Racin' Stuff:
By Tom Avenengo
First things, first:
Well, for the first time in quite a while, we finally had
a decent weekend – weather wise. OCFS
was able to get their Eastern States 200 in on Saturday, and my daughter Judy, and I were able to take in the auction/party/dinner at
the Lobitz Catering Hall in
Some of my thoughts:
The ES 200 – sorry, but there were just waaay to many yellow flag laps run compared to actual racing laps being run. I’d venture to say it was close to 50/50. I would imagine the reasons being would be that they had to “line up” the field. But, hey, when you get a green flag, right after a yellow, and they don’t complete one full lap, and everyone is imitating a fast running freight train, with no passing, why does it take an additional three or four more laps before the next green. I could see it maybe if they’re still using human scorers, but they have the AMB scoring system in effect.
Going
back, in time:
Going
back to November 12th in:
1950
Jimmy Davies
won the AAA sanctioned Phoenix 100 Race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Arizona State
Fairgrounds in Phoenix,
1956
George Amick won the USAC sanctioned Bobby Ball Memorial
Race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix,
1966
Don Branson ... Died ...
He drove in the USAC Championship Car series and also in sprint cars, racing
champ cars in the 1956-1966 seasons with 129 starts, including the 1959-1966
Indianapolis 500 races. He finished in the top ten 85 times, with 7 victories.
Branson died at Ascot Park in
Roger McCluskey
won the USAC Sprint Car race over Frank Secrist, Hal Minyard, Larry Dickson and Dick Fries at the Ascot Park
Speedway, Gardena,CA.
1967
Billy Vukovich
won the USAC Midget race at the Cajon Speedway, San Diego,CA. Mel Kenyon was second followed by Mike McGreevy,
Bruce Walkup, Gary Bettenhausen and Johnny
Rutherford.
1977
Sheldon Kinser
won the USAC Sprint Car race over Bobby Olivero, Rick
Goudy, Billy Cassella and Jimmy Oskie
at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Jimmy Riddle won the
Sprint Car race over David Smith, Billy Yuma, Jerry Rod and Doc Miller at the
East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa,FL.
1988
Lealand McSpadden won the CRA
Sprint Car race over Mike Sweeney, Ron Shuman, Rip Williams and Walt Kennedy at
the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Doug Wolfgang won the
USA Sprint Car race over Steve Kinser, Dave Blaney, Bobby Davis Jr and Mark Kinser at the Devil's Bowl Speedway, Dallas,TX.
P.J. Jones won the USAC
Midget race at the
Coming
up:
Indoor TQ Midget racing and Senior
Champ Kart racing returns to
Indoor
Go-Kart racing returns to
Racing
on TV - http://www.racefantv.com/USTV.htm
Actual live racing on TV:
Friday,
November 13th:
8:00
PM to 10:30 PM on SPEED: Truck Series
race from
Saturday,
November 14th:
4:30
PM to 7:00 PM on ESPN2: Nationwide race
from
Sunday,
November 15th:
3:15
PM to 7:00 PM on ABC: Cup race from
7:00
PM to 10:00 PM on ESPN2: NHRA
Eliminations from
Other
forums/message boards and websites:
From
the Track Forum - http://www.trackforum.com/forums/
From
last week:
The
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/business/68997232.html
Well,
there seems to be a pretty big change at the Milwaukee Mile, and here is where
you’ll find info on that:
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130328
From
Jayski - http://www.jayski.com/
Brian France
discusses TV Coverage: Dustin Long of the Virginian Pilot / Roanoke Times ran into NASCAR
Chairman Brian France on Sunday morning before the race at Texas Motor Speedway
and got the chance to sit down with him for 15 minutes alone in the NASCAR
hauler discussing some of the various issues that have arisen recently in the
sport.
me. Q: What is your feeling of the comments TV
commentators made to me in the Frankly Speaking series and the things were said
on the ABC broadcast last weekend at
BRIAN FRANCE: Clearly, this is a sport that has a lot of opinions and most
other sports channel their thoughts and criticisms differently and that is an
unusual thing that we have to have people within the sport openly just
criticizing as we go along but maybe that's something very unique in NASCAR
that no other sport has to sort out. We'll sort it out.''
