Hey folks! Here's my take on Phoenix race weekend. NASCAR used a different qualifying format called knockout qualifying. In the final round, the best 12 of the previous session compete for the pole. The Trucks were off this weekend.
Saturday was rainy in Phoenix, but the Nationwide still was able to race. The field was one short of a full field. Our ABC didn't show it live and when they showed the tape, the Cup race was on. I got the Nationwide results off the Internet, though. Kyle Busch was the winner of the rain shortened by 32 laps race with 155 laps led followed by Kevin Harvick with 4 laps led, pole-sitter Brad Keselowski with 9 laps led, Kyle Larson and Matt Kenseth. Rounding out the top-10 were Elliot Sadler, Trevor Bayne, Regan Smith and rookies Chase Elliot and Ty Dillon. The top-3 Nationwide drivers of this race happen to be the top-3 in points as well. Though this is early, if they stay on this track (I like puns), they could be in a championship battle. Trevor Bayne, the biggest if's second in points now and I hope he can stay healthy and in contention all year. I believe he can and based on what he's said this year, championship contention's his goal. This race was Cup driver dominated, which bothers some people. The Nationwide drivers say the Cup drivers limit their wins, but think it makes them better to race the best. Some can run in Cup races at times, but others can't "do a Bayne" as I call it.
Sunday was the Cup race. No rain at race time for this one. Kevin Harvick was the winner with 224 laps led, followed by Dale Earnhardt, Jr., pole sitter Brad Keselowski with 3 laps led, Joey Logano with 71 laps led and Jeff Gordon with 4 laps led. Rounding out the top-10 were Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman with 6 laps led, Carl Edwards with 1 lap led, Kyle Busch and Jamie McMurray. Danica Patrick hit the wall, but was able to continue after she made a pit stop and got her car patched up. Some other drivers wrecked but were able to continue as well. Morgan Shepherd, an old guy racer, failed to qualify last week, but raced 28 laps of this race before he had brake issues. Jr. maintains his points lead, so my dad's happy.
Come back next week to see my take on Vegas.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
Daytona weekend
Hey you guys. This is my take on the Daytona weekend.
Friday was the Truck race. Kyle Busch won with 25 laps led, followed by Timothy Peters, Johnny Sauter, Ryan Truex and Ron Hornaday, Jr. Rounding out the top-ten were Ryan Blaney, Jeb Burton, Joe Nemechek, Jimmy Weller and German Quiroga. Pole-sitter Ben Kennedy was 15th with 52 laps led. Travis Kvapil, the 22nd place finisher led 3 laps.
Saturday was the Nationwide race. Regan Smith won with 35 laps led, followed by Brad Keselowski who led 11 laps, Trevor Bayne, Kyle Busch, who led 44 laps and Elliot Sadler. Rounding out the top-10 were Brendan Gaughn, rookies Ty Dillon and pole-sitter Dylan Kwasniewski, then Ryan Sieg and Kyle Larson, who led a lap. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., the 11th place finisher led 28 laps and 27th place finisher Jamie Dick led 2 laps as well.
The Cup had two more practices on Saturday as well. Ricky Stenhouse. Jr. was fastest in the first one, followed by Greg Biffle , Danica Patrick, David Gilliland , Tony Stewart , Jeff Gordon, Paul Menard, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne and Denny Hamlin. Kurt Busch was fastest in the final practice followed by Kasey Kahne, Jamie McMurray, Carl Edwards, Martin Truex. Jr., Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Ricky Stenhouse. Jr. and Bobby Labonte .
Sunday was the Cup race. NASCAR's weird, my dad says to have their biggest race the first week when most sports have theirs last. They call the Daytona 500 the Super Bowl of NASCAR, since it's their biggest race, like the Super Bowl's the big game of football, which I decided I didn't like somewhere after my sporty phase I had as a kid (it started when I was about 7 and ended when I was 11) and by 17. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was the winner (my dad liked that) with 54 laps led, followed by Denny Hamlin with 16 laps led , Brad Keselowski with 13 laps led, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson with 15 laps led. Rounding out the top-10 were Matt Kenseth , Ricky Stenhouse. Jr., Greg Biffle with 8 laps led , rookie and polesitter Austin Dillon with 1 lap led and Casey Mears. Joey Logano, the 11th place finisher led 2 laps. Carl Edwards, the 17th place finisher led 8 laps. Kyle Busch, whose finish was 19th led 19 laps and his older brother Kurt Busch, the 21st place finisher led 15 laps. A. J. Allmendinger, the 26th place finisher led a lap. There was a late race accident that ended rookies Justin Allgaier, 26th place finisher after 4 laps led, Cole Whitt and Parker Kligerman's night. Kasey Kahne was 31st after leading two laps. Paul Menard was 32nd after 29 laps led. Trevor Bayne ran strong with 2 laps led but hit the wall late and finished 33rd . There was an accident a bit before this that ended the night of rookies Michael Annett and Kyle Larson as well as Aric Almirola who finished 39th after 5 laps led, Danica Patrick ,the 40th place finisher with 2 laps led and 41st place Michael Waltrip after he led 4 laps. Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex, Jr, who was Bowyer's teammate last year had engine issues that ruined their nights.
The Chase, which is like the Cup playoff will have 16 drivers with four eliminated from contention every three races with the last four standing at the final race in a winner-take-all situation then. The highest finisher of the four in that race is champion. The lower series still use the old way of most points all season. My two favorite drivers are possible contenders for their championships. Joey Logano, currently just outside the top-10 could win multiple races this year and be one of the final four. Trevor Bayne's a potential Nationwide title contender, if his MS stays in check. He's a well spoken young man and has one of the best personalities in NASCAR, so he could be a spokesman to help push to find a cure for the disease, I read somewhere. He's in second place six points behind leader Regan Smith. He needs to avoid the problems of last year, which were just bad situations that got him in a points hole, like car trouble and race incidents, as well as a penalty, so he can win and finish top-5 more. His performance is unaffected he says. He has a full-time sponsor now, Advocare and Travis Pastrana left Nationwide, but Chris Buescher and Ryan Reed are still around. Pastrana may have dragged the team down and not have been a good teammate, but Buescher and Reed who shared a Roush ride last year should be better teammates. They're full time now. Buescher failed to qualify at Daytona, though. By the way, my family has had some more personal connections to MS. When I was a kid, my mom took care of a neighbor lady with it. She died of a stroke and my mom got another job then, which she retired from just before Christmas. A woman who went to our church before she moved to Missouri's another MSer my family knew. She's in a wheelchair now.
