Mostly
Racin' Stuff
By
Tom Avenengo
Volume # 227
05/28/2015
This week’s
photo:
In this Frank Smith photo, taken at the Hinchliffe
Stadium in Paterson, NJ, is Andy VanHuesen.
The car was one of five that Pappy Hough owned. Yes, for quite a while, they were all powered
with Ford V-8's. It's been said that
Pappy was known to change the tails on the cars when time trials were held and
one car was faster than the other four.
Yes, all five cars were towed on one trailer, by car, with two on the
bottom, two up above them, and one way up on top of all other four. The late Nick Fornoro confided in me one
time, that when he drove for Pappy, he would sleep in the back seat of the car,
with his helmet on. The reason: The back seat shelf was loaded with small
parts, and if Pappy had to get on the brakes hard, some would fly off. The numbers on those midgets were 78, 79, 80,
81 & 82.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRMq_4go_E8&feature=youtu.be
Some
personal/family stuff:
OK, I really have no idea as to what made
me put the link to that video to start this week's column, but, yes, I really
do miss the love of my life - my late wife.
I'll admit there are many times when I'm here alone, that I wish so much
that she was here with me. She really
liked it down here in Cape Coral, and as to how much pain she had in her knees,
she would still make it a point to get her walker and go out and take a
walk. It's almost a year now since she
left us.
Racin’
stuff:
Exclusive: Stepfather
details decision that led Gordon to NASCAR
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/jeff-gordon-indianapolis-500-john-bickford-details-decision-that-led-to-nascar-052315?adbpr=22199141&adbsc=social_20150523_46342406&adbid=602142503790256130&adbpl=tw
Best Indy 500 Drivers Ever
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php/194887-Best-Indy-500-Drivers-Ever
James Hinchcliffe Released from Hospital …
https://speedwaysightings.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/james-hinchcliffe-released-from-hospital/
From
Jayski:
Kyle Busch feels good after 600 miles:
#18-Kyle
Busch finished 11th in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at
Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was his first points race back since the XFINTIY
Series accident at Daytona in February. Busch missed 11 races. Busch started
the race in 17th position, running in the top-10 most of the race running as
high as second on lap 295. But the handling went away just a bit for Busch
following his lap-329 pit stop, and he dropped back to fifth with 33 laps
remaining in the 400-lap race. Busch pitted for the final time for four tires
and fuel with 21 laps to go, but the aforementioned six cars made it the rest
of the way on fuel, turning Busch's possible fifth-place finish into an 11th
place finish. Busch Discusses the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte:
"I feel pretty good. All in all, I felt like that was a great race for us
with our Skittles Camry. We ran really strong. We ran up front, and we showed
we had some speed. You know, it certainly is frustrating to finish where we
did. That's disappointing. But sometimes you do win these things by fuel
mileage races, so congratulations to our teammates, Carl (Edwards) and Matt
(Kenseth). They finished up front there. But all in all, I can't say enough
about everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing and just all of our partners that have stuck
behind me, with Skittles here and M&M's Crispy, SNICKERS, Pedigree,
Interstate Batteries and Toyota. Everyone pulling for me and cheering for me
and helping me get back into this racecar, and to get out there and have a
strong run means a lot. I'm really proud of my guys. Adam Stevens (crew chief)
made some great calls tonight and got ourselves in some really good spots and
up toward the front. We raced up toward the front. We battled side-by-side,
door-to-door with guys for a little while and it felt
good."(JGR/TrueSpeed)(5-25-2015)
Bud Moore turns 90 years old...Happy Birthday:
On Monday,
Memorial Day [May 25, 2015], as people across America pause to honor those who
made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country, a truly outstanding
member of the Greatest Generation celebrates a milestone birthday. Walter
"Bud" Moore, World War II hero and NASCAR legend, turns 90 years old
on Monday. Moore, a life-long resident of Spartanburg, S.C., is like many a
member of America's Greatest Generation. He grew up during the Depression, went
off to war as a young man to fight for the United States in World War II, then
returned home and built a thriving business. Moore was the second-oldest child
in a family of ten and was the son of a farmer in the grocery business. As soon
as Moore finished high school, Uncle Sam came calling. "I got out of
school on June 1, 1943, and I got my draft papers on June 2," Moore said
last week as he took a break from mowing the pastures on his cattle farm. When
Moore returned home, he and long-time friend Joe Eubanks went into the used-car
business. Before long, they traded a 1939 Ford for a race car, and the rest is
NASCAR history. In 37 years as a car owner in NASCAR's elite series, Moore's