Q: Some fans may look at your comment as NASCAR is trying to quiet the
commentators and keep them from telling the truth per say, can you clarify your
feelings on the subject:
See the transcript of what
Note: In some cases, it sure seems like his
responses were in “double talk”
New track
blower, uses vacuum:
After six months of research and a year of development, Rob Brush believes he
has a better alternative to help dry race tracks. The project manager for a
steel fabrication company in
Note: What I find hard to believe is that this
hadn’t been done sooner.
White's biggest concern at the moment is finding a way to compete with Hendrick Motorsports and its Chevrolets. Jimmie Johnson
probably is headed for an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title and
Hendrick drivers hold down the top three spots in the
standings. "The Hendrick organization is a tier
higher than everyone, including other teams from that manufacturer
[Chevrolet]," White said. "So give Hendrick
credit. They've done a fantastic job. We don't begrudge them that. We just want
to work hard and find ways to beat them." White understands the Hendrick domination has left a perception of a lack of
competition, but he doesn't blame NASCAR. "It's very hard to legislate competition," White said. "How
can you legislate against Hendrick other than making
their life miserable by checking their cars every week and taking them apart?
Oh, wait. They did that and it didn't work. I give NASCAR credit for trying.
They are doing the best they can. Some of these things just take time until
someone figures out how to get as good as they are."(ESPN)(11-8-2009)
Note: And why not stay committed? Did you read about how our government has
“suggested” that both Chevrolet and Chrysler leave motor sports, to save money? That would leave Ford, who didn’t ask for
bail out dollars, and
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130237
Note: Don’t be surprised of some teams leave their
“American” manufacturers for
NASCAR takes ABC
to task for 'boring' race: Almost everybody who watches TV sports is an instant critic. One
exception: Sports leagues themselves, who almost never publicly criticize the
networks that cover them. And when it comes to ESPN, and its various TV
platforms including ABC, the last criticism you'd expect is that the worldwide
leader in hype wasn't enthusiastic enough about something it had paid to cover.
But NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston, in a blog
posting on nascar.com, specifically knocked ESPN/ABC's coverage of Sunday's
Sprint Cup race in
Usually, TV sports analysts go to great pains to avoid even hinting what
they're showing is boring. But Poston suggested ESPN/ABC analysts, including
Dale Jarrett, "certainly weren't happy with the race and felt compelled to
remind viewers of that virtually every lap. ... And along the way, ABC missed a
lot of very good racing." On Sunday's race on a long track with steep
banks, NASCAR cited safety reasons for prohibiting so-called bump-drafting to
provide extra room between cars on turns. Although ESPN/ABC let viewers
eavesdrop on driver Tony Stewart asking his crew during the race to tell him
something interesting "so I don't fall asleep out here," Poston says
the event had "seriously intense racing." ESPN, in a statement, said
only that it had a "strong telecast" and had no comment on Poston's
post.(USA
Today)(11-6-2009)
Note. Yes, I almost fell off of my chair when I
read that headline. There is also a
tread about this same subject on the Track Forum, and that can be seen if you
go here: http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130245
NASCAR.com: http://www.nascar.com/
Me, being a fan of Open Wheel racecar drivers, have always been a fan of JJ Yeley. I had the opportunity, quite a few years back, to take my grandson, Brett, down to the Nazareth Speedway when there was a tire test with the USAC Midgets, prior to their first appearance there. Both of us had the chance to talk with JJ and his crew, and I was fortunate to have been able to get a photo of JJ and my grandson, together. There’s an article on the NASCAR website about JJ and his recovering from an accident he had a while back, while racing a Sprint Car. It can be found, here: http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/11/11/jjyeley.recovery.lookahead/index.html
Dirt
Track Digest’s forum: http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/forum/index.php
A couple of threads about the ESW can be found on the DTD. Here are the links:
http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=32718
http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=32709
http://greentocheckers.com/GtoC/showthread.php?t=1912
http://newenglandtractor.com/racereport/
On this website you’ll find some race reports for OVRP’s Dirt Oval, photos from Ralph Corwin, and this column, too. Volume two of old time photos was put up last week, in case you’re interested.