Friday was the Truck race. Kyle Busch won with 25 laps led, followed by Timothy Peters, Johnny Sauter, Ryan Truex and Ron Hornaday, Jr. Rounding out the top-ten were Ryan Blaney, Jeb Burton, Joe Nemechek, Jimmy Weller and German Quiroga. Pole-sitter Ben Kennedy was 15th with 52 laps led. Travis Kvapil, the 22nd place finisher led 3 laps.
Saturday was the Nationwide race. Regan Smith won with 35 laps led, followed by Brad Keselowski who led 11 laps, Trevor Bayne, Kyle Busch, who led 44 laps and Elliot Sadler. Rounding out the top-10 were Brendan Gaughn, rookies Ty Dillon and pole-sitter Dylan Kwasniewski, then Ryan Sieg and Kyle Larson, who led a lap. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., the 11th place finisher led 28 laps and 27th place finisher Jamie Dick led 2 laps as well.
The Cup had two more practices on Saturday as well. Ricky Stenhouse. Jr. was fastest in the first one, followed by Greg Biffle , Danica Patrick, David Gilliland , Tony Stewart , Jeff Gordon, Paul Menard, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne and Denny Hamlin. Kurt Busch was fastest in the final practice followed by Kasey Kahne, Jamie McMurray, Carl Edwards, Martin Truex. Jr., Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Ricky Stenhouse. Jr. and Bobby Labonte .
Sunday was the Cup race. NASCAR's weird, my dad says to have their biggest race the first week when most sports have theirs last. They call the Daytona 500 the Super Bowl of NASCAR, since it's their biggest race, like the Super Bowl's the big game of football, which I decided I didn't like somewhere after my sporty phase I had as a kid (it started when I was about 7 and ended when I was 11) and by 17. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was the winner (my dad liked that) with 54 laps led, followed by Denny Hamlin with 16 laps led , Brad Keselowski with 13 laps led, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson with 15 laps led. Rounding out the top-10 were Matt Kenseth , Ricky Stenhouse. Jr., Greg Biffle with 8 laps led , rookie and polesitter Austin Dillon with 1 lap led and Casey Mears. Joey Logano, the 11th place finisher led 2 laps. Carl Edwards, the 17th place finisher led 8 laps. Kyle Busch, whose finish was 19th led 19 laps and his older brother Kurt Busch, the 21st place finisher led 15 laps. A. J. Allmendinger, the 26th place finisher led a lap. There was a late race accident that ended rookies Justin Allgaier, 26th place finisher after 4 laps led, Cole Whitt and Parker Kligerman's night. Kasey Kahne was 31st after leading two laps. Paul Menard was 32nd after 29 laps led. Trevor Bayne ran strong with 2 laps led but hit the wall late and finished 33rd . There was an accident a bit before this that ended the night of rookies Michael Annett and Kyle Larson as well as Aric Almirola who finished 39th after 5 laps led, Danica Patrick ,the 40th place finisher with 2 laps led and 41st place Michael Waltrip after he led 4 laps. Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex, Jr, who was Bowyer's teammate last year had engine issues that ruined their nights.
The Chase, which is like the Cup playoff will have 16 drivers with four eliminated from contention every three races with the last four standing at the final race in a winner-take-all situation then. The highest finisher of the four in that race is champion. The lower series still use the old way of most points all season. My two favorite drivers are possible contenders for their championships. Joey Logano, currently just outside the top-10 could win multiple races this year and be one of the final four. Trevor Bayne's a potential Nationwide title contender, if his MS stays in check. He's a well spoken young man and has one of the best personalities in NASCAR, so he could be a spokesman to help push to find a cure for the disease, I read somewhere. He's in second place six points behind leader Regan Smith. He needs to avoid the problems of last year, which were just bad situations that got him in a points hole, like car trouble and race incidents, as well as a penalty, so he can win and finish top-5 more. His performance is unaffected he says. He has a full-time sponsor now, Advocare and Travis Pastrana left Nationwide, but Chris Buescher and Ryan Reed are still around. Pastrana may have dragged the team down and not have been a good teammate, but Buescher and Reed who shared a Roush ride last year should be better teammates. They're full time now. Buescher failed to qualify at Daytona, though. By the way, my family has had some more personal connections to MS. When I was a kid, my mom took care of a neighbor lady with it. She died of a stroke and my mom got another job then, which she retired from just before Christmas. A woman who went to our church before she moved to Missouri's another MSer my family knew. She's in a wheelchair now.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Speedweeks Start
Well everyone. It's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! NASCAR that is. Speedweeks is here. I don't usually cover practices, but other than the Unlimited, it's all practice and qualifying and I'm making sure it's substantial enough.
There was the Sprint Unlimited and Daytona 500 practice last week. The Sprint Unlimited practice sessions were Friday and the race was Saturday night. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was fastest in the first practice and Denny Hamlin was fastest in the second. He won the race from the pole. There was a lot of cars wrecked, so only eight were running at the end. Behind Hamlin were Brad Keselwoski, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, Marcos Ambrose and Ryan Newman. Dale Earnhardt, Jr was ninth, but crashed with ten laps to go. All the others crashed on laps 35 or in the case of Jimmie Johnson 28, except Terry Labonte, who had a vibration after only one lap and parked. The first two Daytona 500 practices were Saturday, one in the morning and the other in afternoon. Paul Menard was fastest in the first followed by Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, rookie Austin Dillon, another rookie Brian Scott, Martin Truex, Jr. Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, Joey Logano and Trevor Bayne to round out the top 10. Ryan Newman was fastest in the second followed by his teammate rookie Austin Dillon, another rookie Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, Casey Mears, Marcos Ambrose, Greg Biffle, rookie Brian Scott, Jimmie Johnson and Aric Almirola to round out the top 10.
