Racin'
Stuff:
By Tom Avenengo
First things, first:
Hmmm, where to start this week. What the hey, might as well start with what’s been going on at OCFS. After the fiasco last Wednesday night, with the early Fourth of July “Fireworks” behind the ½ covered grand stands, the track was shut down for further racing until whatever problems that were found, get corrected.
Here is a link to what was in our local (
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090619/SPORTS/90619045
As of this past Monday night, it looks like things are or have been taken care of, per this:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090623/SPORTS/906230339/-1/SPORTS02
Update:
Well, I had heard, late on Wednesday, that due to the poles getting there late, the work will not be done in a timely and satisfactory manner, so for this Saturday night, it sure looks like it is a no go. Yeah, and the weather forecast looked good, too.
The Press Release from OCFS:
JUNE 24TH
2009
OFFICIAL
RELEASE FROM ORANGE COUNTY FAIR SPEEDWAY
WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING VERY HARD AT COMPLETING ALL THE
REQUIRED WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR US TO
RE-OPEN.
HOWEVER AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT ALL THE
NECESSARY
WORK WILL NOT BE TOTALLY COMPLETE IN TIME TO
RE-OPEN THIS
WEEKEND. WE ARE HOPEFUL TO BE OPEN
THE FOLLOWING
WEEKEND ON THE FOURTH OF JULY WHEN WE WILL
BE RUNNING
THE HOLDOVER MODIFIED FEATURE, THE HOLDOVER
PURE STOCK
FEATURE IN ADDITION TO OUR REGULAR SHOW OF
MODIFIEDS,
SPORTSMAN, PRO STOCK & PURE STOCK, IN ADDITION
THE SPORTSMAN
ELIMINATION RACE WILL BE RUN. WE WILL ALSO
HAVE
FIREWORKS TO CELEBRATE OUR NATIONS BIRTHDAY AFTER
THE RACING
PROGRAM. WE WILL BE HONORING THE WRISTBANDS
FROM THE
GRANDSTAND and DRIVE IN FROM "THE BIG SHOW",
THEY
WILL BE WORTH
$4 OFF AT THE FRONT GATE AND DRIVE-IN.
THIS SATURDAY
JUNE 27 LEBANON VALLEY SPEEDWAY WILL BE
HONORING ANY
SEASON GRANDSTAND PASSES AS WELL AS
HONORING OCFS
MEMBERSHIPS AND SEASON PIT PASSES
RACING BEGINS
AT LEBANON VALLEY AT 6PM
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND CONTINUED SUPPORT
WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE HERE ON JULY 4th.
ORANGE COUNTY
FAIR
Link to a
newspaper article:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090624/SPORTS/90624037
Going back, in
time:
Note: I found one event that was held on June
25th in 1967 that I was rather surprised to see – a sprint car club
here in the east that supposedly run out in
On June 25th,
in:
1950:
Jack
McGrath won the
100 mile AAA Championship race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Langhorne Speedway,
Langhorne, PA. Henry Banks was second followed by Chuck Stevenson, Duke Dinsmore and Duke Nalon.
Troy Ruttman won the AAA Sprint Car race
at the Dayton Speedway,
1954:
Art
Cross won the
AAA Midget race at the
1955:
Eddie
Sachs won the
AAA Midget race at the Indianapolis Speedrome,
1960:
Tony Romit won the ARDC Midget race at
the Danbury Fairgrounds,
Bob Mathouser won the CRA Sprint Car race
at the Riverside International Raceway,
Note: Yes, even sprint cars ran on road courses back in "the day".
1961:
Johnny Mackison won the Super Modified race
at the Susquehanna Speedway,
Bill
Randall won the
ARDC Midget race at the Thompson Int. Speedway,
1965:
Dave
Lundy won the
Sprint Car race over Bob Burris, Dick Bailey, Steve Ungar and Gus Linder at the Greater Pittsburgh Speedway,
Ernie
McCoy won the
ARDC Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway,
1966:
Bob
Smith won the
Super Modified race over Nolan Swift, Bentley Warren, Todd Gibson and Norm Mackereth at the Oswego Speedway,
Note: Isn’t Bentley still
racing?