cars won 63 races, 43 poles and two championships of the series now known as
Sprint Cup. He also won numerous sports car races and was the crew chief for
Buck Baker's championship run in 1957. In 2011, he was inducted into the second
class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Among the people who have come to know and
respect Moore over the years are several generations of the Wood Brothers
racing team. Eddie Wood said the greatest thing Moore has given him, and
everyone else today, is his service in World War II. "Hearing what Bud
Moore has said about his experiences at Normandy really makes you think how
lucky we all are that people like him did what they did," he said, adding
that there really should have been a movie made about Moore's life. If they had
ever made a movie, there's only one actor who could have done him justice, and
that's John Wayne." See the full article at Wood Bothers Racing.(5-25-2015)
Jeff Gordon: no plans to race after this season:
#24-Jeff
Gordon, Official Pace Car driver for the 99th Indianapolis 500, met with
members of the media prior to leading the field to the green flag. Below is the
press conference transcript in part:
Q). Jeff, I know you've said as
a boy growing up in Pittsboro, your dream was to start the Indianapolis 500. In
some ways, do you feel this is starting the Indianapolis 500?
JEFF GORDON: I guess in a way,
yes. In some ways it's even greater. To be honored as the pace car driver,
again, it's just kind of blowing me away right now that this whole experience
is happening. This whole year has just been incredible from the fan
interaction, racetracks, this phone call, this moment. This is a very, very
special year. I mean, there's no doubt in my mind that one thing that maybe I
feel like I've accomplished more than I ever expected or hoped to in racing,
but the one thing that did kind of did allude me and we pursued - I say 'we',
my dad, my mom, and myself - when we were trying to go to the next level, was
getting a chance to race here in the Indianapolis 500. I've said this many
times, I still believe it. Winning the inaugural Brickyard 400, to me,
fulfilled that dream. Now I've had a chance to win it four more times. This is
a special place for me. I love getting a chance to race here. Would I have
liked to have at least run one Indy 500, know what it's like? Sure, I would
have. It won't be happening, but I would have liked to have known what that was
like. But as far as being honored to a whole 'nother level, this today is it.
Q. What about next year?
JEFF GORDON: I'll be in the FOX
booth next year (laughter). I'm so glad that deal worked out because I wouldn't
have a better excuse for you.
Q. Jeff, you've talked about
you're not going to be driving next year full-time. Have you picked the races
you might drive part-time and would Indianapolis be one of them?
JEFF GORDON: The way I set that up is because I've
known too many drivers that I respect and have raced with that, you know, said,
Okay, I'm retiring, stepping away, then they come back. I'm not quite ready,
want to run a few more races. That's why I didn't say this is my final year of
ever competing at a single event. But it really, truly is. It really is. As I
get further into the year, as things come together, I don't see myself doing
any races. If I do a race, maybe a Martinsville or a short track. There's so
much that goes into preparing a car and a team at Hendrick Motorsports, which
is the only car I would ever do it with, and team, that would take away from
their performance. Why would I really be doing it? I'll be in the booth. I'm
going to fulfill my desire to be a part of the sport by being in the booth. I
can go do some racing with my kids hopefully, some other ways. I don't plan on
doing any racing. I have no set plans to do any after Homestead.(Team
Chevy)(5-24-2015)
Larson could run the Indy 500 one day:
Team owner
[#1, #42] Chip Ganassi is leaving the door open for rising NASCAR star #42-Kyle
Larson to someday compete in the Indianapolis 500. The 22-year-old Larson was
signed by Ganassi as a developmental driver in 2012, shot through the Truck
Series and Xfinity Series, and began racing full-time in the Sprint Cup Series
last year. He has also raced for Ganassi in the 24 Hours of Daytona. Ganassi
said Friday that he spoke with Larson "just yesterday" about
eventually racing in the Indy 500. Ganassi has won the race four times, and has
five cars in Sunday's edition. Asked how the conversations with Larson go,
Ganassi replied: "They go good all the time. We haven't said no to him. We
haven't said yes, either."(Associated Press)(5-23-2015)
Teams penalized after Charlotte:
Three
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams have been penalized following last week's event
at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #1 team has been penalized for an infraction
occurring during pre-qualifying inspection May 21. The right rear quarter panel
wheel opening was modified after qualifying inspection. The infraction is a P2
level penalty and violates the following Sections in the 2015 NASCAR rule book:
12.1: Actions detrimental to stock car racing.
