Good morning. It is snowing here! So pretty, but so cold. Down below zero at night these days. Ugh. Our snow is supposed to turn to sleet and ice after dark. Weird.

So, "thought of as a sport", huh? One idea jumps to mind, but probably incorrect. I was at one time a member of the organization I am thinking of, but not sure how old it is. Will look for clues.

Cynthia

TM, lol. I think that there may be beer consumed by the spectators, but definitely not by the competitors.

Nancy.

Okay, my first thought is wrong. Ha. My group would be more likely to be swilling wine. :)

Cynthia

Well, some celebrate with champagne after a win, though I have heard of one that prefers milk!!

Hmmmm. Is the organization known by a six letter acronym?

Why yes, it is!! :)

Would it help if I told you that the founder moved from Washington, DC to Daytona, FL in the mid-1930's?

Nancy.

I'd say that's a good hint.

Once you said they celebrate with milk, that gave it to me. No more going round and round in my brain!

Cynthia

Seems we three are alone today!!

Hope the others are out driving around and having fun!

Cynthia

Late to the game, I've been busy, it was time to get the raspberries out of the freezer, 3 lots of freezer jam, 7 containers of raspberry syrup, 16 fuchsia baskets redone and sorry you guys DH cut the lawn, looks so neat and green right now. I have an idea of what it might be but it's probably wrong.

Annette

Annette - this is for you - let's see if it works!!

LOL, not here Nancy I live in the banana belt, we've got palm trees too.

If I'm on the right track, this is a spectator sport we used to watch from the bleachers every Saturday night when in our teens. If not, well you can't win them all.

Nancy I can't believe the weather we're having this winter, not one flake of snow in our neighborhood, DH wasn't the only one pushing the lawn mower around this weekend. Not saying we still won't get dumped on, but it really has been an unusual winter, we usually have a hard freeze sometime in February.Annette

Going with NASCAR. Not something we follow. Seems boring and loud, but I probably am missing the finer points of the sport!

Cynthia

Yes, NASCAR.
Annette

I vote for NASCAR too. It was started by a man named Bill France, I believe. (Showing off a little bit there.)

TM

Wow TM may need to give you an extra star!! lol.

The National Association for Stock Car Racing--or NASCAR, as it will come to be widely known--is officially incorporated February 21st, 1948. NASCAR racing will go on to become one of America's most popular spectator sports, as well as a multi-billion-dollar industry.

The driving force behind the establishment of NASCAR was William "Bill" France Sr. (1909-1992), a mechanic and auto-repair shop owner from Washington, D.C., who in the mid-1930s moved to Daytona Beach, Florida. The Daytona area was a gathering spot for racing enthusiasts, and France became involved in racing cars and promoting races. After witnessing how racing rules could vary from event to event and how dishonest promoters could abscond with prize money, France felt there was a need for a governing body to sanction and promote racing. He gathered members of the racing community to discuss the idea, and NASCAR was born, with its official incorporation in February 1921. France served as NASCAR's first president and played a key role in shaping its development in the sport's early decades.

NASCAR held its first Strictly Stock race on June 19, 1949, at the Charlotte Speedway in North Carolina. Some 13,000 fans were on hand to watch Glenn Dunnaway finish the 200-lap race first in his Ford; however, Jim Roper (who drove a Lincoln) collected the $2,000 prize after Dunnaway was disqualified for illegal rear springs on his vehicle. In the early years of NASCAR, competitors drove the same types of cars that people drove on the street--Buicks, Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles, among others--with minimal modifications. (Today, the cars are highly customized.)

So there we are - not my cup of tea really, though I know it is popular with lots of folk. Now, going to try for stars again (I guess I should have been practicing all week!!)

Well, not my sparkly ones - I need to find and save them again as I haven't figured out how to get them over from Photobucket. Have a great week, thanks for playing. Now I'm off to see Cynthia's question.

Nancy.

Way back when, we gals sat in the bleachers while boyfriends were either driving or in the pit trying to keep the cars going. Those demolition derbys really did a number on the cars.

What cute stars! Thanks. I love all the unnecessary-but-oh-so-interesting tidbits we learn here! I am off to see if I need to give more clues and then rake a hot shower early, so I can settle in and watch at least the beginning of the Academy Awards show. It always runs way too late for me.

Thanks for the fun Nancy!

Cynthia