Archive | October 13, 2012

Talladega Brings Out The Humor In Smoke

Talladega October 2012

2012 Fall Race – The Big One

It seems racing at Talladega brings out the funny side of Tony Stewart. Matt Kenseth won the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 when “The Big One” happened on the final lap as the #14 driven by 3-time Champion Tony Stewart was racing hard against Kenseth’s #17 on the high side of the track.

Tony was coming down to protect his position, when Michael Waltrip had a big run on the inside line of cars. Tony thought he was clear, telling reporters after the race “It’s my fault. I take 100 percent of the blame. I was trying to win the race and stay ahead and Michael got a big head of a steam. I turned down across the front of his car. It was a mistake on my part, but it made for a bad day for a lot of other guys.” Continue reading →

NFL Week 6

Oct13

Evil’s Picks:

My picks have been suspiciously good here this year. Makes me wonder if there’s a bug in the software.

My take:

Away	Home	Away	Home	Favorite	Line	O/U
Pittsburgh	Tennessee	21	21	Pittsburgh	1	42
Oakland	Atlanta	20	26	Atlanta	6	46
Dallas	Baltimore	17	24	Baltimore	7	40
Cincinnati	Cleveland	19	20	Cleveland	1	38
St. Louis	Miami	17	23	Miami	6	39
Indianapolis	NY Jets	18	25	NY Jets	7	43
Detroit	Philadelphia	21	26	Philadelphia	4	47
Kansas City	Tampa Bay	21	21	Kansas City	0	41
Buffalo	Arizona	20	27	Arizona	7	47
New England	Seattle	25	21	New England	4	46
NY Giants	San Francisco	19	24	San Francisco	5	43
Minnesota	Washington	22	22	Washington	0	44
Green Bay	Houston	22	22	Houston	1	44
Denver	San Diego	18	27	San Diego	9	45

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Nascar Reinstates AJ Allmendinger

Oct13

A.J. Allmendinger

Allmendinger Gets A Second Chance

On Tuesday, Nascar announced they have reinstated AJ Allmendinger after successful completion of the sanctioning body’s Substance Abuse Policy Road to Recovery program.

This marks the first driver to enter and complete the program since its inception. ‘Dinger failed a drug test on June 29 at Kentucky Speedway. He was put on temporary suspension July 7 when the “A” sample of his urine specimen tested positive. That suspension became indefinite on July 24, after AJ Allmendinger’s “B” Sample Tests Positive.

Allmendinger’s business manager, Tara Ragan, said was an unspecified stimulant, adding that the results “were within nanograms of accepted standards.”

On August 7th Allmendinger told Marty Smith in an exclusive interview, he tested Positive for a Prescription Drug, Adderall. AJ tells Smith: ” he had been out in Louisville, Ky., the Wednesday before the Quaker State 400 race at Kentucky Speedway and was tired. A friend, Allmendinger said, handed him a pill and stated it was a workout supplement that would give him energy. Allmendinger ingested the pill.” That pill turned out to be Adderall, according to Allmendinger. Continue reading →