20.4.b: Body; All approved OEM-manufactured body components must be used as
supplied except as required to stiffen, or to attach to other vehicle
components. Tolerances from CAD surfaces and template tolerances are provided
to allow for manufacturing, fabrication, and installation variability. Approved
Parts: GM R: NSCS 0786. Part Name: Quarter Panel RS, Effective date Aug. 1,
2012.
20.4.2: Surface Conformance (a). Coordinate measuring machines, scanning
equipment, and templates, among other tools, will be used to inspect body
surfaces for conformance to the approved OEM and NASCAR CAD files.
As a result of this violation, crew chief Matt McCall has been placed on NASCAR
probation through Dec. 31.
Additionally, two teams -- the #48 and #51 -- have been assessed P1 level
penalties for receiving written warnings in two consecutive events, both at
Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #48 team received a warning from the May 16 event
and also received one from pre-qualifying inspection from last week's event. In
addition to receiving a warning from the May 16 event, the #51 team also
received one from pre-race inspection from last week's event. Per Section
12.5.3.1 of the NASCAR rule book:
Warnings and P1 penalty options: b. Multiple warnings issued to the same member
or team will result in one or more P1 penalties; c. If the same team receives
two warnings during the same event or two warnings during two consecutive
events, whether the events are championship or non-championship, then this may
result in one or more ... P1 penalties at NASCAR's discretion.
As a result of these infractions the #48 and #51 teams will receive the last
two choices in the pit selection process, respective to qualifying results, for
this weekend's event at Dover International Speedway.(NASCAR)(5-27-2015)
Closing for Nashville Superspeedway extended again:
The
closing deadline on the sale of Nashville Superspeedway in Wilson County by
Dover Motorsports Inc. to NeXovation Inc. has been extended for a seventh time
to July 27. NeXovation Inc. announced in May 2014 an agreement to purchase the
race track from Dover Motorsports and its subsidiary Nashville Speedway U.S.A.
Inc. for nearly $46 million — $27 million in cash and the assumption of about
$18.8 million in bond obligations owed to Wilson County. NeXovation made a
nonrefundable $400,000 payment for the most recent extension, according to a
recent filing by Dover Motorsports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. A
prorated amount can be applied against the purchase price depending on when
closing takes place, according to the filing. NeXovation also agreed to
replenish the escrow by depositing $1.5 million as earnest money by June 1. The
previous deadline extension was set for May 27, which NeXovation had referred
to as a final closing period when it was made in March. Efforts to reach
representatives of NeXovation were unsuccessful. NeXovation has now invested
about $2.9 million in the racetrack.(Tennessean)(5-27-2015)
Found on the Internet (Facebook):
If I New, Years ago what I know today. I would have been lazy
and on the system. I would have had so much more!!
dont believe that knowin u.like me always worked for what u wanted
only way.
How does someone with food stamps drive away from the
Grocery store with a 50,000 car?
Oh yes, go to gas
pump with a well fair card?
They game the system.
You work every day and subsidize them with your taxes. Hopefully they said
thank you, but I doubt it.
From
Track Forum:
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/forum.php
Has Indy become NASCAR?
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php/194904-Has-Indy-become-NASCAR
From the Dirt Track Digest Forum:
http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/DTD/
So,
you're thinking of getting into auto racing?
Thinking of maybe getting a dirt sportsman car?
