By MONTE DUTTON Click here. When I was a kid, I thought Daytona was such a pretty name. It sounded racy. Later I realized that they just took a guy named Dayton and added an “a” at the end. Besides, there is no city named Daytona. It’s Daytona Beach, just as there’s no Hilton Head …
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The gallant young daredevils of Daytona Beach
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Click here. I don’t often spend as much time in a day and night watching automobile races anymore. Once the Xfinity race in Daytona Beach, Fla., had been rained out on Saturday and rained out at 11 a.m. Monday and finally conducted sometime around 9 p.m., I had most of …
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The old, gray track just ain’t what she used to be
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ On Wednesday, I pronounced myself unfit to go to ballgames. I went to one Tuesday night, but whether by the last throes of shingles, my horror at the shooting in Kansas City or watching the unexpected loss of the Clinton High boys, I didn’t feel well. By no means …
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Nightrider's Lament 