Racin'
& Internet Stuff:
By Tom Avenengo
Volume # 37
11/04/2010
First:
As I made mention last week, effective
with this weeks column, it will now be out every other week, with the next one
due out on the 18th of November.
In between, on occasion, will be some other articles that will pertain
to motor sports.
Second:
Well, a couple of days ago it was Election Day. Did you go out and vote? I did. Usually the ones I vote for don’t do too good. I started this on Monday, so later on Tuesday and Wednesday, I’ll probably add more to this part.
Third:
This coming Sunday, November 7th – Day Light Savings Time ENDS! Yes, we get back that hour of sleep we lost a few months ago! Now make sure you get up at 2:00 AM and move them clocks back an hour.
Some of my thoughts:
OK, so I go out
and vote. Big question is – whom should
one believe? Here in
The next in line, as far as
having a chance at winning for Governor, well, it’s being said that he’s quite
a “nasty” person. It’s being claimed
that he has sent “porn” via e-mails – that he’s short
tempered. Another one running for
Governor of New York is a former Madam.
Yes – a Madam – one who employed “ladies of the evening” so to say. And how about the millions of dollars these
clowns are spending to get elected?
Couldn’t those monies be used for better things? Really?
Going back, in time:
Note: Most of the following information was found
here:
http://www.wheelsofspeed.com/history.html
Covering
the days of October 29th to November 4th.
OCTOBER 29
1961
Bill Randall won the ARDC
Midget race at the
OCTOBER 30
1951
Tony Bettenhausen Jr. ... Born ... Tony Lee Bettenhausen Jr. was one of three
racing brothers and a son of two-time U.S. Auto Club national champion Melvin
"Tony" Bettenhausen, who ran at the Indianapolis 500 from 1946-60 and
was killed in practice in 1961. Tony Jr. drove Indy cars from 1979-93 and also
competed in 33 Nextel Cup Series series events in his career, most coming in
1974 when he scored a career best 7th place effort at Richmond International
Raceway. He raced in 11 Indy 500 with his best finish of 7th in 1981.
1954
Wilbur Shaw... Died ... AAA driver from the 1920's, 30's and 40's. He was a
three-time winner of the
1977
Armond Holley won the ARDC
Midget race as part of the Thompson Int. Speedway - World Series, Thompson,CT.
Lennie Boyd was second followed by Gary Allbritain, Doug Craig and Drew
Fornoro.
OCTOBER 31
1902
Wilbur Shaw... Born ... AAA driver from the 1920's, 30's and 40's. He was a
three-time winner of the
1933
Hugh Randall... Born ... USAC driver from the early 1960's. He died as a
relief driver for Bob Mathouser in the Vargo Special at the Langhorne Speedways
100 Mile USAC Championship race July 1, 1962.
1939
Tom Bigelow... Born ... A former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car
series. He began his racing career at the Badger Midget Racing
Association at
1967
Buddy Lazier ... Born ... An
American open-wheel racecar driver. Lazier first appeared in CART beginning in
1989 driving for Gary Trout Motorsports and also participated in The Indy 500
as a rookie. He won the 1996
1987
Bill Elliott
, NASCAR Winston Cup driver, tried his hand behind the wheel of a USAC
Silver Crown Dirt car on the 1-mile paved
1988
Dick Mealy ... Died ... Dick
from Trenton, NJ was around racing all of his life and was well known throughout
the states. He started racing in 1949, driving stock cars. He moved to the
sprint car ranks in the early 50's and ran with AAA. In 1956 he went sprint car
racing with USAC. In 1956 he joined up to race with URC and he ran with them
until the late 60's. After he quit driving, he remained active with URC and
served as Vice President for a couple of terms and was then on the board of
directors.
