Non-NASCAR Racing I've Followed

My coverage of non-NASCAR races has been limited, so I decided to post a list of the non-NASCAR series I've watched.


IndyCar
F1
Off-road racing
There was an ARCA race I watched online after it happened, but only because I wasn't home when it was on. I was actually out of town that weekend. If I had been able to follow it real-time, I would have because my favorite NASCAR driver was in it.
I only follow race series I'm able to watch on TV, as a rule. However, I will make exceptions (like that ARCA race I mentioned) under certain conditions. Come back soon for my Chili Bowl recap.

Kansas weekend

Hey folks! Here's my take on the Kansas race. Due to getting behind in my blogging combined with the NASCAR schedule being switched up, this one got lost in the shuffle somehow. This race is usually before Charlotte but was between Charlotte and 'Dega this year. The Trucks were off this weekend.




Saturday was the Xfinity race. Kyle Busch won with 56 laps led, followed by pole-sitter Matt Kenseth with 148 laps led, Joey Logano, Ty Dillon and Regan Smith. Rounding out the top-10 were Chris Buescher, Chase Elliott, Ryan, rookie Daniel Suarez and Brendan Gaughan. Jennifer Jo Cobb was 29th due to an accident on lap 138. Rookie Cole Conley was 30th after crashing out on lap 113. Korbin Forrister was 31st after an accident on lap 103.




Sunday was the Cup race. Joey Logano won with 42 laps led followed by Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson with 5 laps led, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch.  Rounding out the top-10 were Kurt Busch, Ryan Blaney with 5 laps led, Carl Edwards with 6 laps led, pole-sitter Brad Keselowski with 28 laps led and Jeff Gordon. Matt Kenseth led 153 laps and finished 14th due to a crash with Joey Logano. Kevin Harvick led 21 laps before finishing 16th. Paul Menard was 19th with 7 laps led. Casey Mears led 2 laps before finishing 23rd.  Clint Bowyer was 40th due to crashing out on lap 170.  Austin Dillon was 41st after an accident on lap 154.


If I had done everything how I should I would've said "Kansas" where I said " 'Dega in my Charlotte post and said "Come back for my 'Dega recap." at the end of this one. As I ended up doing things, come back next time for an offseason tidbit.

Texas Weekend

Hey folks! Here's my take on the Texas race weekend. All series raced this time.






Friday was the Truck race. Rookie Erik Jones won with 117 laps led, followed by Daniel Suarez, Ryan Blaney,  pole-sitter Matt Crafton with 27 laps led and Tyler Reddick with 1 lap led.  Rounding out the top-10 were Timothy Peters, rookie Brandon Jones, Christopher Bell, Ben Kennedy and rookie Cameron Haley with 1 lap led.  Rookie John Hunter Nemechek led 1 lap and was 11th.  No one wrecked out.






Saturday was the Xfinity race. Brad Keselowski won with 62 laps led, followed by Kevin Harvick with 24 laps led,  pole-sitter Austin Dillon with 54 laps led, Erik Jones and Ty Dillon. Rounding out the top-10 were rookie Daniel Suarez, Brian Scott, Chase Elliott, Regan Smith and Elliott Sadler.  Ryan Sieg was 13th with 1 lap led. Kyle Busch led 6 laps and finished 14th.  Dakoda Armstrong led 3 laps before finishing 18th. Kyle Larson, the only one to crash out, led 50 laps before an accident on lap 178 relegated him to 33rd place.




Sunday was the Cup race. Jimmie Johnson won with 6 laps led, followed by pole-sitter Brad Keselowski with 312 laps led, Kevin Harvick with 11 laps led, Kyle Busch with 1 lap led and Carl Edwards. Rounding out the top-10 were Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kurt Busch, Martin Truex, Jr. with 1 lap led, Jeff Gordon and Jamie McMurray.  David Gilliland led 1 lap and finished 29th.  JJ Yeley finished 33rd after leading 1 lap. Rookie Matt DiBenedetto led 1 lap before finishing 35th.  Kyle Larson was 37th after crashing out on lap 304. Tony Stewart had an accident on lap 52 and was 42.  Ryan Blaney was 43rd due to a crash on lap 26.


