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Julianna's Bio

My name is Julianna. I'm eighteen years old and I am currently attending a junior college, no major in mind yet.

I have been watching NASCAR and any other type of auto racing since I was little. Although, NASCAR is the only auto racing that I relentlessly follow. From 2001 to the beginning of the 2007 season, I only caught a few races and I never had a favorite driver. But on August 12th, 2007, during the Nextel Cup race at Watkins Glen, something - well, actually, someone - re-sparked my interest in this wonderful sport.

I had been keeping my eye on a certain black car the entire race. The No. 11 FedEx Chevrolet of Denny Hamlin. As I was watching the last few laps of the race, hoping that someone other than Jeff Gordon was going to win (never had a favorite driver, but I have always disliked Gordon), Gordon spun himself out with two laps to go and Tony Stewart took the lead. After that, I didn't even care what Stewart was doing, I just wanted Hamlin to finish in second, right where he started.

To my surprise, I got my wish. Carl Edwards, the current second place holder, missed the turn and went sliding into the gravel, leaving Hamlin to gain his spot. I was beyond excited now, as I watched Tony and Denny come home one, two.

After the all the celebrating and interviewing was over, I went on-line and researched as much as I could about Denny, Tony, the entire Gibbs organization, and NASCAR in general.

And as the saying goes, the rest is history.

Although, when exactly I became a Kyle Busch fan is still unknown, even to me. Here's my best explanation on the matter: it just happened. KB did something last season that I, evidently, just loved - no questions asked. I can say, however, that I love Kyle today for his sarcasm, his personality, and most of all: his raw talent. You can stick that boy in any type of vehicle and he'll drive the wheels right off it - love that!

Also, I have said this many times before and I'll say it again, just so we're clear: That boy was born to make history. There's no denying that.

Anyway, I have been in love with writing since seventh grade. I love writing anything - short stories, lyrics, poems, random thoughts, and, obviously, articles. I'm sure I'll be writing plenty of articles on here, so just sit back and have a read with one of them. Don't be afraid to comment either - I love feedback.

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The Short List facts and information about Julianna Harrell

Favorite Athletes

Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Tony Stewart, Reed Sorenson, Elliott Sadler, A.J. Allmendinger, and J.J. Yeley

Favorite Sports Teams

Joe Gibbs Racing

Petty or Earnhardt?

Richard "The King" Petty

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  1. by Jen
    3 days ago

    Thank you... and so do I! If you can, definitely try to meet him. When he drove the #96 in Kansas he came and signed autographs at the Toyota tent and was soooo nice! I'm really jealous I heard he was going to be out there too I wish I could get out there!!

  2. by Jen
    6 days ago

    Thanks for the pick! And a fellow Reed Sorenson and Joey Logano fan, eh? Awesome!!!

  3. by Gone
    11 days ago

    No problem...keep us entertained over the off season!

  4. by S M
    12 days ago

    Been a while since your last article, keep check for something new and hope all is well.

  5. by Gone
    12 days ago

    The season is rolling towards the end julianna...time to tighten those writer's belts and give us an up-date.

  6. by M Brian
    12 days ago

    hulloooooo. is there anybody out there? just nod if you can here me... just wondering how you were doing. hadn't seen anything from you in a while and i thought of you while reading kara's articles about women, sports, and sports writing. hope to hear and/or see something from you soon.

  7. by Kara
    15 days ago

    New one about how I found NASCAR! I hope you enjoy it!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/77730-nascar-and-me-the-next-best-thing-a-love-story

  8. by Kara
    25 days ago

    Good to see your cute face in the new picture! I am patiently waiting for a new article from you!

  9. by Mary Jo
    25 days ago

    I hear you Julianna. Thanks for your comments - looking forward to your next article. Thanks for the fandom - it's mutual!
    Have a good one.

  10. by Mary Jo
    26 days ago

    Thanks for the pick Juliana! Hope you're doing well. It's been raining here in Jersey....

  11. by Kara
    about 1 month ago

    Hey Julianna:

    I just took a risk and posted a new article under the NFL community as well as NASCAR, since they were both applicable. Those NFL-ers might eat me alive for straying into forbidden territory, so help a girl out by showing a little NASCAR love!

    Thanks!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/70292-n-is-for-nascar-and-the-nfl-race-day-vs-game-day

  12. by S M
    about 1 month ago

    Just wanted to let you know that a community has been started for Scott "Speed Demon" and hope you check it out. Feel free to write for the community and leave comments on thearticles written about this rather colorful guy.

  13. by S M
    about 1 month ago

    Thanks about the Sprague release, I already have a article written about it and will be in my weekly Craftsman Update that I'm publishing later today. It was a slow week in CTS, so I just stuck it in my Update rather than a separate article.

    Take Care,

    Mike

  14. by Kara
    about 1 month ago

    Thank you Julianna for the nice comment, I appreciate it SO much!!! You are doing an awesome job, I am loving your articles, so please keep up the great work!!

  15. by M Brian
    about 1 month ago

    good catch on the fedex typo on my part. and thanks for the feedback on the verb-adverb ordering. i understand completely. i often go back after someone edits and find that the "particular word usement i structured" has been altered and in doing so, the editor killed the imagery, the rhythm and flow, the alliteration, or the parallelism i wanted to highlight or to minimize, whichever.

    i'm glad to hear you liked the headline and i hope the reformatting into shorter sentences didn't make it too choppy for you. i love complex sentences myself, but have found that most other people often get lost when there are too many clauses separated by commas, semi-colons, and/or dashes for them to keep track of. damn, i ended a sentence with a preposition there... ;-)

    i don't know when i will write another article. i thought about writing a quickie on jack sprague being released from khi in the truck series. i couldn't believe it when i saw it on nascar.com. i don't think anyone's written about it yet, so if you'd like, take the idea and run with it. all the info comes from a team release so it's pretty much fair game.

    i've been "ordered" to focus on a couple of personal tasks and until they are done, i'm doing my best to limit my extracurricular activities. so if you don't want to write the story, can you pass it on to s.m.
    http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/truck/10/06/jsprague.khi.split.kharvick/index.html

    thanks and good job once again on the article, and on your bio.

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