1999
Greg Moore... Died ... A
Canadian racecar driver who competed in the Indy Lights and CART World Series,
where he had great success with several wins in both series and a championship
in the 1995 Indy Lights series. However, his promising career and his life came
to an end on October 31, 1999, when he was fatally injured in a violent crash
on the 10th lap of the CART season finale, the Marlboro 500, at Auto Club
NOVEMBER 1
1912
David Bruce-Brown , the first
American to win a Grand Prix, died in a practice accident for the American
Grand Prize race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1926
Bob Veith... Born
... AAA and USAC driver. Ran the Championship Car series, racing from
1955 to 1968 with 63 starts. He finished in the top ten 37 times, with a best
finish of 2nd twice, both in 1958. Veith qualified for his
first Indianapolis 500 in 1956, finishing 7th that year to win the Rookie of
the Year award. After another top 10 finish the next year, he qualified
4th in 1958 but was knocked out of the race in a first lap accident that killed
Pat O'Connor. He competed in the 500 eight more times, with his last start
coming in 1968.
1979
CART announced that PPG will be
the organization's new title sponsor and the PPG Indy Car World Series was
created.
1989
George Marshman... Died ... Race car driver, builder and promoter. Father of
Bobby Marshman, 1961
NOVEMBER 2
1992
Tommy Copp... Died ... USAC
driver from the 1960's
2007
Don Freeland... Died ... AAA / USAC driver from the 1950's & 60's.
Freeland competed in the Indy 500 each year from 1953 to 1960. He appeared
headed for a second place finish in 1955 before a transmission failure ended
his day 22 laps prior to the end of the race. He came back with a best Indy
finish of third the next year. He also finished in the top ten in 1954 and
1958.
NOVEMBER 3
1952
Greg Sacks... Born ... NASCAR stockcar driver.
1958
Derrike Cope... Born ... NASCAR stockcar driver.
NOVEMBER 4
1965
Lee Ann Roberts Breedlove , wife of land speed record-holder Craig
Breedlove, became the first female driver to exceed 300 mph when she sped to
308.50 mph in the Spirit of
The History of the Sport:
Again, something a little different this week. Going to make you do some work if you want to see some racing history. Last week, one of the members of the Yahoo! Race History Group sent out some links (35 of them, to be precise) to some auto racing articles that appeared in Time magazine, many years ago, via e-mail. So, if you don’t mind, I’ll be putting on five links per column, over the next seven columns. Hope you get some enjoyment out of reading them.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,873866,00.html
A little about the 1934 Indy 500
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,762201,00.html
Going back to 1955 and Alberto Ascari
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807191,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840908,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875257,00.html
Former Dirt Oval Go-Kart (
At Five Mile Point last
weekend, in the ROC Sportsman feature, Anthony Perrego was 13th,
while Brad Szulewski was a DNQ.
In the Crate Sportsman
feature, Kyle Rohner was 4th, Anthony 18th and Matt
Hitchcock 22nd.
In the Modified feature,
Danny Creeden finished 6th.
In the 600 Modifieds, Brad
was 11th.
More racin’ stuff:
NASCAR’s point
standings – two ways – as they used to be (still should in my way of thinking),
and how they are with the “Chase”.
How they still should be – per Jayski’s
website:
2010 Sprint Cup
Driver 'Classic' Points Standings:
[after Talladega, race 33 of 36....the OLD way]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick(x), 4804
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson(x), 4516, -288
3) #24-Jeff Gordon(x), 4435, -369
4) #11-Denny Hamlin(x), 4417, -387
5) #18-Kyle Busch(x), 4384, -420
6) #99-Carl Edwards(x), 4329, -475
7) #14-Tony Stewart(x), 4239, -565
8) #31-Jeff Burton(x), 4187, -617
9) #17-Matt Kenseth(x), 4171, -633
10) #2-Kurt Busch(x), 4116, -688
11) #33-Clint Bowyer(x), 4003, -801
12) #1-Jamie McMurray, 3976, -828
13) #16-Greg Biffle(x), 3955, -849
And, the “Chase”:
1. Jimmy Johnson - 6149
2. Denny Hamlin – 6135
3. Kevin Harvick – 6111
4. Jeff Gordon – 5942
5. Kyle Busch – 5919
6. Carl Edwards – 5902
7. Tony Stewart – 5832
8. Matt Kenseth – 5825
9. Kurt Busch – 5799
10. Jeff Burton – 5797
11. Greg Biffle – 5788
12.Clint Bowyer – 5782
Track news – (for tracks
in my area):
OVRP – the dirt
track: http://www.oaklandvalleyspeedway.com/
THIS IS THE WEEKEND,
FOLKS!