Come back for my Phoenix recap.

Famous and Autistic

I have seen or head about famous people that are/were autistic or thought to be so.
 I wasn't sure what to blog about, but then this came to mind.


Syed Talha Ahsan, English poet, translator and perpetrator of providing material support for terrorists
Michael John Anderson, American perpetrator of the 2007 murder of Katherine Ann Olson
Ryan G. Anderson, American perpetrator of attempting to provide aid to the terrorist network al-Qaeda
Jessica-Jane Applegate, English Paralympic swimmer
Dante Arthurs, Australian perpetrator of the 2006 murder of Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu
Daantjie Badenhorst, South African quiz-show champion, journalist and author
Amanda Baggs, American advocate of rights for autistic people
Gemma Barker, English perpetrator of sexual assault and fraud
Jacob Barnett, American physics student and child prodigy
Sean Barron, American journalist and co-author of two books about autism
Danny Beath, award-winning English landscape and wildlife photographer
Lucy Blackman, Australian author with autism
Mark Boerebach, Australian autistic savant with ability to recall Australian music chart top hits from the 1970s and 1980s
Henry Bond, English writer, photographer and visual artist
Susan Boyle, Scottish singer and Britain's Got Talent finalist
Adam Bradford, English social activist, entrepreneur and business adviser
Axel Brauns, German writer and filmmaker
Luca Brecel, professional Belgian snooker player
Phillipa “Pip” Brown (aka Ladyhawke), New Zealand indie-rock musician
Martin Bryant, Australian perpetrator of murdering 35 people and injuring 23 others in the 1996 Port Arthur massacre
Dan Bull, English rapper and songwriter known for his politically oriented lyrics
Michael Burry, American investment-fund manager
Beth Catlin, American autistic savant who sends birthday cards to people whom she has met
T. Rafael Cimino, American novelist and screenwriter with credits in both film and television
Lizzy Clark, English actress and campaigner
Ryan Cleary, English perpetrator of hacking the web sites of major global institutions including the U.K. Serious Organised Crime Agency
Paddy Considine, English actor, film director, screenwriter, and musician
William Cottrell, American perpetrator of the 2003 arson attacks on eight sport utility vehicles (SUV) and an SUV dealership
Michelle Dawson, Canadian autism researcher and autism rights activist
Johnny Dean, English musician, front man of Menswear and iconic pin-up of the ’90s Britpop era
Tony DeBlois, blind American autistic savant and musician
James Durbin, American finalist on the tenth season of American Idol
Robert Durst, accused American perpetrator of murder
Tim Ellis, Australian magician and author
Justin Eugene Evans, American film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, producer, visual effects supervisor, inventor, Autism advocate and college instructor
Marcus Fiesel, American foster-care child murder victim
William Freund, American perpetrator of the murder of two of his neighbors before killing himself
Barry George, English man who was wrongly convicted in 2001 of the murder of British television presenter Jill Dando
Gunilla Gerland, Swedish author, lecturer and debater on the topic of Asperger syndrome and autism
Elliot Gleave (aka Example), English singer signed to Epic Records and Sony Music
Temple Grandin, American food animal handling-systems designer and author
Brian A. Gutierrez, American member of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities
John R. Hall, American author of Am I Still Autistic and chief executive of Greenwood Hall
Paula Hamilton, English model and judge on Britain’s Next Top Model
Daryl Hannah, American actress
Brant Hansen, American radio personality and author
Christopher Harper-Mercer, American perpetrator of the 2015 Umpqua Community College shootings
Kevin Healey, English autism activist and goodwill ambassador, and campaigner against bullying
Henriett Seth F., Hungarian autistic savant, poet, writer, and artist
Naoki Higashida, Japanese poet, novelist, essayist
John Hirst, English perpetrator of crimes and murder, and campaigner for prisoners’ rights
James Hobley, English dancer and 2011 Britain's Got Talent finalist
Todd Hodgetts, Australian gold medalist for Men’s Shot Put F20 at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
Peter Howson, Scottish painter
Luke Jackson, English author
Jonathan Jayne, American contestant on American Idol
Bhumi “Poom” Jensen, Thai grandson of the King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej
Mohammad Hassan Khalid, Pakistani perpetrator of conspiracy to commit murder and providing material support to terrorists
Christopher Knowles, American poet and painter
Christopher Krumm, American perpetrator of murder and attempted murder
Heather Kuzmich, American fashion model and reality show contestant on America's Next Top Model
Matthew Labyorteaux, American actor who has starred in television and films
John David LaDue, American perpetrator of the 2014 Waseca Junior and Senior High School shooting and bombing plot
