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jimmy boo

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  1. <p>Oh no....didn't realise there was a Nationwide race today...</p>

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    <p>I was there in Daytona in 1996 with my boy in the front row at pit exit....Mark Martin hit the wall in front of us but the race was quite uneventfull and Dale Jarrett went on to win.</p>

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    <p>Really looking forward to the 500 on sunday...</p>

  2. Everyone involved was part of some sort of 'social correction' facility that basically tortures criminals as some sort of community service.

    She had killed some wee lassie along with her boyfriend and filmed it, I'm guessing this was some sort of revenge?

    Did you not see the end credits? Everything was explained there.

    Wasn't a huge fan of the episode to be honest, too much screaming and crying for my liking.

    Just watched again and seems a bit clearer.........so it's basically about revenge and making her suffer every day for her crime? I had missed the microsecond bits about her so called crime the first time round....

    Still wont be wasting any more of my life on this arty farty shite..........that's 2 hours down the drain already!!

  3. This is actually my first book. I'm working on two at the moment. The Jim Crawford one and my friend's autobiography that I'm basically ghostwriting.He was Scottish world champ Jock Taylor's passenger in sidecars.I know a few racing people but I've been very lucky with the Crawford book. He was so well liked that everyone has been very willing to talk. My friend David Hutson in the US (racing photographer,he took the pic that's my avatar) talked me into writing Jim's bio. He also introduced me to various people. I'd estimate I've spoken to around 80-100 people so far for the book including Tommy Byrne (great character,tells it how it is), Derek Daly (suffered similar injuries to Jim), Roberto Guerrero (lovely guy), Rick Mears (four time Indy 500 winner), Bobby Unser, Mark Scott (chief engineer on Buick's Indy programme), Bob Fernley (current Force India director), Roman Kuzma (famous Indy team boss) plus many others. Thinking about approaching Franchitti to perhaps write the foreword. He loves his racing history and knows all about Jim. My big regret is not getting the chance to speak to Dan Wheldon. One of his neighbours was friendly with Jim and he'd suggested I call Dan to get his perspective on driving at Indy (this would be around the time of his second 500 win). I kept putting it off and, well, we all know what happened.

    When these two are out of the way I'd love to get stuck into a bio of Jock Taylor.There was one being written but sadly the author passed away. I have quite a lot of material on him and know some of his friends and family. I think it would be a good read.

    See if you can interest Dario and his racing relatives to invest in a wee SPL team.........from Paisley ;)

  4. You are wrong sir, extremely wrong.

    If someone can explain what the hell was going on i'd be gratefull.......maybe I was too pissed or stupid to work it out.

    I can't be doing with stuff full of hidden meanings where you have to be a right smartarse to work it all out.........what was all the people filming everything on their phones all about?

  5. I'll have to try and find a stream for Daytona. Good on Danica. I'm not a fan but she got the job done.

    Been working on my Jim Crawford book quite a lot this week. I have to call Ronnie Peterson's ex chief mechanic tomorrow. He worked with Ronnie from his F2 days right through his JPS Lotus period. He also worked with Jim at Lotus and later at the Indy 500. If anyone has any questions let me know and I'll try to get an answer.

    What other books have you done so we can check them out?..........you seem very well connected.

  6. I seen that last night, it's just a shame that it's on Premier Sports. I'm sure I'll find a stream somewhere for the race. I also noticed the Sebring 12 hours is on the same weekend as the F1 opener from Australia. :thumbsdown

    Speaking of Australia, the V8 Supercars series will be interesting this season, instead of just Ford vs Holden, Mercedes and Nissan are competing this year. I love the Nissan Altima Norton car. I know a few people that hate colour scheme but I love it. I'll post a photo of it later if I can.

    Danica?? No way!! How the hell did she manage that???

    I've subscribed to Premier Sports since they started showing Nascar.......not interested in anything else they show.

    Its so predictable though...it started about £6 and has crept up to £10 now........grrrrrrrrrrr

    Just watched the 'Sprint Unlimited'(formerly Bud shootout) and the video quality did seem to be better than before so lets hope it continues the whole season.

    I cant rely on streams as I usually record the races and catch up over monday and tuesday...

    Danica?? oh no.....i'll give her one...........................................erm lap :whistle

  7. Just read that David Coulthard's sister has been found dead at her home, aged 35. She leaves an eight month old baby :(

    Im finding it very hard to beleive the reports he was told before he went on the cooking show on saturday moring.....he didn't seem to have a care in the world.
  8. Going to see Feeder in Manchester in 2 weeks....been all over to see them loads of times but it's been a while now.

    Tried for Glasgow tickets at the time and they seemed to be sold out but went and looked last week and they were available!!

    Oh well....good weekend away and might go to City v Villa on the saturday. Staying at Lancashire cricket club hotel again....can't wait...

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