Novemberfest info:
3 ROUNDS OF FEATURE RACING -
25 LAPS EACH
EVERY FEATURE COUNTS TOWARD FINISHES
50% OF ENTRY FEE GOES TOWARDS THE PURSE
Friday November 5th - Open Practice
Gates Open - 2:00 pm
Registration - 2:00 - 7:00 pm
Open Practice - 4:00 - 9:00 pm - 4 1/2 HOURS OF PRACTICE
Break from Practice - 7:30-8:00 pm
Barbecue - 7:30 pm
Saturday November 6th
Gates Open - 8:00 am
Registration - 8:00 - 10:30 am
Practice - 10:00 am (2 Rounds of Practice)
We will do our best to get in 2 rounds of features on Saturday. We will take a
break at 7:00 for dinner.
Beef & Pork Roast - 7:00 pm
Sunday Novebmer 7th
Gates Open - 8:00 am
Practice - 10:00 am (1 Round of Practice)
Racing will resume after practice
3 Round of Features, every feature
counts toward official finishes. Round 1 will be lined up by draw. Round 2 will
be lined up by the invert of the draw. Round 3 will be lined up by the total
points from Rounds 1 and 2.
Classes Offered: (must have 5 or more entries)
Junior 1, Junior 2, Junior Clone, Junior 3, Junior Stock, Junior Sportsman
Champ, Junior Champ, Lights, Mediums, Heavys, Super Heavys, Senior Stock,
Animal Lights, Animal Heavys, Senior Champ, Star Champ, KT 100, Junior Slingshot,
& Senior Slingshot.
Kid Karts & Rookie Champ – Saturday ONLY
$25.00 entry fee (doesn’t include pit pass)
Please check the website for additional class information.
Classes
Friday Night Practice* - $25.00 - INCLUDES BARBECUE
Entry Fee* - $75.00 per class - INCLUDES BEEF & PORK ROAST
1 Day Pit Pass - $12.00
2 Day Pit Pass - $20.00 (save $4.00)
3 Day Pit Pass - $30.00 (save $6.00)
Friday Barbecue - $5.00
Saturday Beef & Pork Roast - $10.00
If you are interested in bringing a camper, please be sure to email me to let
me know the size of your camper. Reservations are a must and it is first come
first serve. There is a limited amount of room available.
http://www.oaklandvalleyspeedway.com/
Note: At times, I’m referred to as “Mr. Doom &
gloom” when I make mention of the weather forecasts. Well, as of 9:30 on Wednesday night, this is
the forecast for the Cuddebackville area:
Tonight: Partly cloudy skies this evening. Increasing
clouds with periods of showers late. Low 34F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain
40%.
Tomorrow: Rain likely. High around 45F.
Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Rainfall possibly over one inch.
Tomorrow night: Cloudy with occasional rain showers. Low 39F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 60%.
Friday: Showers early becoming less numerous later in the day. High 48F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Saturday: Chance of showers. Highs in the upper
40s and lows in the low 30s.
Sunday: Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 40s and
lows in the upper 20s
While I was on the road on Wednesday evening, the local radio
station was making mention of a possible combination of rain/snow for Friday
and Saturday. I’ve been to Novemberfest
when it’s been cold. Might I suggest you
bundle up real good?
