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"We'll be serving fried Chihuahua at lunch today" (Old Blackhawk joke...)

You feeling nostalgic for that short bus you rode as a kid, aren't you Steve? :)

Sigh. Took a decade to build, but just one e-mail to tear it all down. Technology at it's greatest, and worst.

Yeah we'd be calling Jordan "Gimp" right now if it wasn't for that airfence. Wait. We can call him Gimp anyway!

No problem dude. I posted some shit last night also that was done out of anger, so I know exactly where you're coming from. :) A little sleep helped get my head squared away, though.

Airfence is owned, maintained, and will stay at BHF permanently for all orgs to use. As far as losing trust, yeah. Think we're all right there with you. However, I have talked to Bob Blandford - personally - and I know that it wasn't an easy decision for him to make. Car clubs have more money...

SomeGuy; Those RA dates were flippin' expensive too. I remember in '09 weekend dates were upwards of $25,000 a day. Dunno about '10. That's 2.5x as expensive as most other tracks in the region. Guess it goes without saying that NASCAR fame has it's cost. Blackhawk gave most of the NESBA dates...

Joe - All the airfence money went straight to BHF. I've talked to Tom about airfence stuff myself, before. The airfence fundraisers were done at NESBA events, and organized by NESBA volunteers, but the money was handed off to the track and became the tracks money. As far as oversight, I've had...

OK, hell. So this isn't just a sick joke. I didn't figure it was. This is going to be one of *those* posts. Damnit. I take one year off to heal up and the whole organization evaporates. What the hell? Over the last year and a half, while I've been healing up, I've worn a NESBA shirt to work...

This is a sick joke, right?

Tossing my .02 in because everyone else is. I've had three bus trips - two were from landing in grass, one from highsiding and hitting pavement. That last one I'm still in pain from a year and a half later. This isn't a safe sport, there's always factors outside of your control. But, overall...

Good to hear you're up and at it again George! Even though I'm still inactive, I always check the boards Monday after race & track weekends. This is the first time I've been worried all year by what I read.. I read on facebook earlier there was a chopper ride (don't know who), but everything...

Damn, don't you guys know to keep the rubber side down yet?! Sounds like it was a bad weekend. Glad to hear you're up and talking (typing) Ed. What about the rest that went down this weekend, any news?

I'm Zen Buddhist, I don't need God to hold my hand. If you read what I wrote, you'd notice 1) I was hurt at Road America almost a year ago, 2) I've been healing (slowly), and 3) I haven't been back on the track yet - not rushing in to anything. I'm pretty sure I just said I would be back after...

Dibs on the venison sausage...

PS That ankle damage was from the off at Road America last June - almost a year ago. I was also in a car crash on December 27th, but I'm healed from that - just tore a ligament off of the back of my skull in that one. THAT sonofabitch hurt. :)

Oh, I'm still around. Just not healed yet. Mostly, but not all there. Got an MRI back in December, tendon in my left ankle was still ripped in half, so doc told me to go easy on it for 3 months. Went back in march, tendon is still torn badly but healed a little. He sent me to a specialist in...

BlueNinja.... I jumped on tonight to check the board to see if any of my buddies got hurt this weekend, and my heart about flipped out of my chest when I read the "Prayers Needed" title. A contusion? Are you f'n kidding me? Go put some f'n tape on it! That's not even thread-worthy. Don't...

If your instincts are screaming "I'm going to die!" but you still haven't started braking, you're doing it right. Also don't coast. Either be on the throttle or on the brakes. Pin that bitch open until you're past the tower and the 4 marker comes up, and then brake as little as possible to...

Just because there's nothing to run in to, don't mean the other corners are "totally safe". They're all dangerous given the proper conditions - this ain't basket weaving. Turn 7 knocked me out for 15 mins and got me a ride to the local trauma center back in 2008. Last year, I saw a guy break...