potholeI am a NASCAR fan.  There, I said it.  :)   Yesterday one of the biggest races of the year took place at Daytona – The Daytona 500.  As it turned out, it was the Daytona 520 and it took several hours longer than it should have.  Why?  A pothole formed in the track.  What?  A pothole in a race track in Florida?  Yep – a pothole in a track in Florida.  Yikes!  Imagine going 190 mph and hitting a pothole – and in a car that is that close to the ground.

Here’s a quote from Holly Cain in an article at MotorSportsFanhouse.com

It was everything NASCAR could ask of its season-opener at Daytona International Speedway … except for a pesky pothole located between turns 1 and 2 that stands to cast a shadow on the spotlight the 33-year-old McMurray deserves to own all his own.

So often we hear of race car drivers battling the track. Perhaps not so literally.

NASCAR’s biggest race of the year was halted for two and a half hours for two lengthy repairs to the track surface — a super gaffe in the sanctioning body’s self-proclaimed Super Bowl.

NASCAR initially stopped the race on lap 123 and spent an hour and 42 minutes trying to repair a nine-inch hole located smack in the lower groove racing line. But because of recent heavy rains and unusually cold temperatures, workers had trouble finding the right material to seal the track, and it took longer than usual to seal.

Less than 40 laps later, drivers started noticing the surface breaking up again. Robby Gordon predicted a wreck. Greg Biffle was angry that the rocks coming up from track may have damaged the front splitter on his car.

So this is the question for you – does your WordPress Blog have potholes – broken links, boring posts, hard to follow navigation, no optin, no information about you?  A pothole where it isn’t supposed to be is a good lesson for all of us – let’s check our blogs AND our businesses for potholes and fix them.

Cathy Perkins – The WordPress Wizard