Note: Looking at the Dirt
Oval’s website, I see that there is NO rain date listed for Novemberfest. Makes for a rather “touchy”
situation. – kind
alike “Catch 22”.
Additional
racin’ stuff:
A
few items from Jayski’s website:
“Could there be short fields next season? With Richard Petty Motorsports shrinking from four to two cars next season (or potentially none if the ship isn't righted) and now Robby Gordon announcing he won't run a full season in 2011, the potential for short fields now becomes a real possibility next year. That prediction was made two years ago by many but never came to fruition. The economic pressures of the sport may catch up with that prediction after all.(Motor Racing Network)(11-1-2010)”
This, below, “sucks”, for sure!
Robby Gordon has personal vehicle towed: Robby Gordon said track
officials had his pickup towed out of a private driver/owner lot at
Latest on Shane Hmiel: From posts on the Shane
Hmiel - Road to Recovery Page: Shane is mouthing words. He can't talk yet
due to the trach, but not for much longer. He had another angio Saturday to
check on the vein they put coils in and there is a small leak -- so there will
be another surgery to finish it off, hopefully Monday. That will cause a little
set back on heading to the
Even more Racin’
stuff:
From a couple of
weeks ago:
“Fourth:
Last week, I had
this, in the beginning of my column:
“Second:
This
coming November 14th, the annual Lobitz Movie Party/Auction will be
held at the Lobitz Catering Hall, which is located at
http://wilkesbarre.citysearch.com/profile/8845771/hazleton_pa/lobitz_catering_svc.html
The
map, on the upper right shows you where it is located.
Things
get started fairly early in the day, like around 9:00 AM, and continue all day
long, culminating in a sit down dinner that starts around 5:00. The auction benefits the EMMR. One never knows just who might show up, as
far as racing folks go. Lots of vendors in the house, too. Also I believe the ARDC has a meeting and election
of officers at the Hall, during the day.
You can also expect a lot of “chop busting” to go on during the
auction. There is an “open” bar and
lunch is also served. Usually there are
some old Indy 500 and other racing movies shown prior to the auction.”
Well,
in a posting on the Yahoo! Race History Group, Stan Lobitz had this to say:
“I
would like to mention my movie party on Nov. 14.
Arlen Kurtis informed me that he and his lovely wife would be in
attendance as well as many members of our fine RH group.”
For
those of you that don’t know who Arlen Kurtis is, he’s the son of noted racecar
builder Frank Kurtis. I had heard that
Arlen Kurtis started making midgets from his fathers plans, and came across
this, in a search on Arlen Kurtis:
http://www.ewarbirds.org/automotive/1948midget.html
However, if I’m not mistaken, he has since
stopped making those “replicas”.
Note:
The other day I received a request for some info from a gentleman named
Gene Crucean about the show. Seems he’ll
be coming in from out in
Some Racin’
stuff from the AARN:
I know that some of
you out there subscribe to the AARN, while others don’t. So, my glancing over last weeks
issue, I found some interesting items that maybe did not make the Internet.
While at OCFS last
weekend for Eastern States, Frank Cozze had a different sounding engine in his
Small Block Modified. It sounded a lot
like the Roush engine that Jerry Higbie has.
Well, it sounded like it because it, too, was a Roush Ford racing
engine. What I found to be rather
interesting is the fact that it says it was purchased used for only $8,000.00
Next year will be
the 50th running of Eastern States.
Yes, I can remember when it was a one day event – on a Sunday, and we’d
be lined up out on the road at 7:00 AM, waiting to get into the Drive-In section.
He’s not one of my
favorite drivers, but Danny Johnson is giving some thoughts about promoting
races at the Canandaigua Speedway, next year.
The Madsen race
team – They’ve had some problems this year, and from what it says in the AARN,
“It’s getting costly” and “I know my dad is getting tired of it”. What happens next year could very well depend
on how things go over these last few weeks of the season. Thoughts are maybe they’d be running just the
big paying events instead of running for points.
