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Sael

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  1. Intelligence can be intimidating.
  2. Ken Squire has some serious pull but with the new owners that pull might end. Besides the named drivers others have raced here and Petty and Allison have done autograph sessions. These guys don't always race for the bucks which is great for the little bullring fans.
  3. Up until a few months ago Ken Squire was co-owner of the track. For a number of years he has pulled in a name driver just before the NH cup race. Just a guess but I doubt the track could afford to pay. KB has raced late models in the NE before winning the prestigious Oxford 250 a few years ago.
  4. Bosch came in the house we bought last year. Cleans very well once we got used to the cleaner proportions for our hard water. Very quiet once I figured out how to turn off the wash done buzzer.
  5. Fake news, do your homework. http://www.snopes.com/bernie-sanders-audi-8/
  6. That is not Bernie Sanders.
  7. What... no flyover of the clothing optional beach?
  8. I rode last winter with two friends who have survived prostate cancer and ride with no more issues than any 70 year old has. I couldn't tell you what kind of treatment they had but trust in your doctor and his plan for you is very important. I myself am in partial remission with lymphoma. We are the "cancer crew" and enjoy every day. Good wishes for your treatment.
  9. Phil Scott used to race snowmobiles also. His introduction to motorized competition came instead aboard a snowmobile. "My first snowmobile race was in 1977 at Devil's Bowl Speedway," Phil says. "I think I wrecked. The wrecks became part of the game and you protected yourself the best you could, but they were inevitable. I remember racing at the fairgrounds in Skowhegan, Maine and we had a huge wreck. I almost went right over the Funhouse. They carted me off to the local hospital and gave me an x-ray and determined that nothing was broken, so me and one of my crewmembers decided we could get back to the track to see if we could get into another race (the wreck happened in an early qualifier). The problem was we rode in the ambulance and we had to hitchhike back. There we were, with me with helmet in hand and my leathers on. A guy picked us up in a pickup and proceeded to tell us that he had been at the track earlier and there was a big wreck. He thought the guy might have been killed. Of course he was talking about me! We got back in time to qualify the second sled in a last chance race." There was success but also more injuries and the eventual realization that speedsters with four wheels were a lot safer than those without. "I learned a lot from snowmobile racing, and did my share of wrecking in that regard as well." Scott comments, "but towards the end, I was racing in the Formula-One division against racers like Jacques Villeneuve. "There are many car racers that raced snowmobiles during the off-season. I think Ted Christopher did, Tim Bender, The Abolds from New York; there were a lot of good competitors, but I found myself traveling from Manitoba to Minnesota to Illinois to Ontario to Quebec, and I got cold. I decided I wanted to return to stock car racing, which was really my first love, but I couldn't afford it in '77. I did miss some parts of snowmobile racing like the speed of racing on half-mile ice tracks, going over 100 miles per hour, on a sled that weighed four or five hundred pounds, but I didn't miss getting hurt and the cold.”
  10. Sael

    The Trains

    I was told that when that area was declared a wilderness waterway all structures in the waterway were burnt down including the train house with the trains still inside. Nugents Camps survived because Nuge had political connections. Nugents Camps are now owned by and leased from the State. The trains are very much worth seeing in the summer and you can still see the remnants of the log tramway. Further down Chamberlin Lake near the "farm camp" are the remains of large old steam engine. Neat area and great fishing.
  11. Thanks for the daily jokes. I look forward to them.
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