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"I’m shocked … overwhelmed. I thought I was going to cry, but I didn’t. My wife would have made fun of me."
-Boris Said on his first NNS Win |
By Carol Einarsson | 09/02/2010 | | | An excerpt:
In 1986, Morgan Shepherd, in an unsponsored, part-time ride with Jack Beebe, beat Dale Earnhardt, when the #3 just couldn't pass him. He later went on to claim the last win for the Wood Brothers who have more wins at Atlanta than any other organization.
Ryan Newman and Buddy Baker are tied for the most poles won at Atlanta, with seven each.
Joe Gibbs will be giving the invocation this week. If you have aspirations of ever doing that at a race, pay attention - Coach will show you how it's done.
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By Carol Einarsson | 08/31/2010 | | | An excerpt:
CHEERS to the “EnjoyIlliniois.com” from Chicagoland, not just because we like the truck series, but because we like the name of the race and the state-sponsored website. Any attention is good attention when it reinforces that the state name doesn’t end with “-noise.” And as long as I’m on the pronunciation soap box, maybe I should suggest a tourist website to a certain city in Iowa: SpendYourCoinInDesMoines.com.
CHEERS to Bollegraaf sponsoring Steve Park, though we wonder what exposure they hope to get that will increase their business. One of the services they offer, as listed on their website: “Advice for a solution of your waste stream.”
CHEERS to Mike Harmon, because we like seeing him in a race machine that’s all in one piece. His name remains synonymous in my mind with that horrific wreck.
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By Carol Einarsson | 08/24/2010 | | | An excerpt:
CHEERS to Ruth Graham praying thanks that the rain held off, and that “Lord, we know you enjoy a good race…” It’s good that God can multi-task or else the world would fall apart one August night every year.
CHEERS to the MRO children of drivers and crews for the best anthem all year. If that doesn’t well up your eyes, there’s just somethin’ wrong with you. And what a joy to see the crowd of little kids growing bigger again! Anyone else wondering why JPM didn’t let his kids participate?
CHEERS to a FULL STADIUM of race fans. Where are your economy excuses now, NASCAR? It’s not the economy, it’s the racing. Put on a good show at a great track and you don’t find yourselves making excuses for giant gaping empty stands. It’s Bristol, baby!!
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By Carol Einarsson | 08/23/2010 | | | Ghost Plane?
Jack Roush says:
“I filed my NTSB report today, which is a matter of public record. It speaks for itself. The reality of it -- on a trip arrival into Oshkosh, Wisconsin I was put in conflict with the flight plan of another airplane close to the ground, and I was unable to address the conflict and keep the airplane flying."
The NTSB report says:
"The pilot was flying to KOSH to attend the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Airventure 2010 fly-in convention. Air traffic control (ATC) data indicated that the accident flight entered the Oshkosh area under visual flight rules and was cleared to land on runway 18R (8,002 feet by 150 feet, concrete).
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By Carol Einarsson | 08/21/2010 | | | CHEERS to Mike Rife for a great prayer, but Julie Roberts didn’t seem quite sure what key she should be in. We’re also not a big fan of whining the national anthem. And yet… by comparison to last week at Michigan, well…
CHEERS to the Food City 500 – the Food City 250, rather. C’mon, it’s Bristol, we all want more racing!
JEERS to missing Allen Bestwick, and our prayers for his family.
CHEERS to a career military man taking time to write, but comparing wartime deployment to life on the road with the Nationwide series? I dunno about that.
CHEERS to Elliott Sadler on the pole! Having his name in the news and the books will surely provide carry-over confidence to his full-time job. And what better way to prove to your boss that he’s giving you crap for cars than to succeed in other equipment?
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By Carol Einarsson | 08/19/2010 | | | CHEERS to Bristol, and what was planned to be the first race of our Bristol Bonanza, actually being the second race! If you missed the modifieds, you missed a great race!
JEERS to SPEED not considering that everyone isn’t watching the race in HD, so when there’s a caption across the screen, they may want to move it just a little bit to the left. Example today: “Jenn Jo Cobb’s Rookie Strip.” I hope she’s not on the pole!
CHEERS to Bud Beverly from Kingsport, TN, praying a great sponsor-free invocation!
CHEERS to Eddie Shelton, who we hope MIS will consider hiring for their next race.
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By Carol Einarsson | 08/18/2010 | | | So I sit down and turn on SPEED wondering what time the truck race comes on and remember that first is the Whelen Modified Tour. I’ve never watched this series, but it’s at Bristol, and what do I hear? It’s Mike Joy and Dick Berggren, two of the most knowledgeable voices in racing, in the booth. And then I see another familiar face in the pits, Bob Dillner. This might be an okay thing to watch even if it’s new to me. Then I see… who’s that? Ryan Newman?? Yes, there’s a driver I know in the race, too? Well there’s only one thing I can say about all that: There’s a new addition to Bristol Bonanza Week!!
CHEERS to hearing something new, “By the grace of God and 600 horsepower.” Not a bad motto to live by.
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By Carol Einarsson | 08/17/2010 | | | CHEERS to Allen Bestwick, the best of ESPN, who regularly entertains us with phrases such as “Kasey Kahne showed there’d be no lame-duck let-down.”
CHEERS to Kevin Harvick talking to us instead of the guys at the desk next to him. You can tell he’s accustomed to remote pre-race interviews.
CHEERS to the 29 car in its Shell colors matching the colors of the grandstands at Michigan. I wonder if that’s a good sign. At least it will make it look like he has more fans at the track today than anyone else!
CHEERS to honoring the Wood Brothers. We can’t do that often enough, I say!
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By Carol Einarsson | 08/16/2010 | | | One of the things I’ve always loved about NASCAR is that, despite where you live in the country, you feel a little bit more connected to the heart and soul of true American patriotism when you’re at (or watching) a race. Fans proudly fly flags of their favorite driver, but there are more American flags at a NASCAR race than I see at any other U.S. sporting event. Routinely the pre-race invocation includes prayers for our American servicemen that are fighting evil around the world. Three words, God, Family, and NASCAR are all underpinned with a patriotic message that this is the greatest of all countries, and we are blessed to be enjoying the fruits of it.
So when was that moment that someone decided to use the presentation of our national anthem as a marketing device? Who was it that began this madness? I don’t know of a resource that lists the presenter of the anthem for each race going back in history, but I’d like to know who the brain-trust was that thought, “Hey, I know! Let’s try to get new fans to watch the race by booking a big-name singer to perform the anthem. Surely if they like the singer, they’ll A.) first find out he/she is singing the anthem, then B.) seek out the race broadcast in order to see their favorite singer perform this one song, and finally C.) stay tuned in to see the whole race, thus becoming a life-long fan of the sport and generating countless dollars of revenue in ticket and merchandise sales. We can sell it to the performers by promising national exposure to fans that will then, in turn, buy their newest CD.”
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