Joe Cooksey

There is a saying that goes something like "getting to the top is easy, the hard thing is staying there once you get there." There's a reason the above statement is so true. It has to do with this interesting little quirk we humans have: our belief in finish lines. Deep with in our brains we have this belief that once we arrive, we can relax. Now there are times in life when there are finish lines: 10K races and marathons, dog and horse racing tracks, and at Nascar races. The problem is we apply this thinking to so many areas where there really are no finish lines: getting in shape, dieting, growing in your profession and especially marriage and other relationships. Now in no way am I saying that we...

Father's Day is not far off bringing a chance for children, especially teenagers, to ignore the superficial, and to let Dad know he is appreciated and loved. It's definitely a big time garbage gesture to wait until Saturday night before Father's day and then rush over to the mall to buy him a Tee shirt, saying I love the Red Socks. If your grass cutting money or baby sitting money is shrinking because of the economy, and you can't buy Dad a ticket to next year's Super Bowl, there are still "Hoo Hah" things you can do for him, things he will love as much as if they cost a "mint". As a matter of fact, he might love them more because it gives you both a chance to interact and share some time with each...

I'm always amazed when I meet someone who doesn't know they can buy event tickets online. People often don't realize that just because the box office says a game or show is sold out, doesn't mean there are no more tickets available anywhere. You don't have to stand in long lines or camp out overnight anymore. You can now get tickets to just about anything online these days. And all you'll need is a credit card and an Internet connection. Just like the book market and stock trading industry, the Internet has had a profound affect on the ticket industry as well. It has leveled the playing field, making it easier than ever before for anyone to purchase sold out, premium or hard-to-find event tickets...

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A true sports enthusiast loves all kinds of sports and would like nothing better than to have access to every channel--whether that includes Local, National, or International channels. With limited sports available on Cable TV and more on Satellite TV, a void still exist that doesn't seem to fulfill the lust for more sporting events. Perhaps this never hit home what exactly is missing or needed but what the sport fan doesn't know can only be attributed to paid-TV brainwashing. However if you think outside of the box, there exist another dimension--Watch Sports Online--which can skyrocket the lust for sports through the roof. The Internet has become the number one information source Worldwide, and...

Motor Mouth is a humorous and enticing story about NASCAR racing and the adventures of a few teams that chose to find trouble, both with NASCAR and other racing teams. Included in this story are spotters that work from rooftops telling their drivers when to move, mechanics that maintain not only the cars but all the equipment needed to transport the cars and equipment, and the drivers themselves and their interaction with all of the aforementioned. Alex is known as "Motor Mouth" being driver Sam Hooker's spotter. She loves adventure and fun while engaged in any racing activity as well as any wild activity apart from racing. During the last race of the season while giving Sam instructions via...

Auto racing has become a popular sport among both the drivers and the spectators and the appeal of the sport continues to attract more people as the diversity within grows as well. The span of vehicles types drivers race ranges from all terrain vehicles to Nascar and Indy racecars and everything in between. Among the large selection of automobiles being raced are go-carts, which have diversity within themselves. Go cart racing may be done on a homemade, makeshift track or races are taken to the "street" on professionally established, asphalt tracks. Like any of the vehicles popularly driven in auto races, go carts are driven in different styles of races, depending on the type of cart you are driving...

Convenience and cost-saving measures are usually the factors that we think about when we buy our first car, or our first motorcycle. You may include selection of helmets and any other accessory that you can think about. Actually, a motorcycle is another means of transportation that give drivers an alternative towards fuel cost consumption compared to a four-wheel car. As years gone by, regular motor cycles have evolved, mainly to the geniuses who have dedicated their time in molding ideas such as customized motorbikes and concept bikes. However, the case of having a helmet can be accounted to manufacturers who specialize in safety, like the Zeus helmets, Shoei helmets, AGV helmets. In addition...

Thrilling and excitement made the BMX races popular. The peoples who love to ride the bikes and perform some of the tricks must experience the pleasure of BMX riding. Many of the peoples compare these races with high cost of the petrol because they don't know the actual thrill of the sport. Race becomes more thrilling and fun giving when the riders have good practice of riding the bikes and the excellent infrastructure for safety while riding. In the infrastructure the most important part is well built BMX ramps. Rider becomes expert in the performance and skills because of the ramps. For good ramps essential prerequisite is the proper ramp planning. The ramps can be built indoor or outdoor but you...

Many drivers and teams often switch from their current form of racing to some other form in order to change the venue. The transition from Asphalt Racing to Dirt Track Racing is considered to be the most common one. However, these two forms are quite different. The choice of tires in the two types is entirely different. As far as Asphalt Racing is concerned, most of the teams running on asphalt tracks use the same mandated tire for the entire event. It is only the air pressure and the stagger that needs to be adjusted. However, this is not the case with Dirt Track Racing. The story is entirely different and more complex for dirt racing. In dirt track racing, there are several tread and compound...

NASCAR is one of the most popular sports in the United States - and its history dates back to before cars were even invented. The roots of NASCAR go back to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. An excise tax had been imposed on whiskey by the Federal government in 1791, which angered farmers. The tax was seven cents per gallon on whiskey. Many farmers converted their grain crop into alcohol, because grain was difficult to transport over mountains. Consequently, taxing whiskey would severely damage their livelihoods. Ironically, the tax was imposed by the U.S. to help pay off debts incurred by the Federal government during the Revolutionary War - a war that was fought over unfair taxation by the...