Andrew Lackey, executed American prisoner for the 2005 murder of Charles Newman, an eighty-year-old World War II veteran
Adrian Lamo, Colombian-American computer-threat analyst and former hacker
Adam Lanza, American perpetrator of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings
Leslie Lemke, blind American musician and autistic savant
Jonathan Lerman, American autistic savant outsider artist
Rex Lewis-Clack, American pianist, considered a prodigious musical autistic savant
Abz Love, English rapper, singer, songwriter, DJ, producer and TV personality
Courtney Love, American alternative-rock singer, songwriter, actress and visual artist
Frankie MacDonald, Canadian amateur weatherman
Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer, lorry mechanic and television presenter
Tony Martin, English perpetrator of 1999 murder of a burglar in his home
Clay Marzo, American professional surfer
Lindsay Mason, Northern Irish politician
Darius McCollum, American perpetrator of crimes related to trains and the New York City Subway system
Jason McElwain, American high-school basketball player
Gary McKinnon, Scottish computer hacker who accessed high-security government sites^[47]
Travis Meeks, American lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for acoustic rock band Days of the New
Dean Mellberg, American perpetrator of the 1994 Fairchild Air Force Base shootings
Thristan Mendoza, Filipino autistic savant and marimba prodigy
Lionel Messi, Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team
Kim Miller, American artist who was diagnosed with “classic” autism
Jonathan Mitchell, American blogger and author who advocates for a cure for autism
Caiseal Mór, Australian author, musician, and artist
Haley Moss, American artist and author
Tito Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and philosopher
Suzanne Muldowney, American performance artist known for her appearances in parades in various cities throughout the year in her elaborate homemade costumes
Robert Napper, English perpetrator of murders and other crimes
Ari Ne'eman, American autism rights activist
David Nelson, American LGBT activist
Jerry Newport, American author and mathematical autistic savant who was the basis of the film Mozart and the Whale
Craig Nicholls, Australian frontman of the alternative-rock band, The Vines
Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese perpetrator of the 1999 hijacking of All Nippon Airways Flight 61
Lisa Nowak, American former naval flight officer and NASA astronaut and perpetrator of the attempted kidnapping of U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman
John Odgren, American perpetrator of murder
Freddie Odom, American mayor, actor and teacher
Hikari Ōe, Japanese composer
Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning American critic and author
Derek Paravicini, blind English autistic savant and musical prodigy
Kim Peek He was the inspiration for Rain Man and thought to be an autistic savant.
Alex Plank, American autism advocate, filmmaker, actor, and creator of Wrong Planet
Dawn Prince-Hughes, American primate anthropologist, ethologist and author
James Henry Pullen, English carpenter and autistic savant
Nicky Reilly, English perpetrator of the 2008 Exeter attempted bombing
John Elder Robison, American author of Look Me in the Eye
Elliot Rodger, American perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings
Alis Rowe, English entrepreneur and author who writes about Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sue Rubin, American artist and author
Navinder Singh Sarao, English perpetrator of the 2010 Flash Crash
Ximena Sariñana, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
Matt Savage, American autistic savant musician
Birger Sellin, first functionally non-verbal German with autism to become a published author
Amy Sequenzia, American, non-speaking Autistic, multiply disabled activist and writer
Tim Sharp, Australian artist most famous for his creation of the colourful super hero Laser Beak Man
Jim Sinclair, American autism-rights activist
Cary Stayner, American perpetrator of the murder of four women between February and July 1999
Sarah Stup, American author, poet, essayist and advocate
Daniel Tammet, English autistic savant, writer and linguist
Hans Van Themsche, Belgian perpetrator of 2006 Antwerp shootings
Raymond Thompson, New Zealand screenwriter, composer and television producer
Gilles Tréhin, French artist, author, creator of the imaginary city of “Urville” and an autistic savant
Penelope Trunk, American businesswoman, author and blogger
Aleksander Vinter (aka Savant), Norwegian musician
Owen Walker, New Zealand perpetrator of cybercrimes causing caused $26 million worth of damage
Richard Wawro, Scottish artist and autistic savant
George Widener, English mathematical autistic savant
Donna Williams, Australian author
Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana 2012 and autism advocate
Stephen Wiltshire, English architectural artist
Jason Zimmerman, (M2K/Mew2King) American professional Super Smash Bros. player