1967:
Jerry
Wall won the
ARDC Midget race at the Nazareth Raceway,
Jerry
Karl won the
URC Sprint Car race over Joe Csiki, Tom Price, Lou
Johnson and Bob Wilkey at the Whiteman Stadium,
Note # 1: I found the above to be quite
interesting – the URC, from here on the east coast, having a race out in
Note # 2: I come to find out that I found a “typo”
error on the website I frequent for this info. I inquired with them, and I received a
couple of responses, which were:
Hi
Tom,
Thanks for contacting us about the history
section of our website!
It appears that you've caught an error. I'll have
my dad look into it as he's the expert with that stuff (I think he has the URC
history book). I believe the event is correct but the location appears to be a
cut-and-paste mistake. Hopefully we can get that corrected and the right info
back to you shortly.
Your column looks great!
Thanks again and
take care,
John
Tom,
Thanks for catching the typo. Don't know where the
The race results came
from http://www.openwheeltimes.com/
When
I started the history section it was one of many of my sources
. I now use old racing papers. I still have a stack of over 6 feet tall
of old papers that I have yet to go over for information and
results.
Thanks for checking out our site and if you have any more
information of history results that look bad please let us know. We also want
the information to be correct, thats why we now only use old race papers for our
information.
John Calla
Mike Calla
Wheels of Speed
http://www.wheelsofspeed.com/
Note # 3: They work fast! It has now been corrected to
read:
Jerry Karl won the URC Sprint Car race over Joe Csiki, Tom Price, Lou Johnson and Bob Wilkey at the Windber Stadium Speedway, Windber,PA.
1971:
Jan Opperman won the Super Sprint Car
race at the Williams Grove Speedway,
Bobby Gerhart won the Modified Stock Car
race at the Reading Fairgrounds,
1978:
Al
Unser won the
Schaefer 500 USAC Championship race on the 2.5 Mile Paved Oval Pocono
International Raceway, Long Pond, PA. Johnny Rutherford was second followed by
Tom Sneva, Wally Dallenbach
and Larry Dickson.
1996:
On June 25, 1996, there was
a
Oh yes, before I forget –
June 26th is the date that noted race photographer, and close friend
of mine, Ralph Corwin was born on.
I’m not positive as to what year he was born, I just know that Ralph is
“getting up there” and is joining us other “old pharts”, age wise.
Happy Birthday “L-1”!!
Coming up in the near
future:
Got
this one in an e-mail the other day, about July
8th:
What is so different about
the 8th of July this
year?
At
five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM on
the 8th of July this year, the
time and date will be
04:05:06 07/08/09.
This will never happen
again.
I
see fireworks are on tap for Accord, Penn Can and Stafford on Friday night, July
3rd and for OCFS, Five Mile Point and
Note: There might be a slight change to
something that I have, above. If
so, I should know by next week.
Coming up – in the distant future:
On the OCFS website, in the entry forms for Eastern States Weekend, they have the following classes listed: Big Block Modified, Small Block Modified, Sportsman, Pro Stock, Pure Stock and 305 Sprint Cars.
My thoughts:
This season, OCFS has gone independent. Just what that might result in entrants for ESW remains to be seen. With the exception of Accord, most every track in the area is sanctioned by DIRTcar. Unless something drastic changes, in my way of thinking, the track tire (American Racer) would have to be used at OC for ESW. That might keep some modified and small block modifieds away, along with some sportsman cars. In the sportsman class, if you run at a DIRTcar sanctioned track, a “Crate” engine is mandatory. At OCFS, it isn’t. If you run an “open” motor in the sportsman class, you must use steel wheels and weigh in at 2550. If you use a crate engine, you can weigh in at 2350, and aluminum wheel are optional. Maybe that 200 pound break for crate powered cars might see some of the DIRTcar guys enter. Time will tell, for sure.
