Secret to Racing Success? Frosted Tip Toenails

Secret to Racing Success? Frosted Tip Toenails Scott Speed (whose name is totally made up, no matter what his birth certificate states) ... , has taken his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win in only six races. What’s the key to his swift ... has the need: the need for… well, himself. The young racing stud, who gamely took on Formula [more...]

Date: 2008-06-03 16:21:19

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Wood Oval

In reply to A Day at the Races: 1918: The track surface had me wondering. So I looked up the history on this speedway and found out it was boards ... on a race coming up. They also mentioned that the cars were able to hit 120 which follows up on that point ... a race other than sitting next to the driver and waiting to do something, you know, mechanical? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 11:10:05

GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE

The creation of the Zionist State of Israel (on stolen Palestinian land) ... . We are divine gods on this planet. We are as different from the inferior races as they are from insects. In fact, compared to our "race", other races are beasts and animals; cattle at best. Other races [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:43:00

Caterpillar ends sponsorship of drag-racing team

Caterpillar pulled the plug on David Powers Motorsports because the National Hot Rod Association team was in over its head and might have collapsed ... Fuel and show car program assets. The racing assets include two complete Brad Hadman race cars, 12 ... in mid-season. Racing writer Jane Miller of the Peoria Journal Star interviewed Rod Fuller [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:54:28

First Race of the Season?

Well it looks like I'm bumping up my start of the season. North Carolina Cyclocross has two races on January 17 and 18th. I'm thinking about going. It's only about a 5 hour drive. So far I have no one to go with me.SO I'm thinking in true bike racer bum fashion, I'm going to drive to the race, sleep in the car, race, find somewhere to shower [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:07:00

The Amazing Race

Digi-scrapping race that is! That's right, the Amazing Digi-scrap Race (ADSR) ... kits. So, in order to keep track of what we're up to, and mostly just to have another place to talk about our race adventures, I re-activated my ADSR blog from last year. Feel free to check us out here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:44:00

No, Sarah We Just Can’t Hear You!

RICHMOND, VA — Palin addressed thousands of supporters in the parking lot of the Richmond International Speedway and told the racing fans that they have experience with close races comparing the 2008 campaign to a NASCAR race. “I understand ... ’s help the GOP ticket will be, “victorious on the checkered flag waving day November 4th.” [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 20:57:50

Top Gear game coming to a mobile phone near you

It’s a natural step forward to “mobilize” one’s success when you think about it ... just a racing game.” That being said, you won’t just race different courses around the world, but will also face such challenges as racing against an Apache helicopter, playing darts with a caravan, or playing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 17:47:03

Australian Race Fans Know How To Party In Style

Authorities are cracking down on rowdy racegoers going to this weekend’s Bathurst 1000, which is reportedly the biggest auto race in all of Australia. From now on, racing fans ... of couches at a race track? Fans aren’t taking any of this lying (face) down. Rumor [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 23:15:07

KKK Alive And Well In Harlan County At Least on the Internet

A certain Harlan County forum, which I will not plug here on The Rural Democrat, has finally shown their true, red and white, colors ... thought it would be funny to create a special race card for myself and the Ridgetop Band of Shawnee. Race I especially like the Star of David being included on this so called race card. Well [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:22:45

Race Chairs make office work speedy, but expensive

Life in our corporate cubicle world could stand a little speeding up and with these RaceCar chairs, it may very well be ... (which costs about $3,000) to the Lamborghini LP640 Murcielago, which will set you back a good “Ten large.” To further outfit your office with a racing theme, Race Chairs also offers a Carbon Fiber [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 15:05:48

New racing secretary at Evangeline

Evangeline Downs has named Coleman Lloyd as its new racing secretary ... , 55, is a longtime fixture in Louisiana racing, having worked as a trainer, jockey agent, and racing official. He most recently served as rider Terry Thompson’s agent. His extensive experience [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:32:40

