HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Just like when you tell your kids about the Southern 500 originally was in Darlington and not in F-N California! New Years celebrations were originally on March 23. Around 2000 bc Babylonians partied down when new crops were planted as this was their New Years. Best thing about this was .............IT LASTED 11 DAYS!!!! Imagine the hangover? They didn't have a written calender. When the Romans came into power the emperors changed all that. They declared Jan. first as New Years in 153 bc. Even Julius Caesar had a part in it. In 46 bc he had to drag a year out for 445 days to synchronize the calender to the sun. In 1582 Pope Gregory the xiii introduced a revised version of Caesar's calender. Much like the same one we follow today. So what this has to do with racing, I don't know. Figured you all would like a little history of our Nation's GREATEST PARTY DAY of the year, besides Feb. 15th. [ That's the Daytona 500 for those of you that do not get it!!!] Happy New Years Everybody!!!