Have you ever wondered just how much control the human mind can have over the physical world? If Bill Wimble is any indication, the answer is a whole lot, if you really choose to concentrate.
Two years ago Wimble, the ultra-popular 1960 and 1961 NASCAR National Sportsman champion, came up to the New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame banquet as he does each year. Word got out that he had been afflicted by a very serious form of throat cancer, and he was given loud and loving, standup applause. Obviously moved, Wimble told the gathering, “Doggone it, with your help I AM going to beat this thing.”
Pit crew members work to repair crash damage to Michael Waltrip’s car during the Pep Boys Auto 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Joe Sebo)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver David Gilliland (38) is involved in a crash as Chad McCumbee (45) drives around during the TUMS Quick Pak 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Sam Sharpe-US PRESSWIRE
Dale Earnhardt Jr. spins in front of Bobby Labonte, Jamie McMurray, Mark Martin, Carl Edwards, and Joe Nemechek at the September 21, 2008 Dover Sprint Cup race. The picture was found on the That’s Racin’ website.
Paul Menard spins as Tony Stewart, Dave Blaney, and others take evasive action at the September 21 running of the Dover, Delaware Sprint Cup Race. The picture was found on the That’s Racin’ website.
