Racin' & Internet Stuff:

By Tom Avenengo

Volume # 1

First things, first:

Yes, another change to my column! I thought I’d combine my regular weekly column with some of the things that are on the Internet. Hope ya don’t mind!

Some of my thoughts:

Well, did NASCAR get a “Black eye” because of the Daytona Speedway getting holes in it? You do realize that it’s been quite a few years since it’s been re-paved. Heck, I figured that if they could re-pave Talladega, they sure could do a job on Daytona. How many years now have they been complaining about all the bumps – both the announcers and the drivers? How many years since it’s been re-paved? You’d be surprised to know!

I was somewhat surprised that in the beginning of the 500 that the cars had spread apart so fast, and for quite some time. What ended up being a fairly good event was overshadowed and ruined by the long delay and a second delay, for making track repairs. Oh, the announcers (NASCAR puppets, for sure!) did their best to put the blame on all the rain they’ve had. Well, maybe if the place had been re-paved prior to this event, they would not have had to repair some holes.

Congrats have to go out to SPEED! Really! Once the Truck race was cancelled on Friday night, and re-scheduled for Saturday night, SPEED had to take off the tape delayed telecast of the Chili Bowl. – on Saturday night. But, really, SPEED – did you have to schedule it opposite the 500? Gee, there are enough “junk” shows on SPEED over the course of the week, at night, where they could have put the Chili Bowl. Well, at least during the “hole fixin’ time” it was possible to go over to SPEED and see some of the Chili Bowl. Rather than tape the 500, I opted to tape the Chili Bowl in my room. I understand I wasn’t alone.

Going back, in time:

Going back to mid February, in:

On February 17^th, in:

1974:

Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 – actually the Daytona 450. The race was shortened by 50 miles because of the “energy crisis”

Jimmy Caruthers , driving the Doug Caruthers # 1, won the 100-lap USAC Midget race at the San Jose Speedway, San Jose, CA.

1980

Buddy Baker won the Daytona 500. ( Click here for the race report. )

1985

Bill Elliott wrapped up a dominating SpeedWeek by driving his Thunderbird to victory in the Daytona 500.

1987

Frank Kurtis ... Died ... Pioneer race car designer and builder. ( Click here for the story )

1989

Doug Hoffman won the DIRT Winter Tour Modified Stock Car race at the Volusia County Speedway, Barberville, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

On February 18^th, in:

1928

Jim McElreath ... Born ... USAC/CART driver. He raced in the 1961-1983 seasons, with 178 combined career starts, including 15 in the Indianapolis 500 in 1962-1970, 1973-1974, and 1977-1980. He finished in the top ten 101 times, with five victories. In 1962, he was named Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, a result of his 6th place finish. McElreath was a 2002 inductee to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. Jim's son, James Jr., was killed in a sprint car crash in 1977. Jim's daughter, Shirley, married Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., with whom she died when their private plane crashed in Kentucky in February, 2000.

1976

Jimmy Kite ... Born ... USAC midget, sprint, silver crown and Indy car driver.

1979

Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough took each other out in a last lap wreck that allowed Richard Petty to win the Daytona 500 for the sixth time. Yarborough tried to slingshot past Allison on the backstretch, but Allison moved two lanes down, forcing Yarborough onto the grass and dirt. Yarborough never lifted and cranked his Olds into Allison's, locking the cars together, where they slid into the turn 3 wall before stopping in the infield. Petty's Olds was 15 seconds behind the lead duo when the collision occurred, and beat Darrell Waltrip to the yellow/checkered by a car length. Bobby Allison stopped at the wreck site on the cool down lap and shortly the Allison brothers and Yarborough were brawling.

Richie Evans won the ninth night Modified feature of the World Series Of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at the New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, FL. Ronnie Bouchard was second followed by Merv Treichler, Dave Nichols and Jay Hedgecock.

