Again, I am please to inform Jerm's Joint patrons that the bar's name will once
again be carried on Dale Jr's hood for this event, along with the proprietor's
name and his little brother.  For your chance, go to AMP energy's website,
register...this year the names are only going on the hood so act fast!

Also, we have entered for a chance to be on the hood of Clint Bowyer's #33 for
the race in Daytona.  This will not be known until after June 30th!!!

First, I would like to premise this column by stating that Bill Weber is
still a penis with ears, and there's a reason they called Wally "Still-in-back"
when he was racing.  TNT continues to prove why they only get seven races per
season (and even that is too many) by botching up race coverage.  Mainly, too
many commercials, and falling asleep at the wheel during pit stops, cautions,
you name it.  Okay, maybe the commercial thing is psychological, but it sure
didn't seem like Fox had as many.  Anyway, bring in ESPN/ABC and get this show
on the road.
      With the economy in its current situation, I guess we shouldn't be
surprised by the ENORMOUS amount of empty seats at Michigan today.  However,
being in the Big Three's back yard, it was nonetheless disappointing to see MIS
a mere ghost town of its former self.  Being the sister track of California,
it's hard to say with a straight face that racing here has been exciting, even
though it was the first track I witnessed my first cup race.  However, tracks
are sinking ticket prices in an effort to bring us back to their venues, and
Michigan is a scenic, comfortable place to see 'em trade paint.  It gives us
midwesterners, who most live an eon from a track, a chance to see big time
racing.  Is consumer confidence that low and combined with the economic
situation that people just opted to stay home?  Probably, and it's a shame. 
Today's race was a sleeper with the exception of the last lap, so us folks who
watched from afar got our money's worth.
      NASCAR is certainly trying.  The double file, shootout style restarts are a
HUGE step in the right direction to try and compensate for the turds formally
known as the COT.  It appears the sanctioning body is recognizing that the car
with the cleanest air can't be caught, and something was going to have to
change.  My only hope is that this is step one of a 12-step program. 
Understand, I thought the last lap was awesome!  Yet, we don't go to races to
see only one of 200 laps of real racing.  This is kind of the reason I have been
watching the NASCAR Whelen All American Series at my local track this summer. 
True grit, real racing, and raw passion for 30 laps.  Letting it all hang out
for a few hundred bucks so everyone else will have penis envy until next
weekend.  To me, cup racing use to be much more exciting before they went to the
blob they are putting on the track now.  In the end, it was great to see the old
man pull off another victory!
      However, when we as fans, don't come out to support NASCAR in Motor City's
back yard, I believe a message is being sent.  Sure, the extra money isn't there
right now, but Bristol and Daytona sure brought in the crowds, yet you could
piss off your back porch from Brooklyn and hit Detroit is kinda like the queen
throwing a party and no one showing.  A silent petition if you will.  We
recognize that the teams are hurting as well as the announcement from GM came
down before race weekend.  As fans, though, we are greedy, and we have earned
that right through outrageous ticket prices, getting bent over backwards at the
souvenier haulers, and paying five bucks for a hamburger.  Fans deserve more, we
demand better, and today was proof that we better get it!
      So far, my summer has been insane which accounts for my absence in this
column.  I've written a couple blogs for Bump-Drafts.com, but for the most part,
watching a race is about all I have time.  However, today's event struck a
nerve...actually it was un-nerving to see the empty seats.  I wonder if the
mainstream race media will make mention?

Ah, a hot, humid Friday night in late May here in southwest Ohio.  What more do
you need than to be able to see the haze in the trees, the June Bugs pinging off
the track lights, the combined fragrance of 110 octane and scorching rubber? 
Throw in a couple hundred intoxicated rednecks oozing Bud Light and Budweiser
from their pores, and I am in heaven.

Kil Kare Speedway, located in Xenia, Ohio has been a NASCAR "home track" for 19
years, but has existed since 1951.  Then, a dirt fifth-mile oval, was renovated
in 1955 into the third-mile, D-shaped oval it is known for today.  Next door,
the NHRA saw a golden opportunity in 1959 when the Green County Airport
relocated to establish a sanctioned drag strip, and has been a southwest central
Ohio icon of motor sports since.  Occasionally, when my schedule permits, I will
attend the round track on Friday nights, and the quarter mile showdowns on
Saturdays.  Running the NASCAR Whelen All American Series, Sports Stock,
Modified, and Compact Divisions weekly, May 22ND also offered fans a glimpse of
what it would be like if your school bus drivers lost their marbles and went on
a rampage.  That's right folks, school bus racing, concluded by a subsequent
demolition derby of said vehicles.  However, I digress...

