Sunday, March 14, 2010
MADHOUSE
Every Sunday night on the History Channel there is this new series called "Mad-House." It's about this racetrack down south that has asphalt modified racecars racing and it just documents like five to six racing teams and shows their family life and their racing life. It also shows how there are some rivalries between the drivers. Pretty much anything goes when the racing starts. Bumping and banging is no suprise between these guys. Its just crazy because these cars cost a lot of money and they beat and bang on eachother and sometimes destroy these cars. In our racing around here there isn't much rough housing but when there is the drivers get penalized for it. If you wanna see some funny arguing and some close temper tantrums that lead to fights between the drivers, check out the series "Mad-House" on the history channel every Sunday night at 10pm.
Dear John
I just got back from the movie "Dear John." I took my little sister to the local theatre back around home. We went over to Albion, Neb. which is 15 miles from Cedar Rapids where we are from. We were a little late to the movie but we didn't miss much. It's about this US Army Soldier who is home on leave and he meets this girl and they start hanging out with eachother and just basically fall in love. Then the decision for the soldier comes up to re-inlist in the Army and he does decide to do it. This creates a problem between the two and he eventually gets a letter from her that tells him she met someone else. So that's all I'm going to say about the movie because there is a little bit of a crazy twist after they break-up. But overall even though it's a total chick-flick it was a pretty good movie.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Column #1
The Racing Season of 2010
The 2010 racing season is just around the corner. Every drivers' working on their car late at night and waiting for that first night of stepping on the gas peddle and making it mold into the floor board that's solid as a rock. The hard work and aniticipation is almost over before the battle begins on the dirt.
After a season of dirt track racing end begins a new time for every driver. The new season pretty much starts just as one ends. Each driver takes off the skin that has been beat up and raced with off of their cars and is replaced with a new one. The new one will have that new and handsome look to begin the new season that awaits. Some drivers even take it to the extreme to replace their engines. Most engines are good up to 40 nights of good hard racing. But every driver has their own way of doing things in preparation for the new year. Like Tyler Iverson of Albion, NE for example. This kid is a, "RACING MACHINE." He just got back from Abalene, TX where he raced and got sixth one night and tenth the other. He was one of many drivers from Nebraska but was the only one to finish in the top 10 each night of racing. Then comes his schedule of this summer in Nebraska. The Iverson Racing team plans on racing at least 35 to 40 nights. Throughout these nights of racing Iverson's finishes will count for track points, local points and national points too. Iverson has been working hard on the car this whole winter to just get it to the maximum set-up so that every night he has the best car and will overcome other cars to accomplish a victory.
The hard work doesn't just stop once the season starts though. Hard work is put in every night of the week for drivers once the racing season starts. Every track you go to you have to anticipate wrecks, flat tires, motor troubles and anything else that will haunt you throughout the night. Everyone hopes nothing will go wrong with the car but you never know what's going to happen. Nobody likes to use the word but "Lucky" is the term for someone who never has to go through every opstical in the world just to get a win. But some drivers are very "Unlucky." That word comes into play just as much as "Lucky" does. Becoming part of those wrecks and having motor trouble and other obstacles in front of you as well are just as easy to come.
The hard work and dedication is just something part of the whole racing hobby. It doesn't matter how much time and effort you put into this sport anything can go wrong at anytime, but something can go right just as easy too. Anything that happens in this sport is just part of the process and when it happens in a positive way it’s a great feeling. All of that hard work and preparation that went into the car and mentally wanting to accomplish something in a night of racing that only one person can do, is the grand prize for everyone, and everyone is after that feeling. Being a winner is every driver’s goal they want. The prizes that come with winning include a trophy, prize money and fans that support you as well. But nothing can be better than reflecting on all that hard work that is put into preparing the cars to really accomplish that number one prize of “Winning!”
Tyler Iverson Albion, NE 402-741-0442
The 2010 racing season is just around the corner. Every drivers' working on their car late at night and waiting for that first night of stepping on the gas peddle and making it mold into the floor board that's solid as a rock. The hard work and aniticipation is almost over before the battle begins on the dirt.