There was a qualifying session on Sunday to set the front row, more practice plus the qualifying races called Budweiser Duels which set positions three to thirty-two this week. Austin Dillon and Martin Truex, Jr. are the front row, which was set Sunday, so unless either one blows an engine or is in need of a backup car come race day they're set. If either one has go to the back, a Duel winner will be the replacement. Wednesday's first practice had some wrecks in it. Brian Vickers and Cole Whitt were involved in the first and Joey Logano caused the second when he hit Matt Kenseth. Parker Kligerman got the worst of it, but Ryan Truex, Dave Blaney, who went home as he has no backup car, Casey Mears and Trevor Bayne. T-Bayne was the Birthday Boy that day and had just some nose damage, it appears. This wreck ended the practice. A. J. Allmendinger was fastest followed by Brian Vickers, Joey Logano, Trevor Bayne, Michael Waltrip, Ryan Truex, Jamie McMurray, Alex Bowman, Dave Blaney and Casey Mears to round out the top-ten. Denny Hamlin was fastest in the second practice that day, followed by Kasey Kahne, Michael Waltrip, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Greg Biffle, Eric McClure, Clint Boywer, Brian Scott, Matt Kenseth and Austin Dillon to round out the top ten. The drivers whose performance in the Duels means they make the race based on that are Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin(won their Duels), Kasy Kahne, Jeff Gordon, Marcos Ambrose, Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Paul Menard, Josh Wise, Brian Scott, Aric Almirola, Trevor Bayne, A. J. Allmendinger, Kyle Larson, David Gilliland, Landon Cassill, Ryan Newman, Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart, Jamie McMurry, Cole Whitt, Terry Labonte, Greg Biffle, Bobby Labonte, Danica Patrick, Casey Mears, Alex Bowman, Carl Edwards, Brian Vickers and Jimmie Johnson. The rest of the field was set by speed and owner points provisionals as past champions made it in via qualifying speed and the Duels.
The Truck and Nationwide series had practice as well. The Trucks had three practices and the Nationwide had two. Ben Kennedy was fastest in the first Truck practice, followed by Ron Hornaday, Jr., Matt Crafton, Joey Coulter, John Wes Townley, Johnny Sauter, Ryan Sieg, Joe Nemechek, Parker Kligerman and Jeb Burton to round out the top ten. Rookie Tyler Reddick was fastest in the second Truck practice followed by Ryan Blaney, Ryan Truex, Darrell Wallace, Jr., John Wes Townley, Tyler Young, Jeb Burton, Timothy Peters and John King to round out the top ten. Ryan Blaney was fastest in the final Truck practice, followed by Kyle Busch, Matt Crafton, Ross Chastain, Jeb Burton, Joe Nemechek, John Wes Townley, Timothy Peters, rookie Mason Mingus and Chris Cockrum to round out the top ten. Elliot Sadler was fastest in the first Nationwide practice followed by Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., rookie Ryan Sieg, Brad Keselowski, Brian Scott, rookie Chase Elliot, Trevor Bayne and David Ragan to round out the top-ten. Bobby Gerhart was fastest in the final Nationwide practice followed by Scott Lagasse, Jr., rookies Ryan Reed, Dakota Armstrong and Chris Buescher, then Trevor Bayne (Reed and Buescher's teammate), Mike Wallace, Joe Nemechek, Johnny Sauter and Brendan Gaughan to round out the top ten.
There was the Sprint Unlimited and Daytona 500 practice last week. The Sprint Unlimited practice sessions were Friday and the race was Saturday night. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was fastest in the first practice and Denny Hamlin was fastest in the second. He won the race from the pole. There was a lot of cars wrecked, so only eight were running at the end. Behind Hamlin were Brad Keselwoski, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, Marcos Ambrose and Ryan Newman. Dale Earnhardt, Jr was ninth, but crashed with ten laps to go. All the others crashed on laps 35 or in the case of Jimmie Johnson 28, except Terry Labonte, who had a vibration after only one lap and parked. The first two Daytona 500 practices were Saturday, one in the morning and the other in afternoon. Paul Menard was fastest in the first followed by Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, rookie Austin Dillon, another rookie Brian Scott, Martin Truex, Jr. Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, Joey Logano and Trevor Bayne to round out the top 10. Ryan Newman was fastest in the second followed by his teammate rookie Austin Dillon, another rookie Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, Casey Mears, Marcos Ambrose, Greg Biffle, rookie Brian Scott, Jimmie Johnson and Aric Almirola to round out the top 10.
There was a qualifying session on Sunday to set the front row, more practice plus the qualifying races called Budweiser Duels which set positions three to thirty-two this week. Austin Dillon and Martin Truex, Jr. are the front row, which was set Sunday, so unless either one blows an engine or is in need of a backup car come race day they're set. If either one has go to the back, a Duel winner will be the replacement. Wednesday's first practice had some wrecks in it. Brian Vickers and Cole Whitt were involved in the first and Joey Logano caused the second when he hit Matt Kenseth. Parker Kligerman got the worst of it, but Ryan Truex, Dave Blaney, who went home as he has no backup car, Casey Mears and Trevor Bayne. T-Bayne was the Birthday Boy that day and had just some nose damage, it appears. This wreck ended the practice. A. J. Allmendinger was fastest followed by Brian Vickers, Joey Logano, Trevor Bayne, Michael Waltrip, Ryan Truex, Jamie McMurray, Alex Bowman, Dave Blaney and Casey Mears to round out the top-ten. Denny Hamlin was fastest in the second practice that day, followed by Kasey Kahne, Michael Waltrip, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Greg Biffle, Eric McClure, Clint Boywer, Brian Scott, Matt Kenseth and Austin Dillon to round out the top ten. The drivers whose performance in the Duels means they make the race based on that are Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin(won their Duels), Kasy Kahne, Jeff Gordon, Marcos Ambrose, Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Paul Menard, Josh Wise, Brian Scott, Aric Almirola, Trevor Bayne, A. J. Allmendinger, Kyle Larson, David Gilliland, Landon Cassill, Ryan Newman, Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart, Jamie McMurry, Cole Whitt, Terry Labonte, Greg Biffle, Bobby Labonte, Danica Patrick, Casey Mears, Alex Bowman, Carl Edwards, Brian Vickers and Jimmie Johnson. The rest of the field was set by speed and owner points provisionals as past champions made it in via qualifying speed and the Duels.
