Good Show!
Dover 400
As annoying as the tire issues and cautions were, that was a great race with a lot of shuffling through the field to keep the audience guessing. The duel between Burton and Kenneth in the last laps was a blast to watch and while they are both good sports and I like Matt, it was so cool to see Jeff Burton in Victory lane again, especially now, leading the points in the Chase.
“Young and marketable” my ass, I love seeing the veterans get their well-earned due.
Sorry Matt’s fuel gave out on the last lap. That was something I did not want to see, though I was glad Jeff had passed him honestly before that happened.
Elliott came up to lead! Yea! But then slipped back into the 20’s for reasons unknown, finishing 16th. (I told you guys, I told you! The boyz got the skillz.) Dale also struggled, as did many, with right front tire issues. Mark Martin finished ahead of him in 14th place after flirting with the top five only a couple times early in the race.
Kennseth, Dale and Mark all stayed where they were at in the standings at 3rd, 6th and seventh respectively. Kyle’s Busch’s engine failure marks his second bad race, probably knocking him out of contention for the championship itself. Jimmie Johnson managed to scrape up a good enough finish to make up some ground from last week’s wreck. Kasey Khane took his mulligan when Tony Stewart lost control of his car (honestly) and took him out and I’m not sure what happened to Harvick but Jeff Gordon has managed to scrape up a good enough finish to land 2nd place in the standings.
Yeah, good race!
Charities
With the holidays barreling down upon us (we couldn’t fend them off if we tried) our mailboxes are flooding with catalogs and or course, requests for donations in exchange for address labels or canvas tote bags or whathaveyou.
We all have our pet causes, but before you write any checks or type in any credit card numbers, make sure to check the charity through either CharityNavigator.org or Give.org, which is part of the Better Business Bureau.
These sites will not only tell you whether or not the charity is real, but Charity Navigator also rates the charities for their effectiveness and shows you how much they spend on what. You can enter what type of charity you are interested in and then sort it by rating, so you can choose the organization that is going to make the best use of your money.
One thing I have found is that some of the best rated organizations, no matter what the cause, are your local ones. Which makes sense because these are the people on the ground with their hands on. Often larger national organizations work in conjunction with local organizations, so by donating locally, you sort of skip the middle man. So check out local charity organizations unless it is something international, like the WildAid (which works in third world countries to stop poaching of endangered species) or the Nature Conservancy (which buys up parcels of endangered biomes worldwide to prevent their being developed, including some here in the U.S.) or with a huge organizations such as the Disabled American Veterans or the USO, who work with the military. Even so, see if there are any charity groups working for your causes in your area. They don’t get the media attention the national organizations do and could certainly use your help. :)
And to keep this on a theme, here's a link to the NASCAR Foundation and the charities they support.
As annoying as the tire issues and cautions were, that was a great race with a lot of shuffling through the field to keep the audience guessing. The duel between Burton and Kenneth in the last laps was a blast to watch and while they are both good sports and I like Matt, it was so cool to see Jeff Burton in Victory lane again, especially now, leading the points in the Chase.
“Young and marketable” my ass, I love seeing the veterans get their well-earned due.
Sorry Matt’s fuel gave out on the last lap. That was something I did not want to see, though I was glad Jeff had passed him honestly before that happened.
Elliott came up to lead! Yea! But then slipped back into the 20’s for reasons unknown, finishing 16th. (I told you guys, I told you! The boyz got the skillz.) Dale also struggled, as did many, with right front tire issues. Mark Martin finished ahead of him in 14th place after flirting with the top five only a couple times early in the race.
Kennseth, Dale and Mark all stayed where they were at in the standings at 3rd, 6th and seventh respectively. Kyle’s Busch’s engine failure marks his second bad race, probably knocking him out of contention for the championship itself. Jimmie Johnson managed to scrape up a good enough finish to make up some ground from last week’s wreck. Kasey Khane took his mulligan when Tony Stewart lost control of his car (honestly) and took him out and I’m not sure what happened to Harvick but Jeff Gordon has managed to scrape up a good enough finish to land 2nd place in the standings.
Yeah, good race!
Charities
With the holidays barreling down upon us (we couldn’t fend them off if we tried) our mailboxes are flooding with catalogs and or course, requests for donations in exchange for address labels or canvas tote bags or whathaveyou.
We all have our pet causes, but before you write any checks or type in any credit card numbers, make sure to check the charity through either CharityNavigator.org or Give.org, which is part of the Better Business Bureau.
These sites will not only tell you whether or not the charity is real, but Charity Navigator also rates the charities for their effectiveness and shows you how much they spend on what. You can enter what type of charity you are interested in and then sort it by rating, so you can choose the organization that is going to make the best use of your money.
One thing I have found is that some of the best rated organizations, no matter what the cause, are your local ones. Which makes sense because these are the people on the ground with their hands on. Often larger national organizations work in conjunction with local organizations, so by donating locally, you sort of skip the middle man. So check out local charity organizations unless it is something international, like the WildAid (which works in third world countries to stop poaching of endangered species) or the Nature Conservancy (which buys up parcels of endangered biomes worldwide to prevent their being developed, including some here in the U.S.) or with a huge organizations such as the Disabled American Veterans or the USO, who work with the military. Even so, see if there are any charity groups working for your causes in your area. They don’t get the media attention the national organizations do and could certainly use your help. :)
And to keep this on a theme, here's a link to the NASCAR Foundation and the charities they support.
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