Here ya
go: http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/DTD/index.php?/topic/53617-question/
From
the AARN:
NASCAR Names
Modified Great Jerry CookTo Its Hall Of Fame
Chuck Hebing
Sweeps ESS 360 Sprint Weekend
Back On Track:
Tim Shaffer Ends Drought With $10,000 To Win Fremont All Star Score
Sammy Reakes IV
Sweeps Patriot 360 Sprint Weekend
Glenn Donnelly
Returns To Racing As Rolling Wheels Promoter
Josh Richards
Sweeps World Of Outlaws LM Weekend
Patrick Emering
Scores Breakthrough RoC Win At Shangri-La II
Big SDS Win
For Matt Sheppard In CMP Corcoran Memorial
Woody Pitkat
Stars In VMRS Stafford Springs Race
Montoya Wins
Second Indianapolis 500, Fifteen Years After His First One
I'm not sure how
to take this -
Glenn Donnelly, in
an interview with the AARN, touched on this:
"Wait 'til you hear them (other promoters) scream after I come up
with for next year", said Donnelly, and it won't be competition to any of
them. I'm building an entirely new
program that will blow them all
away".
Glen Ridge will remain
as a Friday night track.
Good to see the
ARDC get over 20 entrants, with 21 of them, at Grandview.
Ken Kuhlman had a
nice write up on Midget, Sprint Car and Indy driver Ernest Musser. What?
You never heard of him? Oh! Sorry, that was his real name. His "Racing name" will be at the
end of this week's column.
Former OVRP
Dirt Oval racers:
Accord:
Note: I'm
really surprised that there were hardly any OCFS driver go up to Accord on
Friday with OC not racing last Saturday, or some other Saturday tracks. Must be
different tires used by each track, maybe?
Ah, for the good old days!
Anthony Perrego was 11th in the modified feature at
U/R, while Brett Wright was 15th.
A.J. Filbeck was 5th in the Sportsman feature.
Anthony Perrego was 21st in the modified feature at
Canandaigua. He was also 20th in the
Victoria 200 at U/R.
A.J. Filbeck was 4th in the Sportsman feature.
Davie Franek was 9th in the ESS main at U/R and 4th at
Fonda.
Joe Kata was 3rd, Brian Krummel 4th, Josh Pieniazek
8th, Billy V 11th and Emily VanInwegen 16th, in the CRSA Sprint car feature at
I-88.
Winter Mead was 2nd in the Spec Sportsman feature at
Accord.
Wyatt Clark won the All Star Slingshot feature, with
Tyler Pirone 4th.
Danny Creeden was 8th in the Modified feature at Penn
Can.
Brian Sobus was 2nd in the Jim Shampine Memorial race
for Super Modifieds at Oswego.
Joe Morris was 6th and JB Morris 7th in the 4 Cylinder
Advanced feature at Bethel.
Davie Franek was 24th in the WoO Sprint Car feature at
New Egypt.
Johnny Guarino was 2nd in the 358 Modified feature at
New Egypt.
Alex Bell was 4th and Brett Wright 9th and Bobby
Hackel, IV, 24th at A/S in the Modified feature. Kyle Armstrong was a DNS.
Kolby Schroder was 13th and Kyle Armstrong 18th in the
Modified feature at Lebanon Valley.
Matt Pappa was 4th and John Virgilio 7th in the
Sportsman feature.
Danny Creeden won the Modified feature at 5 Mile.
Tyler Pirone won the All Star Slingshot feature at
Hamlin, while Jacob Hendershot won the 270 Micro feature.
Nick Pecko was 17th and Roger Coss 28th, in the Modified feature at Shangri-La II.
Anthony Perrego was 5th, Clinton Mills 20th and Danny
Creeden 26th at Accord in the Modified "Battle of the Bullring"
feature.
LJ Lombardo won the Sportsman feature with Brian
Krummel 3rd and Matt Janiak 13th.
Midget
Racing from "Back in the Day":
OK, in this space, I usually have
something to say about the car/driver that is pictured at the beginning of my
columns. I really don't have much at all
about the driver in this week's photo - Andy Van Huesen. But I did see him race many times way back in
the mid - late 40's. Yes, he was a part
of the Pappy Hough team. Over time,
Pappy did have quite a few different drivers in his "Five Little
Pigs" as they were called. I
imagine the best was Art Cross. Art
decided to give the Indy 500 a try and in his first outing in that race, in
1952, he crossed the finish line in 5th
place. The following year he was
2nd. In his last two runs in the 500 he
had finishes of 11th &17th. In the 1953 500, where he ended up 2nd behind
the great Bill Vukovich, Art was one of only a few that ran the whole 500 miles
without relief.