The Truck and Nationwide series had practice as well. The Trucks had three practices and the Nationwide had two. Ben Kennedy was fastest in the first Truck practice, followed by Ron Hornaday, Jr., Matt Crafton, Joey Coulter, John Wes Townley, Johnny Sauter, Ryan Sieg, Joe Nemechek, Parker Kligerman and Jeb Burton to round out the top ten. Rookie Tyler Reddick was fastest in the second Truck practice followed by Ryan Blaney, Ryan Truex, Darrell Wallace, Jr., John Wes Townley, Tyler Young, Jeb Burton, Timothy Peters and John King to round out the top ten. Ryan Blaney was fastest in the final Truck practice, followed by Kyle Busch, Matt Crafton, Ross Chastain, Jeb Burton, Joe Nemechek, John Wes Townley, Timothy Peters, rookie Mason Mingus and Chris Cockrum to round out the top ten. Elliot Sadler was fastest in the first Nationwide practice followed by Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., rookie Ryan Sieg, Brad Keselowski, Brian Scott, rookie Chase Elliot, Trevor Bayne and David Ragan to round out the top-ten. Bobby Gerhart was fastest in the final Nationwide practice followed by Scott Lagasse, Jr., rookies Ryan Reed, Dakota Armstrong and Chris Buescher, then Trevor Bayne (Reed and Buescher's teammate), Mike Wallace, Joe Nemechek, Johnny Sauter and Brendan Gaughan to round out the top ten.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Personalities+NASCAR Preseason
Sometimes, I take personality quizzes online. One sort of test like this involves four personalities, sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic and melancholic or some variant of this. I always test as choleric or sanguine or a blend of these two. This theory says people have two main ones, with maybe a small amount of a third. Phlegmatic would be third, since I don't have too many melancholic tendencies. I'm deep, but that's about it. Sanguine and choleric are the extraverted temperaments. Phlegmatic and melancholic are introverted. Sanguine and phlegmatic are people oriented, while choleric and melancholic are task oriented. The natural blends are double extravert, introvert, or double people oriented, task oriented. Basically, one trait has to carry over for the blend to be real. Some people have learned to act a certain way and have unnatural blends, like choleric with phlegmatic or melancholic and sanguine.
Sanguine/choleric mixture can have either one dominant at a given time, as this can be a 50/50. This is a talkative, energetic, busy type of person. These are confident, optimistic people. The emotions are strong and come quickly with these people. The double extravert creates this. Sanguine's a dominate the conversation type, which I can be. A person with this element to their personality will be sensitive to people and what people think of them, funny, spunky, enthusiastic, happy, mostly, changeable emotionally and creative. Sanguines like bright colors and are fond of accessories. Choleric people are leaders, quick to show anger, intense, passionate, workaholic, driven, take charge, forceful and assertive people. They tend to be strong willed and goal-oriented. Loyalty matters to these types, but they can be pushy and rude. Cholerics are practical dressers. Blended together, these types make someone a good boss. The choleric lends an organization and tempers the playfulness of the sanguine part, as that side's disorganized and messy more. Sanguine calms to workaholic tendencies choleric adds and makes the person nicer, since choleric has insensitivity. I have a lot of this in me. I try to be sweet and usually am, but I can be rude. "I’m enthusiastic, sensitive, happy, creative, have strong emotions and can up and down quickly, sweet, energetic, talkative, strong-willed, passionate and someone thought I’d be a good boss when I was in college. Sometimes, I hurt people but I don’t mean to and I hate when I do. I don’t like to make people feel bad." This is a comment I made on a personality blog, so I copied and pasted it here. It's mine, but I quoted it to show I used it elsewhere.
Sanguine/phlegmatic blends an extravert and an introvert personality, so one likely dominates. This is a double people oriented blend and is said to be likeable. Sanguine traits counter phlegmatic sluggishness. Phlegmatic's a stubborn sort at times, but different stubborn from choleric. It's more a bump on a log type thing. They're usually easygoing and laid back, but can be stubborn about doing anything. They show little emotion and are quiet. They like to sit on the sidelines and watch. They have a dry humor. They like casual, muted clothing. The calm, quiet kid in the corner no ones notices is likely to have phlegmatic. They are patient and tend to blend in. They like to interact with people, but those whose phlegmatic dominates are limited to small doses of interaction. Sanguine adds energy and phlegmatic adds emotional stability.
Phlegmatic/melancholic blends the introverts, which means 50/50 can happen here too. My mom's this type, melancholic with phlegmatic. Her twin brother resembles her emotionally, so he's a melancholic blend too, she thinks. Melancholic has perfectionist in it which leads to a trickiness in this blend due to phlegmatic's easygoing ways, I've read. Melancholic people are sensitive, but may not always show it, quiet, task oriented, reluctant leaders and have a sense of humor but are selective about sharing it. These people are deep, easily embarrassed and hurt, self-conscious, intuitive, empathetic, moody, sentimental and creative. They show the perfectionism in how they dress. Phlegmatic added to this makes a kind person. They're not easy to get to know, due to their introversion, but make good friends, since they're kind. Phlegmatic tempers the perfectionism so they can relax some and melancholic adds a doer element.
Choleric/melancholic blends an extravert and introvert , so like sanguine/phlegmatic one or the other dominates. These people are sometimes thought robotic because they're totally task oriented. These people are mission minded perfectionists, so they tend to be teacher's and bosses' pets. These people are highly successful due to their task orientedness and high standards. Melancholic lends sensitivity and humor, which they share with friends, to this blend and choleric can help them to lead others because it takes some of the edge off melancholic's reluctance.