1987

Doug Hoffman won the DIRT South Modified Stock Car feature race at the Big H Speedway, Houston, TX..( Click here for the race report. )

2001

Dale Earnhardt, Sr.... Died ...

On February 19^th, in:

1921

Ernie McCoy... Born ... Eastern midget, sprint and Indy car driver.

1978

Bobby Allison, Taking the lead from Buddy Baker with 11 laps to go, drove the Bud Moore Ford to the Daytona 500 win.

On February 20^th, in:

1934

Bobby Unser ... Born ... One of the greatest Indycar racing stars of all time, Unser was twice the USAC/Indy Car champion (1968 and 1974) and three times winner of the Indianapolis

1937

Roger S. Penske ... Born ...

1960

Dick Peterman won the TQ Midget race at the Teaneck Armory, Teaneck, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )

1972

A.J. Foyt drove the Wood Brothers Mercury to an easy win in the Daytona 500.

2008

Buster Warke... Died ...

On February 21^st, in:

1960

Parnelli Jones won the 100-lap CRA Western States Sprint Car Championship race on the 1 mile dirt Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ. ( Click here for the race report. )

Len Duncan won the 35-lap TQ Midget race at the Island Garden, West Hempstead, LI New York. ( Click here for the race report. )

1969

Don Yenko a 36 year old Chevrolet dealer from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, drove his Chevrolet Camaro to victory in the NASCAR Grand Touring 'Citrus 250' on the 3.81 mile combined oval/road course at Daytona International Speedway. Yenko, also won the pole ahead of pre-race favorites Parnelli Jones and Lloyd Ruby.

On February 22^nd, in:

1914

George Rice (Viola) was born.  1947 ARDC driving champion. He was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame this past January.

1921

Marshall Teague... Born ...

1933

Malcolm Campbell drives his Napier-Campbell to a One-Mile Speed record of 272.109 mph on the beach at Daytona, Florida

1953

Len Duncan won the AAA Midget race at the Miami Speedway, Miami, FL .

1959

Lee Petty edged Johnny Beauchamp by a photo finish of two feet to win the first Daytona 500. ( Click here for the race report. )

1975

Johnny Coy Sr. wins the TQ Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.

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

Friday, February 19^th:

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM on SPEED – Nationwide practice from Fontana, CA.

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM on SPEED – Cup practice from Fontana

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM on SPEED – Final Nationwide practice

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM on SPEED – Cup qualifying

Saturday, February 20^th:

12:30 PM to 2:00 PM on SPEED – Nationwide qualifying

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

3:30 PM to 5:00 PM on SPEED – Cup final practice

5:30 PM to 8:00 PM on ESPN2 – Nationwide race

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM on SPEED – AMA Supercross from Indianapolis

Sunday, February 21^st:

3:00 PM to 7:00 PM on FOX – Cup race from Fontana

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM on ESPN2 – NHRA Eliminations from Phoenix, AZ

Track news:

OVRP’s Dirt Oval –

If I’m not mistaken, I might have mentioned in one of my columns some time back that the Diotte’s had “bought” the Dirt Oval from OVRP. Well, on the Dirt Oval’s website, that has been confirmed, now. Looking at their 2010 schedule, it now looks like they are not going to “shut down” one weekend per month, as they’ve had to do, in years past (I think the Town of Deerpark had a little something to do about that). Also, Saturday nights will now be Karts and Slingshots, while on some Sundays, Bikes and Quads will race.

From their website:

“Racing Go-Karts, Slingshots, Motorcycles, & now the return of Quads

John and JoAnn are proud to announce that they have purchased a portion of Oakland Valley Race Park. We are planning on making some new and exciting changes in the upcoming months. One thing we've changed is our name...Oakland Valley Speedway. We are also proud to announce that we will be racing quads again. Be sure to check back often for updates.”