This is a list I found online. I also found a list of people suspected of being on the spectrum, but lived before autism was known or else they were just never diagnosed.

Hugh Blair of Borgue – 18th century Scottish landowner thought mentally incompetent, now studied as case history of autism.
Prince John of the United Kingdom – 20th century British prince famous for his epilepsy and isolation. He exhibited repetitive behavior and is often believed to be autistic and intellectually disabled.	]
Stanley Kubrick – filmmaker
Henry Cavendish – 18th century British scientist. He was unusually reclusive, literal minded, had trouble relating to people, had trouble adapting to people, difficulties looking straight at people, drawn to patterns, etc.
Charles XII of Sweden – speculated to have had Asperger syndrome
Jeffrey Dahmer – serial killer
Anne Claudine d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles – French governess, lady of honor, tutor
Emily Dickinson – poet
Paul Dirac – quantum physicist
Glenn Gould – Canadian pianist and noted Bach interpreter. He liked routine to the point he used the same seat until it was worn through. He also disliked social functions to the point that in later life he relied on the telephone or letters for virtually all communication. He had an aversion to being touched, had a different sense of hot or cold than most, and would rock back and forth while playing music. He is speculated to have had Asperger syndrome.
Adolf Hitler – Austrian born, Nazi German politician, chancellor and dictator
Thomas Jefferson – President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence
James Joyce – author of Ulysses
Bohuslav Martinů – Czech-American composer (1890 -1959)
William McGonagall - poet, notoriously bad yet he never understood that others mocked him
Michelangelo – Italian Renaissance artist, based on his inability to form long-term attachments and certain other characteristics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – composer
Charles Richter – seismologist, creator of the eponymous scale of earthquake magnitude
William James Sidis
Alan Turing – pioneer of computer sciences. He seemed to be a math savant and his lifestyle has many autism traits about it.
Michael Ventris – English architect who deciphered Linear B
Blind Tom Wiggins – autistic savant
Ludwig Wittgenstein – Austrian philosopher  Nikola Tesla

good visualizer, reclusive, obsessive (sometimes worked for two or thee days without sleep), limited sense of humour and lack of empathy.
Isaac Newton
 hardly spoke, had few friends, often so absorbed in his work that he forgot to eat, demonstrating an obsessive single-mindedness that is commonly associated with Asperger's. If nobody attended his lessons, he reportedly gave lectures to an empty room
Albert Einstein
thought to maybe have had high-functioning autism due to educational and language delays ( though he was intellectually gifted),  occasionally perceived lack of tact, social empathy and naivety, visual thinking, being a loner, solitary, suffering from major tantrums, having no friends, disliking crowds, and even the way he dressed
By contrast, the economist Thomas Sowell claims that Einstein actually had a condition that he termed Einstein syndrome and was not autistic. Sowell states that Einstein syndrome includes delayed speech development, intellectual giftedness, and no dramatic impairments in mental functioning during adulthood.^[42] Dr. Stephen Camarata, a professor at Vanderbilt School of Medicine, said that if Einstein was diagnosed as autistic, it would be misidentifying him despite his late talking.^[43] Additionally, Walter Isaacson, in a book about Einstein, has doubted the validity of an autism diagnosis for Einstein, writing that "Einstein made close friends, had passionate relationships, enjoyed collegial discussions, communicated well verbally, and could empathize with friends and humanity in general."^[44]