As for the 305 Sprint Cars – things are still in the works, and it might very well be a Friday/Saturday – two-day deal, for them. Again, time will tell.
At this time, there really isn’t much info coming out of OC as to how many laps the features will be. I can see the modifieds still at 200. As for the Small Blocks, well, they (DIRTcar) did shorten the race from what was 150 laps down to 100. Maybe back to 150? It would be nice to see a return of the “Barbara and Neil Luce Memorial” race for the Sportsman, at ESW – something else that has gone by the wayside.
Racing on TV:
Check out what’s on TV, racing wise, here: http://www.racefantv.com/USTV.htm
If you’re an Indy car fan, they will be at
Other forums/message boards
and websites:
From the Track Forum - http://www.trackforum.com/forums/
Did you watch the Cup race from
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125080
Doing away with the Truck Series? Well, someone has started a thread on this on the TF. Interested? Check it out, here:
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125167
There was a short thread about the midget race at Iowa Speedway – the same track that the Indycar race was held on, this past Sunday. Brad Kuhn was the top qualifier with a time of 23.113 for the 7/8 mile oval. I thought I’d go to my “How to figure out MPH” page and I find out that Brad averaged 136.28 MPH. I wonder what his top speed was?
If you’re interested in how they timed and how they
finished – a young man from
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125001
Note: In case you want to figure out your MPH for a lap at your track, or any track, below is one way of doing it. You just have to convert the track distance from miles to feet.
To
figure out your average speed:
Track distance: 1/4 mile –
1320’ 1/5
mile – 1056’
divided by
time
X
3600
divided by
5280
example: 1056 divided by 14.85 =
71.11111111
X
3600 = 256000
divided by 5280 = 48.48
MPH
I do believe there are also other formulas for figuring out speed, too.
From Jayski - http://www.jayski.com/
The
following news items were found here:
http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#toy
on Monday
UPDATE:
Word in the Infineon Raceway garage over the week was that
Note: In a way, I’m kind of surprised on this
from
Spec Engines for
NNS/Trucks? Detroit's NASCAR people are
talking with NASCAR officials about a new 'spec' engine ('crate' engine) program
for the Truck and Nationwide series, which could be supplied by a 'consortium'
of engineers from the four NASCAR car makers, Toyota, Ford, Dodge and Chevry. However NASCAR executives have so far shown little
interest in such a program. According to one
Note: Hmm, interesting, for sure. I can’t see it happening, though. Again, check out the thread below in the
TF section on Trucks.
Kahne to
UPDATE:
And speculation that Richard Petty and Kasey Kahne
could switch to Toyotas as soon as July? Lee White, head of
UPDATE 4: sources inside the walls at
RPM say plans have been made to field Toyota Camrys
for Kasey Kahne beginning in mid-August, as soon as
team officials finalize a financial settlement package with Dodge. Those
negotiations have reportedly taken a sudden turn in recent days, though, with
the possibility now existing for Kahne and his RPM
teammates to remain in the Dodge camp, after all.(Sirius
Speedway)(6-23-2009)
Note: Hey, one never knows until one sees
those headlight decals, right?
How much does GM pay to
teams?
While no one is saying how much General Motors is cutting its financial support
from teams, at least one court document puts a price tag on it. Try $2,538,750.
And that's to one Cup team. A court
document [click to view pdf] shows that GM was to
have paid RCR Enterprises, LLC (i.e. Richard Childress Racing) that amount on
June 15. Childress spoke Friday at Infineon Raceway about the GM situation.
Asked if he received his June 15 payment from GM, Childress said: "That's kind
of personal. I didn't ask you if you got your paycheck this week.'' If nothing
else, that gives you a sense of some of the money that's out there and involved
in this sport. Childress would not reveal what kind of cutbacks GM is making
with his team. Asked if he would have to lay anyone off, Childress said: "I
don't know really what all is going to happen. We're going to have to make cuts
like everybody in the sport or in business. We don't want to cut performance.
