J is for Jimmie Johnson

For this blog I am going to talk about one of my favourite race car drivers. His name is Jimmie Johnson. He drives the #48 Lowes Chevrolet for Rick Hendrick Racing. He also happens to be the best driver in NASCAR. So here is some background information about him.

He has won the last 4 championships which is a record he now has 50 wins in 297 races. That equals out to about 1 win in every 6 races. He is currently the NASCAR points leader. Jimmie has been rated driver of the year 3 years by by various magazines. He won his first race in just his 13TH attempt. His first full season was 2002 where he finished 5th, the next year he finished 2nd in points. In 2004 he finished 2nd again, in 2005 he finished 5th and finally in 2006 on his 5th try he won the championship, this was also the case in 2007,2008 and 2009. Jimmie was named Sporting News' driver of the year in 2004, 2006 and 2008. He started racing dirt bikes when he was 4 years old who would have thought that he would be the best NASCAR driver in his era.

I know that these numbers will not mean much to you, but if a real racer looks at these numbers they will mean that Jimmie Johnson is a really great race car driver. I think that he is one of my role models that I look up to when I go out to race on Saturdays. I know that if I was going to be a professional race car driver I would want to be just like my favourite driver #48 Jimmie Johnson.

Life Lesson: Everyone needs a role model to look up to.

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I is for Icelandic Volcano

I guess the title is a little bit confusing, but I am talking about the volcanic eruption in Europe this eruption has caused a ton of trouble with the airlines. It is said to be worse than the 9/11 airport closure it has been twice as long.

So what exactly happened you ask. Well here it is in a nutshell. An ash cloud from the fuming Icelandic volcano near the glacier Eyjafjallajokull drifted over parts of Europe and grounding most if not all flights. This natural calamity has also sent thousands of tourists and travelers in search for rental cars, hotels, and train tickets.

The travelers were stranded in Europe and could not depart for almost 6 days. The cost is unbelievable it is costing the airline industry some $200 million per day according to the International Air Transport Association.

So about the volcano I touched on it briefly but here is a more detailed summary. The Eyjafjallajokull on the southern portion of Iceland has been on a big tantrum for a second time this month. Last week it sent ash several miles into the air. The plume was pushed south by the wind and east to affect Scandinavia, Ireland, Britain, and into the center of Europe.

When the ash cloud drifted over Europe it was like night turned to day. The locals who lived at the bottom of the glacier wer advised to stay inside so that they wouldn't have problems.
I hope that everbody was okay and I know that it would be very sary I hope everyone who was in Europe got home safely. I think when the ash cloud drifted over it would have been like when a storm cloud rolls in.

Life lesson: Always be praying for other people in places that need help.

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H is for Happiness

Everybody needs happiness right? So lets talk about happiness, it is the thing in our lives that makes life livable. What is happiness? I think that happiness is the tingly feeling that you get when some thing awesome happens or laughing your head off when you are hanging out with friends.

What was the most happy moment in your life? Do you know? I don't think I can pick one but I might be able to pick a pretty good one well here it is.
I was racing in the Oktoberfest Grand Prix and I started the race in third and I ended up passing the pople in front of me and winning I was so happy.

So everybody remember to always be happy don't be sad be happy. If you are sitting therre going I don't know what my happiest moment was that is okay it isn't important to know which moment was your happiest but that you had alot of happy moments.

Life Lesson:Don't worry about your happiest moment aslong as you had happy moments.

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