NASCAR has had preseason activity this month and have their first race this Saturday. It's a shootout, non-points event called the Sprint Unlimited. To preview the season, they had Fan Appreciation Day. They had a morning session, then after cleanup, an afternoon session. Some drivers, including what they call NASCAR Next and the Hall of Fame member and inductees had appearances and Q and A
sessions. They had a media tour as well. Some drivers tested at the Nashville track, which used to be a minor league (Truck and Nationwide) track, but now is only a test track. Kasey Kahne, Casey Mears, Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Trevor Bayne, Joey Logano, Paul Menard, Ryan Newman, Aric Almirola, Jeff Burton, Ryan Truex, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Carl Edwards were part of this. I couldn't find their speeds. Three drivers, Trevor Bayne, Michael Annet and Reed Sorenson tested at Talladega and T-Bayne was the fastest in the test.
Sanguine/choleric mixture can have either one dominant at a given time, as this can be a 50/50. This is a talkative, energetic, busy type of person. These are confident, optimistic people. The emotions are strong and come quickly with these people. The double extravert creates this. Sanguine's a dominate the conversation type, which I can be. A person with this element to their personality will be sensitive to people and what people think of them, funny, spunky, enthusiastic, happy, mostly, changeable emotionally and creative. Sanguines like bright colors and are fond of accessories. Choleric people are leaders, quick to show anger, intense, passionate, workaholic, driven, take charge, forceful and assertive people. They tend to be strong willed and goal-oriented. Loyalty matters to these types, but they can be pushy and rude. Cholerics are practical dressers. Blended together, these types make someone a good boss. The choleric lends an organization and tempers the playfulness of the sanguine part, as that side's disorganized and messy more. Sanguine calms to workaholic tendencies choleric adds and makes the person nicer, since choleric has insensitivity. I have a lot of this in me. I try to be sweet and usually am, but I can be rude. "I’m enthusiastic, sensitive, happy, creative, have strong emotions and can up and down quickly, sweet, energetic, talkative, strong-willed, passionate and someone thought I’d be a good boss when I was in college. Sometimes, I hurt people but I don’t mean to and I hate when I do. I don’t like to make people feel bad." This is a comment I made on a personality blog, so I copied and pasted it here. It's mine, but I quoted it to show I used it elsewhere.
Sanguine/phlegmatic blends an extravert and an introvert personality, so one likely dominates. This is a double people oriented blend and is said to be likeable. Sanguine traits counter phlegmatic sluggishness. Phlegmatic's a stubborn sort at times, but different stubborn from choleric. It's more a bump on a log type thing. They're usually easygoing and laid back, but can be stubborn about doing anything. They show little emotion and are quiet. They like to sit on the sidelines and watch. They have a dry humor. They like casual, muted clothing. The calm, quiet kid in the corner no ones notices is likely to have phlegmatic. They are patient and tend to blend in. They like to interact with people, but those whose phlegmatic dominates are limited to small doses of interaction. Sanguine adds energy and phlegmatic adds emotional stability.
Phlegmatic/melancholic blends the introverts, which means 50/50 can happen here too. My mom's this type, melancholic with phlegmatic. Her twin brother resembles her emotionally, so he's a melancholic blend too, she thinks. Melancholic has perfectionist in it which leads to a trickiness in this blend due to phlegmatic's easygoing ways, I've read. Melancholic people are sensitive, but may not always show it, quiet, task oriented, reluctant leaders and have a sense of humor but are selective about sharing it. These people are deep, easily embarrassed and hurt, self-conscious, intuitive, empathetic, moody, sentimental and creative. They show the perfectionism in how they dress. Phlegmatic added to this makes a kind person. They're not easy to get to know, due to their introversion, but make good friends, since they're kind. Phlegmatic tempers the perfectionism so they can relax some and melancholic adds a doer element.
Choleric/melancholic blends an extravert and introvert , so like sanguine/phlegmatic one or the other dominates. These people are sometimes thought robotic because they're totally task oriented. These people are mission minded perfectionists, so they tend to be teacher's and bosses' pets. These people are highly successful due to their task orientedness and high standards. Melancholic lends sensitivity and humor, which they share with friends, to this blend and choleric can help them to lead others because it takes some of the edge off melancholic's reluctance.
NASCAR has had preseason activity this month and have their first race this Saturday. It's a shootout, non-points event called the Sprint Unlimited. To preview the season, they had Fan Appreciation Day. They had a morning session, then after cleanup, an afternoon session. Some drivers, including what they call NASCAR Next and the Hall of Fame member and inductees had appearances and Q and A
sessions. They had a media tour as well. Some drivers tested at the Nashville track, which used to be a minor league (Truck and Nationwide) track, but now is only a test track. Kasey Kahne, Casey Mears, Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Trevor Bayne, Joey Logano, Paul Menard, Ryan Newman, Aric Almirola, Jeff Burton, Ryan Truex, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Carl Edwards were part of this. I couldn't find their speeds. Three drivers, Trevor Bayne, Michael Annet and Reed Sorenson tested at Talladega and T-Bayne was the fastest in the test.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Autism Reading+Movies
Over the course of many years, I've read some stuff about autism and seen some movies. Here's a list.
Reading
Magazine articles about autistic boys and girls
Things online
Temple Grandin books. She came to a town near me to give a talk about cattle and another about autism. I went to the latter with my mom and we met her. I was in high school then
George and Sam
Louder Than Words
Mother Warriors
The Small Outsider ( autistic boy story. read an abridged version in a Reader's Digest Condensed Books from an apartment complex my mom took care of some people at. It has a little library.)
Healing and Preventing Autism
Carly's Voice
Let Me Hear Your Voice
The Autism Revolution
Conquering Autism
The Golden Hat
Eating an Artichoke. This one's about a boy with Asperger's
The Sensory Child Gets Organized (mention autism and other issues)
A Child's Journey Out of Autism
Healing the New Childhood Epidemics Written by a doctor. autism and a few other issues) The 4-A he calls them
The Spark The boy's autistic with a high IQ and he's a math and science prodigy.
My parents watched Mercury Rising and Rain Man when I was young for grown-up movies like these, but I watched some others with them
Molly
Fielder's Choice (it was one I didn't think of until the last day of April)
Temple Grandin movie
A Mile in His Shoes
A Christmas Miracle (I think that's what it's called. There's an autistic boy in it)
Season of Miracles
End Note: I know what happened yesterday, but not a football fan. My dad is, though and his team for the night lost. He has no strong favorites in the NFL, but said he liked the Broncos for the game.
