Atlanta Motor Speedway, yesterday’s race was great, 325 glorious laps, or pure adrenaline. I actually was able to stay awake during the whole entire race. Carl Edwards took first, Jimmie Johnson, battled most of the day, and came back and finished 2^nd.

 

Dave Blaney (22) got loose and caused a pile up ending the race for a few drivers.

 

Juan Pablo Montoya (42) had a really great day, and got side swiped in the pits by Clint Bowyer (07) around lap 299. Totally ruined his day, and then he was caught up in the Dave Blaney pile up.

 

Jimmie Johnson, had chose to pit for fresh tires at the end, and made his come back. Three more races left to go in the chase, with Johnson having a pretty decent lead for a possible three peat. This I’ve got to see, for the fact that not many sports can three peat.

Most of the Hendrick cars finished in the top ten, Jr. finished 11^th, he had been up front all day long. He car just wasn’t right most of the day.   

 

The truck race was pretty awesome, Ryan Newman made his first start in the truck, driving for Kevin Harvick Inc, and Ron Hornaday finished 2^nd, so Harvick’s team a one two finish, which puts Hornaday back closer to the points, that he follows Johnny Benson who now has the lead.

 

The boys are at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend coming up. I’d love to go, I would really like to see them, but unfortunately, I have a race that weekend myself, except mine is on foot.

 

The Susan Koman, Race for the cure, November 2^nd, 2008, in Austin, Texas.

Hey there Dale Jr.,,,,, just to pick some words at you. Why would you not think that this was not a good year for you, being your first year at HMS, I think you have done a great job. You won the first weekend opener of the season, you won at Michigan, you’ve either placed in the top five or ten for most of the races, you stayed high up in the points, made the chase.

 

So why would you think it was not a good season?????????? Why I ask you? Why?

 

Look at all the other drivers who haven’t won in forever. Some drivers I have never seen win a race at all. To your so very many wins, you have won!!!!!!!

 

You’re Fabulous, just get use to it.

I have lots of old friends, friends I grew up with and went to school with. I can’t say that I went to college with, because I didnt have the pleasure of going to college. I went to work instead, and have been doing it ever since, so while all my child hood friends went to college, I had been in the working world at least 6 years longer than them. Has it got me anywhere, yes, and sometimes no. I had really no desire to go to college, and I just dont know why. Strange you might say, well, if the means would have presented themselves, the actual opportunity, grades from highschool, someone to have given me ideas on things that I could of done, etc. But no one, I was basically on my own, I didnt have parent guidence, I had to guide myself, just to make it through all that life throws at you. I’ve had alot of friends over the years, and I still have a couple of close friends, I dont see them, because they live so far away from me, but I still converse with them on a regular basis, friends I’ve known since the early 70’s, so you know that is such a long time ago.

Old boyfriends, ahhhhhhhhh, not so many that I care to remember, but maybe just one. My first love, met him when I was 14 going on 15. He’s a Dr. now I think, or a PH-D, yea, it’s the second one. Chemistry, and what a looker he was, always gorgeous and sweet. I haven’t seen him in 20 years, I haven’t talked to him in at least ten. To me, it’s kinda sad, because I miss him the most, because we had connected so long ago, as teenagers.  Where are you Mr. Powers? 

I am a writer, of course, no I didnt go to college, but have independently studied other things, Theology, metaphysics, etc, so yea, I’m a PH-D now too. Except mine was less, less something, not has hard as the Chemist thing. That would have been tough.

I have kids, dont know if he does, mine are all in college, doing it all themselves, because with the economy now a days, it’s all you can do.

My old friends, Rhonda and Michelle, both in California, Paige, in Texas, but a few hours away, Carole, in Arkansas, I haven’t seen her since February of 1983, right after I graduated high school. My friend Zelinda, she lives in the Next city over, and I haven’t seen her in years, my friend Pam, she and I live in the same city and I never hardly see her, I can’t remember when I saw her last. That is how busy life is, like Ferris Bueller says, “If you dont stop every once in a while and look around, you could miss it.”

Life just travels I think faster than the speed of light or sound, because as fast as we are flying through the universe, I dont know what is it, 73000 miles an hour. That’s hauling it if you ask me, but because of the laws of Gravity, we dont even know its going on. Or do most people even care.

