So get out and enjoy this terrific October weather. I love the Autumn season more then any other! Great hayrides to the pumpkin patch are available at places like Harvest Hill Farms on route 26 in Mechanic Falls, Maine along with their Haunted Nightly Hayrides,  or head over to Cranmore Ski Report in North Conway and hop on board the chairlft to the top of the mountain for their “Haunted Ghoullog”-worth the trip. JW

That’s kind of how Carl Edwards is going about the task of winning his first Sprint Cup Championship by making sure he stays out of trouble and is somewhere within eyesight of the leaders when the race ends. In the first six races of the “Chase” Carl has finished in the top three, five and ten in all but last Sunday’s at ‘Dega where he finished a respectable 11th and increased his points lead. He is on track to be the first champion since Matt Kenseth in 2003 to capture the title with just a single win! JW

The loss of Dan Wheldon is much deeper then simply saying it’s a part of the sport and so every driver accepts the risk..I interviewed Dan three years ago and he immediately impressed me with his infectious enthusiasm and the fact that he actually seemed to be inetrested in talking to Bill and I.

His love of the sport, his integrity in a world of diminishing integrity in sports in general, and his history of caring for causes and being a role model for youth, will be greatly missed, perhaps as much as the extraordinary talent that he was! JW

I love apples, just about every kind and this coming Sunday, September 11, it’s Apple Sunday across Maine with orchards  featuring special events & activities for the entire family. Go for it! You can find lots of info about orchards all over maine  at www.maineapples.org!

Hey all of you Fly Fishermen & Fly Fisherwomen, you can still sign on for the 4th Annual Upper Andro Two-Fly Tournament on September 16th. Go to the website for information but I have to say that this is a great event and helps support the continuing effort of many dedicated individuals in making the Androscoggin one of the best fisheries in the state! I’ve competed every year ith my Grandson Tyler, who won the inaugural tournament with a nice 2 pund, 19 inch Brown Trout! look forward to seeing you there! JW

Still waiting to see the results from Atlanta..if you’re an Indy Car fan, it’s a great race between Aussie’ Will Power & Scotsman, Dario Franchitti..I’ve’ recently interviewed both..still some great regional racing here in New England with the American Canadian Tour & the Pro All-Star Series in action over the next three weeks..hats off to Bill Ryan and Oxford Plains & Andy Cusack at Beechridge for providing a great season of very competitive divisional racing!

I’ll be back tomorrow with comments on Atlanta! JW

Destinations are everywhere..geat Fall fishing at Grants camps & as soon as October arrives, it’s Cast & Blast for Trout, Salmon & Birds! And I love white water rafting in the fall..it’s cooler and exhilerating and you cannot beat the spectacular colors, so head north to the Forks & Northern Outdoors!

Did I mention the fairs, including the Oxford County Fair, the Common Ground Fair, the Fryeburg Fair and then coming up on the 15th through the 17th of September, I haul out my considerable Scottish roots, grab my Irish honey and head for the Highland Games at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH!

See you there laddie & lassies JW

Hey fans..do you think that Junior and T-Stew will make the top 10? With no wins and just two races to go, I’m thinking that Brad Keselowski will overtake at least one of them!

It would appear that the Timing Lines on Pit Road at Bristol prevented Gordon from easily winning that race..and yes I’m going with Gordon for the rest of the year! Listen to my show every Friday on 96.3, The Big Jab! We’re on Facebook too! JW

Hey fans..spent the weekend at Louden and the “Magic Mile”..Sunday’s IZOD movethatblock.com Indy 225 was terrific, but the rain caused quite a conroversy at the end..Ryan Hunter Reay declared the winner..he was leading when race officials tried a green flag restart on lap 215 but the surface was too wet and Danica collected four other cars when she spun out in the beginning!

The controversy surrounded the decision by race officals to revert to the order of running at the failed re-start..Oriol Servia and Scott Dixon both passed  Reay but were shuffled back after the decision..they were not happy!

Ed Carpenter who was on my show “In The Pits” Friday said to me afterwards that the officials should never have started the race in the rain..they all just crashed! What do you think?

JW

Hey travelers,

Don’t miss my destination reports every day! check out Dylan & Leon Russell(please don’t tell me you don’t know who Leon Russell is), a couple of iconic legends from the 60′s in Bangor on August 20th..coming up this Saturday get into Rickie Lee Jones at LL Beans Discovery Park Concert Series-free!

The white water rafting in the Forks and especially at Northern Outdoors is beyond awesome rght now-get your butt up there and get some wet and wild fun in! After the river head for the brew pub at the lodge-I do it all the time! www.northernoutdoors.com You know I wouldn’t lie to you!

Best-JW

Hi gang,

What a week coming up…I’m interviewing Dario Franchitti, the number one Indy car driver in the world. I interviewed Will Power, Number 2 from his couch in North Carolina last week and we’ll be having live interviews on “In The Pits” this coming Friday from Loudon, New Hampshire. you can hear all of this great stuff on my show with Bill Ryan of OPS by my side!

By the way are you interested in spending some qulaity time with Danica Patrick! Check out the incredible package that NHMS has put together for this weekeend where you can see the race and also have an exclusive question and answer time with Patrick-no foolin’..click on to www.nhms.com for details.

I’ll see you at the track. Heck I’ll see you tomorrow!