Reading
Magazine articles about autistic boys and girls
Things online
Temple Grandin books. She came to a town near me to give a talk about cattle and another about autism. I went to the latter with my mom and we met her. I was in high school then
George and Sam
Louder Than Words
Mother Warriors
The Small Outsider ( autistic boy story. read an abridged version in a Reader's Digest Condensed Books from an apartment complex my mom took care of some people at. It has a little library.)
Healing and Preventing Autism
Carly's Voice
Let Me Hear Your Voice
The Autism Revolution
Conquering Autism
The Golden Hat
Eating an Artichoke. This one's about a boy with Asperger's
The Sensory Child Gets Organized (mention autism and other issues)
A Child's Journey Out of Autism
Healing the New Childhood Epidemics Written by a doctor. autism and a few other issues) The 4-A he calls them
The Spark The boy's autistic with a high IQ and he's a math and science prodigy.
My parents watched Mercury Rising and Rain Man when I was young for grown-up movies like these, but I watched some others with them
Molly
Fielder's Choice (it was one I didn't think of until the last day of April)
Temple Grandin movie
A Mile in His Shoes
A Christmas Miracle (I think that's what it's called. There's an autistic boy in it)
Season of Miracles
End Note: I know what happened yesterday, but not a football fan. My dad is, though and his team for the night lost. He has no strong favorites in the NFL, but said he liked the Broncos for the game.
Monday, January 27, 2014
My Interests Throughout My Life+ 24 Hours of Daytona
Throughout my life I have had a variety of interests. Some I shed, perhaps outgrew and others are current. Some are off and on.
getting into everything as a kid.
letters and numbers, particularly when I was little.
PBS as a kid, first Barney, Sesame Street and Lamb Chop, then Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Arthur, Thomas and Friends (Shining Time Station was the show, but it was my country's Thomas show when I was a young child), Reading Rainbow, The Magic School Bus, Bill Nye, The Puzzle Place, Charlie Horse Music Pizza, Wimzie's House, Teletubbies, Between the Lions and Clifford. Of this last group, Arthur was first to go, Thomas and Friends was next but that was an opportunity issue mostly as the time it came on (Sunday) when I was a kid made it hard for me to watch it very often, then Reading Rainbow and Magic School Bus, then Charlie Horse Music Pizza, which was replaced with Wimzie's House on my list of shows to watch. The Puzzle Place was on-off-on again, then replaced with Between the Lions in terms of time slot and on my list of shows, Teletubbies overlapped with the ones from Puzzle Place (again) and all the ones that follow it on the list. Teletubbies, Between the Lions and Clifford, which replaced Wimzie's House on my list of shows after that show left PBS were my last PBS kids show group. Then I outgrew PBS kids.
Books and magazines, which is ongoing.
Game shows, longtime.
Car races 1997 (at latest, I know I was in school and no more than seven)-2000 (my last NASCAR views as kid had Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. as racemates and besides FOX took over coverage in 2001) and 2011-present.
Other sports, including sports books in late elementary years, mostly but I kind of like basketball.
Making up stories, ongoing
drawing, at times
Toys, as a kid. I collected Kelly Dolls and stuffed animals. I had baby dolls and got a precomputer, which is from Vtech. I still have it but rarely use it. Same with my Furby, which I got at nine or ten.
Hand held video games, somewhat. This one was mostly as a kid, but I still play these occasionally . I even got a couple GigaPets and a Nano Baby. The baby got broken and the pets haven't been active in years.
Autistic people off and on. currently on.
Animals, longtime Favorite animals throughout my life include dinosaurs, I thought they were "totally cool" when I was little, elephants and furry animals like cats. I had some elephant rides as a kid.
Christian music longtime but stronger at times, like now.
I have had other more minor interests that are sort of silly and I feel uncomfortable mentioning these.
I had a series of special interests after sixth grade. American history, churches, my favorite teacher, mice (related to this mouse project I had in Animal Science), cars, the movie Cars, a woman in our church who had a car accident, history, included alternative history, politics, our cats, Christian music and Christian websites, diets and car races. Muisc and diets overlapped, timewise as do music and car races, but these two have a connection. The link between music and car races is centered on K-Love, a radio station network with a station near me that I listen to, sponsors NASCAR and has drivers as guests sometimes. One of my favorite drivers was a guest on K-Love and said he listens to it while on air and posts Christian song lyrics on his social media.
On Saturday, I watched part of the 24 hour Daytona road race with my dad. He watched the rest of a basketball game first. His favorite college team played that day and the second half of the game overlapped with the race. He works nights, so he missed part of the game due to this as this past weekend was a work weekend. He's on an every other weekend schedule. The first two hours of the road race were on FOX, then coverage when to FOX's sports channels which are cable TV channels so we don't get them. I saw online there was a few NASCAR drivers, Jamie McMurray, Kyle Larson and A. J. Allmendinger in the race. The Internet said how there was a wreck that caused a red flag and sent two drivers, Memo Gidely and Mateo Malucelli to the hospital. Gidely has a broken back, which reminds me of Denny Hamlin last year, except Gidely will have surgery and I don't think Hamlin plans on surgery. Not a real Hamlin fan, but as a race fan, I knew about his hurt back. Gidely was driving the pole winning car and while attempting to lap another car, hit Malucelli's car in the rear, since he apparently didn't see it. Malucelli's car was losing power so he pulled over and Gidely rear-ended him due to his attempt to duck under the car he attempted to lap. Gidely also had left arm and leg surgery. Attrition hurt Chip Ganassi's team as they had a flat rear tire at the 18 hour mark and Michael Shank's team had two gearbox issues that sent the car to the garage.Action Express was the winning team, our paper says. My mom's birthday was yesterday.
getting into everything as a kid.
letters and numbers, particularly when I was little.