Tracks:
Whoa! Is there a new track in the Orange County
http://newenglandtractor.com/racereport/rc/wallkill110809/index.html
There won’t be much to report on race tracks for a while, although OCFS has already posted that April 17, 2010 will be their opening date for next year.
The
Accord Speedway already has a tentative 2010 schedule posted, and you can see
it here:
http://www.accordspeedway.com/schedule
Note: I had heard, and believe I had posted
previously that Accord might be going to Saturday nights with their Quads and
Bike shows in 2010. According to that
tentative schedule, they’re still showing Wednesdays – not Saturday. Time will tell.
OVRP’s road course:
http://www.ovrp.com/ovrp/pages/home.asp
Last week I had this in my column: “Looking at the website, it sure looks like they’re done for this season.”
I
guess I was wrong! This,
below is posted on their website:
Sunday,
November 15th
OVRP is open Sunday
November 15th for Practice, Testing, Tuning and Instruction from 10AM-4PM
Everyone welcome!
OVRP’s Dirt Oval:
There
was no written race report for the OVRP Dirt Oval’s Novemberfest
racing event, so Denise had results put up on the Dirt Oval’s website. Here is a link to those results: http://www.ovrpdirtoval.com/Octoberfest.html;
Will
they have someone doing their race reports in 2010?
Former
OVRP Dirt Oval runners:
Last
Saturday, in the Eastern States 200, Clinton Mills was 11th, Danny Creeden 13th, Jimmy Johnson 23rd,
Anthony Perrego 27th, Michael Storms 28th,
Tim Hindley 31st and Tom Hindley 33rd.
At OVRP’s Novemberfest, the whole
event being held a week ago on Sunday, due to “Mother Nature” not being so nice
on Saturday, a few drivers made a return to the Dirt Oval, and they were:
Brian
Krummel who was 2nd overall in the 4 Cycle
Medium class, Chuck Alessi who ended up 2nd
overall in the 4 Cycle Senior Stock class and Benny Rizzo who was 4th
overall in the 2 Cycle class.
NASCAR Cup
Points, as they would have been, and as they are – from Jayski’s
website:
UNOFFICIAL
Sprint Cup CLASSIC - the OLD way - Driver Points Standings
[after Texas, race 34 of 36]:
pos, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #14-Tony Stewart (X), 4895
2) #24-Jeff Gordon (X), 4802, -93
3) #48-Jimmie Johnson (X), 4801, -94
4) #5-Mark Martin (X), 4475, -420
5) #11-Denny Hamlin (X), 4446, -449
6) #2-Kurt Busch (X), 4438, -457
7) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya (X), 4312, -583
8) #16-Greg Biffle (X), 4299, -596
9) #39-Ryan Newman (X), 4245, -650
10) #18-Kyle Busch, 4183, -712
11) #9-Kasey Kahne (X), 4158, -737
12) #17-Matt Kenseth, 4151, -744
13) #99-Carl Edwards (X), 4137, -758
14) #33-Clint Bowyer, 4078, -817
15) #83-Brian Vickers (X), 3975, -920
16) #00-David Reutimann, 3969, -926
(X) a chase driver.(11-8-2009)
UNOFFICIAL
Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Texas, Chase race 8 of 10; Season race 34 of 36]:
pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 6297, finished 38th
2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 6224, -73, 4th
3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 6185, -112, 13th
4) #2-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 6126, -171, WON
5) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 6119, -178, 6th
6) #42-Juan Montoya, 6061, -236, 37th
7) #16-Greg Biffle, 6050, -247, 8th
8) #11-Denny Hamlin [3 wins], 5975, -322, 2nd
9) #39-Ryan Newman, 5973, -324, 12th
10) #9-Kasey Kahne [2 wins], 5898, -399, 33rd
11) #99-Carl Edwards, 5857, -440, 39th
12) #83-Brian Vickers [1 win], 5777, -520, 26th
Note: Some differences, huh?
