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10-05-2011, 07:33 PM
#121
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The reported backstory was that he should have been started at the front of the pack but wasn't for whatever reason (infraction or missed qualifying or something). He was obviously braking later and accelerating earlier. That's about the ballsiest track clip I have ever seen. I have seen singular incidents that were ballsy but he just kept on and on.
10-10-2011, 02:07 PM
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Awesome! Darrell Waltrip has always had an entertaining way of expressing himself. Even we in America find his "folksy" colloquialisms amusing. He only quit racing about 8 years ago but I think he is used to seeing around the next bend. He is also used to being on much skinnier tires and being horsepower restricted. Curvy tracks are better, too.
I watched the race and enjoyed it thoroughly, btw. I hope Speed tv replays it soon.
I watched the race and enjoyed it thoroughly, btw. I hope Speed tv replays it soon.
10-16-2011, 10:34 PM
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And as long as I'm in a sharing mood, I'd like to share one corner of my wide musical interests. I listen to more variety than many people do. I like rock, metal, swing, reggae, rap, bluegrass, industrial, techno pop, blues, funk, etc., even Dean Martin and such. I think there is good an bad music in most genres and think that most of what is on the radio is worthless and soulless. So I listen to my many moods on various Pandora stations and was exposed to several songs by Chris Knight on one of them.
Chris is best described as an Appalachian American songwriter. His music is very bare and raw in its writing and in his performing. I hear the anguish of struggle in his lyrics, of dreams crushed by brutal reality, of thankfulness and sorrow in the same breath. His themes are blue collar realities and his voice echoes the pain behind the writing. He has a country accent but doesn't sound like the polished manufactured twang of what passes for country music on the radio. I just can't listen to any of that radio stuff.
These songs might sound like fingernails on a chalkboard to you but the stories are profound nonetheless and the teller is as believable as they come. Simple and real.
Chris is best described as an Appalachian American songwriter. His music is very bare and raw in its writing and in his performing. I hear the anguish of struggle in his lyrics, of dreams crushed by brutal reality, of thankfulness and sorrow in the same breath. His themes are blue collar realities and his voice echoes the pain behind the writing. He has a country accent but doesn't sound like the polished manufactured twang of what passes for country music on the radio. I just can't listen to any of that radio stuff.
These songs might sound like fingernails on a chalkboard to you but the stories are profound nonetheless and the teller is as believable as they come. Simple and real.
