets. Until this is addressed,
the violence WILL continue, regardless of how many rights are taken from the
public.
Some
non-racing stuff:
Payroll Tax Takes a New Bite
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/payroll-tax-takes-bite-041300823.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HkrkwCltdHQ
‘Shameless’: Obama to
Surround Himself with Children for Gun-Grabbing Announcement
http://standwitharizona.com/blog/2013/01/15/shameless-obama-to-surround-himself-with-children-for-gun-grabbing-announcement/
Obama unveils sweeping plan to battle gun violence
Wal-Mart to Hire Vets, Buy American
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/wal-mart-hire-vets-buy-190409052.html
ER visits tied to energy drinks double since
2007
http://news.yahoo.com/er-visits-tied-energy-drinks-double-since-2007-093128662--finance.html
Lib Media Owes Romney an Apology – Chrysler
Sends Jeep Jobs to China
Video
time:
Over
these next few weeks I’ll be putting in some links to videos of some of the worlds best drivers.
This week it is Jim Clark. These
videos will be about an hour in length.
Photos:
Note: The photos are not available on Dirt Track
Digest, only on New England Tractor - http://newenglandtractor.com/racereport/
Jud Larson –
relaxed as he takes the Pfrommer Offy
through a turn in this Walt Imlay photo.
For me, these Sprint Cars were beautiful – more so than what we have
today.
Closing with
these:
Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn't you
say?
Man Kills Self Before
Shooting Wife and Daughter
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune
the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It
took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading
was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.
Expert says,
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash,
No crap, really? Ya
think?
Juvenile
Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a
fair trial!
Red
Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than
duct tape?
New
Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
And
the winner is....
Typhoon Rips Through
Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?
Until next week,
folks!
As usual, you can reach me
at: ygordad@yahoo.com