Dale Earnhardt Jr.

 
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) – Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss the next two races with a 
concussion, ending the championship chances of NASCAR’s most popular
driver who turned 38 yesterday, Oct. 10.

Hendrick Motorsports said Thursday that Earnhardt will sit out Charlotte and
Kansas, and Regan Smith (below) will replace him in the No. 88 Chevrolet.

Earnhardt was diagnosed Wednesday in Charlotte, the team said. Earnhardt,
team owner Rick Hendrick and crew chief Steve Letarte were scheduled to
discuss his injury Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Earnhardt was injured in a 25-car last-lap accident Sunday, Oct. 7,  at Talladega. Because he was able to drive his car away from the accident — teammate Jimmie Johnson even caught a lift on the window back to the garage — Earnhardt was
not required to go to the care center for an examination at the time.

Immediately after the race, he called restrictor-plate racing "bloodthirsty" and said
he no longer had any desire to compete at Daytona and Talladega.

Sunday’s wreck was at least the second hard hit Earnhardt has had this season. He struck the wall extremely hard during an Aug. 29 Goodyear test at Kansas when his
right front tire failed.

Regan Smith

James Dean in his Porsche 550 Spyder,

Actor James Dean made a public information film for TV, during the filming
of the movie “Giant”, urging teenagers to drive safely. At the end of the
month he would be killed in a high speed car crash with his Porsche.

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock-
Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he
is nicknamed, is most well known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven
times. Petty is a member of the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He
was inducted into the Hall in 2010.

This is the Pontiac #43 in which Richard Petty won his 200th and final race
in 1984.

In 1942 Revolite, formerly a division of Johnson & Johnson, originally developed
an adhesive tape made from a rubber-based adhesive applied to a durable
woven cotton fabric backing. This tape resisted water and was used as
sealing tape on ammunition cases during World War II. It was also used
to repair military equipment quickly, including jeeps, firearms, and aircraft.

The origin of the name of the tape is the subject of some disagreement. The
Oxford English Dictionary says that perhaps "duct tape" was originally "duck
tape".  

You can fix anything with a roll of duct tape!

Carroll Shelby after a race in 1959

Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) 

Shelby was a automotive designer, and race car driver who is 
best known for making the AC Motors–based Shelby Cobra
and later the Mustang-based performance cars for Ford
Motor company known as Mustang Cobras.He was inducted
into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1991, and
the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1992.