This is my top ten reasons to attend the John BlewettIII Memorial Race at Wall Stadium this Saturday, done in David Letterman style.
10) The weather is supposed to be clear, but with a chill in the air. Perfect for the Wall Modified engines, yet still making the track slighty slick. Sort of a preview of Turkey Derby weekend.
9) New Egypt Speedway isn't running the Big-Blocks this Saturday because of the Freedom 76 at Grandview, and it's been awhile since you've been to the Jersey Shore speedway.
8) I will be there with my 4 year old son explaining to him the race is in honor of one of the best racers the state of NJ has ever seen, but the reason all these people are here is because he was an even better person.
7) The track will be collecting non-perishables for the victims of Hurricane Irene. This is a great chance to empty your cabinets of all that extra food you bought in anticipation of the storm, but now will never eat, and help some unfortunate locals.
6) You can see two young women compete in real racing action, not powder-puff. Amanda Sesely, in Modifieds, and Shawna Ingraham, in Sportsman, are great examples to the young girls in the stands that they can do anything the boys do.
5) The Sportsman, most Saturdays the most competitive division at Wall, will be running a 38-lap feature, giving you a total of 114 laps of open wheel action.
4) There will be new JBIII t-shirts on sale. If you were truly a fan of John, you certainly won't want to miss the opportunity to pick one up. They will certainly sell-out fast.
3) The track will also be honoring Don Ling on Saturday. If it were a race between who has done more to help NJ racing between the Blewetts and Ling the two would come out of turn four wheel to wheel, and we as fans would be the winners. Wall Stadium management has several surprises scheduled that you don't want to miss.
2) Jimmy Blewett, the younger brother of John, will be competing in a #76 car. This has been the car number associated with the Blewett family for many,many years. Just thinking about Jimmy battling for the lead in a #76 car, passing over the III painted on the backstretch asphalt for 76 laps gets me a little emotional. Should he manage to win, there may not be a dry eye in the place.
1) And the number one reason to attend the JBIII Memorial Race at Wall Stadium is to show your appreciation of a very special man, from an incredible family. They continue to be active in and support a sport that took from them their grandson, son, brother, and father, just four years ago in a racing accident at Thompson. Show them how big an impression John Blewett III made on you. Show them you have not forgotten "JohnBoy". Afterall, I think John would want you at Wall Stadium, don't you?
Once again, you have spoken words so eloquently and absolutely explain the feelings of people who truly knew and loved John. I can tell you personally, as his sister and friend in this life, these words truly hit home more than I could ever express to you. These four years have been the hardest for us all in the family. However, we feel blessed to have had the time we did and the honor of loving someone so special for the person he truly was on and off the track. Tomorrow is a reminder of that and how his spirit lives on in those who knew and loved him!!! Thank You Truly, Danielle JBIII~Lost but never forgotten!
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