Now, I am about to mention names that none of you will be familiar with, but
work just as hard, if not harder than the guys in the big leagues.  They work a
regular job all week, sweat in their garages at night, and bleed petrol on the
weekends.  These men and women are everyday folk like the rest of us, and as
such, are racers.  Usually, it's the NASCAR Whelen All American Series that puts
on the best show, and Friday was no exception, and it is amazing to see the
amount of action in a mere 30-lap feature.  Caution laps do not count, so on
occasion, the events can be a bit daunting, but not this night.  On lap four, a
normally dominant Tony Brunke (29) was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and
ended up on the roll back after face planting the wall in turn two.  A hard
enough hit to red flag the event for nearly 20 minutes.  Not to be upstaged by
Tony, a five car pile-up ensued on lap 10, but most spectacularly landed Ricky
Bates (8) literally on top of Don Mahaffey (99) right in front of our
grandstand.  All around got a true appreciation for what the underside of the
NASCAR Whelen All American Series cars look like from the bottom.  Of course
this resulted in another red flag, but all drivers walked away from their
respective crashes unscathed.  Virgil Powell (78), who had dominated the entire
feature, found himself racing a tad too hard into turn two on lap 27 and
discovered his rear trying to pass his front producing a tire smoke cloud so
thick that visibility was nil.  This opened the door for Justin Alsip (28) to
take command and remain at the top of the point standings, taking the checkered
flag in one of the best feature events I had seen at this facility in quite some
time.

If you have never witnessed a modified race, you are missing out folks!  Low to
the ground, sliding through turns, and rubbing tires for 30 laps kept me on the
edge of my wooden bleacher from green to checkered.  My hometown favorite, and
firefighter, Ralph Harrod (28), from the Springfield Fire Division held the lead
going into the final laps of the feature.  However, perhaps he was too hungry as
Jack Jones (20), was able to get a nose under him in the closing laps after
getting loose and drive away to the finish.

I don't want to take away from the Sports Stock and Compact Divisions, as Shawn
Stansell (40) and Tim Haerr (8) won their feature events respectively, but the
excitement isn't as great for the fans in these divisions as the cars are much
slower and the fans don't seem to respond as they do to the NWAAS and the NWMS.

However, racing for nothing but pure entertainment, laughs, and bragging rights,
many of these same drivers took to some retired school buses, strapped in, put
their balls to the wall to take on the infield figure eight configuration at Kil
Kare for some nail biting, tire rubbing, sheet metal grinding racing only to
conclude by a demolition derby of these same vehicles until there were none left
standing!  Complete with vandalistic-style spray paint jobs, each bus
represented in its own, unique way, and if your wondering, a short bus won the
feature!  A true exciting moment as the derby was winding down, was when one of
the buses (which are higher than the retaining wall) was backed into the
concrete resulting in about a ten foot, 3-D view of what a bus looks like coming
through a catch fence!  Fortunately, no spectators were injured in the incident,
but I am sure it is something track owners will evaluate for next school bus
race in August.  Let me assure those who have children riding school buses daily
that after witnessing this event, these are perhaps the most durable vehicles on
the road!

The lesson here?  If you go to a hometown track, you may not know the drivers,
or be familiar with the different divisions, but you will be treated to racing
as it was in its infancy.  Raw, aggressive, and emotionally charged like it was
meant to be.  The drivers put it all out there for nothing more than a photo op,
a smile, a few hundred bucks, and us, the fans.  I encourage you all to find
your closest NASCAR hometown track, and you will discover racing as it should
be.

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this just eats my fuckin head man...

After months of sitting back and letting members, and administrators bash Dale
Jr. Jerm finally had enough and has officially opened up a can of whoop ass.  I
haven't bashed any drivers other than Kyle The Keebler Elf as of late, while
fans of other drivers have continued their onslaught of Jr including one of my
"employers". Well, I have had enough and I don't give a toted tators ass what
they think any longer.

Folks, forgot to post that on May 4th, the regular flavored barley wine was
sampled and I am proud to say it was a success.  Just finished a level 2
Raspberry Bottle, and I have to say that it tastes similar to a Welsh Ale and
barley wine mixed with a summer hint of Raspberries...teases the back of the
tongue, but the jury may still be out.  Will cleanse the pallet, and try a third
level.