PBS as a kid, first Barney, Sesame Street and Lamb Chop, then Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Arthur, Thomas and Friends (Shining Time Station was the show, but it was my country's Thomas show when I was a young child), Reading Rainbow, The Magic School Bus, Bill Nye, The Puzzle Place, Charlie Horse Music Pizza, Wimzie's House, Teletubbies, Between the Lions and Clifford. Of this last group, Arthur was first to go, Thomas and Friends was next but that was an opportunity issue mostly as the time it came on (Sunday) when I was a kid made it hard for me to watch it very often, then Reading Rainbow and Magic School Bus, then Charlie Horse Music Pizza, which was replaced with Wimzie's House on my list of shows to watch. The Puzzle Place was on-off-on again, then replaced with Between the Lions in terms of time slot and on my list of shows, Teletubbies overlapped with the ones from Puzzle Place (again) and all the ones that follow it on the list. Teletubbies, Between the Lions and Clifford, which replaced Wimzie's House on my list of shows after that show left PBS were my last PBS kids show group. Then I outgrew PBS kids.
Books and magazines, which is ongoing.
Game shows, longtime.
Car races 1997 (at latest, I know I was in school and no more than seven)-2000 (my last NASCAR views as kid had Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. as racemates and besides FOX took over coverage in 2001) and 2011-present.
Other sports, including sports books in late elementary years, mostly but I kind of like basketball.
Making up stories, ongoing
drawing, at times
Toys, as a kid. I collected Kelly Dolls and stuffed animals. I had baby dolls and got a precomputer, which is from Vtech. I still have it but rarely use it. Same with my Furby, which I got at nine or ten.
Hand held video games, somewhat. This one was mostly as a kid, but I still play these occasionally . I even got a couple GigaPets and a Nano Baby. The baby got broken and the pets haven't been active in years.
Autistic people off and on. currently on.
Animals, longtime Favorite animals throughout my life include dinosaurs, I thought they were "totally cool" when I was little, elephants and furry animals like cats. I had some elephant rides as a kid.
Christian music longtime but stronger at times, like now.
I have had other more minor interests that are sort of silly and I feel uncomfortable mentioning these.
I had a series of special interests after sixth grade. American history, churches, my favorite teacher, mice (related to this mouse project I had in Animal Science), cars, the movie Cars, a woman in our church who had a car accident, history, included alternative history, politics, our cats, Christian music and Christian websites, diets and car races. Muisc and diets overlapped, timewise as do music and car races, but these two have a connection. The link between music and car races is centered on K-Love, a radio station network with a station near me that I listen to, sponsors NASCAR and has drivers as guests sometimes. One of my favorite drivers was a guest on K-Love and said he listens to it while on air and posts Christian song lyrics on his social media.
On Saturday, I watched part of the 24 hour Daytona road race with my dad. He watched the rest of a basketball game first. His favorite college team played that day and the second half of the game overlapped with the race. He works nights, so he missed part of the game due to this as this past weekend was a work weekend. He's on an every other weekend schedule. The first two hours of the road race were on FOX, then coverage when to FOX's sports channels which are cable TV channels so we don't get them. I saw online there was a few NASCAR drivers, Jamie McMurray, Kyle Larson and A. J. Allmendinger in the race. The Internet said how there was a wreck that caused a red flag and sent two drivers, Memo Gidely and Mateo Malucelli to the hospital. Gidely has a broken back, which reminds me of Denny Hamlin last year, except Gidely will have surgery and I don't think Hamlin plans on surgery. Not a real Hamlin fan, but as a race fan, I knew about his hurt back. Gidely was driving the pole winning car and while attempting to lap another car, hit Malucelli's car in the rear, since he apparently didn't see it. Malucelli's car was losing power so he pulled over and Gidely rear-ended him due to his attempt to duck under the car he attempted to lap. Gidely also had left arm and leg surgery. Attrition hurt Chip Ganassi's team as they had a flat rear tire at the 18 hour mark and Michael Shank's team had two gearbox issues that sent the car to the garage.Action Express was the winning team, our paper says. My mom's birthday was yesterday.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Just Some Asperger's Girl Traits I Have or Have Ever Had Some With Explanations/ Elaborations Plus a Little Snippet of My World
These are thought to be Asperger's traits, some are general and some are girls only. It's different for girls because girls and boys are different so the manifestation of Asperger's differs in them. Maybe I wasn't a perfect match because of girl presentation.
I have a high interest in songs.
I like to make poems and write.
I was hyperactive as a kid. ran around on my tiptoes, like my dad
I have wandered.
My emotions are strong. This includes empathy, which female Aspies can have. Sensitive this element of me is called.
I'm capable of deep thoughts.
I was thought to have hyperlexia because I could read many years ahead of my age.
I knew my alphabet, numbers 1-10, colors and shapes at two, my mom says.
I'm bright (see above, which shows me as a smart girl) and creative.
I like to play with words.
I'm good with computers, which is common amongst Aspies but may not be a perfect correlation*, though.
I have sensory issues, don't like loud noises, bothered by fluorescent lights as a little girl, only like certain touches.
I flapped my arms and spun as a little girl, have rocked at times and can pace and talk to myself. Once, when I was in college, I did the latter because I had three chapters to read in a textbook. I know they were connect because I paced and talked right around the time I read the chapters.
I like bright colors. (some of the autistic do)
I don't tend to lie because I don't like lying.
I'm sweet and sociable but have been imperfect in social situations.
I talk a lot. again not a perfect correlation but like the computer abilities could be linked.
Some Aspies have a sense of humor, which includes me. I like to joke around and make puns.
I'm quirky. Sometimes I tell people this to help explain me. Everyone has their quirks, so this isn't unique to Asperger's but for those that have it, the quirks are likely linked to it.
I have a good memory, as some of the autistic do.
I have intense interests, which may be linked. When I'm interested in things, I gain incredible knowledge about that thing.
I can be daydreamy. (but redirectible)
I'm strong willed, which could be linked.
I'm spunky and assertive, which could be linked in my situation.
I'm clumsy at times, which may or may not be linked. my dad's a little clumsy too. I'm better than I was, though.The clumsiness was noticed when I was in preschool. My mom sensed a gap when I was a toddler and knew I was hyperactive but she thought that was all it was before I was four. I got evaluated and she was told I was mildy autistic. Asperger's is considered a mild form of autism.