NASCAR stands for the National Stock Car Auto Racing Association. The organization itself is a conduit for many companies to market their products while giving fans of auto racing a thrilling experience. The roots of NASCAR go back to the very thing that spawned the American Revolution: a disdain for excessive taxation. Yes, NASCAR roots actually begin around the year 1794 and at the heart of the Whiskey Rebellion. The Whiskey Rebellion was spawned because the new United States Federal Government imposed a tax on farmers who distilled their extra grain so as to bring it to market as well. Back in those days, there were not sophisticated highways and rail systems to get grain to market and farmers...

An unlikely candidate has formed a Craftsman Truck Series team that will begin racing later this season. With help from Integrity Sports Marketing, LLC, Randy Moss, a record-breaking wide receiver with the New England Patriots, started Moss Motorsports, LLC in late April. He has yet to announce sponsorship or which nameplate his team will use. An unnamed driver is expected to race a limited schedule for the remainder of 2008 and run full time in '09. The truck is expected to be No. 81, the same number Moss wears with the Patriots. Moss has played in the National Football League for 10 seasons, mostly with the Minnesota Vikings, and has been a NASCAR fan for several years. He previously sponsored a...

Modifying your car will provide you an opportunity to make your vehicle unique from others. However, there are different types of modifications you can do to your vehicle these days. There are mainly two types of automotive modifications, interior modifications and exterior modifications. The interior modification involves fixing of high quality leather seat covers, upgraded music system, LCD monitors etc. and the exterior modifications include replacing you normal rims with alloys, fitting projector headlights, skirts etc. People make such common modifications these days. Modifying a car has become very cheap nowadays when compared with the past. In the past, customizing a vehicle was considered a...

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Released in 2006 and the seventh in a line of great movies from Disney Pixar, Cars is an animated feature film which again broke the barriers for the audience in terms of entertainment. Based on a set of "human like" cars characters, the movie revolves around a rookie racing car going by the name of Lightning McQueen who looks all set to make history by winning the piston cup in his first race season. However, as routine, the Disney Pixar cars movie storyline has a few twists and turns to add to the scheme of things, and after finishing in a dead heat in the final race of the season, Lightning and the other racing cars have to travel to a tiebreaker race in Los Angeles, California and whilst on...

The best known Bugatti racing cars are probably the Type 35, 51 and 59 Grand Prix models. But racing cars were the smaller part of the Bugatti production line. The majority of the cars were not even sports cars, they were in fact touring cars. Of the touring cars the Bugatti Type 57, 3.3 liter eight-cylinder car produced between 1934 and 1939 is the most outstanding. example of Ettore Bugatti's work. The Type 57 twin camshaft engine produced 130 horse power and were available from March 1934. During the production of the Type 57 some sports versions were made, namely the 57S, Type 57C and a very few 57SC's. In total, approximately 725 of all the model Type 57's were produced. The engine was a...

If there is any unique and innovative way of changing the look of your car, surely they are ground effects and their kits. It doesn’t matter whether you have a Acura, BMW, Audi, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Hyundai, Nissan, Mitsubishi or Ford, car ground effects are considered as one of the unique ways to give an innovative look to your car. Talking about the term, ground effect, it is applied to a series of aerodynamic effects used in car design that are exploited to create downforce, particularly in racing cars. Generally, ground effects are known as car body kits that are extensions attached to the lower part of a car to counter the forces of lift as well as drag. Apart from this, these types of...

While most of the cars we see on the road are mass-produced, by major automobile manufacturers there are a few cars built in limited quantities for special purposes. There are even a few small custom building-manufacturing companies that are the dream come true accompanied by the sweat and hard work of one individual. Such a company was TVR, founded by Trevor Wilkinson, back in 1947. The company was housed in Blackpool, England and specialized in the production of sports/racing cars. Each car was designed by stylists at the Blackpool plant and completely custom built on the premises. The bodies were made of fiberglass with a full FIA rib cage. Even the seats were hand-sewn by seamstresses on site...

If you're unfortunate enough to be one of the 200,000 Britons who suffer a whiplash injury every year, you'll know how painful and distressing it can be. Even a bump in the car at speeds as slow as 5mph can result in whiplash, often leading to visits to the doctor, time off work and pains in the neck, back and head. And all that from the tiniest of collisions - collisions often so minor that the car won't even have lost a bumper or a number plate. So if us normal folk are getting hurt in road accidents at crawling speed, how on earth do motor racing drivers manage to walk away from terrifying looking smashes that occur at immense speeds? Obviously there are some tragic exceptions, but the majority...

Racing car aerodynamics The basic notions that are very important in building aerodynamic cars are those that the vehicle has to be very light, having a certain shape to cut the air and improve grip. All these techniques in building aerodynamically balanced cars can be found in the construction of racing cars. In producing such a light car, some of the body parts are made from carbon fiber, especially those in the front wing. The wing will produce a down force because of its design, offering the car a good grip on the road. Racing car aerodynamics are among the first concerns of any racing car builder. The shape of the car helps it use the air, so the car will stick to the ground at a high speed and...

-- End Ad Box ---> RC (radio controlled) cars, especially the nitro or gas powered RC cars, are becoming increasingly popular. With speeds up to 70 mph, realistic looks, and racing clubs in virtually every large city, it's easy to see why. If you want to join this exciting hobby, there're a few things you should consider before you buy your first nitro-powered RC car. The basic considerations are: size, type, 2 or 4-stroke motor, maintenance, 2 or 4 wheel drive, and ready-to-run (rtr) or kit cars. Sizes The two most popular sizes to choose from are 1/8 and 1/10 scale. 1/10th scale is the industry standard for on-road racers, while 1/8th is more popular for off-road trucks and buggies. The larger 1...