Talladega!

Superspeedway restrictor plate racing. Good clean fun.

I don't have my Talladega picks yet - Dale, Jr. didn't qualify well,so I am not tempted to add him, and I although am thinking of ditching Jason Leffler, there is no one in his price range that I like as well, so I may keep the lineup I've got, which at the moment is: Johnson, Gordon, Newman, Burton, Leffler.

Rained out during 410 Heats

Pepsi Night was a rain-out during the 410 heat races, so Ethan and I left just before last call. . . Looking ahead to May 6th, let's pray for a good night out. Weather.com calls for showers through Monday, then sunny and some clouds through Friday. Friday night looks like 65 degrees and partly cloudy/ sunny during the day. No rain until Saturday. If that holds, then we should be in for a perfect night out.

Hot Laps Rumble

Here are the 410's Lining up for HotLaps on Pepsi Night. Ethan and I had a great time, but we left during first heats because he was getting too cold and the rain started. There was no broadcast on Wolf FM tonight, so I don't know any winners yet. keep checking at Attica Raceway Park's website for results. 

Which one is the good cholesterol?

Two sausage patties smothered in kraut and mustard. Must be Friday Night at Attica Raceway Park.  

RACES ARE ON!

It's official! Attica races will run tonight! The track is ready.
The weather.com forecast calls for a balmy 46 degress, a high likelihood of intermittent showers - with full blown rain before the night is done. This could be PERFECT dirt track weather. Only the true blue will arrive and only the strong will survive. I can almost taste the sausage burgers already. . .

See ya there.

Jeff Burton finishes 3rd . . .

All my other picks finished well down the list. Jason Leffler broke my heart again by spinning out in the 13th lap and never coming back. DEI showed up in a big way. It was fun watching Mikey Waltrip chase Kurt Busch across the finish line.

Saturday Night at Phoenix (After the Jam)

Saturday night NASCAR makes you wonder what Sunday will be for. There is a Mazda race on SpeedTV in the afternoon Sunday. Here are my Saturday picks, for what they are worth: Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Jeff Burton, and Jason Leffler. Jason is breaking my heart and I should toss him, but I think he can finish strong if he doesn't blow up. I tossed Junior, but now watch him go get his third Phoenix win. Kasey Kahne's Dodge is going to go whippity whippity through the doglegs, so I swapped in Jeff Burton.

RAINED OUT AGAIN!

We'll try again next week. That's okay, on Saturday evening you can weather the storm by joining me and some friends at
Saturday April 19 from 5:00 to 8:00 for a Traditional Irish Jam Session - Intermediate to Advanced Players are welcome to play - everybody is welcome to listen and enjoy. Every fourth Saturday we pretend that Java Rave is an Irish pub. Java Rave is located on N. Sandusky Street, Tiffin, in the same building as McCarten's Grocery and Rose's Diner.   See ya there.

The Stickers are done!

The final sticker design turned out just great. I think it will look good on most of the paint schemes. Thanks to Fran Steinmetz at Handy Grafix for all the hard work. The black background with white letters and blue drop-shadow was a color scheme that I picked up looking at some of the All-Star cars. I think this design will look great on most Sprint colors. Maybe not Stevie Smith's Purple and Yellow car. . .  

May 6th is Martin Koop and Supance & Howard Night at the Races

Its official. Check out Attica Raceway Park , scroll down, look left and there it is. May 6th is Martin Koop and Supance & Howard Night at the Races. And best of all, we will be FEATURING FOUR DIVISIONS! That's right, we get a DIRT TRUCK NIGHT! GIT R DONE! I couldn't be happier. The whole night is sure to be a lot of fun, so show up and help us to support these drivers and teams as they battle it out in Four Divisions.

This week, April 22nd will also be special as Attica hosts the Sprint Invaders, National Racing Alliance 360 Sprints, 410 Sprints & Limited Late Models.

Pit Passes: $25, Adults:$15, Seniors:$12, Ages 11-15:$10, Age 10 & Under:FREE!

Ticket price includes at least one adrenaline rush per person. See you at the races.

BIFFLE!

Greg Biffle dominated Texas Motor Speedway to a very deserving victory. Leffler crashed early and headed into the garage. Later, Kahne lost an oil pump and crashed, and so my fantasy line-up went down in flames. Junior got into the top ten, but I thought he'd do even better - kept waiting for him to make a move, but it never came. Jimmie Johnson continues to be my one and only dependable pick week after week.

Texas Change

I just watched Dale's practice laps and he looked so smooth, and he qualified just one position behind Tony, so I put him in. So the new lineup is Jimmie, Jr., Newman, Kahne, Leffler.

Fantasy Lineup for Texas Motor Speedway

Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, Jason Leffler. I like Jason Leffler, so I keep taking chances with him, and I like Kasey Kahne after watching his moves in the Busch car yesterday. I came real close to picking Junior for Tony, because this could be Junior's week - he needs to get a strong finish to be in the Chase. We'll see.

Family Night at the All Stars

I packed up the family for part of the race tonight in Attica. We caught the end of hotlaps, then the heat races and some of the alphabet races, but we couldn't stay for the features because it was way past bedtime. Beth and Ethan had a ball and now they have a taste of the fun I had last week. Ethan thought the #8 car was Junior. I didn't tell him any different.

The black Curb Records Kasey Kahne car. 

Ricky Ferkel's 410 in the pits.  

Byron Reed's 410 after he stuck the landing on the back straightaway during heats. I'm not sure what happened - when I looked up he was tumbling through the air. Luckily, he walked away intact, but I bet he will be sore in the morning.  

Beth and Ethan enjoying a peaceful moment before Byron Reed went airborn on the back straightaway.  

Hands Across the Water - Tsunami Relief CD

Well, this blog is for guitar pickin' and lawyerin' as well as racin', so I want to promote another project that I am proud to be helping with:

Hands Across the Water will raise money for children whose lives were devastated by the South East Asia Tsunami. My dear friends Andrea Zonn, fiddle player and singer, and John Cutliffe, Irish musician and producer who operates JigTime, have recruited other musicians from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America to make a CD of collaborations between Celtic musicians and American traditional and country musicians. They are getting ready to launch shortly.

The artists so far: Altan - Vince Gill - Lúnasa - Tim O'Brien - Darrell Scott - Máirtín O Connor -Andrea Zonn - Flook - Alison Brown - Beth Nielsen Chapman - Sharon Shannon - John Cowan - Manus McGuire - Paul Brock - Michael McGoldrick - Ciaran TourishJerry Douglas - Bill Shanley - Jon Randall - Paul Brady - John Prine - Fiona Prine - Dermot Byrne - Solas - Jim Lauderdale - Maura O'Connell - Karen Matheson - Donal Shaw - Cerys Matthews.

Proceeds from sales will go directly to Save the Children organization.

First Draft Sticker

Fran Steinmetz called with the first sticker run, and here they are. He and Jim noticed that the shadows are off track, and so he will fix that on the next run - but this gives a good idea of the concept.