Category: Things

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.

Nothing warms the cockles of my heart like getting off work after an extraordinarily long day (in what has been a long week) and finding the road to my house blocked with police and firetrucks and county workers’ trucks. Did I saw warms the cockles, I think I meant burns my a**!!! Last night I arrived home to no water. Today, I have trouble arriving home and after parking at a nearby grocery store and walking a mile home, I am feeling less than loving toward my complex. Continue reading “Wednesday, Post Martinsville, Pre Off-Week (AGAIN)”

Raceday dawns rainy and cold in Martinsville, Virginia.   Jimmie joins the 50 wins club with a lovely Race Day interview with Jimmie, Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett – the other two members of the 50 wins club. Jimmie says he wants to get more life experience and more experience in the sport before he starts running his mouth and being a voice in the sport. Humble to the end, he is.  It’s been drizzling off and on throughout the pre-race shows.  The weather bimbo has shown us a huge band of rain to the west of the speedway. Continue reading “2010 Spring Martinsville Sunday”