For sure, we're not going to cut performance. We'll cut a lot of other things
before that.''(Virginian-Pilot)(6-20-2009)
Note: Not only has GM, Chrysler and
From
Tuesday:
RCR to scale back to two
teams? UPDATE -
Statement:
There is speculation that Chevy team owner Richard Childress may have to cut
back to a two-car operation next season, if the Shell [#29-Harvick] and Jack
Daniels [#07-Casey Mears] sponsorships are not renewed. Childress says he
intends to have four Cup teams again next year, but conceded sponsorship issues
remain to be resolved. Childress, through the
UPDATE 3 - denied: (On Kasey Kahne): Been told by sources within Richard Petty
Motorsports that there are no plans to switch manufacturers with any of their
Sprint Cups teams in 2009.(6-23-2009)
UPDATE
4: sources inside the walls at RPM say plans have been made to field Toyota
Camrys for Kasey Kahne
beginning in mid-August, as soon as team officials finalize a financial
settlement package with Dodge. Those negotiations have reportedly taken a sudden
turn in recent days, though, with the possibility now existing for Kahne and his RPM teammates to remain in the Dodge camp,
after all.(Sirius
Speedway)(6-23-2009)
Note: Can this be just the tip of the iceberg
as far as race teams having financial problems. Just how big might this get to
be?
EGR to
Note: As I’ve said, above, on a few occasions
– time will tell. Check out those
headlight decals.
From Wednesday:
"The King"
dicusses Toyota rumors: Tuesday, June 23rd on “Sirius Speedway” on
SIRIUS NASCAR Radio, host Dave Moody spoke with NASCAR legend Richard Petty.
Petty was asked about the rumors that Richard Petty Motorsports driver Kasey
Kahne might be switching from a Dodge to a
Host, Dave
Moody: “Lot of rumors swirling around about Kasey Kahne and a possible affiliation with
Richard
Petty: “Exactly what you
just said. That’s how much I know about it, too. It’s all swirling around. You
grab some of it. I don’t really know, okay? And I don’t think anybody knows
right now exactly where we’re sitting, what we’re gonna do, what’s gonna happen, you know, three weeks from now let alone the
beginning of next year. We’re like everybody else. We’re trying to put ourselves
together with our sponsor deals, make sure we’ve got monetary deals to be able
to go do the deal. Then we’re going to look at whatever we think is going to be
the best for Richard Petty Motorsports in the short run and the long run.
Because after being here for 50 or 60 years anyway I’m not looking for a quick
fix, okay? We’re trying to put stuff together so that we can go on down the road
next year, the year after next, the year after that. What happens? I don’t know.
We’re open about anything right now to look at. So we’re going to put everything
on the table and then we’re going to say, ‘Okay, this happens and that happens
and this over here happens.’ Then we hope we’ll make the right decisions on
where we go. Other than that, that’s about all I know about
it.”
Moody: “I know you’ve been fiercely loyal to Dodge over the years
but at the end of the day loyalty doesn’t feed the dog, does
it?”
Petty: “Well, you’ve got to look at it from the
standpoint that can Dodge be loyal to us now that the government owns Chrysler,
okay, or whoever owns it? So I don’t know if the people that are head of what’s
going on right now, are they race fans? If they are then that’s going to be
great. But if they’re not then, you know, it affects so many people and there’s
so much going on out there, under the table deal or under the ground, that we don’t know about. So what Dodge does next
year or what Chevrolet does or what Ford does or
Moody: “Would it be
even theoretically feasible to field two different brands of race cars out of
the same race shop? Could that be done?”
Petty: “You know, I’ve asked the same question.
(laughs) Really, I have. I said, ‘What if?’ And I think
that’s what we’re gonna have to do. We’re gonna have to say, ‘What if?’ and then see if it’s done and
what would it be to be able to do something like that. The problem I see with
running two different kinds of cars out of the same shop is basically the engine
shop. The cars have got the same wheels, same brakes, same chassis, same basic body so all that stuff would be easy. The big deal
was how could you do the motor situation? That would be the big question mark. I
don’t know if it’s ever been done but if it could be done we could probably do
it.”