I learned to jump while in preschool, which was apparently delayed as they noted it.
In preschool, I did mostly solitary and parallel play but at the end, I at age 4.5 was starting to play with the others. more outside though. There's a picture in the Me Book we made of me in their toy bus with another kid. It was part of Head Start. As a schoolgirl, I could play with other kids on the playground.
I had trouble distinguishing feelings as a little girl.
I'm rather immature and childlike in some ways. so's my dad. My mom said he's more childlike.
Her oldest brother's widow** has a sister that's childlike as well. My dad and my aunt's sister could be undiagnosed Aspies.
I've been a picky eater since after preschool. Maybe I got more aware of food then. I don't like mushrooms (who wants to eat fungus) or onions (they smell) for example.
I liked to climb as a kid. I may have climbed a ladder and I remember I used to climb on play equipment. For example, I climbed to the top of my swing set and sat on it. Don't worry, I held on. I also climbed an inflatable rock climb at a school fun day in elementary school.
Though I could take my bath on my own at the age of 12, like my mother, I was delayed in shaving my arms and legs as well as brushing my hair. I was in high school before I could do these.
Since elementary school, I've liked to swim, which could be linked.
I still like to swing, which may be linked.
I like Thomas the Tank Engine as a kid, though any kid can like Thomas, autistic kids are particularly likely to.
I don't like change.
These may just be things we're capable of
I'm loyal.
I'm hardworking.
I have high enthusiasm. ( I read females with Asperger's can sound eager)
I like cats.
I'm a rule bound girl, in many ways, which is common amongst the autistic if they can understand rules at least. I read this next part in an autistic blog. They think their daughter may fall on the spectrum in PDD-NOS range and said she's this way (very rule bound).
This is the ones I'm sure of.
My mom used to want a 49er's shirts because of her birth year and I call them her team as in "Mom, I think your team lost." I don't like football and my mom sort of likes it only if the 49ers are playing. My dad's birthday was a few days ago.
*some people not diagnosed with Asperger's are like this as well.
**If you read my life story here, I tell how my uncle died when I was in third grade. This refers to my aunt who was his wife.
I have a high interest in songs.
I like to make poems and write.
I was hyperactive as a kid. ran around on my tiptoes, like my dad
I have wandered.
My emotions are strong. This includes empathy, which female Aspies can have. Sensitive this element of me is called.
I'm capable of deep thoughts.
I was thought to have hyperlexia because I could read many years ahead of my age.
I knew my alphabet, numbers 1-10, colors and shapes at two, my mom says.
I'm bright (see above, which shows me as a smart girl) and creative.
I like to play with words.
I'm good with computers, which is common amongst Aspies but may not be a perfect correlation*, though.
I have sensory issues, don't like loud noises, bothered by fluorescent lights as a little girl, only like certain touches.
I flapped my arms and spun as a little girl, have rocked at times and can pace and talk to myself. Once, when I was in college, I did the latter because I had three chapters to read in a textbook. I know they were connect because I paced and talked right around the time I read the chapters.
I like bright colors. (some of the autistic do)
I don't tend to lie because I don't like lying.
I'm sweet and sociable but have been imperfect in social situations.
I talk a lot. again not a perfect correlation but like the computer abilities could be linked.
Some Aspies have a sense of humor, which includes me. I like to joke around and make puns.
I'm quirky. Sometimes I tell people this to help explain me. Everyone has their quirks, so this isn't unique to Asperger's but for those that have it, the quirks are likely linked to it.
I have a good memory, as some of the autistic do.
I have intense interests, which may be linked. When I'm interested in things, I gain incredible knowledge about that thing.
I can be daydreamy. (but redirectible)
I'm strong willed, which could be linked.
I'm spunky and assertive, which could be linked in my situation.
I'm clumsy at times, which may or may not be linked. my dad's a little clumsy too. I'm better than I was, though.The clumsiness was noticed when I was in preschool. My mom sensed a gap when I was a toddler and knew I was hyperactive but she thought that was all it was before I was four. I got evaluated and she was told I was mildy autistic. Asperger's is considered a mild form of autism.
I learned to jump while in preschool, which was apparently delayed as they noted it.
In preschool, I did mostly solitary and parallel play but at the end, I at age 4.5 was starting to play with the others. more outside though. There's a picture in the Me Book we made of me in their toy bus with another kid. It was part of Head Start. As a schoolgirl, I could play with other kids on the playground.
I had trouble distinguishing feelings as a little girl.
I'm rather immature and childlike in some ways. so's my dad. My mom said he's more childlike.
Her oldest brother's widow** has a sister that's childlike as well. My dad and my aunt's sister could be undiagnosed Aspies.
I've been a picky eater since after preschool. Maybe I got more aware of food then. I don't like mushrooms (who wants to eat fungus) or onions (they smell) for example.
I liked to climb as a kid. I may have climbed a ladder and I remember I used to climb on play equipment. For example, I climbed to the top of my swing set and sat on it. Don't worry, I held on. I also climbed an inflatable rock climb at a school fun day in elementary school.
Though I could take my bath on my own at the age of 12, like my mother, I was delayed in shaving my arms and legs as well as brushing my hair. I was in high school before I could do these.
Since elementary school, I've liked to swim, which could be linked.
I still like to swing, which may be linked.
I like Thomas the Tank Engine as a kid, though any kid can like Thomas, autistic kids are particularly likely to.
I don't like change.
These may just be things we're capable of
I'm loyal.
I'm hardworking.
I have high enthusiasm. ( I read females with Asperger's can sound eager)
I like cats.
I'm a rule bound girl, in many ways, which is common amongst the autistic if they can understand rules at least. I read this next part in an autistic blog. They think their daughter may fall on the spectrum in PDD-NOS range and said she's this way (very rule bound).
This is the ones I'm sure of.
My mom used to want a 49er's shirts because of her birth year and I call them her team as in "Mom, I think your team lost." I don't like football and my mom sort of likes it only if the 49ers are playing. My dad's birthday was a few days ago.
*some people not diagnosed with Asperger's are like this as well.
**If you read my life story here, I tell how my uncle died when I was in third grade. This refers to my aunt who was his wife.
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