by Horn Fan Written on March 09, 2010 Ron Hornady would've, should've, could've, but didn't and it's left the defending champion 28th in the points.
Hornaday and his No. 33 Longhorn team came to Atlanta looking to rally back and hoping for a good day. Unfortunately, the team gambled on a tire rub, rolled the dice, it came up snake eyes and ended there day early finishing 34th.
The chemistry looked good between Horn and his new crew chief Doug George and the 33 team. They looked good in both practices running 30 laps between the two, making multiple changes to his truck.
Horn was the fourth fastest in the first, and ran 15th fastest in the final one.
Then he went out and won the pole for the race. One thing about Horn, he's one of several drivers in the series. That you can't judge how they are in practice, and it's how well they qualify as to just how really good they are.
It goes without say that he had one stout Chevy on Saturday. Horn took the green heading into turn one it was three wide with Busch and Crafton.
When Horn trying to hold his line, got loose on the cold tires and made slight contact with Busch. The end result was his left rear fender slightly bent in rubbing on his tire.
The team debated making a pit stop for fresh tires and to pull the fender out. While for several laps his truck did have tire smoke, it did dissipated and stop.
His spotter Rick Carelli thought it didn't look too bad and teammate/boss Kevin Harvick did drive right behind also saying the same thing.
So Horn would stay out, rather than lose a lap or two early and not because he would not have made it up later in the race.
He would remain among the leaders, continue fighting for the lead and actually led Lap 11 before quickly surrender the lead to Busch.
Horn would settle into third, with his truck getting looser each lap and was patiently waiting for a pit stop. Unfortunately Horn became the first caution on Lap 23, when his left rear tire explode and sent him into the wall.
His No. 33 Longhorn Chevrolet received extensive rear end damage and also the right side was pancaked in.
His team worked pretty hard trying to get Horn back out to log some laps for points but the damage was too great to repair.
Horn finished 34th for the day, add that to his 28th place finish at Daytona and many have written him off too repeat.
But Horn along with Skinner are two guys that you just can never write off and throw the statistic's out the window with them.
It is what it is, but adversity like this will only make the No. 33 Longhorn team strong and they'll battle back to factor into the championship at Homestead.
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2010年3月19日 星期五
On tracks near Dover, friend unable to save woman from train
By Shelley Rossetter and Hilary Lehman, Times Staff Writers
In Print: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
One of two women walking on a railroad track where there is no sidewalk near Dover was killed by a CSX train going about 60 mph on Monday. The conductor sounded the horn, witnesses said.
DOVER — A honking car may have saved one woman's life Monday afternoon, but came too late for a friend who was struck and killed by a train.
While Deborah Sweat and Amanda O'Neil walked on railroad tracks along busy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, O'Neil heard a car horn. She turned to look, thinking it was someone trying to get their attention.
It was.
When she turned around, she realized the driver was trying to warn them of a train headed for them. O'Neil grabbed her friend's arm and tried to pull her to safety, she said, but instead fell down an embankment alone.
Sweat, 47, died at the scene, 14170 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The two were on their way from a grocery store, headed toward Staggs Tree Service Nursery, which Sweat's fiance, Dennis Stagg, owns and where Sweat worked, O'Neil said.
The Sheriff's Office listed the address of the nursery, 13824 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., as Sweat's home.
O'Neil said they were walking on the tracks around 2 p.m. because there is no sidewalk.
"If there was a sidewalk on this road, then we wouldn't have to worry about the railroad tracks," O'Neil said.
Neither of them heard the train coming, O'Neil said.
The train was traveling about 60 mph, said the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. When its conductor saw the two women walking on the track, he sounded the horn.
He continued to sound the horn as Sweat was struck, witnesses told deputies.
The freight train was carrying automobiles from Louisville, Ky., to Tampa, said CSX spokesman Gary Sease. It had two locomotives and 15 railcars.
CSX will know more about the accident once it looks at the train's event recorder on Tuesday, he said.
Though many improvements have been made to safety at railroad crossings, Sease said, pedestrians walking on the tracks remain a problem.
"They don't always hear approaching trains for whatever reason," he said. "Another problem is that the trains can't stop quickly. Even at slower speeds, it would take some time for a train to come to a stop."
Sweat's family gathered at the nursery Monday evening. Her sister, Lisa Sweat, arrived moments after the accident happened.
"She was lying there in pieces," Lisa Sweat said.
Shelley Rossetter can be reached at (813) 226-3374 or srossetter@sptimes.com.
[Last modified: Mar 16, 2010 12:20 AM]
In Print: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
One of two women walking on a railroad track where there is no sidewalk near Dover was killed by a CSX train going about 60 mph on Monday. The conductor sounded the horn, witnesses said.
DOVER — A honking car may have saved one woman's life Monday afternoon, but came too late for a friend who was struck and killed by a train.