“SIRIUS Speedway” airs every weekday (3-7 pm ET) exclusively on SIRIUS
NASCAR Radio.(SIRIUS XM Radio)(6-24-2009)
Note: Again, watch those headlight
decals.
Infineon TV
ratings drop: TNT’s coverage
of Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Infineon Raceway
earned a 4.0 cable rating, Street
& Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily reports. The
rating is 7.0% lower than the 4.3 cable rating TNT earned for the 2008 race.
This year’s race averaged 5.788 million viewers, down 3.8% from last year’s
6.015 million viewers. For its first three Sprint Cup races this season, TNT is
averaging a 3.9 cable rating and 5.483 million viewers, down 9.3% and 5.1%,
respectively, from the 4.3 rating and 5.780 million viewers last year, the Daily
reports.(SceneDaily), see race-by-race and more TV Ratings news
on my 2009 TV Ratings
page.(6-24-2009)
Note: Nothing new here. Supposedly all those “millions” of fans that NASCAR claims it has, either don’t watch the races on TV, don’t have TV’s, or got messed up in this “digital TV” switcheroo. I know that when the race came on in my area, we watched a good portion of it from our dining room table.
Dirt Track Digest’s
forum: http://www.dirttrackdigest.com/forum/index.php?
Check out the forum! Lotsa stuff on
it!
OCFS - http://www.orangecountyfairspeedway.net/
Racing at OCFS this past weekend was cancelled – not because of the weather forecast, but because the state said so. Why it was is mentioned at the very beginning of this column.
As of Monday, June 22nd, it appears that the problem/problems (?) have been taken care of enough to let them race there this coming Saturday.
As for the offer of $4.00 off (with orange wrist bands) from the “Big Show” night, I’ve been told that yes, it will be in effect but only for the drive-in section and the grandstands. Not in the pits. Also, this coming Saturday is billed as “Graduation Night”
And, again, from above, at the beginning of this column:
“Well, I had heard, late on Wednesday, that due to the poles getting there late, the work will not be done in a timely and satisfactory manner, so for this Saturday night, it sure looks like it is a no go. Yeah, and the weather forecast looked good, too.” The Press Release is also posted, above.
Link to newspaper article – again:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090624/SPORTS/90624037
“Mother Nature” took care of racing at
Hamlin
Like
Accord - http://www.accordspeedway.com/
You got it! “Mother Nature” won another one last Friday night at the “Big A”. Fireworks are scheduled for July 3rd – the kind that go up into the sky, that is. More than likely, there’ll be fireworks on the track, too!
OVRP’s Dirt Oval - http://www.ovrpdirtoval.com/
Like those tracks, above, the Dirt Oval also got rained out this past weekend. What hurts is that they will be closed this coming Saturday and also on July 4th – more than likely to satisfy the town and their requirement of at least one “quiet” weekend a month. But to do two weeks in a row? Then again, how were they to know what the weather was going to be. At OVRP, they race on the road course on Saturday and also on most Sundays, too. Would it be beneficial for the Dirt Oval to use Sunday as a rain date for Saturdays?
Former OVRP Dirt Oval
runners:
Last
week, I neglected to put in that RJ Tufano was
6th in the 1200 Mini Sprint feature up at
Up
at
At
Penn Can, in the modifieds, Danny Creeden was a DNQ.
In the sportsman feature, Nick Pecko was
6th and Brian Krummel
7th.
At
Utica/Rome, AJ Filbeck was 11th in the
sportsman feature.
The
CRSA 305 sprinters ran up at Albany/Saratoga and Billy VanInwegen, Jr. was 7th. Chuck Alessi
was 17th and Benny Rizzo was 18th.
Up
in
At Five Mile Point this past Tuesday, in the RoC Sportsman feature, Anthony Perrego was 13th and Mike Ruggiero 24th. I believe Nick Pecko went there, but since he’s not listed in the feature results, I imagine he was a DNQ.
