http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/Adventures in motocrosshourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/580222The NASCAR season drew to a close today at Homestead Florida on the mile-and-a-half track there. All Jimmy Johnson had to do was finish no lower than 36 th place. All Carl Edwards had to do was win the race and hope Jimmy encountered bad luck. Bad luck visited Dale Ernhardt Jr. in the form of a...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/578986Jimi Hendrix of course, but Jimmy Johnson and his crew stand of the brink of a third NASCAR championship in a row. Of course in this world, nothing is certain. Even though he only has to finish better than 36 th next weekend at Homestead Florida, in the uncertain arena of motorsports, one never...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/577720The youngest F1 champion and the first F1 champion, as the announcers put it, “of color” are one and the same in young Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton and Filipe Massa were the only two title contenders left to do battle at the last race of the series in Sao Palo Brazil. Massa was the overwhelming home...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/577515Color doesn’t matter. Motocrossers know that, we have seen it time after time. A rider wins a championship, then switches to another brand of bike. McGrath rode all the brands it seems. No matter which bike he rode, he won on. He was the champion, not the bike. Now James Stewart and Chad Reed are...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/576398The first word in motor sports is motor and therein lies the rub as Shakespeare might say. The driver or rider can be on top of their game but if the machine craps out, game over. All racers accept this and all racers have been, or will be bitten by a mechanical problem, trust me. Even I, the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/575911Race cars come in all sizes. Go Karts, Indy cars, Stock cars and yes, even semi trucks have taken to the race track. But wait a minute, these are all cars you have to sit in. What if you were to take that excitement and shrink it down so that an entire racetrack could fit into a building? Its...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/572496Carl Edwards and Jimmy Johnson put on quite a show and gave fans one of those finishes to remember. Jimmy was pretty good all race and Carl was strong. When it came down to the last 10 laps or so, Jimmy was sitting pretty, it seemed no once could touch him. Then Carl Edwards started closing on...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/568994Spa, Monza the storied tracks visited by motorsports premier series provide the green backdrop and rolling hills to contrast the screaming engines along with top secret high-tech bits on cars so expensive it’s a wonder they let them out of the garage. In a year that has been anything but...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/566630And now I am a race driver. I have to pay attention to line choice, smoothness, throttle management and oh yes, keeping my batteries charged. One more thing, I have to be careful not to step on the other cars when I am corner marshalling. 1/10 th scale radio control cars is what I am talking...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/food4thought8580/562776Oh is home track, Ryan Villopoto stood on the brink of winning the overall in the Lites class, something he hadn’t done before. Sporting events always seem to favor the “home team” but so far the overall victory had eluded Ryan. Jeff Emig always carries on about the roost (the spray of dirt and...