After getting
involved in the big wreck on the front stretch during the ESW 200, Johnny
Guarino ended up 21st. What
most probably don’t know is that the engine in his car, for the weekend was the
Bob Dini DIRT 500 cubic inch spec engine.
Johnny was one lap down at the finish – having been overlooked during
that 45-minute delay that came along around lap 183, as far as getting the
“lucky dog” award.
Note: Nothing against Johnny, but I, for one, am
not if favor of these “lucky dog” awards.
I feel that if you’re a lap down, then you should EARN that lap back by
passing the lead cars.
The car counts were
very good for ESW, in all classes. It’s
said that there were 68 cars that took time trials for the Big Block portion
(MyLaps shows 61), and 65 for the Small Blocks (MyLaps shows 63). For some unknown reason, there are no time
trial listings for the Sportsman class.
There are 61 cars/drivers listed for the eight Sportsman heats. There were quite a few Sportsman cars that
also took time with the Big and Small Blocks
In attendance for
the weekend was Howie Commander. He’s
still listed as a “co-promoter” at OCFS.
Aside for some serious track problems early in the season, I can’t
recall Mr. Commander being at OCFS during the season, on a Saturday night,
unless he was at the “Eve of Destruction” show.
It’s said, in the AARN, that Mr. Commander will “be at” OCFS as long as
it’s owned by the Gurda’s. He also said
that the Sportsman will return to
Two of the top
runners in Modifieds here in the North East chose to not enter ESW – Jimmy
Phelps, who runs good at OC, and Matt Shepard.
Wonder why?
During the 45
minute delay in the ESW 200, the left rear tire on Clinton Mills # 21 went
pretty soft. Strange, but my son, Eric,
made mention of this while we were waiting, saying “wouldn’t it be a b*tch if
someone had a tire go down while we’re sitting here waiting?” Who knows if that had any effect on those
last few laps that were run?
Even more stuff:
Some info on the
big racing weekend down in
The Lowes Foods World of Outlaws World Finals
Presented by Bimbo Bakeries and Tom's Snacks is the year's most anticipated
dirt track racing event featuring the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars, World of
Outlaws Late Models and Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds Nov. 4-6 at
The Dirt Track at
Led by popular SPEED personality Dave
Despain serving as host for the fourth consecutive year, the broadcast team
also includes Bobby Gerould and hall-of-famer Brad Doty calling the Sprint Car
action with Shane Andrews and Dr. Dick Berggren covering the Late Models and
Big-Blocks. With more than 150 cars expected to compete for a spot in one of
the three A-mains, Sarah Jane Hunt and Tony Bokhoven will be busy uncovering
all of the stories in the pits.
The three-day Lowes Foods World Finals Presented by Bimbo and Tom's kicks off
on Thursday. Fans from 48 states plus
The event will also mark the third
consecutive Saturday night DIRTcar Racing has taken over SPEED's national
airwaves at 8 p.m., following the Williams Grove National Open and Super DIRT
Week broadcasts. But for the first time,
the Greatest Show on Dirt will be shown in HD.
Tickets for the Lowes Foods World Finals
Presented by Bimbo and Tom's can be purchased online at http://www.CharlotteMotorSpeedway.com or by
calling 1-800-455-FANS (3267).
For more information on the World of Outlaws and DIRTcar Racing go to
WorldofOutlaws.com and DIRTcar.com. For broadcast dates, rebroadcast dates and
air times, visit SPEED.com.