Family members in
racing:
With the rain this
past weekend, our Micro Sprint spend a lonely Saturday
night in the garage. Next weekend,
our driver will graduate from high school, so it looks like another quiet
weekend for the racecar. What the
following weekend holds is anyone’s guess right now – Hamlin (wingless) or
Greenwood Valley Action Track (with wing).
We’d love to get Brett into one of the CRSA’s
305 sprint cars – for sure.
As
for grandson John, he returned to
Other racin’ stuff:
This past Sunday, we caught a few glimpses of
the Formula One race from
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125091
I see that out of the 46 entrants for the Cup
race this coming weekend at Loudon, noted modified star, Ted Christopher is one
of them, in a car # 27, entered by Kirk Shelmerdine.
The asphalt NASCAR modifieds run up there, too, and I imagine in time, their
race might make TV. I believe that
the modifieds are restricted. Even so, I think they’re as fast as the
Cup cars.
More
racin’ stuff:
The
other day, on the pre-race NASCAR show, Alan Bestwick
happened to make mention of how much NASCAR goes and does as far as “protecting”
pit crew members, safety wise. Of
course I cursed at the TV, asking why the h*ll do they
allow upwards of 43 cars to pit at once, then, when there’s a yellow early in a
race? I’m completely in favor of no
pitting under yellow, unless you are the one that cause the
yellow.
I
also think that the double file re-starts (this is NOT a NASCAR idea, folks,
believe me!) should include the lapped cars in position as they were on the
track – if there were a couple of cars between them and the leader, that should
also be the case when the green comes back out. As an example – during the “Big
Show” at OCFS a week ago, just prior to it being checkered on lap 59, the cars
were running under yellow. Billy
Decker was leading. Danny Johnson
was 2nd. There were 6
cars between them. Billy worked
hard to lap those cars. Danny, or
anyone else that could have been second, should also have had to work hard to
get those cars a lap down.
And please, don’t get me going on that ridiculous “Lucky dog” cr*p.
Bill Wimble:
Are/were you a fan of Bill
Wimble – the “Dirt poor dairy farmer who went on to be a NASCAR National
Champion”? Well, if so, you’re in
for a treat! Bill sat down with Lew
Boyd from Coastal 181, and the book, “I’ll Never Be Last Again”, is the end
result.
The
book will be released at a book-signing event at the Utica-Rome Speedway on July
22, 2009.
Coastal 181 is offering
autographed copies, with free shipping, on orders placed by July 21, 2009. The books will be shipped in late
July.
Price: $26.95 with no charge for S&H if
ordered by July 21st. A
$6.00 charge is in effect for orders after that date.
You
can order online at: http://www.coastal181.com/
Or,
by telephone at: 877-907-8181 (toll
free)
Or,
by mail: Send check or money order
to:
Coastal
181
Note: Those folks at Coastal 181 are great
people.
The History of the
Sport:
The problem that arose up above in my “Going back, in
time” section, about the URC and
http://www.urcsprints.com/history-atw.php
Video
time:
Champ (Silver Crown) cars at
“This particular race was delayed by rain (and then mud) for
quite some time. ABC's Wide World of Sports covered the race live. They even
spent time showing A.J. Foyt driving a road grader to
help smooth out the track. In those days the starting field on dirt tracks was
limited to 18 cars and just qualifying was tough. Because of the rain every car
that showed up got to race (28 cars) and the field was simply determined by a
draw for position. That's how Larry Dickson got on the pole that day. The entire
field took the green flag without a single lap of practice. What's even more
amazing is that more people watched this race on television that day than have
ever watched an IRL race outside of the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRGpEjGfROk&feature=related
You
might want to click onto some of the other videos that are shown on the
right.
Link to the article: http://www.trackforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125169
Other
(non racing) news:
In
my local paper this past Monday, there was an article about how some of the
local car dealers feel about being “let go” by the manufacturers. Rather interesting. Might the same apply to new car dealers
in your area?
