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Turn 5
Season 2
Lap 2

Local Blogger Blames Failed Marriage on Track Closing
By Philip Gasstank
Chouteau Morning Tribune

TULSA- Local woman Cathy McWebsterberg has reportedly filed for divorce from her husband, auto-racing journalist Brian McWebsterberg. Brian McWebsterberg is best known for his website Salina Racing Blog (http://brianwebster.blogspot.com).

“I listened to his pointless stories about racing. I sacrificed time on the family computer so that he could type racing stories for his website. I even turned the other cheek when he sat in the living room watching his Salina racing DVDs for 15 hours straight,” Cathy McWebsterberg said, “but when he sat up in bed in the middle of the night and cried out for Randy Frailey… that was the last straw.”

Brian McWebsterberg blames his failed marriage on the closure of Salina Highbanks Speedway. Racing fans know him for his dedication to posting results of the races on his blog. However, it seems Brian McWebsterberg’s career in racing journalism has been cut short.

The McWebsterberg computer screen still bears a message posted by Track Owner Paula of Salina Highbanks Speedway:

The Track Will Not Be Open For The 2007 Season, I Have Decided To Put The Track Up For Sale.
Thank You Everyone For Being Part Of The Salina Highbanks Speedway.

“It feels like someone punched me in the stomach. I don’t want to eat. I don’t want to sleep. I just want to watch Randy Frailey, Jeremy Ross, and the F-4 Phantoms tear up the track again,” Brian McWebsterberg said.

Brian McWebsterberg’s internet journalism career remains frozen in time, much like his computer screen, a frozen reminder of what will surely be an empty chasm in his life.

“I’m not sure if he’s aware I served him with divorce papers, because he’s so in shock over the race track closing, but whatever,” Cathy McWebsterberg said. “I told him it was me or the racing and he picked racing, and now he’s left with nothing. I’m totally cleaning him out in the divorce settlement.”

“I can’t believe this. My life is over,” Brian McWebsterberg mumbled from beneath a pile of blankets on his living room floor. Brian McWebsterberg smelled as though he had been without a shower for several days.