And some good news, maybe – again from
Jayski:
Bud to remain on the #9: Budweiser will remain on the #9 Ford at
Richard Petty Motorsports for the final three Sprint Cup events of the season,
a team spokesman said on Tuesday. There was speculation the sponsor would not
be on the car past last weekend's race at Talladega Superspeedway after a
report surfaced that Anheuser-Busch would not make its final payment to RPM
with Kasey Kahne no longer in the car. RPM officials said Tuesday that
Anheuser-Busch has paid through the end of the season, assuring the Bud logo
will remain on the #9 car. "The Budweiser car is a fixture in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series and we look forward to finishing out the season," an
Anheuser-Busch spokesperson said. Aric Almirola will drive the #9 for the third
straight race this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. He replaced Kahne, who was
released to move to Red Bull Racing, where he will compete full-time next
season. All four RPM cars are entered in Sunday's race at
Evernham to help Petty with RPM: Richard Petty Motorsports minority
owner Ray Evernham confirmed today that Petty is assembling the financing
necessary to bid for control of the troubled team, and said he will do whatever
he can to ensure the success of that venture. Evernham told Sirius NASCAR
Radio's Sirius Speedway with Dave Moody, "I'm going to do everything I can
to help (Richard). The situation surrounding that team lately has been a...
legal and financial nightmare. I don't have an interest in owning a piece of
the team anymore, but if it comes down to helping Richard bridge a financial
gap for the time being, I would absolutely do what it took to help him achieve
his goal."
Evernham expressed confidence that Petty will be able to field a full roster of
four cars in the remaining races of the 2010 season. "(Richard) has a lot
of people behind him," said Evernham. "He is doing the right thing
for racing and doing his best to keep a lot of people employed." Despite
still owning a minority stake in the team, Evernham said, "I don't get
communication from George Gillett. I haven't spoken to him in months. All I know
is that there are good things happening from the Richard Petty side of things.
The #43 and Richard Petty need to be in NASCAR, both now and in the future.
There are lots of people -- including me and in addition to me who want
to see him succeed."
One of the team's drivers, Stanley Tools Ford driver Elliott Sadler, said news
of Petty's involvement has helped calm fears among team employees about the
future of the company. "I think people were more scared at
Schedule Change Advisory for the Lowes
Foods World of Outlaws World Finals presented by
Bimbo Bakeries and Tom's Snacks
Concord, NC – November 2, 2010 – The Dirt Track at
Charlotte officials announced today a change in the schedule for this weekend's
Lowes Foods World of Outlaws World Finals presented by Bimbo Bakeries and Tom's
Snacks.
Due to unseasonably cool temperatures, gate openings and hot laps have moved up one hour ahead of their
originally scheduled times on Friday and Saturday. Hot laps will be followed by
the regularly scheduled docket of exciting dirt track racing. Thursday, gates
will open at the originally scheduled time, but hot laps will be moved up one
hour.
The revised opening times for gates and on-track activity are
below:
Thursday
4:00 p.m. - Spectator gates
5:00 p.m .- Hot laps
Friday
3:00 p.m. - Spectator gates
4:00 p.m. - Hot laps
Saturday
3:00 p.m. - Spectator gates
4:00 p.m. - Hot laps
Not so good news:
Found this on Jayski’s website:
Gateway Raceway shut
down: The owner of
Gateway International Raceway near
And:
Other forums/message
boards and websites:
You might find some
interesting reading if you go to the links below.
Track Forum: - http://www.trackforum.com/forums/
Frontstretch.com: http://www.frontstretch.com/
Jayski: - http://www.jayski.com/
Open Wheel Racers3: http://www.openwheelracers3.com/
Race Pro Weekly: http://raceproweekly.com/
Racing on TV - http://www.racefantv.com/USTV.htm
(must register to post)
Victory
Video time:
What with this past Tuesday being Election Day, and with us having to
listen to all of these politicians making all kinds of promises over these past
few months, I thought the video that I’m including this week is rather
appropriate. It’s been in my columns,
previously, and it’s by the late Waylon Jennings. The title:
“
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGz_xSSgjY0&mode=related&search=
Other (non racing) news:
From Monday:
In part:
“
The sale of the two units fits into AIG's previously announced plan to repay the government's bailout in full. The repayment will include the government taking a bigger stake in the company and eventually needing to sell common stock in AIG to recoup its money, similar to what it is doing right now with Citigroup Inc. shares.”