Wow, the aggravating issue here is that I nearly had this article signed,
sealed, and delivered when my computer decided to magically make it disappear. 
However, I will attempt to bring the same style back to my second attempt, in my
usual sense of sarcasm and disgust as I possessed in my first.  The head NASCAR
Nazi, Brian France, went on record at Homestead last season stating he wanted to
see the return of raw emotion amongst his drivers, and get back to a little "old
school" type dealing with on and off-track incidents.  Darrell Waltrip, in his
infinite wisdom, has even supported the same subject, going on record weekly in
his FOX broadcasts, going as far as hinting that racing is boring and that wee
need to see some bumping and grinding going on.  Apparently, Brian France has
not implemented his own wish, and John Darby didn't get the memo.

I am not 100% sure, but I am nearly certain Casey Mears has never made a trip to
the principal's office after a race during his career.  If he has, it never made
main-stream and wasn't deemed important enough to stress.  Like him or not, no
one can say that Dale Jr. has made a habit of being a trouble maker, and most
would actually find it refreshing to see a little bit of his old man coming out
him Saturday night.  Frustrated over yet another ill-handling race car, I don't
believe for one instant that Casey intentionally moved Jr.  Yet Dale chose to
take out said frustration by believing the otherwise, and showing his
disapproval of being bumped.  Casey, taking the "It wasn't my fault" approach,
repaid the visit after the cool down lap.  So, with Brian France basically
wishing for the return of the "It was one of those racin'deals" philosophy
doesn't intervene as NASCAR levels probation for the next six events for both
drivers.  If the return of grass-roots racing is his desire, then this should
have never even been given a second glance, let alone penalizing two drivers who
have probably already hashed this out.  True, the penalty is minute, but it is
still there.

So NASCAR, in its typical silver-tongued ways says one thing, yet clearly still
holds on to the continuing sterility it implements resulting in boring racing,
no emotion, and constant political correctness.  If NASCAR had let that go, a
new rivalry would have been created, whether true between drivers or not, the
fans would have taken this and run with it, maybe they will still, but we cannot
even let a spark escape, let alone something like a full blow rivalry.

For a limited time, we have Woodpecker Cider from England which is a hard find
here in Ohio.

Also, got shipment notification today that Tona from Nicaragua is on its way via
six pack.

Has gone to bottle.  Now, if I have finally mastered the hydrometer science, it
should be about 9-10% ABV...some pretty powerful stuff.  It will be available in
three different levels of flavor.  Barley Wine, Mild Raspberry, and "very"
raspberry.  It will be sampled in two weeks, but truly ready for consumption in
3-4 wks just in time for summer brew season.

I read the other day about the parking of the number 8 car, and I am
taken with what Tony Stewart said two years ago, "that place will be a
ghost town" in reference to Dale Jr's leaving the organization his
father had established with Teresa. Now, I read one in particular that
said, "it's just a number...." Yeah Barb, I am referencing you, but I'm
not callin ya out on this one. See, someone asked me onetime, "So, since
chevy's in trouble, what'll you do when Dale's driving a Toyota in the
next few years?" To which I replied, "I don't care if he's in a 1956
Studebaker with the number X-1 on it, I'd be rooting for him just the
same."

The number 8, driven by a host of drivers, made most famous by Dale Jr,
is pretty much what Barb said. It's just a number. It holds no magic, it
holds no special force that makes it superior to say, the 43 or the 3
cars. However, I do wish to say this, when Jr was driving that car, and
he was winning, and that sucker was Budweiser red with that number 8
that everyone knew you could cut in half and it would look like his
daddy's number 3 on there, it did hold a certain stigmata. It did become
the biggest selling die cast in Nascar, it outsold the other top
driver's die casts, combined. Let me say that again, combined. When the
88 die cast was issued, it became the biggest selling Nascar die cast in
history, just based on the orders ALONE. Now, in the spirit of, "it's
just a number", well, you're right, it's just a number, because no die
cast is going to see that many units because the car has an 88 on it, or
because 'it's cute'.

What's funny, Hut Stricklin, Dale Jarrett, and Jeff Burton, to name a
few have also driven the number 8 car through out Nascar history. Hell,
it was a Ford product those times, just to flavor the stigmata of a
driver and his fan base. You see, Dale Jr once said, "I won't drive a
Ford, I won't ride in a Ford, my best friend is Matt Kenseth, and the
only problem I got with him is he drives a Ford". So, to take the point
further, brand of car is as innocuous as the number. It is all about the
driver.

