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Brian France Chairman and CEO of NASCAR arrested for DWI and possession!!!

NASCAR chairman arrested for DWI, oxycodone possession
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) — NASCAR mogul Brian France was arrested in New York’s Hamptons for driving while intoxicated and criminal possession of oxycodone after he was seen blowing through a stop sign, police said.
France, the chairman and CEO of the auto racing behemoth, was arraigned Monday at Sag Harbor Village Justice Court after a night in jail and released on his own recognizance.
Information on a lawyer who could comment on France’s behalf was not immediately available, nor was information on his next court date.
NASCAR said in a statement that it takes France’s arrest “as a serious matter and will issue a statement after we have all of the facts.”
France, 56, was pulled over and arrested about 7:30 p.m. Sunday near the Sag Harbor waterfront. Officers saw indications of intoxication and found the pills during a subsequent search, police said.
TMZ first reported the arrest.
France has led NASCAR since 2003. He’s a third-generation leader of the company, which his late grandfather, Bill France Sr., founded in 1948.
France called into a radio show last month to refute a report that his family was looking into selling its racing properties, saying his family was “locked and loaded in its dedication to NASCAR.”
France was involved in a 2006 incident in Daytona Beach, Florida, when a police report stated he crashed his Lexus into a tree after entering a restaurant parking lot.
France later told an officer called to his home that he was drinking a soda and “bumped into something.”
But a witness called 911 and gave police a statement that claimed she saw France driving at a “very reckless speed,” and claimed France’s car hit the tree after hitting a parked car.
She said she also watched as France “fell over his own feet” as he got out of his car.
Her statement was not attached to the police report, and the Daytona Beach police chief later investigated whether France was given special treatment by authorities.

Major Train Derailment In Pittsburgh Expected To Cause Traffic Headaches

A railroad company says seven rail cars from a freight train have derailed in Pittsburgh, sending shipping containers tumbling down a hillside onto light rail tracks below. A Norfolk Southern spokesman updated the number of rail cars involved in Sunday afternoon’s derailment from original estimates of four cars. The cars were transporting shipping containers that were carrying housewares, food products and beverages.

Lots Of Sun In Beaver County Today; Heat Wave Continues

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 2018

 

TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
POSSIBLE. HIGH NEAR 90.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOW – 71.

TUESDAY – MIXED CLOUDS AND SUN WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL POSSIBLE. HIGH – 83.

2018 Run For McGuire Is A Huge Success!

Motorcycles lined up on 7th Avenue prior to Sunday’s “Run For McGuire.”

(Beaver County, PA)  Over $6,000 was raised in net proceeds on Sunday afternoon from the annual “Run For McGuire”, a charity motorcycle ride fund raiser organized and sponsored by WBVP and WMBA.  The beautiful sunny day was made even more spectacular by the sparkling chrome and colors, and the thunder of engines in the streets of Beaver County as around 150 participants lined up and drove the 60 plus mile course before enjoying a celebration picnic at shelter 18 in Brady’s Run Park.  “When we got on a flat stretch of road, there were bikes as far as the eye could see in front of me.” remarked on participant  at the picnic gathering after the ride.  “It was Amazing”.

Video of the procession leaving WBVP-WMBA at the start of Sunday’s Ride, courtesy of Frank Sparks:

Pictures from the 2018 “Run For McGuire” photos by Andy Ludwig and Mark Peterson:

The 2018 Run For McGuire was organized by the Run For McGuire Committee, including Don and Judie Minteer, Chuck Quinn, Art Terraccio, Tom Lesnick, John DeLuca, LuAnne Guzzetti, Rich Kosten and Mark Peterson.

Sponsors of the 2018 “Run For McGuire”:

Along with: American Legion Riders Post 474 in Zelienople, Auto Body Works,Beaver Falls Police Association,  Ceriani Construction, Craig’s Hardware, C.J. Rombold Engine Builders, Complete Family Vision Care, Cycle Motion, D & G Rent-Alls, Darlington Cycle, E.G.A. Electrical Services, Fischer’s New Brighton Foodland, Hallowed Grounds Coffee Roasterie, Hostetter Auctioneers, J & J Spratt Funeral Home, Jimmy K’s Bar and Grille, Junction Auto Service, Li’l Joe’s Bar and Grille, Marbull’s Restaurant and Tavern, Mazzant Painting, McGee Heating and Air Conditioning, McMahon’s Cycle Sales, Meyer’s Tire Service,Penstan Supply, Pro-Action Suspension, Reno Brothers, Skerlec Contracting, Stone Creek Structures, Sulli’s towing, and Uncl’ Chuck’s. 

Northbound Route 65 Lane Restriction today in Freedom

PennDOT District 11 is announcing a northbound Route 65 lane restriction in Freedom Borough will occur today (Friday,  August 3). A single-lane restriction will occur on northbound Route 65 between the Freedom off and on-ramps from 2 a.m. to approximately 6 p.m. today.  One lane of northbound traffic will be maintained. Crews  will conduct roadway repair work.