OCFS:

The 19^th annual Motor Sports car show will be held March 19, 20 & 21^st, in the arena on the Fairgrounds property. Need info? Check out their website, here: www.middletownmotorsportshow.com

Accord:

They have a newly revised website now. Looking at their 2010 “Tentative” schedule, which has been updated some, and could still have some changes made, I still do not see any CRSA 305 Sprint Car shows - yet, nor do I see an appearance by the Atlantic Coast Old Timers (ACOT) – yet. Also, they have Memorial races for Scott Harvey – opening night, April 16^th, and for Joe Winnie – July 23^rd, but I guess they won’t re-new the Bob Green Memorial race. That’s a shame, as far as I’m concerned. Requests for information from Accord, by this writer, have not been responded to.

Website: http://www.accordspeedway.com/

Schedule: http://www.accordspeedway.com/?page_id=4

The History of the Sport:

Some things about racing here in the Northeast in 1948:

The popularity of the midgets started to decline, and stock car racing started growing. The 1948 season began on January 10^th with midget racing in the Kingsbridge Armory. Tony Bonadies won the feature on that date. In February, there was a 100-lap race, also won by Bonadies. In that race, and I can recall it like it happened months ago, Art Cross had an accident which resulted in a broken arm and cuts on his face. We were in the balcony seats, up over the pit area, when Cross had his accident. At first, we thought he was making a pit stop. I can still recall seeing the 12x12 spinning, hitting the 55 gallon drums that were behind it, and crew men flying through the air as Cross hit the end of the 12x12. He put his arm up in front of his face just prior to hitting that 12x12. From what I can recall, the midget, a mostly white, with a little red on its nose, and having a gold number 2 on it’s tail, ended up against the wall of the Armory. A friend of mine, Rich Boteler (RacerRich) often visited Art and his wife out in Indiana, and I asked Rich to ask Art if he remembers that accident. He asked. Art pulled up his sleeve and showed Rich the scars from it. He remembered it.

Johnny Ringger was seriously injured in an accident in the Armory, and spent six months in the “crash house” with extensive breaks to both of his legs.

The ARA had a working agreement with the ARDC. Some promoters got together and formed what was called the United Speedway Association – USA. Originally, they were going to hook up with the AAA, which was again trying to get into the Northeast and midget racing in the area. The USA ended up as a unit of the ARDC.

On April 18^th, it was opening night at the Cherry Park Speedway in Avon, Ct. The feature winner was Ted Tappett. It was his 11^th win of the young season, tying him with Bill Schindler. On October 10^th, Bill Schindler won his 53^rd feature of the year, when he won a 50-lap feature at Cherry Park.

West Springfield Speedway had 22 shows plus a charity event, and had over 100,000 fans attend those events. Prize money was $66,347.25. You do the math, folks!

On October 2^nd, Schindler won two 100-lap features at West Springfield – one for Offies and the other for Ford (Non Offy) powered midgets.

Nick Fornoro, Sr. won his first ever feature event on August 16^th at Candlelite Speedway in Bridgeport, Ct. His original ride for the night, the Hough Offy, broke an axle, so Nick picked up a ride in a Lundgren owned V-8, and won the 50 lap feature.

They ran twice a week at the Yellow Jacket Speedway down by Philadelphia. “Dutch” Schaefer won 20 features there. Hinchliffe Stadium held 29 midget shows in 1948. One, on August 24^th, was cancelled after two heats were run due to a low car count – only 18 cars signed in to race. 24 cars was a requirement for racing events at Hinchliffe.

Buddy Chase won his first ever feature at the Islip Speedway on July 24^th.

Weekly races were held on the paved track in Middletown, NY and Mike Nazaruk was the track champion.

Tet Tappett was the track champion at Freeport. Stan Disbrow was the track champion at the Rhinebeck Speedway. Bob Disbrow was the Danbury track champion. Schindler was the track champion at the Hinchliffe Stadiium. He was also the track champion at the Buffalo Civic Stadium. Russ Klar was the track champion at Bones Stadium in Pittston, Pa. George Rice was the track champion for West Haven, Ct.

