Category: Sports

The ash cloud continues…I don’t think Iceland has been in the international news this much, ever!

The rain is still making an impact at Texas Motor Speedway, but the jet dryers are on the track. The forecast is bleak for the Nationwide Race tonight, but the Sprint Cup race is a possibility. I hope NASCAR doesn’t go for the halfway is good enough. Jeff Gordon says he didn’t help as much with getting Kasey signed as he did with Jimmie Johnson and with Mark Martin.

I can only imagine what Pooh would be saying watching Hammond in his cowboy hat. He’s such a clown. It makes me wonder though how long this team will stay together on Fox DW and Hollywood Hammond. If they switch out Chris Myers – fine – but I worry they’ll put Larry Mc or Krista Voda in one of those positions and make it all painful. Fox has pretty much decided we’ll get you hooked, then you’ll stay, no matter how we change things. Myers seems to be an old fashioned tv guy, which is outdated these days. While I cringe at the horrible new tv folks with their untrained voices, I also cringe at Myers with his horrific jokes and booming laugh. There’s a lot to be said for the middle path – trained voices, not as loud, and fewer jokes by unfunny people. A girl can dream…. Continue reading “Spring 2010 Texas Sunday”

I’m sitting here watching Race Day and getting revved up for the race.  I didn’t realize until last night that it was a Saturday night race.  Night races are not among my favorites, overall, but okay.   I was just watching Laila Ali and Carl Edwards.  Laila looks good and happy.  It seems the time out of the spotlight recently has been good for her.  Carl on the other hand looks tired, hot and aggravated.  This doesn’t bode well for his race this evening.  I think last night’s race took a lot out of him, bugs, wrecks, restarts, and all.

So this race starts an hour earlier and is 63 laps longer.  I was wondering why.  There’s been so much talk about shortening the races.  Kurt Busch, of all people, answered the question for me.  Apparently the sponsor wanted an extra gimmick, so we now have the 600KM race.  One good thing about the longer race is that they will have an extra pit stop so it won’t end up a gas mileage race, which is just ahead of short-track races in my book.  Tonight is Elliott Sadler’s 400th career start.  He’s been a part of the sport for 12 years.  Yay Elliott!!!  Jimmie said he doesn’t know what to expect, which makes me kinda hopeful.  Jimmie rubbed Chani’s baby bump and Hermie said he wasn’t going to talk about Jimmie’s glasses, because the last time he did, she didn’t like it. Continue reading “2010 Spring Phoenix Saturday”

The black and blue hair is no more.  Amanda said the new hair brought him bad luck so Spank-Boy is almost a hairless wonder and with about 18 drivers having qualified at this point Scott Speed is three-tenths off the track record and on the pole.  I hope he stays there.

The Nationwide Boys are practicing and racing today.  Leffler says the one thing he can promise is we won’t see any incidences like Leffler vs Buescher in Bristol…  in the next three races (for which he’s on probation as a result of the incident in Bristol).

The Sprint Cup practice was more of a spin-a-thon than the Nationwide practice; Kyle spun, Smoke spun, Marcos spun, and Jimmie spun.  They all caught the cars so they didn’t get damaged the way that Michael Annett and John Wes Townley got in the Nationwide practice.

Clint Bowyer is going to run the Nationwide race tonight.  John Wes has been pulled from that car. Continue reading “2010 Spring Phoenix Nationwide Friday”

I read a little while ago that a friend is dead – most likely by his own hand.  I met Chris through a friend, his former manager James Mitchell.  He was a sweet person, but sad.  I would like to say this news surprises me, but it doesn’t.  He was one of the people I hoped would eventually learn to live and learn to love his life.  When pro wrestling was no longer a full-time option I worried about him.  In my experience it is the rare few who can flourish after leaving the business.  Most people who choose a career in and around the ring only thrive while in the business, but they tend to flounder without it.  Chris was one of those people.  Pro wrestlers are a breed apart.   I am grateful that world exists to give these special people a place to shine.  It saddens me that the wrestling world has become so small there was no longer a place for Chris to shine.   He could have been a superstar in times past – in the days of the territories.  He had the physical gifts and the desire to be at the top.  Sadly he was born too late for the territory system; too late to take his proper place in the business.   I hope he’s free and his spirit is soaring!  Rest in Peace Chris…Rest in Peace.