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Auction is a dream event for gearheads

It’s the week after Christmas and all through the house, not a race car is stirring… I’m not sure how the rest of that should go. Well, apparently Santa’s idea of good and mine must be different. No new race car in the yard or garage once again. I did get a nice Go-Pro type camera to record everyone as they pass me next season, LOL! So smile and wave as you go by. There’s always income tax time. Maybe I can find a bargain. One can always hope! There’s not much happening in the motorsports world this particular week. That doesn’t mean the shops across the country are not ...

Sportsman license is a great gift

The combination fishing and hunting license for next year makes an excellent gift for those sportsmen and women on your Christmas list. While most of my readers have probably finished their shopping, this is a great idea for those last-minute shoppers. I don’t know how many times that I would buy my father a hunting and fishing license on the day before Christmas. This was back when the Class AB (fishing and hunting) license cost less than $5. Today, for this type of sportsman, the Class X (sportsman) license is the one to purchase. This particular license is for sportsmen and ...

Dirt track racing in the spotlight

This is the last chance I have to wish each of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I hope that Santa brings all the new race parts and souvenirs on your list. Please take time to read Luke Chapter 2 from the Bible and remember the greatest gift to all mankind, Jesus Christ, was born that night in Bethlehem! Try your best to share God’s love for us in the coming year. Once again the racing world is saddened by the loss of a true champion. Bob Glidden, multiple times NHRA Pro-Stock drag racing champ, died after a brief illness. He was 73 years old. Bob, his wife Etta and ...

Hunting is facing new challenges

Just about all sportsmen and women are aware that the sale of hunting licenses nationwide have been on the decline for the past two decades. I have stated several times in past columns that the number of new youth hunters is nowhere close to replacing the senior hunters who are retiring from this respectable activity. To some degree, I can understand why. Today’s youth and young hunters face many challenges that we did not face when we were in our youth and learning how to hunt. These challenges include new technology, poor mentoring and the anti-hunting groups and movement. Many ...

Wall of Fame nominees announced

First of all I want to thank everyone for their prayers and thoughts during the last week. On Tuesday of last week I got the call that most people dread. My little brother called and said that our mom had died. She had been in bad health for a while but this was totally unexpected. I missed the first issue of this column since we have started it. There is a lot of racing news even though most tracks have fallen into winter sleep. Each year for the past 40 years the best racers in the country visit Five Flag Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, for the Snowball Derby. This race brings ...

Statewide buck harvest is down

This past Tuesday, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources released the preliminary harvest figures for this year’s two-week deer-buck gun season. In 2017, hunters harvested 44,455 bucks statewide. This is down from the 2016 harvest of 46,071, or 3.5 percent. Like it has been for the past 40 years, 51 counties were open for the traditional two-week deer gun season. The top five counties were: Preston (1,957), Randolph (1,647), Greenbrier (1,631), Hampshire (1,394), and Ritchie (1,347). Braxton County finished seventh with 1,234, and Lewis County finished eighth at ...