Asperger's and Christmas

During the Christmas season, I looked up some stuff about Asperger's and Christmas.  Some Aspies have a hard time with the holidays.






One hard part of holiday time is how it's a social time. Socialization is hard for Aspies. These people are often socially awkward. This makes parties stressful because of remembering social graces and trying to fit it with the others. Christmas at home is easier because of being able to go the bedroom to get away.


The chaos of the holidays is also hard. Aspies don't like changes in routine and holiday time is unpredictable. The Christmas crowds at stores and that people are eating different things are changes in routine at holiday time.


It's also hard for those on the spectrum to patient and that's an issue with the holidays. Presents under the tree cause anticipation and Aspie kids have trouble with that due to the difficulties with patience and waiting alluded to above.


Sensory issues also create difficulties. Loud Christmas music and arguing customers are problems for Aspies during the holidays. Christmas lights can also lead to sensory overload. All these could lead to an Aspie kid having a meltdown at Christmas time.


The holidays are thought of as happy, but not necessarily is this true for Aspies, especially the kids. I never had trouble, except for social issues that showed around my relatives, though.  Come back next time for whatever I came up with.

Baby Bayne

Trevor and Ashton Bayne are now parents. Elizabeth Kate Bayne (Ellie) was born the morning of Thursday, December 10th.  To see her picture, go tohttps://www.instagram.com/ashtonbayne/ or https://www.instagram.com/tbayne6/. Her parents love their little baby. I never had a favorite NASCAR kid before, but I'm a fan of this kid. Maybe it's because her daddy is my favorite driver.


If I had been where I wanted to be with my blogging, this would've been posted in the middle of December, probably. Come back next time for a post on Christmas and Asperger's.

Snowball Derby

The Snowball Derby, though non-NASCAR, often has NASCAR drivers in it. It's a Late Model race at 5 Flags Speedway.




The race was a Sunday race. Chistopher Bell won with 93 laps led, but was then disqualified, followed by Chase Elliott with 3 laps led, Zane Smith with 40 laps led,  pole-sitterTy Majeski with 63 laps led, and Dalton Sargeant   Chase Elliott was the winner after Bell was disqualified. Rounding out the top-10 were Bubba Pollard with 16 laps led, Casey Smith, Preston Peltier with 23 laps led, William Byron and Derek Thorn with 44 laps led. Daniel Hemric was 11th initially, so he moved up to 10th after Bell's disqualification.  Corey Lajoie was 15th, revised to 14th. Johanna Long was  21st, revised to20th. John Hunter Nemechek led 18 laps, but was 22nd, revised to 21st due to a fire on lap 294. Donnie Wilson was 24th, revised to 23rd, due to an accident on lap 273.  Derek Kraus was 25th, revised to 24th, due to a crash on lap 270. Noah Gragson was 26th, revised to 25th, due to an accident on lap 269.Casey Roderick was 29th, revised to 28th, after a crash on lap 175. Kyle Plott was 30th, revised to 29th, after crashing out on lap 167.  Kyle Grissom was 34th, revised to 33rd and Augie Grill was 35th, revised to 34th , after an accident on lap 63.  Bret Holmes was 36th, revised to 35th, after a crash on lap 62.  Christopher Bell was revised to 37th due disqualification. Noah Gragson broke his wrist in his crash. Some crew members were injured in John Hunter Nemechek's crash, including Pollack, who has  a broken tibia


If I hadn't fallen behind in my blogging last spring, this would've probably been posted before Bell was disqualified. Come back for next time for an offseason tidbit.