Anyway, now to the task at hand. First up Joey Logano. Lord have mercy that little guy won New Hampshire! Does my heart a world of good, I can tell you that. I like that boy. He just has the cutest wide smile. Reminds me a lot of a big Petty smile! Who wouldn’t love that? Also reminds me a lot of the big smile my late husband Elmer had. I always secretly wondered if he was related somehow to that racin’ clan. It wasn’t just his smile that made me wonder. Elmer could drive a car fast too! I do know that. I remember one time years ago, when I saw his car parked in front of a house in a seedy part of town. I knocked on the door to see if and why he was there and the next thing I knew he was running lickety split out the back door, jumped in his car and took off like his rear was on fire or somethin’. Later I found out he had delivered some groceries on his lunch hour to an old woman that lived there and he was late gettin’ back to work. I told him the woman I saw peekin’ out the window didn’t look like any old woman I ever saw, but, he said that was most likely her grand daughter. Whatever! Sweet Elmer was always goin’ over there and helpin’ the less fortunate women in that part of town, but, that’s neither here nor there. Anyway back to the subject at hand, young Logano. Be honest now, we all knew this young man could do it! He drives for Coach Joe, for Pete’s sake. Do you realize that boy is officially the youngest race winner in NASCAR history? He is and that’s a fact! Why I was so happy that it just tickled me pink! (Yes, Charlotte…tickled me PINK! OMG! You know what that means. Right?) I am a bit upset, however, with a number of things I have heard and read that people have said about his win. Yes, it was a rain shortened win but it counts people! You Jeff Gordon fans will just have deal with it. Perhaps things would have been different had the rain stayed away. That’s what Walter behind the meat counter was all bent about. No, I mean he really was bent…bent over. He said he jumped up to yell at the TV when they called the race and hadn’t been able to straighten up since. Crazy old fool! Perhaps things would have been different had the rain stayed away. That’s what Walter says and that’s what Noah (you know, Noah of the Ark) said too, and no I was not there. That’s just a funny sayin’. Get it? Anyway, the rain came and it is what it is. Joey won, Jeff didn’t. End of discussion.
Now about Jeremy Mayfield. Accordin’ to the latest reports, Jeremy has one foot out of the NASCAR hot water. Apparently a Federal Judge has lifted the suspension NASCAR gave Jeremy when they say he tested positive for a certain drug. Now I don’t know much about this kind of stuff at all. All I do know is you can not let those guys get in a car all wired up and try to drive 200 mph. That just makes sense for Heaven’s sake. You can argue the fact all day long, but, it just isn’t safe. Period. Jeremy must have said something that made sense to the judge because he has the right, if I understand it correctly, to show up at Daytona by Thursday. I am excited for him. I like Jeremy. I don’t like his old commercials though. Remember that little skinny girl yellin’ “Hey Jeremy” and jumpin’ in his car? Why I just wanted to whip her behind and lock her in her room. Mercy, but, those are old commercials thank God and that is neither here nor there. But, Jeremy I’m glad you have another chance, honey. Do what you have to do to prove your innocence and be done with it. Ok? Lord help you, boy, if you have only put one hand on the table. That’s a real good way to get the other one hurt real bad. I’m not doubtin’ you, honey. I like you as I said. Just be good, stay good and go racin’. End of discussion, for now at least.
And now about Taylor Nicole Earnhardt. We haven’t heard much about her at all since her famous daddy passed away. That’s as it should be, I guess. A couple of days ago it was announced that she would drive her daddy’s #3 Chevy in the Festival of Speed in England. Now I will be honest with you, I don’t pay a lot of attention to the goin’ ons with the Brits.(I do like Simon Cowell a lot though). Frankly, the thought of blue blood…royal blood better’an anybody elses makes my plain old red American blood BOIL frankly, but I guess that’s neither here nor there. But you throw the Earnhardt name in the mix and I am gonna stop, look and listen up a bit. There are so many folks raisin’ all kinds of hell (that’s not a bad word anymore accordin’ to several sources) about her drivin’ Dale, Sr’s car. Some say Jr should. Some say no one should, but, truth is folks…it ain’t your call! As if! (I’ve been waitin’ to say that again.) Look, I have been known to be wrong once in awhile, but, Dale, Sr, in my opinion, would love for any one of his kids to drive his car. I’m not gonna get in a long discussion about Teresa, DEI or what I think about any of that. Furthermore, I’m not even remotely interested in your thoughts on that either. I’m not bein’ mean, child. I am just bein’ honest. It isn’t a Cup race, folks. It’s a festival in a foreign land for Pete’s sake. And I don’t think most of those people mouthin’ off about it even read the whole article anyway. They just saw #3 car and Taylor Nicole and went off the deep end. Get a grip and get over it. Fact is, there isn’t anything any of you can do about it anyway. But she sure looked a lot like her daddy leanin’ against that car, didn’t she? Did my heart a world of good to see her like that, I’ll tell you. Anyway, end of discussion for now I guess, but, I’m sure some of you will still chat it up.
As for the “Other Stuff” in my title, well I guess I’ll relate that to the next race. Daytona is next, ya know. Oh how I love Daytona. That place always thrills and chills me, not necessarily in that order. I think I’ll just stop there before I say somethin’ that I will regret. I guess I’ll just come right out and say it…I pick Jr for the win. Yep…he knows how to do it so that is that. Enough said. You all can write if you like., just make sure to give me plenty of time to write back. I am a very busy woman. As for you Mavis, don’t make me tell you again. You know what I’m talkin’ about girl. And Priscilla, thanks for takin’ my love life advice seriously, honey. Kick him to the curb. It’s like that movie, dear. He’s just not in to you. Well that and he’s 80 dear. Think younger… that relates to longer SSI benefits. Know what I mean?
‘Til next time. Go, go, go!