On June 5^th, there was a midget race in the Polo Gronds on a specially made 1/5 mile board track. Over 25,000 were in attendance, but from what it says in a Crocky Wright book (where I’m getting this info from – his gold covered book), the racing was rather “boring”. The track, the brainchild of a gentleman named Alexis Thompson, was portable, and ended up out in California in the Rose Bowl. Only a couple of shows were run in the Polo Grounds.

With no roll bars and no roll cages on the midgets, at times, there were deaths. On June 16^th, Bill Dils was fatally injured at the Menands, NY track. At Hinchliffe, on July 2^nd, Anthony Imbimbo was fatally injured when he had an accident in the nights consolation race. Harry Sheeler was fatally injured at the Dorney Park Speedway in Allentown, Pa. On October 12^th, Johnny Ritter was fatally injured at the Medford Bowl, in Massachusetts, while changing a tire on his midget, in the infield, with injuries proving fatal after getting struck by an out of control midget.

The AAA did run some midget shows here in the Northeast – Hatfield, Edensburg, Sanatoga, Heidelberg, Bloomsburg, Langhorne and Williams Grove – all Pennsylvania tracks. Williams Grove ran weekly, starting in June. A 100-lap race was held on October 4^th and was won by Johnnie Parsons. He was followed by Charlie Miller and George Fonder.

A 100-mile race was held on the big circular mile in Langhorne, Pa on October 10^th. Neal Carter was the winner. He was followed by Mike Joseph, Ray Knepper, Manuel Ayulo and Charlie Miller. Al Bonnell ran out of fuel on the 97^th lap, while leading – kind of like the kind of luck George Rice had there the previous year, huh? Mike Joseph started last in the 33 car starting field, and had to pit to change a tire on his 60^th lap – while in the lead.

Al Keller won a 100-lap race at Heidelberg.

Up in New England, there were two organizations for midgets – the United Car Owners Association (UCOA) and the Bay States Midget Racing Association (BSMRA). Both clubs had a working agreement with each other and also with the ARDC. The UCOA champion in 1948 was Johnny Thomson, while Johnny Black was the BSMRA’s champion. The AAA’s Eastern champion was Tom Merriken. The USA crowned Chet Conklin as its champion. Ted Tappett was second, with 40 feature wins. If you recall, the USA was a unit within the ARDC.

In December of 1948, they held two races in the Kingsbridge Armory. Charlie Ethier and Stan Disbrow won those features. In November and December, the ARDC sanctioned races in Florida

Towards the end of the 1948 season, dark clouds were arriving. Midget racing had some problems. There were some hard feelings between the Offy owners and Ford owners. Crowds started falling off. Others, like the AAA were trying to get into the Northeast. On top of all this, there was the National Auto Racing League – for stock cars, and, originally viewed as a “Passing fad”, attendance continued to grow at their shows. The stock cars were slowly taking over from the midgets. Those dark clouds were getting quite a bit darker for those of us that enjoyed the midgets, for sure.

Former Dirt Oval runners:

Kinda looks like only one to report on – Billy VanInwegen went down to Volusia Speedway in Florida to get to know his new big block modified ride and to try it out. Unfortunately, with a field of 40+ cars, Billy V failed to make any of the three features that were run.

Sad to say, but the bad news continued for the VanInwegen family while they were down in Florida. There was a death in their family – William C. VanInwegen – father of Bill and grandfather of Billy, left us last Saturday, the 13^th.

His obituary: http://www.legacy.com/RecordOnline/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=139793681

Other racin’ stuff:

Remember this, from last week?

“As I’ve watched practice and racing from Daytona, one thing is still being mentioned, as it was last year – the bumpiness of the track. Wonder when they’ll get them fixed? Oh, and not only bumpier, but a lot slicker, too.”

As you well know, by now, it wasn’t only “bumps” and “slickness” that caused problems – “Pot holes” popped up, too.