In the end, I personally agree 100% with Barb, it's just a number.
However, there is a multitude out there, Earnhardt fan or no, that all
agree on one thing, Teresa screwed up on this one. I have see this typed
by fans of various drivers, and even some people that couldn't care
about Nascar at all. In the business perspective, this was a blunder.
Once you remove the driver from the company, the company went all
lemming like and made that proverbial jump off the cliff. Teaming up
with Gnassi has only proved to be a desperation move, that "any port in
the storm' mentality. One that I fear, will have Truex and Bass Pro
Shops either driving a Toyota next year, or Stewart's going to have a
third car in the stable.

Oh, one last thing, if no one pays attention, you better look out, I
believe that Jeff Burton is going to win the cup this year... I have
seen some things happening, and just like Matty in 2002 was it?, when
the luck of the racing gods just happen to favor your every mistake. You
don't have that kind of luck and not win that cup.. just my own
observations. I'll elaborate on this one later.

sorry no pics, computer crashed..

moi

PS, Hey Jerm! On that barley wine and it's 'test' that you mentioned.
Dude, there is a testing ban, didn't you know that? You need to um.. let
me sample that here first for you so that you don't get fined 100
drinkers points and 100 makers points. Just trying to save you some
grief there....LMAO

Forgot to mention, Threesome went to secondary fermentation on April 2nd where
it will remain for 20 days until bottling.   It will be at least an additional
three weeks after bottling before a "test run" is complete he he he

By the suggestion of Bar Tender emeritus, Michael, and some intense net search
by Big Dave, we have the above stated beer coming from Vintage Cellar in a very
limited quantity

Just wanted to take a moment here to thank my little bro Cody, for bringing me
back a race program from Bristol.  Not only did it come with a 1:64 diecast, but
also a shirt...obviously I can't fit into a large, but it is still pretty damn
cool!

In this modern, boring, sterile era of NASCAR, I thought it would be nice a
change of pace to go off-beat, and perhaps bring you a story that I would bet
most of you are unaware. In fact, my father, a good ol' school quarter mile,
muscle car guy was the one that laid the ground work for this piece. Indeed it
was something I didn't know about the one we have referred to as "The King" and
is a tribute to the stance that at least one driving organization took when the
France dictatorship was out of hand.

It was no secret that Big Bill favored the Chevys early in NASCAR's hay-day.
However, the 427 Mark IV was just too powerful and was the first to suffer the
dictorial ban set forth by the France regime. However, that same year of 1964,
Ford was crying tears in their beer as Chrysler tore up the tracks, dominating
the Grand National Division. Regardless of the fact that Ned Jarrett gave the
Pettys a run for their money in a Ford, it wasn't enough. Ford threatened to
boycott the 1965 season if the Hemis were not banned from NASCAR competition.
This was a possible move that concerned Big Bill greatly, enough to cave to
pressure and indeed, ban the Hemi from all NASCAR competition for the 1965
campaign.

However, the founder of NASCAR had no idea just how much this decision would
backfire, nearly sinking NASCAR before its modern era began. Chevy held true to
its ban, and Chrysler imposed a boycott of its drivers participating in the '65
run, thus leaving Fords and Mercurys the sole cars on the tracks. The public
stayed home in droves, and fincancially, was a disaster for NASCAR. Since the
Pettys were on Chrysler's payroll, they felt compelled to stay racing, some
way...some how.

Maurice Petty proved that he was not only professed at building NASCAR vehicles,
but wasn't too bad of a drag car fabricator, either. Racing in a Plymouth
Barracuda fastback, hauling a Hemi 426 under the hood, Richard lost only six
events in the spring and summer of 1965. Carrying the same number 43 as his
speedway car, his quarter mile monster was appropriately named "Outlawed".

Finally, on July 25th of 1965, Bill France relented. Under financial pressure
and howling mad track promoters, revisions were made to the rules to allow Hemis
back in competition. However, making it known his dislike of Chrysler, Big Bill
now favored Fords.

Just a little somethin' somethin' to let you know that at one time, Richard
Petty was not only the King of round track, but could take care of business on
the straight-aways as well.

This is an article run in my local paper, but runs at others nation-wide.

Fewer Tuning In

"Most NASCAR tracks have had ediffibulties filloing seats this season, a fact
largely attributed to the sagging economy. But TV ratings, which shouldn't be
impacted by money woes, also have dropped off from last year.

