Comments on: Hello, dolly. http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/ one writer's daily download Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160332 brian stouder Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:10:49 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160332 Michael G - Amen, brother! I used to have nothing but contempt for Tony George; Pam and I attended the US-500 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan - when it ran directly opposite the Indy-500 in May 1996. (I remember that some practice sessions at MIS that year were interrupted by snow). On race day, the house was absolutely packed, and they had a moment of silence for Scotty Brayton (of Coldwater, Michigan) who had lost his life during practice at Indianapolis that spring. Despite the whole IRL/CART split, you could have heard a pin drop all across that fan-packed facility - and yet, the imbeciles at ABC/ESPN, who were playing up the "500 miles apart" drama completly left out that affecting bit unity amongst the (apparently forgotten) fans in the stands. Seems like that was 50 years ago Michael G - Amen, brother! I used to have nothing but contempt for Tony George; Pam and I attended the US-500 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan - when it ran directly opposite the Indy-500 in May 1996. (I remember that some practice sessions at MIS that year were interrupted by snow). On race day, the house was absolutely packed, and they had a moment of silence for Scotty Brayton (of Coldwater, Michigan) who had lost his life during practice at Indianapolis that spring.

Despite the whole IRL/CART split, you could have heard a pin drop all across that fan-packed facility - and yet, the imbeciles at ABC/ESPN, who were playing up the “500 miles apart” drama completly left out that affecting bit unity amongst the (apparently forgotten) fans in the stands.

Seems like that was 50 years ago

]]> By: MichaelG http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160328 MichaelG Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:56:03 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160328 I've attended a lot of different kinds of races. F-1 at Long Beach years ago, CART at Long Beach and Laguna, NASCAR at Sears and Ontario (OMS was a few years ago as well), drags, Can-Am (another oldie), SCCA, dirt, you name it. The very best big time stuff was CART before an obscenity named Tony George ruined open wheel racing in the US. It's only now beginning to come back. Another obscenity named Bernie Ecclestone ruined F-1. The mostest funnest racing for me is SCCA club racing and low key vintage racing. Lower speeds and no names but good, honest racing by real people and total accessibility for a happy fan. This place http://www.thunderhill.com/html/get_your_fill_at_the.HTM is about an hour from my house. Check out the schedule. This is grass roots racing. I’ve attended a lot of different kinds of races. F-1 at Long Beach years ago, CART at Long Beach and Laguna, NASCAR at Sears and Ontario (OMS was a few years ago as well), drags, Can-Am (another oldie), SCCA, dirt, you name it. The very best big time stuff was CART before an obscenity named Tony George ruined open wheel racing in the US. It’s only now beginning to come back. Another obscenity named Bernie Ecclestone ruined F-1. The mostest funnest racing for me is SCCA club racing and low key vintage racing. Lower speeds and no names but good, honest racing by real people and total accessibility for a happy fan. This place

http://www.thunderhill.com/html/get_your_fill_at_the.HTM

is about an hour from my house. Check out the schedule. This is grass roots racing.

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160314 alex Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:31:24 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160314 There's a Red Robin in the Fort. Probably more like a Big Boy than a cheapo fried chicken stand, judging by its prominent place in the mall. Looks like sit-down more than fast food. But I've never been there. There’s a Red Robin in the Fort. Probably more like a Big Boy than a cheapo fried chicken stand, judging by its prominent place in the mall. Looks like sit-down more than fast food. But I’ve never been there.

