Is Todd Bodine ever going to get a serious Cup ride again?
Things look kind of interesting… money gets tight and the youngsters are being traded for seasoned veterans in some of the lesser teams. They may not be the media stars, but hey, if it gets your car qualified, do you really care?
I was thinking about doing a real serious column this week. With all the news that will be impacting our sport, it is time for a break.
I had a very positive interview with a local representative of Joey Logano’s sponsor recently. Do not look for Toyota banners or an orange logo on this page soon. A career change could be in the wind for yours truly and I may be swapping 2x4s for pizza. If I do take the job I plan on staying with my other job on a part time basis. Where else can I get my profit sharing and a full stomach at the same time. Once my personal issues are addressed, I will be car or truck shopping. I will be looking at a used vehicle from the General.
If you have visited my facebook page recently, you will notice that I am a member in good standing of NWO. Why not, it is not like I am racing for the late Anthony Vendetti. In his day you either raced at his track and built your car for it, or went elsewhere. Anthony built a little track you might have heard of, Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk Ma.. Several of us here on the staff have memberships and even write for other sites. It is too bad the big boys in the media cannot play nice, otherwise we might have had
Darrell racing against Rusty at Bristol
Have you noticed what has happened to the price of cigarettes recently? My wife smokes generics and we have see the state of Mass. add a dollar and now a federal increase. If the cigarettes do not kill you, the price will. If not, you will freeze yourself to death smoking outside.in the winter. I remember a time when you could tell the quality of a recovery meeting by how low the smoke cloud got. I know that it is a matter of health, but it is also personal freedom and responsibility. The price of my pipe tobacco has not increased yet. You would never see the late Richie Evans without his Winstons.
What will the U.S. government do with NASCAR? They have told the chairman of GM to resign and they are telling Chrysler that it will have to merge with Fiat. How long before they tell both to end their racing programs? At Martinsville there were only two Dodges in the truck field. A Cup field dominated by Ford and Toyota will hurt the sport. It happened before and I hope it does not happen again.
ISC is retrenching . Plans for new speedways seem to be on hold. A poor economy and the NIMBY crowds are putting a crimp in plans for Denver, the Northwest and NYC.
Did you know that the “Camping World West” series was once known as the Winston West series. That group goes back to the earliest days of NASCAR. Ray Elder and others competed at short tracks on the west coast and combined several times a year with the Cup drivers of the eastern circuit. The “Camping World East” series began life as NASCAR North. They ran a series based in Northern New England, the highlight of which was the Oxford 250. I had a blast there in the 80s watching some fo the best LMS racing in the country. It was a feared event as it carried full points for both the North and South teams, yet was also an open comp race with “Oxford” rules. A round 1/3 mile oval, the accent was on handling. Another problem for the southern teams was that Oxford ran qualfying heats. It was fun to see the big bucks guys get beaten by a local pro stock, even if it was only for a few laps.
If Mike can make sense of this mess, look for me next week. Emails go to kokoracer@gmail.com on facebook, or hanging with my gang at www.e-aa.org John