Atlanta Motor Speedway's Kobalt Tools 500 poasted a 5.5 rating, down 14% from
last year's 6.4. The three races prior to Atlanta also showed declines,
according to numbers in a release from Fox, which broadcasts the early season
events this year: Overall, NASCAR viewership is down 11% from last year.

Fox cited two on-track trends for the decline-fewer lead changes and more
caution periods. The first four races have averaged 14 lead changes vs. 30 in
2008.

Fox also points out that this season's 6.7 average is still more than double the
rating of the NBA on ABC (2.8) and is reater than the combined ratings of the
NBA on ABC, NCAA basketball on CBS, and PGA golf on other broadcasters (5.8
combined)."


Now, granted folks, the last paragraph is an attempt to close out the article
with a "glass half full" approach, I dedicate this article to all of you who
have filled my inbox with poopie emails telling me I am wrong about on-track
competition. The national media has finally obtained the juevos to put it in
print. I make a comment regarding fewer passes causingless excitement, and you
deluge me with emails telling me I am wrong. Seriously folks, denial is not
just a river in Africa. Remember some time back when I submitted an article on
phantom cautions? That article actually gained a lot of support from you, the
reader. Tony Stewart was the first driver to go on record to mention something
about it, and now the national prints have taken the ball and run away. C'mon
people, when FOX goes on record to acknowledge those two facts, it is time
NASCAR listens. In the end, it will cost both A LOT of money. So, there you
have it. You can continue to send me your delusional emails, telling me I don't
know what I am talking about, but at least I know I have FOX on my side!

It may be that I am an uneducated idiot in terms of brewing barley wines, but
this batch has been the most active batch I have brewed thus far.  It is
fermenting nicely.

Is now in primary fermentation.  I realize primary hydrometer readings do not
mean much, but if this one stays consistent...holy shit!!!  Anyway, this batch
will be double fermented, so we are about 5 to 6 weeks away from consumption. 
Just in time for the hot months this summer, not to mention barley wine ages
well.  Will keep you up to date.

The official announcement has been made for the class of 1989 20th reunion. 
August 29th, 6-11 PM at the fireman's clubhouse on Bird Rd.  The event is
informal, and all those in other classes that hung with us are invited to
attend.

As some of you know, we recently had a dryer fire here at Jerm's Joint.  The
laundry room is located just off the pub area.  Expertise surmises that the fire
had been smoldering all day as the dryer was started prior to the kids leaving
for school, and them coming home to a smoke charged house.  Other than replacing
our dryer and some shirts, major damage was held to a minimum.  However, we have
spent since the fire Wednesday, attempting to remove the nasty odor the fire
left throughout the entire house.  Our friend has been bleach, water, Febreeze
fabric, Mr. Clean with Febreeze general purpose cleaner, industrial odor removal
canisters, and Febreeze candles (which work pretty good by the way)  Not to
mention the countless rewashes of our laundry due to the smoke odor instilled in
them.  Collectibles have seemingly made it through unscathed.  The toasted dryer
has been disposed of along with old vent pipe.

Now for the good news...we will be brewing our first batch of barley wine here
at Jerm's Joint.  I do not want to give too much away, but the preliminary name
for the new batch is "Threesome".  Also, we will be getting a 12 pack of a
summer lager I have heard from a neighbor is pretty good, out of Mexico, called
Sol which means "sun".  Only 4.5% ABV, this is not distributed in Ohio, but of
course you all know that with Big Dave's help, anything beer can be tracked down
and purchased on the internet.

Hopefully with the return of warm weather means the resurrection of the fire
pit.  Our Christmas tree occupies the pit right now, and we are looking forward
to that being the first, pleasant smelling burn of the season.  Stay tuned for
brew and event updates.  BTW, barley wines usually yield very high ABV.  It will
be double fermented with two different types of yeast.

Nice!!!

I will say this. Ditch the crew chief and MAYBE we will see changes. If Hendrick
would have done more to hold on to Darian Grubb and gave him a shot at the #88,
I think there would be better results to this point.

As for the popular driver deal, I have read many times that some of the Jr
Nation are so obsessed that they log on with multiple e-mail addys and vote
sometimes up to 100 times a day. I think if the website allowed a single IP
address vote once a day, there would be a difference in the voting results.