I miss all my friends, sometimes I wonder, why it’s me that is the one that keeps in contact. I think that if i didnt, things would just travel on a breeze, and time would just pass by without a chance to blink.

My saying has always been, old friends never die, they just move away.

I just wanted to say. Happy Birthday Dale Jr. , Wow, it’s fun turning a year older, you dont look a day over 25 that’s for sure.

OMG, was that just the craziest race you’ve yet to see at Talladega.  Two big monsters wreck’s to take out 19 cars. Dale Jr. was doing great, and just got caught and had no where to go, couldn’t tell you what Carl Edwards was doing, when he caused that one, and two out of his own team mates, but what can you do. Not a heck of a whole lot.

 

I am glad to that Tony Stewart won, since he had not won at Talladega ever, and it was his last time to win in the 20 car, and his first win of the 2008 season.

 

I felt bad for the 28 car, the number 28 rocks, sorry Travis Kvapil, you’re car was running great all day, but you had no where to go in the wreck either, it was like a pinball machine, bouncing here and bouncing there.

 

All and all is was a pretty good race, very long. I do like the long run races more than the short tracks. Short tracks and road courses, I just don’t like them as much. I don’t know why, I guess because I want the race to go on as long as possible, and when it’s a short race it’s over soon.

 

Nascar is so awesome!! I would love to be able to go to all the races. Someday.

Who are the Hottest Nascar car drivers?

 

Hottest on the track?or just the hottest looking? I would say, Hottest looking, besides hottest on the track.  

 

Well, Well, Hmmmmmmmmmmm, what a thought, what a decision, well its pretty darn easy to sum it up.

 

Let’s see; Number one is; Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Elliott Sadler, Bobby Labonte, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart,  Kenny Wallace, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin.

 

Hottest Crew Chief; that would be Bootie Barker

 

Let’s talk about the 2008 Hurricane season. Well in the beginning, there was Arthur, tropical storm, then Bertha, not much to tell then Cristoval or something like that, and then Dolly. Dolly gave the Midwest some rain, then Eduoard, well; I don’t think Texas got any rain from any of those Tropical Storms. Tropical storm Fay was next, she swirled around, producing rain, but not for Texas. Gustav was next, he swirled around in the Atlantic, and reeked havoc on Haiti, and Cuba, went into the Gulf and really didn’t do much, Gustav was a hurricane though, headed straight towards Louisiana. By the time it made landfall it was downgraded to a tropical storm. Very minimal damage, some flooding, but nothing compared to what Katrina did after the Levees breached. My husband and I were actually trolling around in the Gulf of Mexico when Gustav was wreaking havoc on Haiti and Cuba, two extra days on that cruise ship. Then there came Hurricane Hanna, she swirled around, reeked a bit on Haiti, and then headed towards the eastern seaboard, and gave the east coast some rain and a little flooding. But who was behind Hanna, that would be Ike, and behind Ike was Josephine, who fizzled out before anything could even form. Ike for that matter, a monster size Hurricane like Katrina.

 

Ike was heading towards Houston and Galveston on Friday September 12^th, 2008, and what was in the aftermath, is still an unknown calculation of life and loss. Ike nearly destroyed Galveston just by the water surge alone. Houses and businesses were sucked off their stilts or pegs, and taken to sea and then washed back onto land. Houston and surrounding areas lost power, lots of flooding. I believe that they are still without power.

Galveston is a disaster area. Will they ever really know the amount of people that stayed in their houses to ride out the storm, houses that were sucked out to sea. Very little amounts of housing were left still standing.

 

Right now, there is nothing churning off the coast of Africa which is where all of our tropical disturbances come from. The pacific has their share of hurricanes as well.

 

We pray for everyone, that everything someday gets put back to normal. Ike is almost as bad as Hurricane Isaac who was the most destructive hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900. Isaac is now a retired storm name, which may be the fate or Ike as well, and maybe even Katrina.

So what do you know about Narcolepsy? We know that it is a sleep disorder or some sort, with basically brain wave dysfunctions. Some people have it really bad, but do they really. Do they understand the basic need or Narcolepsy, and do they think that pharmaceutical drugs are the answer.

