Hey just found this article, maybe it'll give you a good laugh on Dover. Love this guy and he has a lot more good stories.
Hey, Hey, Hey.... (no, I ain't no Fat Albert, just wear the same size pants is all.)
How's ever'body doin'? OK, I hope.
Let's get right down to what I was wantin' to talk about this here weekend.
Y'all ever notice how the media, especially them TV folks, don't do no stories on anything except the most obvious stuff? Ya see, there ain't but a couple of us willin' to look beyond the obvious and actually write about stuff y'all don't already see or know.
In honor of my fantabulous abilities to do just that, I'm dedicatin' this here column to the Hidden Heroes at Dover. The folks that done wonderful stuff the TV boys just didn't have the time or wits to point out.
My Top 10 Hidden Heroes at Dover is.....
10. My Wife -- She had so many chores fer me to do at home after church on Sundee that I missed the pre-race show. She's a dern hero to me cuz fer the first time I come to realize the pre-race show is about 100 times better when ya don't see it.
(Speakin' of "don't see it".... are y'all noticin' how the NBC/TNN goobers is all but ignorin' Dale Jarrett with their coverage? I wouldn't say nothin', but I'll be derned if after noticin' them switchin' away from him a second after he comes on screen, I didn't get a whole bunch of e-mails askin' me if I noticed that. UPS must not be payin' the TV boys enough money or somethin'.)
9. Matt Kenseth -- The boy was a hero Sundee cuz at one point in the race, honest to gosh, he was right behind the scariest, wreckin'est pack ya ever seen together -- Steve Park, John Andretti, Elliott Sadler and Jeremy Mayfield -- and he got through it in one piece.
8. NASCAR Marketing -- Fer havin' the guts to finally change their slogan fer the Truck Series. Word is that instead of "Tough Drivers, Tough Trucks"... NASCAR has changed it to the more realistic "Unknown Drivers, Nobody is Watching."
7. That Japernese Announcer Feller -- Fer bein' corrected fewer times and bein' understood better (despite speakin' in Japernese), than Benny Parkinsons.
6. Jerry Nadeau -- Jerry ran that #44 car fer 28 laps before wreckin', and that's twice the amount of laps that car usually makes it in a race. Well done.
5. Robby Gordon -- Fer settin' a new Winston Cup season record (25) fer excuses made as to why his car got all sideways and then into another car or wall. This week's version -- "The 97 got into me again" - was especially good since the 97 was 100 feet behind him when he started slippin' around. Classic.
4. Jimmy Spencer's Jackman -- Fer bein' the only feller at Dover carryin' more weight around than Jimmy hisself. Check this feller out next week, y'all. Talk about needin' a wide-screen TV to catch all the action, geeez.
3. Sterlin' Marlin -- Fer finally wakin' up from his dream and runnin' a lap or so down like the Sterlin' we all come to know and love for so many years.
2. Hop Sing Fukayama -- Fer provin' my point that NASCAR ain't got but about 25 decent cars/drivers out there. If this feller can come in and make races, don't y'all think fer a minute that in the right equipment you couldn't, too. Heck, I took the wrong turn enterin' the infield -- in my painted up school bus -- a few weeks ago and accidentally qualified 28th fer the Busch race.
1. NASCAR Rules Makers -- Fer not allowin' crew guys over the wall until the car is stopped in its pit stall, makin' it so much safter fer the crew guys........ Oh wait a minute, NASCAR does allow crew guys to run in front of the car as it enters the pits -- did you see that #4 jackman get hit and fly in the air and land on his back this weekend? I reckon I'll just give these NASCAR folks props fer their big kahoonas. I mean, how in the world they can continually say "Safety is our No. 1 priority" and then remain as blind as bats to stuff like this is pretty hard to believe. If it weren't fer how blind they were before -- with takin' so long on the HANS device, soft walls, black boxes, crew helmets, and just about ever'thing else that can save lives -- I wouldn't believe it at all.
I gotta run... pickin' rudabaggers with the neighbors today. Y'all be good now.
Bless y'all, see y'all.
Fudd
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