And, as you know, especially if you follow NASCAR – What with the way NASCAR has screwed up how to qualify for their events, especially Cup races, they now have “Go or Go Home” drivers that qualify in a group – at the END of qualifying. OK, fine, I suppose, as long as the weather is not threatening. But what if halfway through qualifying, it should rain? Uh huh – some don’t even get a chance to make the field. Maybe the “Go or Go Home” drivers should qualify FIRST? Heck, the other 35 are already in and would know how they would line up. Seems like a common sense thing to do – let them go out first. But, hey, we’re talking NASCAR here, right? NASCAR and “Common Sense” in the same sentence – kinda don’t really go together. Same could apply to the IRL or Indycar, too, right? My thoughts, of course!

I read, over on Jayski’s website, that NASCAR has revised it’s method of setting starting lineups in the Truck Series. They’ve gone from having 30 teams locked in, down to 25 teams – based on 2009 “Owner points”. When will NASCAR wake up and do the same for both the Cup and Nationwide Series? My thoughts: Scrap ALL locked in teams from all of their series. Not fast enough? Go home!

The above was found here: http://www.jayski.com/cts/ctsnews.htm

More racin’ stuff:

I see that the TV ratings for the Daytona 500 were down. According to info on Jayski’s website, viewing was down almost 16%. However, some southern areas had an increase in viewers – maybe because of weather?? Something like a little over 13 million viewers. Yet, NASCAR has come out and said that it has way, way, many more fans than what it seems watch their races on TV. It was said that in 2007 there were almost 18 million race fans tuned into the 500.

Something rather important, if you’re a racer - Insurance news:

While I was on Dirt Track Digest’s forum, yesterday, I came across a thread about the Chili Bowl and how an injured driver had supposedly let his personal insurance lapse. Hey, in today’s world, that’s easily done. However, that prompted me to add this link to this column – about Insurance for race drivers – as long as they have some kind of roll over protection and wear seat belts. If you’re interested, then go here: http://www.stida.com/

Yahoo! Race History Group:

I’m a member. Some real interesting stuff comes out from members in the group. If you’re a fan of racing from “Back in the day”, you might like to join up. Must warn you, however – at times, you will get a ton of e-mails on some subjects. One thing they do require, in a way, is that you list your name and where you’re from.

Here is what someone posted the other day:

“Long time ago, before this group migrated to Yahoo, it was strictly a
UNIX -style mailing list. No web site, no photo collection, no file
collection. We traded email messages.... period.

Steve found out about Yahoo groups and we went there. Free is the
operative word here. We get a free web site, and considerable space for
photos, files, sound clips, etc. I am sure folks do not want a "tax" to
support a non-free server to support these. Yeah, Yahoo can be a pain.
It keeps unsubscribing me from most of my groups. Other things wrong
too. But the price is right. I personally am glad we migrated to Yahoo.”

Video time:

OK, folks, MUSIC TIME! No, not C/W but some good tunes from back a while.

How about Procol Harum and “Whiter Shade of Pale”? Check out the organ player at 1:45 into the video. Just about 5 million have watched this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWULu5_nXI&feature=related

Here’s The Moody Blues and Nights in White Satin. Almost 6 million views on this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8&feature=related

Hey, I might as well include the Animals with House of the Rising Sun, huh? Over 2 million have watched this video. Check out the organ player in this one, too. Talk about some busy hands and fingers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86oH5RwyJg&feature=related

This one, below, has been off and on YouTube. At times, one has to do a search on YouTube by listing the group or song title. I’ve had to do this a few times, myself. The Traveling Wilburys and End of the Line. This video was made after the death of Roy Orbison. When his solo part comes up, at 1:42 into the video, the camera focuses on a rocking chair with a guitar on it, and then a photo of Roy, over on the wall. The video was made before the death of George Harrison, though, who left us on November 29, 2002. Roy Orbison left us on December 6, 1988.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA&feature=PlayList&p=A25835E7AB85D9A4&index=0

Internet stuff:

Other forums/message boards and websites:

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

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

Quite a bit being said on the Track Forum about the Daytona 500 and about the condition of the track.