While Deborah Sweat and Amanda O'Neil walked on railroad tracks along busy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, O'Neil heard a car horn. She turned to look, thinking it was someone trying to get their attention.
It was.
When she turned around, she realized the driver was trying to warn them of a train headed for them. O'Neil grabbed her friend's arm and tried to pull her to safety, she said, but instead fell down an embankment alone.
Sweat, 47, died at the scene, 14170 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The two were on their way from a grocery store, headed toward Staggs Tree Service Nursery, which Sweat's fiance, Dennis Stagg, owns and where Sweat worked, O'Neil said.
The Sheriff's Office listed the address of the nursery, 13824 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., as Sweat's home.
O'Neil said they were walking on the tracks around 2 p.m. because there is no sidewalk.
"If there was a sidewalk on this road, then we wouldn't have to worry about the railroad tracks," O'Neil said.
Neither of them heard the train coming, O'Neil said.
The train was traveling about 60 mph, said the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. When its conductor saw the two women walking on the track, he sounded the horn.
He continued to sound the horn as Sweat was struck, witnesses told deputies.
The freight train was carrying automobiles from Louisville, Ky., to Tampa, said CSX spokesman Gary Sease. It had two locomotives and 15 railcars.
CSX will know more about the accident once it looks at the train's event recorder on Tuesday, he said.
Though many improvements have been made to safety at railroad crossings, Sease said, pedestrians walking on the tracks remain a problem.
"They don't always hear approaching trains for whatever reason," he said. "Another problem is that the trains can't stop quickly. Even at slower speeds, it would take some time for a train to come to a stop."
Sweat's family gathered at the nursery Monday evening. Her sister, Lisa Sweat, arrived moments after the accident happened.
"She was lying there in pieces," Lisa Sweat said.
Shelley Rossetter can be reached at (813) 226-3374 or srossetter@sptimes.com.
[Last modified: Mar 16, 2010 12:20 AM]
Man Disables More Than 100 Cars Over Internet
Friday, March 19, 2010 - by Jennifer Johnson
Car manufacturers often tout the peace of mind that comes from GPS devices that can help you recover a stolen car, unlock your car doors, etc. When used in the wrong hands, however, these devices can wreak havoc. After a man who was fired from a Texas auto dealership used an Internet service to remotely disable ignitions and set off car horns of more than 100 vehicles, the downfalls of these devices are quite apparent.
Omar Ramos-Lopez was arrested by Austin police on Wednesday after he used a former colleague's password to deactivate starters and set off car horns of vehicles sold from his former workplace. After their cars were deactivated, several owners said they had to call tow trucks and were left stranded. "He caused these customers, now victims, to miss work," Austin police spokeswoman Veneza Aguinaga said. "They didn't get paid. They had to get tow trucks. They didn't know what was going on with their vehicles."
The vehicles had GPS devices that were installed by the Texas Auto Center dealership in Austin. The devices are designed to be used to repossess a car if a buyer is overdue on payments. They also allow repo agents to activate the car horn if an owner attempts to hide the car.
In mid-February, dealership employees noticed someone was changing business records. One record even showed dead rapper Tupac Shakur as the owner of a 2009 vehicle. Soon after the changed records were discovered, customers began calling to complain their cars wouldn't start or the horn was going off incessantly. Originally, the dealership believed the cars had mechanical problems. Eventually, police were able to trace the sabotage to Ramos-Lopez's computer.
Car manufacturers often tout the peace of mind that comes from GPS devices that can help you recover a stolen car, unlock your car doors, etc. When used in the wrong hands, however, these devices can wreak havoc. After a man who was fired from a Texas auto dealership used an Internet service to remotely disable ignitions and set off car horns of more than 100 vehicles, the downfalls of these devices are quite apparent.
Omar Ramos-Lopez was arrested by Austin police on Wednesday after he used a former colleague's password to deactivate starters and set off car horns of vehicles sold from his former workplace. After their cars were deactivated, several owners said they had to call tow trucks and were left stranded. "He caused these customers, now victims, to miss work," Austin police spokeswoman Veneza Aguinaga said. "They didn't get paid. They had to get tow trucks. They didn't know what was going on with their vehicles."
The vehicles had GPS devices that were installed by the Texas Auto Center dealership in Austin. The devices are designed to be used to repossess a car if a buyer is overdue on payments. They also allow repo agents to activate the car horn if an owner attempts to hide the car.
In mid-February, dealership employees noticed someone was changing business records. One record even showed dead rapper Tupac Shakur as the owner of a 2009 vehicle. Soon after the changed records were discovered, customers began calling to complain their cars wouldn't start or the horn was going off incessantly. Originally, the dealership believed the cars had mechanical problems. Eventually, police were able to trace the sabotage to Ramos-Lopez's computer.
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