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I hail from Rockingham, North Carolina. I'm currently a junior English major at UNC-Greensboro. I like football, drag racing, and baseball; but my passion is NASCAR. I've enjoyed writing since I was capable of holding a pencil in my fingers and have recently discovered through this website I can combine my passion for writing with my love for NASCAR.

Katrina's Recent Articles

NASCAR Chase 2008: Why I Hate Kyle Busch (and Why He Deserves the Championship)

Published about 1 year ago
831 reads 13 comments

Where Has All the Excitement Gone?

Published about 1 year ago
216 reads 4 comments

NASCAR 2008: Kyle Busch Wins...What Else Is New?

Published about 1 year ago
650 reads 9 comments

So This One Isn't About NASCAR

Published about 1 year ago
368 reads 7 comments

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Favorite Athletes

Dale Earnhardt Jr., Robby Gordon, Nick Goings, Chipper Jones
Favorite Sports Teams

Hendrick Motorsports, JR Motorsports, Jr. Nation, Carolina Panthers, and Atlanta Braves
All Time Sports Moment

The 1979 Daytona 500, the punch heard round the world. It made NASCAR what it is.
Most Memorable Game Attended

The Panthers-Saints playoff game mainly because it was a special day for my dad and I.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Dale and Richard's tie for 7 Cup Championships
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth
Unitas or Montana?

Montana
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?

Not a soccer fan, sweetie.
Federer or Sampras?

Sampras
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger
Petty or Earnhardt?

Earnhardt
Schumacher or Senna?

Schumacher
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

The Chase

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by Hotnuke
about 1 month ago

Katrina,

I felt you might get a kick out of this little piece. It has an important message for everyone. Let me know what you think of it in the comments section.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/255532-be-smart-play-joyfully-today?just_published=1

Thanks,

Daniel Barber aka Hotnuke
by Thomas
about 1 year ago

hey how are you doing
by L.J.
about 1 year ago

So good to have ya back at it girlfren! Lookin' good as always too!

That movie list was crapola...a bunch of football movies fer cripe's sake.

The Chase is on...time to write your 'Open Mic' masterpiece.
by David
about 1 year ago

Thanks for the nice note Katrina. Sorry about your car.
Darlington is having a really special event this weekend, look it up and see if your interested. Take care, David
by L.J.
about 1 year ago

Been in negotiations. Came across an empty restaurant in an art museum in Baltimore. It's beautiful and I'm hooked again.

Just like my dear friend Brett Favre I just can't say quit. Chef's are like that you know.
by L.J.
about 1 year ago

You gotta stop that Kyle Busch hatin'. It only makes it worse ;o)
by L.J.
about 1 year ago

good you're mobile. damn sorry 'bout the 'stang though. better it than you is all i can say. if you need anything, give one of us a shout.
by Anthony
about 1 year ago

Yeah, I read some of your stuff and it seemed pretty good.

I have a Porsche 944 that I race in SCCA. I saw that you are from Rockingham, and there is an SCCA race there next weekend, but I don't think I can make that race.
by Adam
about 1 year ago

This will support some of the falloff.

“The 48 car in general is a little behind there. We didn’t participate in some of the test sessions last year, just staying focused on, you know, what we had going on at the time (the Chase). So, no one’s had this car on the big tracks yet. So I think these guys got off to a faster start on the bigger tracks. We’re now getting into the shorter tracks and we’ll have to see how Martinsville, Richmond, Phoenix goes to really compare apples to apples with where we were last year.” Jimmie Johnson 3/19/2008 Frisco, Texas

So, with that in mind, I ran the numbers comparing the 2007 and 2008 performances of the 24 and 48 cars at Martinsville, Phoenix, and Richmond.

Start/Finish
Car Year M’ville PIR RIR
24 ’07 3 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 4
24 ’08 1 / 2 11/13 28/9

Change (positions)+2/0 -10/-12 -27/-5

48 ’07 20 / 1 5 / 4 4 / 1
48 ’08 10 / 4 7 / 1 12/30

Change +10/-3 -2/+3 -8/-29
by Marc
about 1 year ago

Never declared war.
by L.J.
about 1 year ago

I'm on your Fan List now Home Girl.

I have written an article once ... disputing a negative critique of Danica Patrick's viability as a Race Car Driver written by one of YOUR recent nemesis'. No , not that one.

It was a tad over the top but , in my defense, warranted. I had it deleted.

I am considering doing an Oriole piece after the All Star break though.

I'll be keeping up with you and your stories.

Piedmont Rocks !
by Toby
about 1 year ago

you're quite welcome!! :)
by Toby
about 1 year ago

Hi there!! Welcome to the site, love the Rockingham story, thanks for becoming a fan of mine!!
by Marc
about 1 year ago

How predicable, I don't like what you say so go away.

A piece of advice, you're on the wild a woolly internet now not some cloistered little world such as facebook where "friends" gather and all pat themselves on the back.

Whether it be my pointing to the reality of the resurrection of Rockingham or someone else on a completely different subject you will be taken to task somewhere, somehow.

You call that comment "negative," your choice, but there wasn't anything contained in it not based on fact and it didn't offer opinion. You chose, wrongly, to classify as negative, for a single reason, because of a close association to that venue nothing more.

Again, your choice.
by Marc
about 1 year ago

Katrina said - "I choose not to align myself with anyone unsavory. I seem to be fitting into another group quite nicely that seems to feature neither your nor your friend Joe Boxer.

I understand you have your own opinions, Mr. Boland, as do we all. It just seems you have little interest in accepting anything that doesn't come from your hand."

Well your first statement is decidedly untrue. You chose to side with someone (Joe Boxer) who posted a piece of conspiratorial garbage and when called on it admitted it was posted while drunk and should gave never been published. But his admission wasn't enough he then went on a childish display of name calling (after changing his name here) and trolling each and every article posted here. So, in summation, no he's not my "friend," and you did indeed align yourself with him as some type of affirmation of my "character" and did little to no research on anything more than a cursory look at any of the 89 comments posted to date. You found what you went looking for, someone that didn't "like me."

As for your second statement you claimed what I posted on your Rockingham article was untrue or somehow not fact based.

I'll ask again, what part?

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NASCAR Chase 2008: Why I Hate Kyle Busch (and Why He Deserves the Championship)

Where Has All the Excitement Gone?

NASCAR 2008: Kyle Busch Wins...What Else Is New?

So This One Isn't About NASCAR

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