]]> By: basset http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160310 basset Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:29:20 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160310 we just got a Red Robin near us in Nashville, gonna have to try it. I've heard, may not be true but it sounds possible, that Nashville is the only city with both Krystals and White Castles. meanwhile, here's the link to the Monkey Butt car... http://www.darrellbashamracing.com/default.htm Never could get interested in F1 racing... nobody to root for. No American cars, no American drivers this year, and how long has it been since anyone not named Nigel or Harald or Rodolfo or something had a chance? And Indianapolis has been going that direction for years too, like the Cup races it's a lot more about marketing than racing. we just got a Red Robin near us in Nashville, gonna have to try it. I’ve heard, may not be true but it sounds possible, that Nashville is the only city with both Krystals and White Castles.

meanwhile, here’s the link to the Monkey Butt car…

http://www.darrellbashamracing.com/default.htm

Never could get interested in F1 racing… nobody to root for. No American cars, no American drivers this year, and how long has it been since anyone not named Nigel or Harald or Rodolfo or something had a chance? And Indianapolis has been going that direction for years too, like the Cup races it’s a lot more about marketing than racing.

]]> By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160250 Dexter Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:03:11 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160250 Were (are?) Red Robin Restaurants kind of like Big Boys? Or is that a cheapo fried chicken stand? I can't remember for some reason, and I just don't get to Detroit much at all anymore. I know there was one of the places I am trying to recall in Roseville, and one just off the Fisher Freeway south of downtown a couple miles. Were (are?) Red Robin Restaurants kind of like Big Boys? Or is that a cheapo fried chicken stand? I can’t remember for some reason, and I just don’t get to Detroit much at all anymore. I know there was one of the places I am trying to recall in Roseville, and one just off the Fisher Freeway south of downtown a couple miles.

]]> By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160220 Dexter Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:44:12 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160220 thanks for the memories, brian st. I can only talk baseball in detail like that...but I'll spare ya that, cuz it's hockey season, and our Red Wings went up in flames last night...three goals against before the fans were seated and Ozzie was pulled for Howard, who played very well, giving up just one goal...but Wings lost, 4-2 at Nashville and have only one measly point in four games now...as Ken Daniels said "...unacceptable." I live in Ohio and see the Wings in C-bus once in a while, but , by God, I did see the glorious Stanley Cup being paraded on Woodward 11 years ago...that parade when Federov was dating 16 year old Anna Kournikova, and she had her hair down shining in the bright sunlight, as she and Federov sat in those red Ford Mustangs...it was a beautiful day and a memorable one. I missed a chance getting a picture with Kris Draper and the Cup when I went to a diner/restaurant...can't think of the name of that chain now...not Big Boy but something like that kind of place...anyway Draper had had the Cup in there about a half hour before I got to the place. thanks for the memories, brian st.
I can only talk baseball in detail like that…but I’ll spare ya that, cuz it’s hockey season, and our Red Wings went up in flames last night…three goals against before the fans were seated and Ozzie was pulled for Howard, who played very well, giving up just one goal…but Wings lost, 4-2 at Nashville and have only one measly point in four games now…as Ken Daniels said “…unacceptable.”

I live in Ohio and see the Wings in C-bus once in a while, but , by God, I did see the glorious Stanley Cup being paraded on Woodward 11 years ago…that parade when Federov was dating 16 year old Anna Kournikova, and she had her hair down shining in the bright sunlight, as she and Federov sat in those red Ford Mustangs…it was a beautiful day and a memorable one.
I missed a chance getting a picture with Kris Draper and the Cup when I went to a diner/restaurant…can’t think of the name of that chain now…not Big Boy but something like that kind of place…anyway Draper had had the Cup in there about a half hour before I got to the place.

