Thursday, June 14, 2007

Good Ole Boys Club Still Alive And Kicking

No hard feelings, right?
Nope.
Shit Happens.
Remember that whole Johnny Benson, unapproved Nascar driver Mike Lichty truck crash last month at Charlotte?
Nice to see a couple can work things out.
JB, team owner Bill Davis got fined.
The crew chief got suspended.
But all is well within the "circle of trust".
JB is back running an ISMA Supermod for the Lichty family at Toledo this Friday.
http://www.arcaracing.com/content/view/5059/2/
Let's hope everyone has their licenses in order.

Time For A Change


Rodney sucks!

Monday, June 11, 2007

I Root For...............Floyd Anthony Raines

Floyd Anthony Raines
The mug above, that's my guy.
Also known as Tony to you cup fans.
Who??
I get that all the time.
Anyone can root for Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart or Jimmie Johnson.
Or even Kurt Busch. If you want to keep defending his actions and lack of "poor judgement".
But it takes a REAL race fan to root for Floyd.
Floyd ain't challenging for a win every week, but he is doing what he loves, driving a stock car in Nascar Nextel Cup.
Which a lot of weekly short track drivers wish they could say.
Floyd was the 1996 ASA champion and parlayed that into a Nascar Truck ride, there he won 4 races, two at I-70 Speedway and one each at Louisville Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway.
He then got a chance in the Busch Series.
Over the course of 8 years he hasn't won a race in 187 starts.
In his 97 career Cup starts we only have 2 top 10 finishes.
We know our team isn't Hendrick Motorsports, but we keep the faith.
So, a good day is running in the top 20 and a top 15 we get real excited.
Floyd still sells hats, t-shirts and die-cast cars.
And yes, I have my share.
The next time your watching a race, check to see where my guy Floyd is running remember this.
Has Jeff Gordon ever looked this happy?

Friday, June 8, 2007

Busch: I thought I would get parked this weekend




The many faces of Kurt Busch
It's nice to know Kurt Busch agrees with me.
Kurt said "I thought I would get parked this weekend"
No shit Sherlock.
And so did Josh Pate of Nascar.com
Nascar says it "considered" it
Like I said gutless.
Let get together, August 15th at Berlin Raceway and give Kurt a great big West Michigan welcome.
NOT!!!!
Haven't booed anyone at Berlin since Mike Eddy in 1990
Or was it 1991?
Doesn't matter, I know it happened.
Spun Bob turn 4, outta the lead.
Bastard.
Can't wait to wear my Jimmy Spencer T-shirt and have Kurt autograph it.
Who could root for Kurt Busch?
Where's Billy Wease when you need him?

Gutless Nascar

Dumbo got away with one.
Gutless Nascar announced this morning
http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/06/08/kbusch.penalty/index.html
Kurt Busch will not be suspended for his attempted murder of Tony Stewart's jack man at Dover.
He was docked 100 points.
Big whoop.
He was also fined $100,000.
Ohhhh, I bet that hurt.
That's the Busch household monthly budget for cosmetic surgery.
See the taxi cab doors open in that picture above, I mean ears.
Look at him now, there pinned back with super glue now.
His wife Eva?
C'mon those ain't real.
He'll be real remorseful say he's sorry, blah, blah, blah.
Kurt Busch needs to thank Bill France Jr, he got a mulligan.
Gutless non-call.

Thursday, June 7, 2007

PPV Is Cool......

I bought my first PPV last night.
No, it wasn't "Naughty Newscaster's 9".
However, I must admit those titles are rather eye catching.
As for the plot lines and the moving pictures, I wouldn't know.
My PPV purchase for $24.95 was the dirt late model race, "Prelude to the Dream".
Before you label me a "loooooooooooooooser" remember, the title of the Blog is "Schmoe Knows Racing", not "Schmoe Knows Naughty Newscasters".
Schmoe not stupid.
It was a good race and even a better telecast.
No commercials.
A ton of smiles and laughs, by the drivers.
Without the pressures of a Cup race, Cup sponsors, car owner and big brother Nascar watching over you, the drivers were having fun.
And it came through on the broadcast.
Were they serious?
Uh, yeh.
Bill Elliott got upside down in the first race.
When the green flag dropped, all the drivers wanted to do was WIN!!
The most refreshing thing of the broadcast was the free-wheeling of the broadcasters of Mike Joy, Kyle Petty and "Jaws" Darrell Waltrip.
By being a non-Nascar event and the lack of what-you-can-say and cannot-say, it was great tv.
When was the last time you heard "Winston Cup" mentioned on a Nascar broadcast?
I lost track last night.
It was like they had no rules.
I have never laughed during a Nascar broadcast.
Last night, I laughed numerous times.
The announcers had fun.
And so did I.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Once A Meathead.........

Once a meathead, always a meathead.
http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/06/04/tstewart.kbusch.dover.wreck/index.html
You can't change a leopards spots.
You can pin your ears back, but your still a Dumbo.
He's a hothead.
He's a punk.
He's a smart ass.
Where's Jimmy "Mr. Excitement" Spencer to punch him in the nose again?
I have seen him twice be rude to TV reporters when he thought they were off the air. The latest was at the World 600 (I know), when he told pit reporter Shannon Spake to "speak up". I can never hear you, you need to get better.
The first was when Dave Burns asked him a controversial question at Chicagoland Speedway.
Thinking he was off the air Kurt turned to walk away, then walked back said "What the hell you asking me that for?"
He needs to be knocked down a peg....or two.
It is interesting, that the Busch Brothers dad, Tom Busch spots for another driver, Johnny Sauter.
Don't believe me, check the link below.
http://www.jayski.com/pages/pitcrew-chart2007.htm
Wonder why he's not spotting for one of his kids?
Sorry, blue deuce fans, your driver's a meathead.
Will Nascar have the balls, to park him?