Although I've been Harangued for my witty repartee
recently, nonetheless, just couldn't resist continuing...
Was readin'; Err listening to my NFB Newsline
for The Blind telephone News service to The Guardian's Sports section recently,
and was surprised to hear that John Jones had been arrested in Albuquerque,
New Mexico for Drag Racing; Huh? Always wondered what happened to him, eh?
As I seem to recollect that Jones was a
pretty decent racer who took a spell in
one of Jack Roush's 'Uber NASTY Ford Mustang Trans Am racecars, along with a
brief stint in Indy Cars, albeit 'Wayback in Thy CART era - not to mention winning the1988 Championship Auto
Racing Teams (CART) Rookie Of the Year honours.
What's that? Y'all say I'm having a case 'O
mistaken identity? Or perhaps showing off once again just how far back my IndyCar
Spectating reaches? What, Yuhs mean the John Jones booked into Thy Gray Bars du
Albuquerque
was ex-Light Heavyweight Mixed Martial Arts
Fightin' Star Jonathan "Sexual Chocolate" Jones instead; Hya!
Since like I said, I just couldn't help
myself, since how many people do you think of when they hear the name John
Jones today think of Oh KanaDuh's Thunder Bay, Ontario native instead? But then
again, how many know of Mr. John Jones, not to be Cornfuzed with 'Ol Rufus
Parnelli Jones - the fighter instead, since pretty sure Parnelli wasn't bashful
'bout mixing I-T up either, right?
And when I think of Albuquerque
and Fightin', naturally Uncle Bobby springs to mind, as the Unser's are pretty
notorious for Brawlin' and getting their way in the town synonymous with The
Unser's. As Uncle Bobby once punched an Albuquerque
Police Officer and stole an Army tank amongst other notorious High jinx! While
his brother Big Al's NO Saint neither...
and then there's Al's son Alfred Junior, not
to be Cornfuzed with "Just Al," aka Alfred Unser III, who's Al Unser
Jr's son - as I was a UGE' Fan 'O 'lil Al's in the early 1990's, when my
generation seemingly were either Michael Andretti or Al Unser Jr. Fans, a la
the Foyt v Andretti divide of thy Generation previously.
As I still chuckle today over how IndyCar
Mechanics of past, when Gearboxes were actually manually shifted by hand! The
Gearbox mechanics could tell if it was an Andretti or Unser Crashbox simply by
whether or not the gears were mangled! But I digress...
As unfortunately, I long ago lost thou luster
over 'lil Al, who cemented my disgust for the gifted racing driver when he
struck then girlfriend Gina and left her stranded on the roadside after a
Drinking Bender at a Strip Club in Nevada! For which we certainly don't need to
rehash anymore...
As I'm quite certain there's plenty good to
be found in Albuquerque,
since I fanticise 'bout taking a trip there solely to visit the wonderful Unser
Racing Museum!
While I'm fairly certain its pure
Co-inky-dense? That Curty Cavin of IndyStar fame, who's doing an excellent
series titled Trip Down Victory Lane, chronicling past living Indy 500 winners
happened to release 'lil Al's story just days after Jon Jones incarceration for
Drag Racing in Albuquerque
NO less - which 'lil Al knows plenty 'bout!
As it's a good
story, for which I got a good laugh outta 'lil Al having to learn how to do his
own laundry at age 50! Must be rough, eh? As hopefully the Doggies will help
him match-up his socks; Hya!
Also thanxs to Curt Cavin, via a recent Pit
Pass article, I learned that Al Unser, Jr. would be competing in this year's
Toyota Pro Celebrity race during the just concluded Long Beach Grand Prix
weekend.
Little Al's won the Long Beach IndyCar race a
record six times., which should have been seven, except for his team-mate 'Ol
Hollywood, aka Danny Sullivan going Ironhead on him, giving him the Long Beach
shuffle en route to victory in 1992!
Whilst Junior's also won the Celebrity race
three times and it would be befitting for the "King of The Beach" to
win what apparently will be the fortieth and final Toyota Pro Celebrity race -
as Toyota's moving to Plano, Texas shortly...