But who am I, a Stewart, Waltrip, Harvick, Newman, Reutimann fan that really
would rather see Jeff Gordon win a race than any other HMS driver. So I guess
I'm the bad guy..

Anyway, My friend, Nice read...



--- In jerms_joint@yahoogroups.com, "Jeremy" <firejerm@...> wrote:
>
> ...we could give two shits what the nay-saying haters bitch about every
season, every week, or every race about the fact Dale Jr. hasn't won a
championship yet, or multiple ones like his father.  We are loyal because he is
one of the few remaining drivers who came from a humble up-bringing.  Though his
father was a legend, his life wasn't handed to him off of a silver platter and
force fed with a golden spoon.  He played the "run what you brung" game on the
local tracks in North Carolina and was allowed to fall on his face a bunch
before becoming a two-time Busch Series Champion.
>
> We stand by him when he falters, and jumping around like maniacs when he wins.
We take a strange pleasure in the fact that his dialect isn't California pretty
like Jimmie and his gay lover Jeffy.  His fans lavish in the fact that he wears
Wanglers, over-sized t-shirts, and ragged ball caps and avoid designer clothes
with butterfly collars, Hollywood parties, and the yuppified indulgences that
the other drivers partake.
>
> Far from the arrogant prick that Kyle Busch is, though surprising many to know
that he and two-time champion Tony Stewart are best friends (I know that will
make some of you vomit in disgust).  He's modest, speaks his mind, and doesn't
act any smarter than he is.
>
> Another fact that would make all you Stewart, Busch, Gordon, and Johnson fans
ill with envy is the fact of Dale Earnhardt Jr's consecutive votes as NASCAR's
most popular driver probably come FROM some of YOU!!!  So, it is apparent that
regardless of lacking victories and championships, he is still doing something
very right.  So if that pisses the rest of you off, so be it!
>
> The goal of objectivity has been lost and it is a shame.  However, I am just
the humble owner, of an even MORE humble basement bar who, sure, has a TON of
Dale Sr and Jr. memorabilia, but also recognizes past champions, and autographs
from all sorts of drivers.  We are Dale Jr. fans, and we don't give a fuck what
anyone else thinks!
>

...we could give two shits what the nay-saying haters bitch about every season,
every week, or every race about the fact Dale Jr. hasn't won a championship yet,
or multiple ones like his father.  We are loyal because he is one of the few
remaining drivers who came from a humble up-bringing.  Though his father was a
legend, his life wasn't handed to him off of a silver platter and force fed with
a golden spoon.  He played the "run what you brung" game on the local tracks in
North Carolina and was allowed to fall on his face a bunch before becoming a
two-time Busch Series Champion.

We stand by him when he falters, and jumping around like maniacs when he wins. 
We take a strange pleasure in the fact that his dialect isn't California pretty
like Jimmie and his gay lover Jeffy.  His fans lavish in the fact that he wears
Wanglers, over-sized t-shirts, and ragged ball caps and avoid designer clothes
with butterfly collars, Hollywood parties, and the yuppified indulgences that
the other drivers partake.

Far from the arrogant prick that Kyle Busch is, though surprising many to know
that he and two-time champion Tony Stewart are best friends (I know that will
make some of you vomit in disgust).  He's modest, speaks his mind, and doesn't
act any smarter than he is.

Another fact that would make all you Stewart, Busch, Gordon, and Johnson fans
ill with envy is the fact of Dale Earnhardt Jr's consecutive votes as NASCAR's
most popular driver probably come FROM some of YOU!!!  So, it is apparent that
regardless of lacking victories and championships, he is still doing something
very right.  So if that pisses the rest of you off, so be it!

The goal of objectivity has been lost and it is a shame.  However, I am just the
humble owner, of an even MORE humble basement bar who, sure, has a TON of Dale
Sr and Jr. memorabilia, but also recognizes past champions, and autographs from
all sorts of drivers.  We are Dale Jr. fans, and we don't give a fuck what
anyone else thinks!

Hey all, added some new pictures and a column by fellow blogger Mike
Rush, who is guest writing this week, to the tripod site.  Stop by and
check it out.

those r some awsome pics how is everyone doing, i have not fallen off
the planet. hope everyone is well

The picture I had taken with Vicki Wood, lady legend, is included in
the new photo album

I thought I had all three CDs downloaded to my jump drive after the
third try, but apparently, I can only download two at a time.  There
are more pictures from our vacation that are outside of racing.  As
soon as I get them on a CD, I will post them.  Enjoy!