"Bill Simpson", is a retired American racecar driver, but is best known as a pioneer in the racing safety business with his company Simpson Performance Products. He left Simpson Performance in a controversy surrounding Dale Earnhardt's Death of Dale Earnhardt/death and started Impact! Racing. He is inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.

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It was periods of blizzard-like conditions, with visibility less than a quarter mile and sustained winds over 30 mph.

It will feel about 10 degrees below zero until winds die down. (Today) will be the coldest day of the season.

When you get suckered into a nice January with relatively mild temperatures, you think this isn't possible. But clearly it is.

They'll probably just throw sand down.