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More Wally, Please

July 2, 2011

Maybe it’s because of his lack of exposure, but there is really no one else I would rather listen to on the teevee than Wally Dallenbach. For my money, he’s got just the right touch. Wonder how others feel about him? Kyle Petty, on the other hand — WAY overexposed. His schtick has grown tiresome. [...]

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01-04JUL11: If You Can’t Be There

July 1, 2011

*** ALL TIMES ARE TEXAS TIME — ADJUST YOUR CHRONOMETER ACCORDINGLY *** A day late this week, thanks to some misbehaving wireless. FRIDAY 3-5:30pm: NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying, Daytona, Speed 6:30-9pm: NASCAR Nationwide Subway Jalapeno 250, Daytona, ESPN SATURDAY 12-2pm: V8 Supercars, Darwin, Speed 6:30-10pm: NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400, Daytona, TNT SUNDAY 9:30am-1pm: [...]

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Silly Season Talk, 2011, Episode 1

June 28, 2011

NASCAR Insiders talk Silly Season: With the announcement last week that Red Bull was ceasing its NASCAR operations at the end of the season, the 2011 Silly Season went into full overdrive. While the number of available rides just potentially got cut by one, the number of unanswered questions increased. Can Red Bull find investors? [...]

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60 year-old man breaks own record at Pike’s Peak

June 27, 2011

Tajima breaks own Pikes Peak Hill Climb record COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP)—Nobuhiro Tajima lowered his own record in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, becoming the first driver to break 10 minutes in winning the race for a sixth straight time. “This is what I wanted and what motivated to come back,” said [...]

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A decent weekend in front of the Toob

June 26, 2011

Thanks to an enormous cock-up in Denver, delivered by the cock-up masters of the travel universe known as United Airlines, I basically spent the weekend in a daze, feeling really run down. That means I watched at least three hours of Sprint Cup practice from Sonoma a fair portion of IndyLights all of the IndyCar [...]

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24-26JUN11: If you can’t be there…

June 23, 2011

*** ALL TIMES ARE TEXAS TIME — ADJUST YOUR CHRONOMETER ACCORDINGLY *** FRIDAY SATURDAY 11am-130pm: Rolex Sports Car Series, Road America, SpeedTV 4:30-9pm: NASCAR Nationwide Bucyrus 200, Road America, ESPN 7-10pm: IndyCar Iowa Corn 250, Versus SUNDAY 11am-1pm: Formula1, Valencia, Spain, SpeedTV 2-530pm: NASCAR Sprint Cup SaveMart 350, Sonoma,CA, TNT 7-10pm: NHRA Summit Racing Nationals, [...]

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Crazy Bike Crash

June 23, 2011

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Pike’s Peak in a Twin Turbo

June 21, 2011

The car is rather unique in the “Unlimited” category as it’s a pure American hot rod powered by a twin turbo Chevy engine and being rear-wheel drive. It’s more like an angry Indy car than the small displacement all-wheel drive rally-like racers in the field. Pike’s Peak is one of those races I’d like to [...]

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Father’s Day NASCAR Trivia

June 19, 2011

This was part of a trivia contest at the local yesterday…I’m sad to report that I got one part of one name and effed it up. I fined myself 10 points in the Championship standings, and $10,000. That’s what that there beera will do. What father out-raced his son to win the Daytona 500, by [...]

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Absurd But Cool Chronicles, 1

June 17, 2011

“Can you build a lawnmower that’ll go a hundred? … Well, go ahead and do it.” He didn’t quite, but… Turbocharged snowmobile, because it’s hotter than the hinges of Hell here in South Texas, and my AC can’t keep up:

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