Chocobo racing emulated in LittleBigPlanet user level

Did you ever play the Mario Kart rip-off Chocobo Racing? ... mascots and pit them against each other in cart races. It had great tracks and some pretty kickass Final ... to do with this footage of a beta user-created Chocobo racing level for LittleBigPlanet that we saw [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 11:13:16

Loose Cannons Race : One Year Later

January 2009 marks the 1 year anniversary of the Loose Cannons Bike Race ... , etc. courtesy of MIA Skate Shop. PS14 also offers $1 beers to cyclists from 10-12am on bike race ... (Chocolate Sundays @ Purdy). He initially started the race to get people out together on bicycles and open [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:49:00

Two days after confirming to our colleague Fredreka Schouten that Cindy McCain would be looking for votes at an upcoming NASCAR race, ... will be at tomorrow's Firestone 200 IndyCar DirectTV HD Race in Nashville. So the thinking must be that IndyCar ... that Cindy McCain, a motor sports fan who has learned to "drift race," will be riding in the pace c [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 11:08:24

Still All About the Racecars

I thought that his love of race cars was a phase with Pumpkin.  Then I thought it was a really, really long phase.  Then he started not being quite as insterested in cars as he used to be and I was sad.  (My baby is growing up!)  But now...  He loves race cars with as much passion as he ever has.  He can race [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:05:55

Indy 500 Winner Scott Dixon Celebrates, Danica Patrick Fails To Finish

INDIANAPOLIS — Scott Dixon stayed ahead of the trouble, got a boost from his crew and drove to his first Indianapolis 500 victory Sunday ... for the one-car, low-budget Panther Racing team, has never won an IndyCar race but finished runner ... to go, breaking the left rear suspension on a car that had run in the top 10 most of the race [more...]

Date: 2008-05-25 23:06:47

RORMaxx - Wind Powered Sports Car

Much better idea than the big airplane propellers some designs use ... Magnesium racing wheels with M composite tires will keep the RORMaxx on the tarmac without adding ... has a passion for motor racing and there is no doubting that his racing ambitions played a part in designing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 06:16:24

Racing Division

I was just thinking and I'm not sure if I've even mentioned it here on the blog. After the 2008 season (well actually throughout the 2008 season I should say) the Racing Union racing team essentially dissolved. Unfortunately the small group of riders was too spread out and engaged in life's other [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:41:00

Stick Shift Swiss Miss Gives Racing New Draw(s)

The FIA is reintroducing Formula 2 to racing next year, and a resounding yawn comes from this country, which couldn’t care less about F1 ... . But remember this: with European racing comes European women. Natacha Gachnang Meet Natacha Gachnang, who shows that women in Switzerland are a little more grown up than Heidi. The 21-year-old [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 00:15:57

Huge Fan Interest In Armstrong’s Comeback Race At Tour Down Under

ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 8, 2009 (AFP) - The first of the European teams have arrived in Australia for this month’s Tour Down Under, ... . Race organisers, mindful of the extraordinary interest that the seven-time Tour de France champion’ ... with his children before heading to Australia. Race director Mike Turtur said he expected pandemonium [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:54:21

NASCAR’S Heidi (ish) Race

Sunday night, NASCAR got dissed by ABC. Hard. With a race running late, ABC bailed in favor of America’s Funniest Home Videos. The race got switched to ESPN2. Dozens of irate NASCAR fans were furious. The Orlando Sentinel called it “bush league.” The Dallas Morning News said Funniest Home Videos has “no redeeming social [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 19:30:51

Sam Hornish Jr. Races Into the Animated World

Mark Davis/Getty Images Sam Hornish Jr. not only has a career racing cars in real life, but now he is doing it in the animated world too. The NASCAR driver has signed on to narrate the new children's animated series Roary the Racing Car after being invited by producers. "They called me up, and obviously, I didn't know anything [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 13:00:34

