{"id":12673,"date":"2012-02-22T20:22:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T01:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=12673"},"modified":"2012-02-26T10:38:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T15:38:14","slug":"pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Israel racecar will make debut at Daytona 500"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watchwoman:<\/strong><\/span> We follow NASCAR for many reasons, one of them being that we find NASCAR to be the only sport televised where they pray before every race — and “99%” of the time “in the Name of Jesus Christ!” They sing the “National Anthem” straight, and almost all pay complete attention, every one of the drivers, pit crews and audience, stand at attention, remove their hats and put their hands over their hearts or salute.\u00a0 They are aligned with racing, religion and patriotism, exactly like the fellow Mark MacCaull, a Southern Baptist and Israel supporter, points out below. February 26 is the first full field NASCAR race of the season at Daytona Beach. Check your local TV listings for its broadcast time in your local. This past Saturday, February 18, there was a “shootout” at Daytona with only 25 cars, only 13 finished. Jeff Gordon (#24, “Drive to End Hunger” car) and Jimmy Johnson (#48, the Lowe’s car) my two personal favorites, were involved in a spectacular crash that had me terrified.\u00a0 I thought for sure that Gordon would be severely injured, but he was okay.\u00a0 Gordon flipped over, slid for 1,000 feet on his driver’s side door and barreled rolled over and over and over and over and landed upside-down.\u00a0 It was the first time Gordon ever turned over.\u00a0 Kyle Busch (#18, M&M’s car) sometimes referred to as vile-Kyle, surely deserved to win the shootout. He drove the wheels off his car, driving like a true champion. Several times Kyle was turned sideways during the race, but artfully and masterfully managed to get his car back under control, then went onto win the race passing Tony Stewart and gaining about a two-foot advantage in front of Stewart as they crossed the finish line.\u00a0 Kyle’s car had pieces falling off it after being involved in several incidents and accidents and how he managed to win deserved a real standing “O”.\u00a0 Saturday’s race was one of the most exciting, heart-thumping, nail-biting, dramatic sporting event I have seen in years.\u00a0 We’re always excited about the opening of NASCAR racing season at Daytona and we’ll be looking for the #49 car driven by J. J. Yeley the “American Israel Racing” Toyota at the Daytona 500 sporting support for American\/Israeli relations.\u00a0 Looking forward to hearing that rousing sound of roaring engines, pure power and Darrell Waltrip shouting, ” Boogatie! Boogatie! Boogatie! Let’s go racing boys!” . . . as they come around the final corner heading towards 200 mph to the starting flag at Daytona Speedway on February 26. \u00a0 \u25ac Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

______________________________
\nItem #1 of 2
\n______________________________<\/p>\n

#49 Car in 2012 will display both the American and Israeli Flags<\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

One of the cars in this year\u2019s Daytona 500 will bear an unmistakable message of support for American-Israeli relations, thanks to a couple of NASCAR fans in Charlotte, N.C.<\/p>\n

The No. 49 \u201cAmerica Israel Racing\u201d car will have an American flag and an Israeli flag along with an eagle on the hood when it takes to the track Feb. 26 in Florida.<\/p>\n

Rich Shirey and Mark MacCaull want to educate the public about the relationship between the United States and the Middle Eastern nation steeped in biblical history, so they funded the car for the marquis race at a cost of around $10 million, according to WCNC-TV in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

\u201cNASCAR is the only sport televised where they pray before every race,\u201d MacCaull said. \u201cThey are aligned with racing, religion and patriotism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shirey admitted the sponsorship is expensive, but \u201cbeing brought up Southern Baptist, I was always taught we stand behind Israel. This is a way I felt I could give back to society. It\u2019s something I believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more: http:\/\/zionica.com\/2012\/02\/21\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500\/<\/a><\/p>\n

________________________________
\nItem #2 of 2
\n________________________________<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Behold the patriotic America Israel Racing paint scheme<\/h1>\n
\n
\"\"<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

By Jay Busbee<\/a> | From The Marbles<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Fri, Feb 10, 2012 10:31 AM EST<\/abbr><\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>Courtesy America Israel Racing<\/p>\n

Racing and politics generally don’t get along too well, so credit America Israel Racing for bringing foreign-policy concerns right to NASCAR’s doorstep. The No. 49 Robinson-Blakeney Racing Toyota will run in the Daytona 500, with JJ Yeley behind the wheel.<\/p>\n

The paint scheme, as you can see above, blends both the U.S. and Israeli flags, in accordance with AIR’s mission to promote America’s continued support of Israel. No idea how well that’s going to play amid the cacophony of sound and fury that is the Daytona 500, but give AIR credit for taking a stand where others haven’t.<\/p>\n

