Sprite race car trailer. The route to Savannah was through St. Louis, Paducah, Chattanooga, and Atlanta. Returning, I chose a route through Birmingham and Memphis deciding it was best to avoid the 6% five mile grade north of Chattanooga with the fully laden van (318 engine). In St. Louis, I stayed with Lee and Karl Strauch at their abode which he affectionately refers to as the asylum. Karl showed me his cars, the engine room, and gave me my own private viewing of his slide show on the trip he made with son Kraig to Alaska using Bill Cox's Blue Goose Mini. While the scenery was most striking and beautiful across the South, the image that will not leave my mind is seeing the large number 3 brazened in the grass at the Talladega Super-Speedway. Dale Earnhardt was a good person. A good Christian. At times too aggressive‚but only when he felt the other guy needed the right kind of motivation to do the right thing‚that is, get out of his way. Dale made things happen. He made people feel good about themselves. We all loved to watch him perform his magic on the track and for many the best times of the year were had watching Dale at work.
More Humor
A police officer pulls a guy over for speeding and has the following exchange:
Officer: May I see your driver's license?
Driver: I don't have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owner's card for this vehicle?
Driver: It's not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: That's right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owner's card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: There's a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. That's where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: There's a BODY in the TRUNK?!?!?
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Who's car is this?
Driver: It's mine, officer. Here's the owner' card.
The driver owned the car.
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if there's a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but there's no gun in it.
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