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  • Decision

    Today I received my invitation to purchase a bronze Indy 500 badge.  This is what gets you in the gate all test week and race day.  Not a good as a silver or gold, but those are only for sponsors.… Continue reading

  • An Amazing Find

    We have all heard the stories of finding a lost Ferrari in a barn out in the middle of a corn field.  They make for a great fantasy. This one is real.  A guy in Portugal finds and buys a… Continue reading

  • The New Front Door

    There was a time when the front door was the way people would enter and leave the house.  The back door was usually off the kitchen and used as easy access to the outhouse or perhaps the barn or carriage… Continue reading

  • Route 66

    John Steinbeck called it the “mother road”.  It was also known as America’s Main Street.  A major artery that linked a large part of our nation.  It started at Grant Park in Chicago and more than 2400 miles later, crossing… Continue reading

  • Miniature Ferrari

    This link was sent to me by a good friend.  It shows this guy who built a minature Ferrari that actually runs! Continue reading

  • Lenovo and Williams

    Formula 1 has just established and interesting partnership with Lenovo adding its sponsorship of the Williams F1 team.  Both of these entities are starting from the back of the pack and both are driven to achieve more than just a… Continue reading

  • Back to the Future – 1957

    In June of 1957, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a brand new 1957 Plymouth Belevedere was buried in a concrete coffin as a time capsule.  In June of this year the court house lawn is going to be dug up and the concrete time capsule… Continue reading

  • Life With No Left Turns

    This is a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner, editor of newspapers large and small and president of NBC News. In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. Well worth reading. And a few good laughs are guaranteed.    … Continue reading

  • Peppers and Bio-diesel

    I would not count myself as a radical tree hugger type.  Although I definitely care about the environment I don’t expect to be owning a Prius any time soon.  Sunday a good friend of mine came in to town.  I don’t get… Continue reading

  • Car Movies – Bullitt

    In an earlier post Bullitt was one of several movies on my “Car Movies” list.  It is there as not only one of the top car movies yet, but it is a model for what makes a movie appropriate for… Continue reading