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160201 brian stouder Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:48:17 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160201 I've got a buddy who always liked Nige ("il leone"); you had to admire Mansell, but I could always irritate my buddy by saying the name "Dennis Vitolo" (who crashed ontop of Mansell on the pitlane at Indy in 1994!)- or by reminding him that Lynn St James out-qualified him at Indy! I only paid glancing attention to Formula One until Senna died at Imola...and then I admired Damon Hill - who climbed into the Williams car and finished out the season (1994) with great courage and flair - even as I became a huge fan of the gawky German in the pretty Benetton....Schumacher won the World Championship with a Ford engine (and despite what looked like the FIA's concerted efforts to stop him) that year, and then in 1995 Benetton got the all-powerful Renault engine, and Schuey spoiled me with his winning ways. When he switched to Ferrari in 1996, you could see the team transforming into something more, before your eyes. That team was truly nowhere at the time, with reliability problems and a crossed-up crew; Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger had raced for them for years, and the red cars were simply off the pace. But Schuey pulled the team together; his testing prowess paid huge dividends, and as the reliability improved, he and the team soon became second to none. Leaving all that aside - the dirt guys (and gals) at Eldora put on a hell of a show, and I love going there - so long as I don't get dirt clumps in my Diet Coke. My oldest brother LOVES the sprinters and outlaws - but he won't go to Winchester anymore. He's seen too much carnage there I’ve got a buddy who always liked Nige (”il leone”); you had to admire Mansell, but I could always irritate my buddy by saying the name “Dennis Vitolo” (who crashed ontop of Mansell on the pitlane at Indy in 1994!)- or by reminding him that Lynn St James out-qualified him at Indy!

I only paid glancing attention to Formula One until Senna died at Imola…and then I admired Damon Hill - who climbed into the Williams car and finished out the season (1994) with great courage and flair - even as I became a huge fan of the gawky German in the pretty Benetton….Schumacher won the World Championship with a Ford engine (and despite what looked like the FIA’s concerted efforts to stop him) that year, and then in 1995 Benetton got the all-powerful Renault engine, and Schuey spoiled me with his winning ways.

When he switched to Ferrari in 1996, you could see the team transforming into something more, before your eyes. That team was truly nowhere at the time, with reliability problems and a crossed-up crew; Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger had raced for them for years, and the red cars were simply off the pace.

But Schuey pulled the team together; his testing prowess paid huge dividends, and as the reliability improved, he and the team soon became second to none.

Leaving all that aside - the dirt guys (and gals) at Eldora put on a hell of a show, and I love going there - so long as I don’t get dirt clumps in my Diet Coke. My oldest brother LOVES the sprinters and outlaws - but he won’t go to Winchester anymore. He’s seen too much carnage there

]]> By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160192 Dexter Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:43:51 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160192 I am a baseball, hockey, and football fan, but I did root for this guy in the 1993 Indy 500...he finished 3rd...I bought a Nigel tee shirt ...only car-guy tee I ever owned....unlike most yanks, I prefer Formula One racing.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Mansell I am a baseball, hockey, and football fan, but I did root for this guy in the 1993 Indy 500…he finished 3rd…I bought a Nigel tee shirt …only car-guy tee I ever owned….unlike most yanks, I prefer Formula One racing….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Mansell

]]> By: basset http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160177 basset Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:06:43 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160177 Sprint cars and ARCA stocks are the only racing I bother watching any more - the independent guy racing out of a shop in his back yard has a chance there, not like Cup or open-wheel where you need insane amounts of money and a marketing plan just to get on the track. And where else but ARCA are you gonna see a former F1 driver and a former Indianapolis 500 winner in the same field with a part-timer whose sponsor is "Anti Monkey Butt Powder"? Racing, like country music, was a lot more fun when you had to be a redneck to really get the point of it. Sprint cars and ARCA stocks are the only racing I bother watching any more - the independent guy racing out of a shop in his back yard has a chance there, not like Cup or open-wheel where you need insane amounts of money and a marketing plan just to get on the track.

And where else but ARCA are you gonna see a former F1 driver and a former Indianapolis 500 winner in the same field with a part-timer whose sponsor is “Anti Monkey Butt Powder”?

Racing, like country music, was a lot more fun when you had to be a redneck to really get the point of it.

]]> By: mouse http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160169 mouse Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:39:30 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2008/02/12/hello-dolly/#comment-160169 MichaelG ,thanx for the Danica link.The pic of her standing on her tiptoes in the sand is now my Desktop.Dexter,the Wings will get back with it.The've been so hot for so long---just too hard to maintain that pace. MichaelG ,thanx for the Danica link.The pic of her standing on her tiptoes in the sand is now my Desktop.Dexter,the Wings will get back with it.The’ve been so hot for so long—just too hard to maintain that pace.

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