 

Well I have one thing to say about the pharmaceutical companies. They are only in business for the Golden Dollar Bill. Pharmaceutical companies are making billions and billions of dollars off of medication that I wouldn’t give my own dog. The Pharmaceutical drugs are so ridiculous, and there are so many, it will blow your mind.

 

I have Narcolepsy, but I am taking the natural approach. Yes, I am tired 24/7, it feels like I never sleep, but I know that I do, because of my fantastic dreams. I may only get six hours a night, maybe a mid evening nap before bed, but take the pharmaceutical drugs because the doctors tell you that they work. I’ll beg to differ on that one.

 

When I first went to a sleep doctor, I was basically going to have the sleep study done just to prove a point to my husband, that there was no other explanations of my falling asleep all the time, and I can back track 20 years of my falling asleep all the time, or just being tired all the time. So I had the study done, and that was a trip all in its own. Over night stay, all the electrodes you can imagine hooked up all over your body.

It was something, which I knew I had Narcolepsy just by the research that I did. The thought was, what were they going to do about it afterwards?

 

I went in for my results, and it’s like okay. I don’t have it bad, my brain doesn’t sleep at night, so then what? They prescribed some medication that is supposed to help me stay alert etc, and some other medication, which is the date rape drug by the way. That one is supposed to help my brain sleep at night, so that I feel more rested when I wake up. Oh my God, that was the worst or the worst. I took it twice, as of two doses, and it’s like, I would rather my brain just not sleep, then go through that crap or being irritable, and down right mean, couldn’t tell that it was even going to help after the first couple of doses.

 

This is what you do. Boycott the pharmaceutical companies, and stop taking their medicines. The side affects will kill you, the long term use of these pharmaceuticals, give it up now. Take vitamins, exercise, eat right, exercise… Take Vitamins, you’ll live longer. Lay off the fast junk food that will kill you too. Eat natural foods, save yourself now. Don’t depend on the pain killers it’s only a temporary fix.

 

I do not take any kind of medications. I take vitamins, and you can too. I eat right, and I exercise. YOU CAN DO IT TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel like I’ve been out of the loop for a couple of weeks. Well as we all know those of us that work for a living. Work is sometimes crazy.

 

I have been watching the races of course. Johnny Benson seems to be on top lately, and in the Sprint Cup, who is still on top but Kyle “Rowdy” Busch.  I would say that he is just like his older brother. He’s on a winning streak that no one else can figure out. He’s driving a Toyota now. Which appears to be the biggest competitor of racing right now. Toyota, is right along there with Chevy.

 

The crazy wreck that happened at Watkins Glen on Sunday, I could say was a total smash, all puns intended. Bobby Labonte I think got the worse out of it. When he got out of the car, he was hurting pretty bad, striping himself of his gear as he walked away from it. All the drivers walked away from it, which is always the most important factor. Regardless of who wins the race. I am not a big fan of the road course. Most people think that going around in a big circle, the ovals, is boring. I think the road course is the most boring period. I love the Ovals, all of them, except the shortest of short tracks, that is probably Bristol. I think the guys drive to fast to even race on that track it’s so short. What a way to waste a good set of brakes.

 

I do believe the boys are in Bristol this weekend. I’m looking forward to Ft. Worth in November, will I be able to go, I doubt it, but I love that track. It’s long, it’s wide, it’s a monster. Ha Ha… Maybe not, Daytona, or Talladega, Phoenix, Loudon, Michigan.

 

So many tracks, so Little time. Now that I can flash back. I think now, and the boys are going to be in Michigan this weekend. They are just all over the place. Talk about a lot of traveling. I like to travel, but their schedule is something else.

 

Way to go boys, there’s not a lot of people that can do what you do.

I guess I have to stand and correct myself. Kyle Busch isn’t on top of the points for all three races. Only the Sprint cup. Ron Hornaday is on top in the Trucks, and Bowyer is still on Top in the Nationwide. Maybe I thought Kyle was because he has dominated so greatly. No one can come close to Ron Hornaday in the Trucks though, he has 36 wins so far. He’s the Dominator of the trucks.

 

The Boys will be in Indianapolis this weekend. It oughta be a great show at the Brickyard. I wish I could be there, it would be awesome.