After a season of dirt track racing end begins a new time for every driver. The new season pretty much starts just as one ends. Each driver takes off the skin that has been beat up and raced with off of their cars and is replaced with a new one. The new one will have that new and handsome look to begin the new season that awaits. Some drivers even take it to the extreme to replace their engines. Most engines are good up to 40 nights of good hard racing. But every driver has their own way of doing things in preparation for the new year. Like Tyler Iverson of Albion, NE for example. This kid is a, "RACING MACHINE." He just got back from Abalene, TX where he raced and got sixth one night and tenth the other. He was one of many drivers from Nebraska but was the only one to finish in the top 10 each night of racing. Then comes his schedule of this summer in Nebraska. The Iverson Racing team plans on racing at least 35 to 40 nights. Throughout these nights of racing Iverson's finishes will count for track points, local points and national points too. Iverson has been working hard on the car this whole winter to just get it to the maximum set-up so that every night he has the best car and will overcome other cars to accomplish a victory.
The hard work doesn't just stop once the season starts though. Hard work is put in every night of the week for drivers once the racing season starts. Every track you go to you have to anticipate wrecks, flat tires, motor troubles and anything else that will haunt you throughout the night. Everyone hopes nothing will go wrong with the car but you never know what's going to happen. Nobody likes to use the word but "Lucky" is the term for someone who never has to go through every opstical in the world just to get a win. But some drivers are very "Unlucky." That word comes into play just as much as "Lucky" does. Becoming part of those wrecks and having motor trouble and other obstacles in front of you as well are just as easy to come.
The hard work and dedication is just something part of the whole racing hobby. It doesn't matter how much time and effort you put into this sport anything can go wrong at anytime, but something can go right just as easy too. Anything that happens in this sport is just part of the process and when it happens in a positive way it’s a great feeling. All of that hard work and preparation that went into the car and mentally wanting to accomplish something in a night of racing that only one person can do, is the grand prize for everyone, and everyone is after that feeling. Being a winner is every driver’s goal they want. The prizes that come with winning include a trophy, prize money and fans that support you as well. But nothing can be better than reflecting on all that hard work that is put into preparing the cars to really accomplish that number one prize of “Winning!”
Tyler Iverson Albion, NE 402-741-0442
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Crazy News
This Friday, when I was at work, a girl and I were talking about winning tremendous amounts of money. We talked about what we would do and however much we won if we would be happy with the amount or if we would want more etc. We also talked about how if we would win just a little that that would be nice too, because it would be money that we never had anyway. Well then on my way home to Cedar Rapids this weekend my Dad gave me a call and said that he went to our local convenient store and that he bought a scratch-off ticket. It was a $10 ticket and he won $500. At first I didn't believe him but then I did after I got home and he showed me the cash. It was just really weird to be talking about winning money only a couple of hours before my dad informed me that he had just won $500. I thought that was awesome but it would have been really nice if I could have won that. Ha. That would have payed for two months of rent for me. That would have been real nice. I'm going to start buying scratch-off tickets because you never know when it will be your lucky day.
Preview to Atlanta Motor Speedway
Today the Nascar Sprint Cup Series is in Atlanta, GA at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This is a mile and a half track but speeds reach a little over 200mph. Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are on the front row to start the race and it should be an exciting race. I went to NASCAR.com to search around to find some favorites for today and you can't go wrong with Jimmie Johnson. Johnson has won the last two races and seems to be the favorite for today as well. I'm not a Johnson fan but he is on fire with his career. Everybody hates a winner but he seems to be doing a very good job every week. My pick for this race is number 14 Tony Stewart.
Here is the link for the preview to Atlanta from Nascar.com
Here is the link for the preview to Atlanta from Nascar.com
New York Times Column
I was on the New York Times website and came across a column by Bob Herbert. The title caught my eye and really grabed me attention. The title of this article is "Cops vs. Kids." It talks about how a couple of sixth graders in New York school were writing on eachothers desk. And a peace keeper, got involved in the situation. The peace keepers are police officers of the New York City Police Department and they are unarmed officers in the school. I found this to be a very interesting story and it tells about how some of the officers are arresting the students, putting them into handcuffs for small, routine little accidents that students are involved in. Kind of sounds like these officers are bored with their jobs and take little accidents and turn them into big deals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/opinion/06herbert.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/opinion/06herbert.html
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