Night At The Races

 Tonight was a fun evening with a bit of an exception. I enjoyed watching the tight races, but couldn't help but notice something. There seems to be no consistency or rhyme/reason to the line ups. Rules that are in place for the racing association don't seem to matter. This seems to have been going on for a couple of years. The problems seemed to have begun a couple of years ago when one driver bullied his way into a tie for the Street Point Leader. This driver pushed the Racing Association leaders into changing rules so that the points would change in his favour. Even going so far as to post his own newspaper ad announcing the Title as his. He had the Head Lap Counter blamed unfairly. With the frustration of all this it is clear that the fans are feeling the same way that the drivers must be, as the stands were fairly empty and have been this year. If the SCRA can't get their act together I fear that there may not be a Speedy Creek Racing Association in the near future.

Above we have off-roading.

Above we have Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

 A slick track led to many many spins tonight.

 To the Left is a cool shot of the truck coming out of the dust, and yes there was a lot of dust tonight.

 To the Left we have one of many spins.

 To the right we have two men racing hard.

To the left we have what I like to call a taxi conference.

Book Review- Richard Peck- Here Lies the Librarian

Richard Peck- Here Lies the Librarian (Scholastic Books 2006) 3 Stars

The back of the book describes it as: Peewee idolizes Jake, a big brother whose dreams of auto mechanic glory are fueled by the hard road coming to link their Indiana town and futures with the twentieth century. And motoring down the road comes Irene Ridpath, a young librarian with plans to astonish them all and turn Peewee’s life upside down.

It was an interesting beginning. Something about the writing style brought me in and made me want to read more of it. The plot was not overly deep; in fact I would call it the major weak point of this novel. I failed to what the point in the book was. That being said, the characters were quite well done and were easy to get attached to. They were a lot of fun. The overall book was enjoyable to read about as well, especially the racing scenes. Kids who enjoy racing or historical settings would likely find this book up their alley.

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Tony Peters
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