NASCAR Thrills

I have not watched much NASCAR over the last several years.  There was a period of time when I did a NASCAR  show on WHIG - TV  and watched every race.  I was also a huge Ricky Rudd Fan and after his retirement I had no driver that I personally watched as my man.

I have over the years attended races at Darlington, Charlotte, Rockingham, Richmond and Dover and at one time with about 25 per cent of the races being short tracks where today about all the new tracks are Charlotte look-a-likes.  There was that push in the late 90's to go nationwide with NASCAR and in order to do that they dropped Wilkesboro, and Rockingham both considered short tracks.

I didn't see any of the race Sunday.  I flipped over there and Fox had programming on and did not realize the race was in delay.  Not many people hung around to see the after two am finish.  There is the old adage that people only go to the races to see the wrecks and not many people saw the finish and crash Monday Morning.

It is a real testament to the safety of the equipment that the driver walked away scratch less.  I don't know if you saw the replay but did you notice either a fan or usher who was standing in the walk way maybe twenty yards from the crash with debris flying all around never moved.  He was either scared to death walking in his sleep.

This afternoon at 2:20 pm cousin Lauren Doughtie tees off at the Women's US Open.  She will be playing with two amateurs.  TV coverage starts at 2pm and I have my recorder set just in case she hits a shot that is worthy to make TV.  I would probably pass out if she shoots a score that rates some of her shots get coverage.

Everyday in life we do things that we expect that we will do again in the future.  This is Lauren's third Open try.   We all would like to think her golfing life is on the rise and Opens will be a yearly event.  She may never get there again.  I'm hoping she makes the cut.  That would be the greatest effort she has ever done in golf if she finished 60th which would be in the money in the U.S. Open.