The
History of the Sport:
As many of you might know, I’m a member of the
Yahoo! Race History Group – a group that really is more about the history of
open wheel racing in this country. A lot
of subjects get mentioned, and at times, we all get a large amount of e-mails
on some particular subjects. Now, if
you’re not a fan of open wheel racing – meaning Indy Cars, Sprint Cars and
Midgets and the racing from “back in the day”, you might want to skip what
follows. What follows are comments, not
necessarily in order, about some of the “memorable” Indy cars that ran in the
500. I have eliminated names, where some
of those that have posted might mention some – regarding other posters, that
is. Also, where
necessary, made corrections to “typo’s”.
“We haven't had anything
to really stir us up for some time, so how about this. In this year's Indy 500
program, Donald Davidson did an article about the
"memorable" cars from speedway history. He didn't actually say
"most Memorable" but that was the implication. I normally wouldn't
question Donald on anything relating to Indy, but I make an exception in this
case. His choices were in this order:
1952 Cummins Diesel
1911 Marmon Wasp
1939-40 Boyle Maserati
Novi FWD
1952-54 Keck/Vukovich roadster
1967 Granatelli Turbine
1970-71 Johnny Lightning cars
1977 Foyt Coyote
1979-80 Jim Hall Pennzoil (1st ground effects car
at the 500)
To
my way of thinking, the Cummins was an overweight tank with an illegal engine
that didn't have a chance to be competitive for 500 miles. It belongs in the
same category as the Pat Clancy six wheeler and not on
the "most memorable" list. The Marmon, the Maser, the
I don't think you can have a "Most Memorable" list without a Miller 91
FWD or the Moore Blue Crown cars, and you probably have to include the
Chapman/Clark Lotus Ford. I would also vote for the 1959 Watson/Ward Leader
Card roadster and Salih's lay down of 1957-58.
What would you add or subtract from this list?”
“My List would
have
1913 Peugeot driven by Jules Goux.
1921 Duesenberg Jimmy
Murphy won the French GP in 1921 and Indy in 1922.
1925 Duesy with De Paolo winning
Indy with a supercharger.
1926 Frank Lockhart Miller rear drive.
The
Keck car of Vuky.
Salih car
of Hanks and Bryan
Watson roadster of Ward from 59.
Lotus 1965 winner.
Chapparal Yellow sub.”
“I have to agree
with you about the Salih Belond
Exhaust Spl that debuted in 1957.”
“With the
average income per week of around $25.00 in the US in 1925 the $15,000 price
tag of a Miller Front drive would have been a King`s
ransom.
Indy racing was out of reach then, for the most part, and Indy racing is out of
reach of most people now as well.”
“Actually, the
most notable thing about Hall/Barnard car is that it introduced the
aerodynamics that purty much destroyed Indy car racing. It made it necessary to buy molded cars
created by engineers and scientists, built in multi jillion dollar factories
& laboratories and developed in jillion dollar wind
tunnels. It totally destroyed any opportunity for "little guy"
racers to build cars in small race shops, machine shops and fabricating shops.
It jacked up the cost to the point where Indy car racing has high teched and high priced themselves right out of business.”
“With all due
respect, I completely disagree with your definition of "memorable."
Memorable does not at all equate to success.
People on this list go on and on and on about the
“In other words,
the more things change, the more they stay the same.
And that is a concept people who grasp onto the falsehood of "the good old
days" have trouble understanding.”
