Trackside & Other Stuff With Melli

HAPPY ST. Patricks DAY :)

It's been to long since I've left my rants on any given subject lol, so with that I'm going to try and catch up what has been keeping me away for 6 months.

When I last went on a rant it was something Tony did to Kevin H which was funny at the time, but when I went back a re-read some of my blogs, I can see I was in deep pain. 

Oct 26th,07 we lost a precious friend and wonderful physician Dr. Dave was the director of the ER at the hospital I work in here in our small, sweet town.  When he died it just knocked me down, again. 2007 was not good for me in the regard I lost 6 close friends and family which for anyone is hard.  Moving on, we got through the holidays which I love and hold dear, but I didn't put my pretty tree, I just wasn't in the mood.  Brian and I went to Norfolk VA to spend a week with our best friends Gary and Maria and have a wonderful time.

Amazing, it's 2008 and I haven't watched a full race yet lol God I must be getting old....anyway in the last 3 weeks my husband was in the hospital was there for 8 days and is on the mend (Thank the good Lord)

All is well at the hospital, there are some exciting things for us this year and I will share more later on that.  Now, onto Nascar, hm.....

To say that I've lost interest isn't really fair, I still do what I do inside but the thrill is gone. Today was Dale Jarrett's last race of his 20 year career, which was sad to see him give it up, but it's time, he's at the milestone 50 and it's time to go and have fun with his family.

He will be in the booth like Rusty Wallace did so that will be interesting....DJ is very well spoken and I look forward to seeing him in a suit.

I'm NOT thrilled with the new car, it's a big tank, drives like Chit (ALL the drivers have expressed this lol) it's ugly period and I'm glad that Tony S got the attention of Good Year.  It was a long time coming...Good Year Nascar engineers work very hard on creating the right compound for the 36 different tracks we travel to, which include the weather.  Tony was right ( In the Tony Stewart) way and he got their attention, and it's not personal it's all about winning a race, he feels he lost due to the tire.

The Dir of the Racing division from Good Year said this weekend they are going to work with him to make sure he understands what goes into the first and foremost, Driver Safty. 

Have a great week, I'll be back soon

Ciao

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• #1 Comment from msbig6fanEntry Author 
  3/16/08 9:05 PM | Permalink

  Tell me what you all think?