. OM .C EWS N “You see him walk down see him “You “I mean, he’s really In what amounted to his to finish the For Edwards A really hard at it. hard really the only driver He’s pit road. walk I’ve ever seen in my life during quali- down pit road on lis- fying with a headset to see tening to the scanner saying what everybody is about the racetrack. just so involved in it, but he’s he naturally talented. I think surprised us all probably with how good he did, but he’s definitely one of those gifted people.” season in Nextel Cup, rookie average finish was Edwards’ 13.97, and his average start was 18.91 — a pair of num- bers a lot of veterans would crave. season with the same amount TLANTIC RACING Continued on 38A• r in part is strictly prohibited strictly is part in r permission, • For 12-16-2004 Rev 9A-EVEN- • AN-Mark 926-4557 (603) call Edwards, who sacrificed Edwards, the season, Throughout “Carl is just massively tal- Stewart. Biffle’s two-race Biffle’s Stewart. column edge in the victory spot. gave him the runner-up of the his Nextel Cup Rookie 13 by running eligibility Year did races at the end of 2004, Jack exactly what team owner for by Roush had hoped Bud totaling four wins, two 18 top- Poles, 13 top-five and one 10 finishes against only DNF. teammates, all of Edwards’ whom have won champi- onships in the highest levels of the sport, praised him deeply. ented,” 2003 Cup champion said. “Some and gifted really people are naturals at it, and then there other people probably are like me that have to work But even more spectacu- But even more some- In fact, Edwards When the final race was Speedway to his first- to score Speedway in both. triumphs career he came into the Cup larly, 400 at season finale Ford Speed- Homestead-Miami shot at way with a legitimate for the winning the Chase remark- Nextel Cup. It was a that able finish for a team began 2005 without knowing if it had enough sponsorship to complete the season. what dominated the statistics in the 10-race Chase, logging the best average finish, 8.4 of a per race, on the strength league-leading eight top-10 finishes, including a pair of victories. was tied with Edwards over, another Roush teammate, 35 points only Biffle, Greg behind two-time champ Tony ORNER C 36 ACING R tive owners Unauthorized reproduction Unauthorized owners tive republicationfor contents its or page this of o in whole Edwards finished third in finished third Edwards “Magic,” is the way veter- expecta- no great With In only the fourth week- “There’s only one way to only “There’s I’ve “The only pressure last year’s Nextel Cup Chase for the Championship, but he turned out to be one of the year’s biggest surprises. an Roush Racing teammate assessed the youthful Missouri native’s appearance in NASCAR’s series. premier tions but infinite possibilities, in times delivered Edwards that almost no one could have imagined. end of a season in which he full programs planned to run in the Nextel Cup and the swept Busch Series, Edwards Motor Atlanta both events at onto the 2005 NASCAR scene onto the 2005 some with four wins and spontaneous back flips. this kind of compe- approach is to tition, I think, and that and just go into it 100 percent can and give everything you up,” see what comes had a said. “We’ve Edwards blast. pres- had on me, has been the I’ve put on myself.” sure 5 O 31, N OL DWARDS 2005? E AN TOP Last year’s Bud Shootout near the After running positive and “We’re emotionally. ready “We’re C 10, 2006 | V 10, 2006 season. Johnson will Jimmy winner, race as a use this Saturday’s what he hopes is a to prelude championship season. points for much of the front No. 48 of 2005, Johnson’s in the stretch team faltered Nextel Chase for for the run and the Championship final wound up fifth in the points. pumped up,” said Johnson. can race with the best, “We that takes but its other stuff place that we hope we can avoid this year. I know it’s tough to avoid on the and problems wrecks track, but we feel like if we its just get our team to where 100 per cent, then we can take of a lot of the small situ- care bound to ations that are occur.” DAYTONA | , driver of Roush Edwards, came Racing’s No. 99 Ford and burst out of nowhere EBRUARY | F EWS EWS N N TLANTIC TLANTIC A HOOTOUT S ODGES H UD READY TO RUN B 36A | A 36A | ERALD DAYTONA | been The Shootout has The non-points event has The event began as a 25- The race now includes G AGE Y PECIAL TO THE P B S 2006 at Daytona International the Speedway will celebrate of the special 28th running event known as the