“I have
tremendous respect for Mxx Mxxxxx
and his preservation or racing history. However, on this subject, I
respectfully disagree. If Indy wanted to remain a leading form of racing, it
had to have cars that could claim to be up to date technically. Jim Hall was up to date technically. However, his cars
were not built in a zillion dollar factory. They were built in a single room at
Rattlesnake Raceway, by a small group of technicians. The tub work was mostly
by a guy who knew how to work fiberglass from being in the fiberglass boat
business. As Tony remarked, Indy was always expensive. I would argue that by
stifling innovation, the present spec formula has diminished the prestige of
the Indy 500 immeasurably. Perhaps under new management, things will improve. I
see they have a title sponsor for the first time since the IRL started.
If Indy had stopped the innovation of ground effects, it would have simply
evolved into a form of show business like NASCAR
-- close racing between retrograde vehicles. I don't think we would like to see
Indy cars with carburetors.”
“This is NOT the
first time the IRL has had a title sponsor. The first was
Pep Boys and then came the ill-fated Northern Light
deal. This is the first
viable title sponsor since Pep Boys and looks to be a good deal all around.
I would not hold my breath for any monster changes in the IRL either. It
seems to be slowly morphing into the "new CART" with the proposed
turbo
engines and a bunch of street parades. And would someone please tell me the
difference between a chassis "spec" and the deal in the day with CART
where
if you didn't run a March you were out to lunch. The idea behind the spec
chassis was to prevent the well funded teams from scooping all the races
(which has happened anyway) by controlling costs. Penske, Gannassi,
and AGR
have the funds for the technical resources that the smaller teams don't have
access to, thus they win nearly everything. They are simply better prepared
because they can afford the engineering staff, testing time, and wind tunnel
time to make their "spec" cars that much better than everyone else's.
And before Steve pops his cork about this rant, what makes Indy today all
that much different from the late 50's to early 60's when you either ran a
roadster or you didn't make the show? Zink tried a turbine, Brabham
tried
the Cooper, and we all know about the
till 65 they lined up 33 roadsters with 255 Offys.
Now I will agree that
there were some variations (Salih's Belond laydown car), but they
were all
basically copies of Kurtis space
frame roadster chassis of 53 with an Offy.
So as Russell said, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
And personally I don't care if they run turbos,
injectors, or carbs as long
as it is good CLOSE RACING!
Climbing off my soapbox”
“Didn't they say
the same thing about Millers at one time? That led to the 'Junk Formula' at Indy ?”
“What I find
even more mind-blowing is the Story of the Detroit Spl.
from 1927. Cliff Durant spent around $150,000 in
1927 large US dollars on this car to no avail. For ONE car.
When the average Joe was pulling down 25 a week! That comes out to around 18
million in today`s money.
Of course Joel Thorne
ran through a fortune and Ray Crawford and many others as well in the elusive
quest for success at Indy.”
“My comments
would be:
Lotus
65. Don't know whether I consider the Brabham Cooper
or the 63 Lotus most significant. The Cooper showed the possibilities, but the
63 Lotus showed that the new concept, even with a stock block, was competitive
from the word go. I'm not going to get into the Parnelli
oil loss controversy, but should we give credit to the pioneers or the ultimate
winner. The 63 and 64 cars were as dominant as the 65 car, but didn't have the Wood Brothers.
I think Wilbur's Maserati 8CTF has to be included
because it won twice and was a player in 41 and for quite a time after the war.
It was the canary in the mine in terms of showing how the Junk Formula had
stifled American engineering. Also, perhaps the most
aesthetic car at Indy since the Millers.
I agree that the Cummins was an overweight pig.
On the other hand, they consented to Frank's concept of a laydown
engine, which he was never able to get any other customer to buy. Still, I,
like you, give the nod to the Vuky car, because of it's visual appeal and its success. Obviously, Watson
improved upon it, but not much. His cars had many of their greatest successes
under his tutelage.