I always enjoyed watching Art race. One race that I'll never forget was at the
Kingsbridge Armory, an indoor 1/5 mile track in the Bronx that raced during the
winter months - sometimes twice a week.
I believe it was during a 100 lap race when, from what I can recall, we
all thought he was going to make a pit stop.
The pits were at one end of the building, off of the first turn. We were sitting in the balcony. Art, that night, was driving a nice looking
red and white # 2 Offy. The
"guardrails" around the track were basically 12x12's, with nothing
really behind them, save for some empty 55 gallon drums, which some
"brave" pit crew members got up on, to watch the racing. Well, Art clipped the end of one of those
timbers, and that caused it to spin around.
As it spun, it knocked those 55 gallon drums all over the place, and
those on them, and also on the 12x12's, went flying through the air. Unknown to us, the throttle on that midget
had stuck wide open. In a flash, Art
stuffed it into the wall of the building, suffering a broken arm in the
process. Jigger Sirois and Art became
friends later on. When I had found out
that Jigger was making a trip to Indiana and would see Art and his wife, Margaret, I asked Jigger to ask Art if he remembered
that Kingsbridge accident. Jigger told
me that Art rolled up the sleeve on his right arm and showed him the nice, big
scar he had from that accident, when his arm hit the windshield.
A little about Art can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Cross
Press Releases:
In part:
News from the Short Track Super Series Fueled By Hi-Tek
Media Contact:
Brett Deyo – bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com or 845.728.2781
For Immediate Release/May 29, 2015
Brett Hearn Makes Rare Appearance
As ‘Hired Gun’ Thursday, June 11 For Lentini Auto Salvage ‘Dirty Jersey 3’ At
New Egypt Speedway; Sussex, N.J., Star To Pilot Petruska Family No. 66 For
$10,000-To-Win Short Track Super Series Event
NEW EGYPT, NJ – In a rare appearance outside the seat of
his familiar Madsen Motorsports No. 20, superstar driver Brett Hearn will serve
as a ‘hired gun’ at New Egypt Speedway Thursday, June 11.
When Lentini Auto Salvage presents ‘Dirty Jersey 3’ at the
Garden State showplace, the Sussex, N.J., resident will be at the wheel of the
Petruska family’s potent No. 66 Atlas Paving Teo-Pro car. The ‘Dirty Jersey 3’
is headlined by a $10,000-plus to win big-block/small-block Modified 40-lap
special with a total purse of more than $30,000. The NES appearance is Round
No. 3 of the STSS Pioneer Pole Buildings Inc. South Region Presented By
Scotty’s Speed & Diesel.
Mike Petruska Sr., patriarch of the racing family, had
Hearn in the seat of his car some three decades ago for select events. He and
Hearn, both north Jersey residents, have maintained a friendship through the
years, sparking a reunion.
“We’ve got some unfinished business together,” Petruska Sr.
said. “We’ve never won a race as a team. As we get later in both of our
careers, it’s something we would like to do.”
The primary No. 66 driver – Duane Howard – was not
available to compete in the ‘Dirty Jersey 3’ event for Petruska as he is
already committed to Glenn Hyneman’s Keystone Racing No. 126 for the entire
STSS South Region.
“We’ve got equipment sitting here ready to race,” Petruska
said of his team’s arsenal. “Duane was committed to Glenn for this race. My son
(Jared) wanted to run, and we’ve always enjoyed New Egypt, so we put this deal
together with Brett. Hopefully, it goes well.”
Hearn will be part of a talented cast at NES with the hefty
purse structure on the line plus contingency awards, bonuses and product
certificates. Tenth-place in the 40-lap main pays $1,000 with $400 reserved to
take the green flag.
Rick Laubach of Hellertown, Pa., leads the STSS South
Region standings into New Egypt after winning at Bridgeport (N.J.) and Big
Diamond (Pa.) to open the season.