This link is already up to 17 pages – about the 500: http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133542

And about the paving of the track: http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133565

How about all the talk about a NEW design for Indy cars for 2012? So far, there are three different ones. Swift, Dallara and Delta Wing. Personally, I completely dislike the Delta Wing design. Looking at it, I wonder how such a piece of junk (my thoughts here, folks) could negotiate a road course, let alone an oval. If you haven’t seen it yet, maybe you should view this little video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Ff02zdqeY&feature=related

Heck, I’d rather see a return to the Silver Crown style of cars or the Roadsters, but to slow them down some, give ‘em skinnier tires. Quite a few say that the Silver Crown cars are too fast for Indy, today – safety wise. Skinnier tires would surely slow them down.

Frontstretch.com: http://www.frontstretch.com/tbowles/28581/

An interesting article about how Roush/Menard bought their way into the Daaytona Nationwide race can be found in that link, above.

Some thoughts about Danica Patrick and the massive TV coverage can be read, here:

http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2010/02/quotes-from-espn-news-conference-at-daytona-international-speedway/

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

Are you interested in the Cup entry list for this coming weekends race out in California? Here it is:

http://jayski.com/stats/2010/entries/2acs2010entry.htm

How about a possible re-paving of the Daytona track? Heh, heh, well, that’s still up in the air, folks. Read about it, here:

http://jayski.com/cupnews.htm#pavedis

Hoseheads: - http://www.hoseheads.com/

My friend, Rich Golardi, has another column about some of the racing he was fortunate to attend down in Florida. It can be seen, here: http://www.hoseheads.com/richard.html

Dirt Track Digest’s forum: http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/forum/index.php

There is usually something of interest on DTD’s forum. Of course, more so during the racing season.

South Jersey Dirt Racing: http://theboard.southjerseydirtracing.com/Msgboard.asp?ForumID=27&Return=Msgboard.asp&D83jsd=True

For some strange reason, if you mention the Dirt Track Digest while posting, it will NOT get on. Funny, huh?

Syracuse forum http://www.syracuse.com/forums/motorsports/

At times, there are some good discussions on the Syracuse Forum. At times. I have some that appreciate what I might post there, and I also have some that think I’m “not so smart”. To each his own, I suppose.

Other (non racing) news:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100213/us_time/08599196345400

“More Homeless Americans Living in Cars and Campers”

Sad news, indeed, when one reads about this happening. Meanwhile, we keep reading about how some top brass in some financial institutions and CEO’s of some companies get nice fat bonuses. Another thing that hurts, tax wise, is that in a lot of cases, people we elect to “minor” government positions, like county-wise, once they’ve served some time as an elected official, they are “set for life” as far as some benefits go. Yup, our taxes pay for that, friends. Pretty nice reward if the elected ones serve as little as one term, huh?

Have you heard about the Tesla Electric cars? Some sad news, on Wednesday about three of their employees:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100217/ap_on_bi_ge/us_plane_hits_house

Is this true?:

I’ve never been one to get a lot of dollars back from the IRS – even when I could claim the wife, five kids and myself. Yet, I’ve heard of someone that is married, has two kids, works for Walmart (one income), and got back over eight thousand dollars – total, from Federal and State. I find it extremely hard to believe that, especially when the individuals do not own a home. How is that possible???

Closing with these:

1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?

2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?

3. If a word were misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?

4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?

9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?

10. Why are they called " stands" when they are made for sitting?

11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?

12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

13.. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?

14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?

15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?

16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?

17.. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

18.. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?

20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?

21.. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control
when you know the batteries are dead?

22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?

24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

25... Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?

27.Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?

28.  Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
I dunno, why do we?

May “Guardian Angels” sit on the shoulders of all of our race drivers and race fans, and guide them safely around the tracks!

Drive safe!

As usual, you can reach me at: ygordad@yahoo.com