Fox TV just started it's coverage of the Coca Cola 600 NASCAR race today and they honoring all the military personnel who have died this past year during the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think they are doing it for the entire race.
They also had an interview with a World War 2 veteran who earned 5 Purple Hearts and 2 Bronze Stars.
They then had a small piece about Ryan Newman, NASCAR driver and a military dog.
That is a great tribute to those who have fallen and to their families and friends.
Thanks, Fox Sports, for showing that this weekend is just not not about partying, picnicing, getting a day off of work or taking a mini vacation.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Big Weekend In Racing
If you like car racing, this is the weekend (Sunday) for you.
Tomorrow, the Indy 500 starts the day off at 9:00 AM PST and I am sure there will be some exciting racing at speeds over 200 mph. They only had 33 car entries, so, if you showed up with a car, you are in the race. Hopefully, the race will be safer than the last time the Indy cars drove on an oval. That was in Las Vegas and in the race, Dan Wheldon was killed.
http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2011/10/media-reports-on-dan-wheldons-crash.html
http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-saw-man-die-today-dan-wheldon-rip.htmlIt will also be a dangerous race, more so for the spectators and crew. The temperatures are going to be in the mid 90's with high humidity and it will feel hotter because there is not a lot of shade in the stands.
Then NASCAR has their longest race of the year, the Coca Cola 600 in North Carolina. If this season is any indication, the race will be extremely boring with few cautions, little passing and drivers driving like a bunch of old men and Danica.
So, my predictions will be that Will Power wins the Indy 500 and Matt Kenseth will win the Coca Cola 600.
Tomorrow, the Indy 500 starts the day off at 9:00 AM PST and I am sure there will be some exciting racing at speeds over 200 mph. They only had 33 car entries, so, if you showed up with a car, you are in the race. Hopefully, the race will be safer than the last time the Indy cars drove on an oval. That was in Las Vegas and in the race, Dan Wheldon was killed.
http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2011/10/media-reports-on-dan-wheldons-crash.html
http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-saw-man-die-today-dan-wheldon-rip.htmlIt will also be a dangerous race, more so for the spectators and crew. The temperatures are going to be in the mid 90's with high humidity and it will feel hotter because there is not a lot of shade in the stands.
Then NASCAR has their longest race of the year, the Coca Cola 600 in North Carolina. If this season is any indication, the race will be extremely boring with few cautions, little passing and drivers driving like a bunch of old men and Danica.
So, my predictions will be that Will Power wins the Indy 500 and Matt Kenseth will win the Coca Cola 600.
This Sounds About Right
From the Daily Camera in Boulder CO: The Boulder County District Attorney's Office
announced Friday it will file felony trespassing charges against the
21-year-old University of Colorado graduate who was shot after police
say she drunkenly wandered into a couple's Boulder home early
Wednesday....
Police say Ripple entered the bedroom of a house at 425 College Ave. at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. The screen door was closed, but unlocked.
The owners of the house, identified by county property records as Timothy Justice and Doreen Orion, were in bed when they heard Ripple come in. In the darkness, they shouted to warn the intruder to leave and that they had a gun, but Ripple continued walking through the bedroom, and Justice fired one shot, police said.
When the homeowners turned on the lights, they saw Ripple on the floor with a gunshot wound to her hip and called 911, police said. They said they did not recognize her as anyone they knew.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_20710045/boulder-da-file-charges-against-zoey-ripple-cu
This drunk could have been killed and she is lucky she is only been shot in the hip and charged with a felony trespass.
But her equally drunk like lawyer said she should not have been charged: "She didn't enter the house with any intent of committing a crime or harming anyone," Cribari said Friday. "We're thankful she was not killed or more seriously hurt, but we're disappointed they decided to file charges on top of all this."
To the ass lawyer: How did the homeowners know she was not in the house to commit a crime- she was already committing a crime by being in the house and you don't know what may have happened if she didn't get shot.
Thankfully, the shooter will not be charged and this drunk will be charged. The drunk probably won't get jail time, but at least she will be placed on probation. Hopefully the drunk will not break into anybody's else's house and scare the homeowners half to death when she breaks into a house and drunk waddles into the homeowner's bedroom.
Good for the DA in Boulder, CO.
Police say Ripple entered the bedroom of a house at 425 College Ave. at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. The screen door was closed, but unlocked.
The owners of the house, identified by county property records as Timothy Justice and Doreen Orion, were in bed when they heard Ripple come in. In the darkness, they shouted to warn the intruder to leave and that they had a gun, but Ripple continued walking through the bedroom, and Justice fired one shot, police said.
When the homeowners turned on the lights, they saw Ripple on the floor with a gunshot wound to her hip and called 911, police said. They said they did not recognize her as anyone they knew.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_20710045/boulder-da-file-charges-against-zoey-ripple-cu
This drunk could have been killed and she is lucky she is only been shot in the hip and charged with a felony trespass.
But her equally drunk like lawyer said she should not have been charged: "She didn't enter the house with any intent of committing a crime or harming anyone," Cribari said Friday. "We're thankful she was not killed or more seriously hurt, but we're disappointed they decided to file charges on top of all this."
To the ass lawyer: How did the homeowners know she was not in the house to commit a crime- she was already committing a crime by being in the house and you don't know what may have happened if she didn't get shot.
Thankfully, the shooter will not be charged and this drunk will be charged. The drunk probably won't get jail time, but at least she will be placed on probation. Hopefully the drunk will not break into anybody's else's house and scare the homeowners half to death when she breaks into a house and drunk waddles into the homeowner's bedroom.
Good for the DA in Boulder, CO.
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