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So last week I mentioned Harris Speedway and the winners of each division. I know they should be more incorporated in my column and after hearing what went on this past weekend, it showed an example of why it is an important part of our county.
For those who don’t know, Zach Gault who is a young dirt track racer has MS and will face surgery in August because of his muscle disease. It’s very likely that he will not be able to race ever again after the surgery. Competitors and the Harris Speedway themselves put together the Young Guns Dash race at the last minute on Saturday evening.
In an effort to show their sportsmanship and support, they even raised money throughout the pits and grandstands for Gault. As for the Dash, Gault went onto start in the front row and leave the field behind to grab his first career win. If that’s not a classy move and downright a touching story, then I don’t what else can be. Congrats to Gault and good luck to him in the future.
As for the other winners this week: Steve Penson (Thunderbombers), Dean Burgess (Renegades), John Price (Young Guns), Nathan Pierce (Pure Stock), Greg Dimsdale (Limited Sportsman), Rod Tucker (Stock 4), Jason Jolley (Stock 8), Andy Mattison (Crate Sportsman) and Jeff Paquin (Front Wheel Drive).
Also on the local level, our little programs around the county are showing well at state tourneys.
Rutherfordton Senior League Softball already won the state title. They will now head to Florida for regionals.
Rutherfordton 50/70 baseball, junior baseball and 9/10 softball were still alive to become state champs this week. In the 9/10 softball, Rutherfordton actually had to overcome a 10-run deficit at one time before winning a game this past Saturday.
NASCAR’s top nine team organizations formed a business alliance this past week. Some are claiming that this is the start of a union. This could be the third time in NASCAR history a union has started. The first two times failed miserably. Michael Waltrip, who is one of the main elements in getting this together says that it is not a union.
The new Race Team Alliance is suppose to help control cost and take action to represent themselves before NASCAR on certain issues to help the sport.
For right now, I am going to see how it plays out. Maybe this is a sign from race teams that NASCAR has gotten too big and too political. While safety is better than ever before, the racing product hasn’t been as good over the years.
And finally, I am not surprised that Lebron James went back to Cleveland. For those NBA fans, I think we all knew he would go back to the Cavaliers at some point, if not finish off his career as a Cavalier. At 29, Lebron could very well deliver a championship to his hometown this upcoming season.