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090622/BIZ/906220328
Do
you have a pet? We do. His name is Max. He’s a Shih Tzu. Lovable little fella, he is.
But there are some animals out there that are in need of help, along with
the people that help them. Check
this out, please:
The Animal Rescue
Site
The Animal Rescue Site is
having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily so they can meet their
quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It
takes less than a minute (about 15 seconds) to go to their site and click on the
purple box 'fund food for animals for free'. This doesn't cost you a
thing.
Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily
visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for
advertising.
Here's the web site! Please pass it along to at least ten
people you know. http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
AGAIN, PLEASE TELL 10
FRIENDS!
Thanks!
Note: The above was sent to Pete Kessler, from
an old friend, Elaine Allen, so he could post it on his Victory Speedway message
board.
Closing with
this:
Something VERY different, this week, folks:
I’ve
received a few e-mails lately that have had this, below. Maybe you have too?
YOU
MAY
have seen
this before, but it demonstrates just how badly disconnected
Lets, say I break into your house,
A lady wrote
the best letter in the Editorials
in ages!!! It explains things better than
all
the baloney you hear on TV.
Her
point:
Recently
large demonstrations have taken place
across the country protesting the fact
that Congress
is finally addressing the issue of illegal
immigration.
Certain
people are angry that
the
borders,
might make it harder
to sneak into this country and,
once here, to stay
indefinitely.
Let me see if
I correctly understand
the thinking behind these protests.
Let's say I
break into your house.
Let's say that when you discover
me in your house,
you insist that I leave.
But I
say, 'No! I like
it here.
It's better
than my house. I've made all
the beds and washed the
dishes and did the
laundry
and swept the floors. I've
done all the things you don't
like to do. I'm hard-working
and honest
(except for
when I broke into your house).
According to
the protesters:
You are
Required to let me
stay in your house
You are
Required
to feed
me
You are
Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
You are
Required to Educate my kids
You are
Required to Provide
other benefits to me & to my family
My husband
will do all of your yard work because
he is also hard-working and honest.
(except for that breaking in
part).
If you try
to call the police or force me out,
I will call my friends who will picket
your
house carrying signs that proclaim my
RIGHT to be
there.
It's only
fair, after all, because you have
a nicer house than I do, and I'm just
trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working
and honest, person, except
for well,
you know, I did break into your house
And what a
deal it is for me!!!
I live in
your house, contributing only a
fraction of the cost of my keep, and
there is nothing you can do about it
without being accused of cold,
uncaring, selfish,
prejudiced, and
bigoted behavior.
Oh yeah, and
I DEMAND that you learn
MY
LANGUAGE!!! so that you can
communicate with
me.
Why can't
people see how ridiculous
this is?!
If you agree,
pass it on (in English).
If not blow
it off.........
along with
your future Social Security funds and a lot of the former benefits of
being an American Citizen
I should add this, from what was to be my April 8, 2009 column – one that should have appeared on http://www.openwheelracers.com/, but unfortunately, that website stopped publication on April 7th. In a way, it has something to do with the above “Breaking into your house”.
I’m not exactly sure how I got this info, but anyhow, here it is:
“THREE
PRESIDENTS
Here is
something that should be of great interest for you to pass around.
I didn't
know of this until it was pointed out to me. But, back during The Great
Depression,
President Herbert
Hoover ordered the
deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order
To make jobs available to
American citizens that desperately needed
work.
Harry
Truman deported over
two million Illegal's after WWII to create jobs
for returning veterans.
And then again in 1954, President
Dwight
Eisenhower deported 13 million Mexican nationals! The program was called 'Operation
Wetback' so that American WWII and Korean veterans had a better
chance at jobs. It took 2 Years, but they deported them!
Now, if they
could deport the illegal's back then, they can sure do it today!! If you have
doubts about the veracity of this information, enter Operation Wetback into your favorite search engine and
confirm it for yourself.”
Oh – I did
check out “Operation Wetback”. It
confirms what is said, above.
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