Ryan Newman took the 50th Daytona 500 winning the race that starts off the seasons 36 races. My Sundays will be taken up by watching the big shots in the NASCAR world going around in circles. I like following the Cup races that are televised but I miss living close enough to a local track that I can watch the minor league racers ride around in the dirt. The closest track to Roswell is in Carlsbad, about 75 miles south of here.

The dirt track in Baker, Louisiana was where I spent many a Saturday night. I got to know a few of the drivers who raced there and watched a couple of them scramble up the ranks, one who made it to the Busch Cup league.  The story of Fred ended before his first nationally televised race. Dumbass pee’d dirty with cocaine the day before his debut race.

I don’t consider it a waste of time or effort to try to keep up with the races. It makes me happy and even excites me when Kevin Harvick does well with strategy and speed.  It gives me a chance to be in the drivers seat for a few hours a week. And I really miss driving.

So my Sunday afternoons will be taken up for the rest of the year. Then after the last race in November you will probably hear me whining about no racing “til February. But I’ll be having fun.

Stumble it!