One car that has not been mentioned, except in relation to it's
failure, was Roger's Penske's PC23-94 that walked away with Indy in 94, only to
fail to qualify in 1995. First of all, Roger's ability to read the rule book,
shown many times before, proved to be prophetic. Secondly.
the car was absolute junk and the Mercedes (Illmore)
engine was so superior, that when it was legislated out of competitiveness the
next year, the Penske sled couldn't even quality. The whole matter, in turn,
pissed Tony G off so much that we saw the destruction of Indy car racing. All
this has to signify an important car from an historic standpoint.”
“Two of my most
memorable cars were Mickey Thompson's car that
Dave McDonald was killed in (the design was incredibly different than any
other) and Smokey Yunick's "sidecar".
Though each type of car didn't have any long-range effect on Indy racing,they were
very "memorable".
“I would also
include the original design of the Vel's Parnelli Jones cars
(which, unfortunately, I don't have files readily available to pinpoint the
year) that sported dihedral wings which were eventually removed. When I can
get to them, I'll post pictures.”
“Coming from a
kid who hung around Indy all month in 1967- Mickey
Thompson also had a memorable car in 1967; a front engine, front wheel
drive car powered by a Chevy engine featuring 3 valves per cylinder. That car
also featured rear steering, and was a DNQ at Indy. I have often wondered what
became of that car.”
Note: Chances are there will be more comments said
on this subject in e-mails sent out. I’ll
put them in next weeks column.
Other racin’
stuff:
Well, maybe not real racin’
stuff, but last Sunday, when my daughter and I were at the Lobitz
function, we came across a couple of gentlemen that were selling those old
plastic stock cars that we used to be able to buy at the race tracks, way, way
back when. They had sold out of the
“Coach” models they had, but still had quite a few different varieties of
coupes still available, and they were selling them at two for $5.00. Well, the auction had started, and I told
them I’d be back to get a couple of them.
As things turned out, just as the auction was about to end, the
announcement was made: “Dinner in five
minutes”. Well, my daughter had won an
item at the auction, and she paid for it at the auctions end, then we went and
put it in my car. We went right into the
dining room – yup! Forgot all about
those model stock cars! Damn! Anyway, if you go to this link, and if you’re
a fan of racing from way, way back when, I’m sure you’ll remember them: http://www.earhs.org/article.asp?aid=45&articlename=The%20Little%20Plastic%20Stock%20Car
Video
time:
This
coming Wednesday, November 17th, will be the 71st
birthday for Gordon Lightfoot. Here are
some videos of him singing. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRrRfumhv6k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3x_VoF3wo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_MDIYhPH0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOOs-MqDOI0&feature=related
Other (non racing)
news:
Usually, as
What do
Check it out,
here: http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/states-1268335-state-isn.html
It’s coming – “Black
Friday”! Remember last years? Remember when the Wal-Mart worker was fatally
injured due to idiotic shoppers? Well, Wal-Mart
has a plan for this years “Black Friday”:
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108137/calming-the-black-friday-crowds
Yesterday, November 11th,
was Veteran’s Day. Remember, if it
wasn’t for our Veterans, you might not be reading this. Special thanks have to go out to each
Veteran, both living and deceased, for what they’ve done for our country.
Closing with this:
MALE VS. FEMALE
MALE
VS.
FEMALE AT THE ATM MACHINE
A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads:
'Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines
enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.
Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined
below when accessing their accounts.
After months of careful research, MALE &FEMALE Procedures have been
developed. Please follow the Appropriate steps for
your gender.'
MALE PROCEDURE:
1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.
FEMALE PROCEDURE:
1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the
machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up.
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow
Easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back
page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of
checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.
21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot
provided!
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25. Redial person on cell phone.
26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
27. Release Parking Brake.
May “Guardian Angels” sit on the shoulders of all of our race drivers and guide them safely around the
tracks!
Drive safe!
As
usual, you can reach me at: ygordad@yahoo.com