Oh, God. Here come the MSNBC Saturday Sycophants

[thegoose]

Merrily reporting on Dump defiling the Daytona 500 like it's so fun and happy clappy...

Fixed! Daytona, not Indianapolis. I only watch baseball so I get confused.

[brewens]

1. I thought it was Daytona. n/t

[thegoose]

2. One of 'em!

I'm working at my desk and have it on in the background.

[True Blue American]

4. Daytona.

Flew in many times.

[True Blue American]

3. Air Force 1

Would be hard to miss when you come in right over the race track.

[UniteFightBack]

5. I had to turn it off with all the screaming about Bloomberg. nt

[spanone]

6. Daytona 500 is tomorrow.

https://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/Events/2020/DAYTONA-500/DAYTONA-500.aspx

[MuseRider]

7. Is it still run by Joie Chitwood

do you know? I looked at the site and did not see his name. His grandfather, the original Joie with the Thrill show was my Great Uncle. I have lost track of all that side. If you do not know don't bother I can look around myself later but in case you do know, you seemed interested in the race, I thought I would ask.

[spanone]

8. I grew up in Indianapolis...the Indy 500 was a big deal when I was growing up.

I would sell papers at the track on qualifying days and race day back in the early sixties.

I loved it when I was a kid, but it's a whole new world today

I really have lost track with racing (pun intended). I peak at it only occasionally.

I've heard the Joie Chitwood name over the years but it was mostly connected with stock car racing which grew into nascar.

[MuseRider]

13. Thank you!

The old 1st Joie was the Thrill Show. I met him only once as he was long gone from Kansas. I saw him in a couple of movies, he actually had some lines with Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck, grew up with stories and had a couple of Thrill Show cars (not exactly my cup of tea) as a kid. The rest of his family, sisters and brother were all here and I knew them. They were very proud of him.

Thanks for answering. I really appreciate it.

[spanone]

15. Check this out.....Joie Chitwwod III

Joie Chitwood resigns ISC post effective in November

https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20190822/joie-chitwood-resigns-isc-post-effective-in-november

[MuseRider]

16. Wow, thank you for showing this to me.

I wonder what is next?

[tavernier]

9. What did he do?

[hatrack]

10. Apparently he's going to drive a big fast car that goes VROOM VROOM VROOM!!!

So that people will vote for him . . .

[tavernier]

11. And Bloomberg will drive a bigger one

that goes Tanky Tanky Tanky right over the top of him.

[Different Drummer]

12. With Trump in the field, the venerable Daytona 500 will resemble this.

For those who didn't watch Saturday morning cartoons in the 1960's, that's "Wacky Races."

[rockfordfile]

14. They wonder why NASCAR is dead. Keep having traitors and racists at your events

[Tanuki]

17. He likes to pretend he's in charge of things.

[hunter]

18. Internal combustion engines are so twentieth century.

This race might be exciting if they pushed automotive technology by using electric engines with no recharging or battery swapping allowed.

Or maybe we could replace human drivers with artificial intelligence in a class of cars limited only by size and weight. Imagine exotic fuels and as much horsepower as you could cram into a box. This might be a dangerous for spectators however.