Dale Mabry

and my brother, who had also joined us for work, followed him. A few seconds later, I had decided to follow my brother up the ladder. I climbed up the ladder with a perpetual pattern; left foot, then the right foot. But then, my brother had stalled in the middle of the ladder, and that is when I felt the shaking. Determined to go up the roof, I stood determined, and as my brother finally got to the roof, I followed him and had made it up the top. The view from the roof was amazing, I felt like I was at the apex of the world! The world around me became an amalgam of shades of the ruby and tangerine assimilating with the navy blue of dusk. It was amazing to see everything else from a bird’s eye view. I could see the bustling and clogged Dale Mabry Highway, with traffic stretching from a mile away. I could see the stores and businesses across the streets, I could hear the chirping parakeets over the boisterous noise of the traffic, and I could smell the savory aroma of Italian food coming from the nearby Macaroni Grill. When I went down, it was easier than going up, all I had to do was reverse my steps. If anything, the hardest part of that whole experience was leaving it. After managing to climb the ladder with ease, I wondered why I could not do it before although I had the ability. To answer this, I came up with two reasons. First, I believed that I let my fear controlled my mentality before. While fear has helped early humans defend themselves with the fight or flight…

Fifteen years ago on February 18, Dale Earnhardt -- a widely loved and respected professional driver for NASCAR -- was killed in an accident at the Daytona International Speedway. This event incited a legal battle in the state of Florida between Earnhardt’s family, local lawmakers, and journalists from the Orlando Sentinel that lasted for years over the rights that journalists have in accessing sensitive information in order to do their work. Considering the ethical codes respected by…

Part One: Part one of this book teaches us the fundamental techniques in handling people, and the first of these techniques is that we shouldn't criticize or condemn others. Carnegie shows through various examples that instead of criticizing people we should first try to understand them and understand why they behave as they do. The next principle of part one is to give honest and sincere appreciation. It builds off of the first principle because instead of criticizing people you should…

People Section One Principle: “Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.” Certainly, criticizing others is something that every person has been guilty of at some point or another. Why go through the time and effort to understand another person’s perspective when one can simply point out perceived flaws in that perspective? Dale Carnegie asserts, “Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do” (Carnegie, 16). Harsh criticism does nothing…

strict safety regulations and continues to proactively seek for advancements in these harm-preventing technologies. Safety has always been a moving target in motorsports. Whether it’s Formula One, the Indy Racing League, or NASCAR, many of these racing series have had tragedies throughout their respective histories, and have eventually learned from and corrected the causes of such accidents. However, it is clear to discern danger was not respected during early motorsport culture. Although motor…

The enclosed annotated bibliography represents recent research on the topic of safety in auto racing. I began my research by asking ‘Is NASCAR taking proactive measures to keep its drivers, crew members and fans safe while maintaining its entertainment value?’ In my paper, I will argue yes, NASCAR takes safety seriously while still maintaining fair and entertaining competition. Although throughout its history safety was overlooked, the current state of operation is dedicated to research and…

An Influential Legendary Fatality “You win some, lose some, and wreck some,” said by ‘The Intimidator’ himself almost exactly one year before the day he would be the one to have such an influential crash in NASCAR’s biggest race on the final lap, through the final turn directly behind his two teammates; one of which even being his very own son who would go on to claim second place. Announcer Darrell Waltrip was seen crying as he watched his brother Michael take first place at Daytona for the…

1. What Is Motogp ? The History Of Motorcycle Racing And Different Class Of Racing The MotoGP Championship is the pinnacle class of world championship road racing that developed primarily in Europe for the first time in 1949.The race consist of an eighteen-race series visiting 13 countries, 4 continents and almost entire world television coverage. MotoGP now entering the 65th year celebration and is oldest motorsport championship of three different class.At the moment MotoGP has three classes,…

The crowd went wild, but not in a very nice way. Hundreds of fans thew beer, water bottles, and even toilet paper onto the track as Jeff Gordon performed his burnout. On the cool down lap, Dale Jr. stayed on Jeff's outside as crazy amounts of trash were hurled over the fence from the grandstands onto the track. Seriously, just how dangerous is it to be on the receiving end of beer cans on the track? The short answer is probably not much. You've got sheet metal over your head, and a windshield…

My dad had been racing street stocks at Tri County Motor Speedway and Hickory Motor Speedway since before i was born on December 9th, 1998 he raced full time for several years afterwards until my sisters were born when he began racing on only a part time basis. Until he finally retired and only made a start here and there in 2014 i began racing in the Renegade division at Hickory Motor Speedway finishing tied for 5th in points in my rookie year out of 18 drivers throughout the year. In 2015 i…