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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 14, 2016 at 10:34pm

Thank you PattyKay , and thank you for following DAKAR along with us.
MIke

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Permalink Reply by PattyKay Lilley on January 20, 2016 at 8:17pm

Mike, the same day you replied here, Ning locked me out for 5 days. This is the first day I could get into the Planet since last Thursday night. A gentleman from my ISP (which also could not access the Planet) finally got through on Monday. I gave him my password so that he could get through to someone on the "issue report" feature. It wasn't the site. It was a problem with Ning, and I had the same problem with another site about 4 years ago. Some little glitch in their computer sees my ISP as something evil and they shut out the entire area.
I'm not sure who receives the trouble reports, but I suspect you might be involved. If so, thanks; if not you, then please pass along my thanks to whoever worked the miracle.
I wasn't too sure about posting my article here. I don't want to be seen as some sort of spammer. I am obviously an old-time NASCAR fan with the emphasis on "old." I found Robby when he was running the Mickey Thompson Stadium Trucks back in the 1980s and have loved him ever since. I wish NASCAR had agreed with me. :)
Is it OK to post articles here? I truly don't want to offend anyone, and I'm not up on your protocol. Please, be my guide.
Happy to be back!
~PattyKay

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 21, 2016 at 5:02pm

@PattyKay, please . Fun, interesting content is always welcome.

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Permalink Reply by PattyKay Lilley on January 21, 2016 at 5:09pm

Thanks Mike! Sarah already sort of told me that, so I put up my new one today. Love writing and love my readers. :)

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on January 20, 2016 at 8:51pm

Hey PattyKay! Long time no see. Hope all has been well with you.
As to your question, I enjoyed Nascar in the 'old' days. Fell in love with Bobby Allison as a kid and was hooked. There are a lot of people here who enjoyed Nascar at one time or another. Some still do. There are even some who still wish or dream of Robby having one more ride in a Cup car.
Don't be afraid to ask questions as needed. Folks here are pretty nice and are willing to help.

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Permalink Reply by PattyKay Lilley on January 20, 2016 at 8:58pm

Hi Sarah! Yes, it's been quite a while. In all honesty, I only think to come here when Robby is doing something I want to follow. Heaven knows, the TV isn't much help there. I've followed NASCAR through 3 generations of the France family. Kind of wish I'd stopped at 2. I do love to write about it though, since it's all I know enough about to write, so I hang around, not for the racing, but for the chance to write.
If I wasn't used to some of Ning's follies I would have thought I'd been bounced when I couldn't access the Planet for several days, but I knew the problem. Finding a way to tell someone I had a problem was something else. Could not access the Ning site at all. Forget the phone. No humans to be found there. The nice lady on the recording tells you all about Ning.com and Help.Ning.com. If I could have gotten there, I would have been back sooner! Sheesh!
I know we can't live without these infernal machines now, but they are something else when they don't work! LOL

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Permalink Reply by MTwomn on January 21, 2016 at 8:04pm

Enjoyed your writing. Keeping it real.

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Permalink Reply by PattyKay Lilley on January 21, 2016 at 8:07pm

Thank you. I pride myself on doing my utmost to present the facts and still make it interesting. Check out the rest of our site when you have time. www.racefansforever.org

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Permalink Reply by Barb on January 21, 2016 at 10:41pm

Thank you PattyKay. I guess I would say that I am a 'fairly' new racing fan. I do enjoy following and 'watching' Robby race. I have learned a lot from the members on the planet here. I still watch some NASCAR and enjoyed reading your article on making the racetracks 'better' for the fans.

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Permalink Reply by PattyKay Lilley on January 21, 2016 at 10:46pm

Thanks Barb. It's nice to know that there really are some new fans, aside from the mass exodus of the past few years. It's not like it used to be, but I guess it's still racing, of a sort. They just announced yesterday some massive changes for the Xfinity and Truck Series. Those have me choking, so for the moment, I'm ignoring them. I just posted a new article this afternoon on the induction of Curtis Turner to the Hall of Fame tomorrow. That one is all about a wonderful racer from another time. I hope you catch it when you have time. Curtis was "Something else!" :)

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Permalink Reply by Barb on January 21, 2016 at 11:32pm

It sounds like whenever changes are made that the racing lately usually suffers in some way.

I do plan on reading your new article. I did skim it.

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