A rules package favorable to ALL race teams has been
devised by the event’s promotional team to attract a wide base of cars from
across the Northeast.
American Racer tires will be utilized for the ‘Dirty
Jersey’ Modified special. Minimum compounds are as follows: 33 or harder across
the front; 44 or harder left-rear; 48 or harder right-rear.
Spec head small-blocks, Pennsylvania or New Egypt Speedway
legal, will be permitted to utilize sail panels at this event. Spec head
engines on gasoline weigh a minimum of 2,275 lbs. Spec head engines on alcohol
weigh a minimum of 2,350 lbs.
All other engine combinations are required to utilize
standard window bodywork. Small-blocks (max. 363 cubic inch) weigh 2,400 lbs.
Big-blocks (max. 477 cubic inch) weigh 2,500 lbs. And Delaware big-blocks (478
cubic inch and up) weigh 2,600 lbs.
Drivers will draw for starting positions in 10-lap heat
races. Consolations, 10 laps in distance, will set the remainder of the
starting field. Top qualifiers from the heat races will redraw.
The complete purse structure is as follows: 1) $10,000; 2)
$3,500; 3) $2,000; 4) $1,500; 5) $1,400; 6) $1,150; 7) $1,125; 8) $1,100; 9)
$1,050; 10) $1,000; 11) $750; 12) $650; 13) $550; 14) $450; 15) $425; 16) $415;
17) $405; 18-24) $400; Provisional Starters) $200.
Also on the ‘Dirty Jersey 3’ card are the reborn United
Racing Club 360 Sprint Cars in a $3,000-to-win, 25-lap event and Crate 602
Sportsman racing for a $750 winner’s share.
Complete times, rules and information for the ‘Dirty Jersey 3’ have been posted at: http://bdmotorsportsmedia.com/dirty-jersey-3-general-rules-prices-information/
In part:
News from the Short Track Super Series Fueled By Hi-Tek
Media Contact:
Brett Deyo – bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com or 845.728.2781
For Immediate Release/May 27, 2015
360 Sprint Cars Featured In
‘Turnpike 25’ Thursday, June 11 At New Egypt Speedway; $3,000-to-win 25-Lap
Event Offers $12,775 Total Purse; United Racing Club Set For Only 2015 NES
Visit With Invite To Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints
NEW EGYPT, NJ –360 Sprint Cars prepare for their only visit to New Egypt
Speedway in 2015 on Thursday, June 11.
United Racing Club (URC) 360 Sprint Cars will be featured
in the Lentini Auto Salvage ‘Dirty Jersey 3’ promotion at the Garden State
facility as part of a unique midweek tripleheader. Also on the program are the
Short Track Super Series Fueled By Hi-Tek big-block/small-block Modifieds and
Crate 602 Sportsman.
For the second straight year, a lucrative purse structure
has been put into place for the 360 Sprint Cars. Again, an invite has been
extended to the competitors of the New York-based Lucas Oil Empire Super
Sprints (ESS) with the reborn URC group offering full points at this event.
The ‘Turnpike 25’ will offer $3,000 to the race winner plus
lap money. Fifth-place pays $600, 10th-place $400, with $250
reserved to take the green flag. The total purse structure is $12,775.
Laps are currently
on sale at $20/lap by contacting Brett Deyo via e-mail:bdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com.
Davie Franek of Wantage, N.J., is the defending ‘Turnpike
25’ 360 Sprint Car winner at New Egypt Speedway. Last year, he bested Robbie
Stillwaggon, Kyle Reinhardt, Brian Carber and Curt Michael to score the $3,125
payday.