Budweis- Feb. er Shootout, Saturday, 11. held annually at Daytona as the since 1979, originating it was “Busch Clash” before the “Bud Shootout.” renamed been the NASCAR Cup Series season-opening race — scheduled one week before the — since its inception. lap sprint among pole-win- the most ning drivers from Cup season and more recent in sev- has been run recently with formats, eral different being 70 laps, the most recent stop. a pit which requires active past champions from prior Busch Clash and Bud Shootout events that did not win a pole in the previous This Page © 2004 Connelly Communications, LLC, PO LLC, Communications, Connelly 2004 © Page This NH Hampton, 592 Box are logos and items Contributed 03843- respec their ™ © and Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

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THERMADOR • FISHER & PAYKEL • BOSCH • WOLF • SUB ZERO • WEBER • SONY • MITSUBISHI • PHILLIPS • PANASONIC • TOSHIBA • AND MORE! TOSHIBA • THERMADOR • FISHER & • PHILLIPS • PANASONIC WEBER • SONY • MITSUBISHI • SUB ZERO • WOLF • BOSCH • PAYKEL DACOR • FIVE STAR STAR FIVE • DACOR Chicken Little congressmen Chicken detainees grab their wrists detainees grab their break and arms and try to At times when their bones. enter the cells must guards attacked by the often they are any detainees who inflict harm they can. injury is inflicted on the without fear of guards as or recrimination reprisal our young soldiers are absolutely forbidden to retal- in any man- iate or respond ner — physical or verbal at the risk of punishment from their superior officers. their commanded tion where to conduct of no response serves to these attacks merely of the same from invite more their tormentors without impunity. by a detainee showed where a tooth was knocked out of mouth by a blow the guard’s to the head and the detainee also began to bite the guard. and responded Other guards one of them hit the detainee. assistance the For his rescue was demoted second guard Ain rank to private. stunning and disgraceful punishment for helping a fellow guard who was being viciously Any kind of retalia- attacked. pun- tion is met with severe ishment by the guards’ All because of gut- superiors. less, liberal “kiss ‘em, don’t kill ‘em” policies inflicted on the military by idiots like Durbin and Kennedy. scold” policies laid down on by our military as directed Chicken Little congressmen only encourage the detainees. It also encourages them not to cooperate with our intelligence people ACLU or our knowing the own liberal politicians will 5 tive owners Unauthorized reproduction Unauthorized owners tive republication for contents its or page this of whole in ONNELL C C e’ve all heard or seen the hor- that stories ror M ERRY J Y B W I am trying to be lenient In the January 2006 edi- Chief among his conclu- Cucullu states, “While we daily Also observed were have come out of the foreign have come out of the Guan- detainee facility at Cuba (Gitmo.) tanamo Bay, politi- heard have also We cians, notably Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Kennedy (D-MA) with Ted their mentally impaired statements calling our ser- vice members “Nazis.” by saying those two liberal, mentally left-wingers are instead of foaming- impaired at-the-mouth “Nutsies.” Anyone who calls even one of our brave military mem- bers a Nazi is unfit to contin- with the ue to be honored title of United States Senator their and they should resign positions in shame. American Legion tion of the Cucullu, a magazine, Gordon Army Special Forces former lieutenant colonel writes of his trip to the detention camp during this past year to observe conditions first hand when he was invited to of 10 for- accompany a group mer military and intelligence activists on an inspection The former lieutenant tour. colonel’s observations were aimed at looking at both sides of the camp conditions. sions was the fact that the being treated detainees were their cap- far better than were tors. That’s right. I did say treat- that the detainees were ed better than their guards. observed no evidence of tor- of prisoners … it is clear ture constant- … the prisoners are Our ly abusing the guards. young military men and vile endure women routinely including death treatment, that spill over to the threats families.” guards’ with assaults on the guards feces, urine and spit and attempt to when the guards the open pass food through slot on their cell doors the HE ? T EWS N ETTING G OU

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