From a symbolic perspective, you’ll note that the eagle looks like he’s ready to swoop right down on you, but he’s also clutching an olive branch, the symbol of peace, in his beak. So there you have it. For more on America Israel Racing, check out their Facebook page right here<\/a>. The team hopes to continue racing after Daytona, but as yet has announced no future plans.<\/p>\n

Read more: http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/nascar-from-the-marbles\/behold-patriotic-america-israel-racing-paint-scheme-153140767.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CaNjUVPTlEABPxNbK5_<\/a><\/p>\n

_______________________________________<\/p>\n

Check out Related Watchwoman<\/span> NASCAR Posts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pro-Israel racecar will make debut at Daytona 500
\nPosted Feb 22, 2012
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=12673<\/a><\/p>\n

Rick Santorum\u2019s has racecar in Daytona 500 – Today, Feb. 26, 2012
\nPosted Feb 26, 2012
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=12762<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watchwoman: We follow NASCAR for many reasons, one of them being that we find NASCAR to be the only sport televised where they pray before every race — and “99%” of the time “in the Name of Jesus Christ!” They sing the “National Anthem” straight, and almost all pay complete attention, every one of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1109,2617,3366,2746,168,2836,1430,1108,2837,4229,108,1627,1920,1589],"tags":[4436,2660,3604],"class_list":["post-12673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-events","category-fun-and-games","category-good-news","category-good-vs-evil","category-jesus-christ","category-jewish","category-news-2","category-patriots","category-prayer-2","category-pro-family-2","category-religion","category-sports","category-taking-america-back","category-warm-and-fuzzy-stories","tag-israel-gets-support-of-nascar-49","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-fans"],"yoast_head":"\nPro-Israel racecar will make debut at Daytona 500 - Watchwoman on the Wall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pro-Israel racecar will make debut at Daytona 500 - Watchwoman on the Wall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watchwoman: We follow NASCAR for many reasons, one of them being that we find NASCAR to be the only sport televised where they pray before every race — and “99%” of the time “in the Name of Jesus Christ!” They sing the “National Anthem” straight, and almost all pay complete attention, every one of the…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Watchwoman on the Wall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-23T01:22:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-02-26T15:38:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/zionica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/israelracecar-250x200.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Donna Calvin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pro-Israel racecar will make debut at Daytona 500 - Watchwoman on the Wall","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pro-Israel racecar will make debut at Daytona 500 - Watchwoman on the Wall","og_description":"Watchwoman: We follow NASCAR for many reasons, one of them being that we find NASCAR to be the only sport televised where they pray before every race — and “99%” of the time “in the Name of Jesus Christ!” They sing the “National Anthem” straight, and almost all pay complete attention, every one of the…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html","og_site_name":"Watchwoman on the Wall","article_published_time":"2012-02-23T01:22:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-02-26T15:38:14+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/zionica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/israelracecar-250x200.png"}],"author":"Donna Calvin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html","name":"Pro-Israel racecar will make debut at Daytona 500 - Watchwoman on the Wall","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/zionica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/israelracecar-250x200.png","datePublished":"2012-02-23T01:22:14+00:00","dateModified":"2012-02-26T15:38:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/#\/schema\/person\/1470e1ef6765f8a27f970307b0835df1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/zionica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/israelracecar-250x200.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/zionica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/israelracecar-250x200.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/02\/pro-israel-racecar-will-make-debut-at-daytona-500.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pro-Israel racecar will make debut at Daytona 500"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/","name":"Watchwoman on the Wall","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Donna Calvin","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/#\/schema\/person\/1470e1ef6765f8a27f970307b0835df1","name":"Donna Calvin","description":"In sixth grade my teacher told us that we were going to be the first generation to see the year 2000 and all things would be different. He continued that God wasn't important, wasn't real, and our parents just used God to impose restrictions on us because they were inadequate to parent effectively. I knew then I was going to be involved in a war and that I would have to be in Jesus Christ's Army. Even then, I knew the United States of America would cease to exist without the vast majority of its citizens voluntarily submitting to the Perfect and Good Laws of the Holy Bible. I am a woman who loves the Lord Jesus Christ. I am tired of seeing our LORD denigrated from the school house to the White House. I search the Internet for items that ought to serve as a warning to Americans and Christians all through America, but the nation seems to be sleeping. Wake up America! You are losing your freedoms, your children and your country. Wake up and help stop it!","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/author\/dcalvin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12673"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12682,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12673\/revisions\/12682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}