Posted by Chad
on 1/29/2009, 9:44 am
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Selling a piece of NASCAR historyBy Dorothy Nobis For The Daily Times
Posted: 01/17/2009 12:00:00 AM MST
So, someone gave you a gift card for a new car this year. Whaddya gonna buy? A Beemer? A Lamborghini? A Rolls? A Smart Car?
Well, let me tell ya, some guy in Georgia has a GM Goodwrench No. 3 Chevy race car that was driven by the late and great Dale Earnhardt that he's tryin' to sell. The guy took the car to Scottsdale, Ariz., this week, hoping to find a buyer. According to the seller, Big E drove the car from 1988-1991.
Seems the guy has a used car lot of his very own and has decided the 3 car is disposable. So if your gift card has a limit of between $75,000 and $200,000, you might have enough to buy the Chevy.
I'm sure it's a good deal, but I wonder what kind of gas mileage the car gets? And insurance — I'd hate to think what that might cost. And security for it — I mean, that's not the kinda car you're gonna park in the driveway overnight. I'd buy it myownself, but my bank (which tends to be a tad conservative) said if I write a check for the car, the check will bounce higher than the heaven in which Big E now resides.
My credit card balance won't cover the taxes on the car and the only gift card I got for Christmas wasn't for a new car — not even new tires for an old car, or gas for a month. I need nicer gift givers, I'm thinkin.' Whatever.
Speaking of the Earnhardts, Foxsports.com had a "stop-the-presses-this-is-important-information" headlines this week. Did ya know that Little E loves Memphis ribs? Neither did I, but inquiring minds
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want/need to know this stuff and I, personally, can't thank Fox enough for sharing the information. Seems "e" has ribs sent to him most every week from Memphis, and the Memphis Motorsports Park is trying to lure the sports most popular driver to the track for a one-time appearance, with the promise of a lifetime supply of those Memphis ribs.
Do ya ever wonder why its people who can afford that kinda stuff that have that kinda stuff given to em? Now, why couldn't Memphis Motorsports Park invite me out to write a nice little piece about em in some column sometime, somewhere, and give ME a lifetime supply of Memphis ribs? I mean, I love ole Junior, but I can only afford ribs on occasion, let alone to have em FedEx'ed to me every week. And I love ribs - specially if they come with a glass of vintage white zin or a tall, salted Margarita served up by a cute cabana boy. Life just isn't always fair, yanowhadimean?
Speaking of people with major dollars in their bank accounts, didya see where Helio Castroneves plans to return to his Indy car after his big trial on tax evasion charges? Seems ole Helio (who is mostly remembered, leastways by me, as the Dancing With the Stars champ) failed to pay taxes on more n $5 million worth of income he made in four years. I'm thinkin' some of us need to consider race car driving as a second, third or fourth career. I can drive fast — and I have the speeding tickets to prove it. It'd be nice to make money on my speeding, in stead of paying lotsa fines. Whatever.
And how about Bobby Labonte getting a ride with the new partnership of Hall of Fame and Yates Racing? I'm pretty excited about that in spite of the fact that Bobby totally blew me off last year at the Vegas race, when I threw myself at his feet when he was headed to his car for practice. He stepped over me like I wasn't even there, even when I grabbed his ankle and he dragged me for several feet (OK, inches — I'm a little to heavy to be dragged feet, if yanowhatimean). Anyway, I'm glad he nabbed a ride and I hope he does really well. I, myownself, would like to see more of the more seasoned drivers back behind the wheel of NASCAR cars. Bobby's big bro, Terry, should be drivin', as should Kenny Schrader, Dick Trickle and — of course — Ward Burton, who will always been known by his fans as "Ward Burton."
Let em mix it up with the likes of David Ragan, Sliced Bread Logano, and the always arrogant and insufferable Kyle Busch. I mean, I love the young guns (cept Boo-hoo, who I barely tolerate), but some of the older guys still have what it takes and deserve to be on the track with the kids. But why is it, doyathink, that the young guns have sponsors like AMP, Stanley Tools, Budweiser and Royal Crown, but the older guys drive for Cherrios (Bobby Labonte), Frosted Flakes (Terry Labonte), Little Debbie's (Kenny Schrader) and Kleenex (Ward Burton)? Is there a thought process that thinks people over 35 do nothing but eat cereal and snack cakes, and have allergies to everything else, so we need tissues?
I'm still thinkin' someone needs to put together a NASCAR Senior Series. If the tracks hosted em and served up an early bird special at each race, and made sure the races were over before dark, I'm thinkin' lotsa folks my age would totally support it. And we do have money, ya know, and most of us die-hard fans would spend our Social Security checks on tickets, if they print em with the extra large print, so's we could find our seats.
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