Complete times,
rules and information for the ‘Dirty Jersey 3’ have been posted at: http://bdmotorsportsmedia.com/dirty-jersey-3-general-rules-prices-information/
A link to 360
Sprint Car rules and pay structure is at the following link:http://bdmotorsportsmedia.com/360-sprint-car-rules-and-payout/
To learn more
about the Short Track Super Series or BD Motorsports Media, visitwww.shortttracksuperseries.com or www.bdmotorsportsmedia.com, call 845.728.2781 or e-mailbdmotorsportsmedia@gmail.com. “Like”
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Located in New
Egypt, N.J., New Egypt Speedway features a daylight-quality lighting system and
excellent sightlines from any seat in the house. There are clean, heated
restrooms, a monitored playground area for young fans and restaurant-quality
concession stands serving up a full menu at family style prices. The racy,
7/16ths-mile clay oval hosts tight, wheel-to-wheel, all-out competition. New
Egypt Speedway’s GPS address is 720 Route 539 New Egypt, NJ 08533 and the
speedway website is www.newegyptspeedway.net.
emails:
On some occasions I get some very interesting emails,
like this one:
THANK GOD - SOMEONE IS STANDING UP FOR THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS YOUR
OWN OPINION!
Very
interesting -- the University is standing by their professor and not bowing down to special
interest groups!
To://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/wichman.asp
Professor Wichman E-mail
Claim: A Michigan
professor sent an e-mail telling Muslim students to leave the country.
Status: True.
The story begins at Michigan State
University with a mechanical engineering professor named Indred Wichman.
Wichman sent an e-mail to the
Muslim Student's Association.
The e-mail was in response to the students' protest of the Danish
cartoons
That portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a
terrorist.
The group had complained the cartoons
were 'hate speech.'
============
Enter Professor Wichman.
==========================================
In his e-mail, he said the following:
===============================
Dear Muslim Association,
As a professor of Mechanical
Engineering here at MSU I intend to protest your protest.
I am offended not by cartoons, but by
more mundane things like beheadings of civilians,
Cowardly attacks on public buildings,
suicide murders, murders of Catholic priests (the latest in Turkey),
Burnings of Christian churches, the
continued persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt,
The imposition of Sharia law on
non-Muslims,
The rapes of Scandinavian girls and
women (called 'whores' in your culture),
The murder of film directors in Holland,
And the rioting and looting in Paris
France.
This is what offends me, a soft-spoken
person and academic,
And many, many of my colleagues.
I counsel you dissatisfied, aggressive,
brutal, and uncivilized slave-trading Muslims
To be very aware of this as you proceed
with your infantile 'protests.'
If you do not like the values of the
West - see the First Amendment -
You are free to leave.
I hope for God's sake that most of you
choose that option.
Please return to your ancestral
homelands and build them up yourselves
Instead of troubling Americans.
Cordially,
I. S. Wichman
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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As you can imagine,
The Muslim group at the university
didn't like this too well.
They're demanding that Wichman be
reprimanded,
That the university impose mandatory
diversity training for faculty,
And mandate a seminar on hate and
discrimination for all freshmen.
Now, the local chapter of CAIR has
jumped into the fray.
CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic
Relations,
Apparently doesn't believe that the good
professor
Had the right to express his opinion.
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For its part, the university is
standing its ground in support of Professor Wichman,
Saying the e-mail was private, and they
don't intend to publicly condemn his remarks.
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Send this to your friends, and ask them
to do the same.
Tell them to keep passing it around
until the whole country gets it.
We are in a war.
This political correctness crap is
getting old and killing us.
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If you agree with this,
Please send it to all your friends,
If not, simply delete it.
Found on the
Internet (Facebook):
It is with much concern that I write this post. Joe Grandinetti
has been admitted to Abington Hospital with HUGE blood clots in both legs. I
ask our TSRS family, fans, and EVERYONE to PLEASE
pray for Joe's swift and complete recovery. Cards of well wishing can be sent
to Joe at:
Abington Hospital
c/o Joe Grandinetti
6th Floor of Buerger Building
Room 6H20-2
1200 Old York Road
Abington, PA 19001
Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers ... Mares .
In
1952 President Truman Established one day a year as a "National
Day of Prayer."
In 1988 President Reagan Designated the first Thursday in May of
each
year as The National Day of Prayer.
In
June 2007 (then) Presidential Candidate Barack Obama Declared that
the USA "Was no longer a Christian nation.
In 2009 President Obama Canceled the 21st annual National Day of
Prayer ceremony at the White House under the ruse of "not wanting to
offend anyone"
HOWEVER... On September 25, 2009 From 4 AM until 7 PM, A National
Day
of Prayer FOR THE MUSLIM RELIGION Was Held on Capitol Hill, inside
the White House. There were over 50,000 Muslims In D.C. that day.