“New York-based American International Group Inc. was one of the hardest hit financial companies by the credit crisis and received the largest bailout the government doled out. Its bailout package enabled it to tap as much as $180 billion in aid. The government received an 80 percent stake in the company as part of the deal.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_aig_bailout_repayment
Note: Don’t forget folks, it’s the AIG that insures
Gov’t pensions. And I wonder – since it
was “taxpayers” monies that bailed out all the banks and financial institutions
etc etc, just how do the “taxpayers” get monies back?
In part:
“SAN FRANCISCO – Arizona's immigration law faced tough scrutiny from a federal appeals panel Monday as the state's governor appeared in person to support the controversial provision on the day before the election in which she's seeking her first full term.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals signaled it was ready to toss out the
provision of
“"All
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101101/ap_on_re_us/us_immigration_arizona_law
Check this out:
What got me to
check this out was an article in my AARP Bulletin pape rthat I received in the
mail on Wednesday, this week. An article about copying machines that have
hard drives in them. Hard drives that
keep a copy of everything copied on the machine. I did a Google search on “Hard Drives in
Copying Machines”. Check out ths video,
below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y01xLquSIrc
Is this true?:
Note: Yes, it is. Just thought I’d pass this along. Back in March of 1957, my brother and I went
from the New York/New Jersey area down to Sebring
Driving in the rain .
.This may save you
GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR
How to achieve good
vision while driving during a heavy downpour.
We are not sure why it is so effective; just try this method when it rains
heavily.
This method was told by a Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it.
It is useful...even driving at night.
Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers
during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windshield
is still bad......
In the event you face such a situation, just try your SUN
GLASSES (any model will do), and miracle!
All of a sudden, your visibility in
front of your
windshield is perfectly clear, as if there is no rain.
Make sure you always have a pair of SUN GLASSES in your car, as
you are not only helping yourself to drive safely with good vision, but also
might save your friend's life by giving him this idea..
Try it yourself and share it with your
friends! Amazing you still see the drops
on the windshield, but not the sheet of rain falling.
You can see where the rain bounces off the road. It works to
eliminate the "blindness" from passing semi's spraying you too.
Or the "kickup" if you are following a semi
or car in the rain.
They ought to teach that little tip in driver's training.. It really does work.
This warning is a good one!
I wonder how many people know about this
ALSO - NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN
WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON.
This warning should be listed, on the driver's seat sun-visor - NEVER USE THE
CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY, along with the
airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive
a safe speed - but we don't tell them to use the
cruise control only when the pavement is dry.
NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna
Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the
windshield wipers are on.
Closing with this:
Got this in an e-mail from Sally Strickland, the daughter of the 1947
ARDC driving champion and National Midget Hall of Fame member, the late George
Rice.
This
came from a retired priest. It’s
pretty good.
There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was
Black:
1. He called everyone brother
2. He liked Gospel
3. He didn't get a fair trial
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that
Jesus was Jewish:
1. He went into His Father's
business
2. He lived at home until he was 33
3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his Mother was sure He was God
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that
Jesus was Italian:
1. He talked with His hands
2. He had wine with His meals
3. He used olive oil
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that
Jesus was a Californian:
1. He never cut His hair
2. He walked around barefoot all the time
3. He started a new religion
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that
Jesus was an American Indian:
1. He was at peace with nature
2. He ate a lot of fish
3. He talked about the Great Spirit
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that
Jesus was Irish:
1. He never got married..
2. He was always telling stories.
3. He loved green pastures.
But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 proofs
that Jesus was a woman:
1. He fed a crowd at a moment's
notice when there was virtually no food
2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just
didn't get it
3. And even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was still
work to do
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