PRESIDENT OBAMA PRAYED WITH THE MUSLIMS!
I guess it doesn't matter if "Christians" were
offended by this event
- We obviously don't count as "anyone" anymore.
Now President Obama is encouraging schools to teach the Quran
for
extra credit, while at the same time, they cannot even talk about the
Bible, God, pray, or salute the American Flag.
The direction this country is headed should strike fear in the
heart
of every Christian, especially knowing that the Muslim religion
believes that if Christians cannot be converted, they should be
annihilated.
Video time:
Here’s a Rare Video of an Incredible Elvis
Performance Just a Few Weeks Before He Would Die
In 1977,
just six weeks prior to his death, Elvis Presley agreed to do a television special. Little
did he know it would be his last. This rare video shows part of
that footage, in which he sang Unchained Melody.
He was obviously not quite at the top of
his game in this clip, but he played the song and sang his heart out for
his devoted and loyal fans.
https://youtu.be/uWqax9iHfRU
From up above in this week's
column, where I made mention of Ernest
Musser - his "Racing name" was Ernie McCoy.
Non racin' stuff:
Texting and driving - yes it
can be dangerous and deadly.
https://youtu.be/u4xXnsorfms
Wow! When I was up north, both my daughter Judy,
and I would go to Hazelton, Pa. most every November to attend the movie party,
lunch & sit down dinner at Stan Lobitz's Catering Hall.
Pennsylvania
city faces fiscal pain for immigration law
http://news.yahoo.com/pennsylvania-city-faces-fiscal-pain-immigration-law-154823436--business.html
GM says you don't own your car, you just
license it
By Cory Doctorow at 7:00 am Thu, May 21,
2015
GM
has joined with John
Deere in
asking the government to confirm that you literally cannot own your car because
of the software in its engine.
Like Deere, GM wants to stop the Copyright Office from granting an
exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that would allow you to
jailbreak the code in your car's engine so that you can take it to a non-GM
mechanic for service, or fix it yourself. By controlling who can service your
car, GM can force you to buy only official, expensive parts, protecting its
bottom line.
As Consumerist quips, GM wants you to know that the car in the
driveway is "literallynot your father's Oldsmobile."
GM’s
claim is all about copyright and software code, and it’s the same claim John
Deere is making about their tractors. The TL;DR version of the argument goes
something like this:
* Cars work because software tells all the parts how to operate
* The software that tells all the parts to operate is customized
code
* That code is subject to copyright
* GM owns the copyright on that code and that software
* A modern car cannot run without that software; it is integral
to all systems
* Therefore, the purchase or use of that car is a licensing
agreement
* And since it is subject to a licensing agreement, GM is the
owner and can allow/disallow certain uses or access.
Really? For
real?
City of
Ferguson Installing Memorial Plaque For Mike Brown
http://truthuncensored.net/city-of-ferguson-installing-memorial-plaque-for-mike
brown/#sthash.opOrgsVW.dpuf
And:
Ferguson
'Protesters' Are Now Protesting That They Didn't Get Paid
http://news.investors.com/Blogs-Capital-Hill/052015-753642-ferguson-protesters-complain-about-not-getting-paid.htm
This week's joke:
“Sugar why don’t you sit
down by the table and we’ll start supper.” Said Dorothy to her Husband of 50
years. “Sure thing,” said her husband settling himself down. “Now darling,
would you like the soup first or the salad?” Questioned Dorothy. “Umm I guess I’ll
take the soup.” He responded. After a whole meal of one endearing term after
another, their guest Bob couldn’t contain his curiosity any longer. Bob snuck
into the kitchen and asked, “Dorothy do you always talk to your husband like
that?” “Bob, I’ll be honest with you,” Dorothy replied. “It’s been five years
now, I just can’t remember his name, and I am just too embarrassed to ask him!”
Until my next column – next week
Columns are
available on the Dirt Track Digest at: http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/ at Contributing Columnists
And:
http://newenglandtractor.com/racereport/
Note: The New
England Tractor website has been fixed, to a degree. Some columns are missing and best I know,
they will be added on.