Sir Jack Brabham considering legal action over use of his name

Australian racing legend Sir Jack Brabham has revealed that he is disappointed that a company in Germany, which he has no association with, ... Racing at Essen Motor Show Read more ... firm is Germany’s Brabham Racing, which plans to develop a range of performance modifications [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 01:26:02

David Ragan in Lanier National Speedway Charity Event

David Ragan really turned some heads with his performance in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series in ’08 in his Roush Fenway Racing Ford ... Series cars. I enjoy the fans’ reaction to seeing me race on the short tracks again. It’s a great ... his first ARCA Series race just a few years ago for the 2nd Annual Ice Cold Shriners Bowl event [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:13:10

Adu Dhabi Adventure Challenge

After nearly 24 hours of travel, one lost teammate and two lost bags, team DART-nuun arrived in Abu Dhabi together with all of their gear ... winning the Upstate Adventure Race. Mari Chandler, Ryan VanGorder, Matt Hayes, and Glenn Rogers all made ... . This race offered the richest prize of any adventure race in 2008 and attracted the best teams [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:57:16

A Conversation About Race: A Film By Craig Bodeker

We can imagine that when he called for yet another “conversation on race” in his much-lauded speech in Philadelphia, ... from the basic qualification that they agree “racism” is rampant, they are all races and ages [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:39:52

Only Lamborghini Gallardo GTR in U.S. headed to SEMA

A one-of-a-kind Lamborghini Gallardo GTR race car will be shown at this year’s SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas by former NFL Houston Oiler quarterback Dan Postorini, who plans to use the event to garner sponsorship for his DP7 Racing ... and has already assembled a group of racing professionals from NASCAR, Indy Car, and the NHRA [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 10:03:00

HKS Nissan GT-R performance parts ready for sale in U.S.

HKS was one of the first major tuning houses to work on the GT-R supercar, ... years HKS products have been put to the test in drag racing, road racing, rallying, and top speed trials arenas. HKS equipped vehicles have captured numerous racing championships and hold claim [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 18:44:00

Freeverse announces SlotZ Racer for the iPhone and iPod touch

This looks interesting! A way to race when you can’t make it to the shop! ... ), or play a ‘Quick Race’ to jump straight into the action. SlotZ Racer features an intuitive track ... selection of cars to race. The game also includes unlockable new circuits, cars, track locations [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:52:53

Are horses racing toward oblivion?

Are horses racing toward oblivion? by Maura McDermott/Star-Ledger Sunday December 14, 2008, 9:04 AM Joe Jennings doesn't play games of chance -- he's too busy running his 155-acre horse farm ... states. And if New Jersey's racing industry fails, he fears it could take breeders like him down, too [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 15:48:51

Huff: Stewart bolts security of Joe Gibbs Racing

It will take some time, years perhaps, before it's clear whether Tony Stewart leaving the safety of Joe Gibbs Racing to become a part owner of the much smaller Haas CNC Racing, is either the start of a new era or a big error. But he's gone and done it. [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 20:04:00

All 3 Racing Lancers continue to hang on top 10 in Leg 5, Peterhansel flips over near the end of stage

2009 DAKAR RALLY7 JANUARY 2009LEG 5NEUQUEN (Argentina) to SAN RAFAEL (Argentina) ... RACING LANCERS’ HOLD FOURTH SIXTH AND EIGHTH PLACES AFTER FIRST DUNE CROSSINGS STAGE CLASSIFICATIONTeam ... in Argentina on Wednesday.The three turbo-diesel ’Racing Lancers arrived at the bivouac within the confines [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:52:00

The two weeks I got off from school over the holidays are thoroughly missed, and now I am back at school battling homework, the upcoming finals, grades, etc. I have given up on providing complete race reports for whatever readers ... a short story shorter, I won the juniors race and Cody came in third. I think everyone is at least [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:37:50

A nice story

My friend Louie dropped by this evening. We talked a couple times over the holidays but never managed to get together ... some years later he usually owns 3 or 4 thoroughbreds which race at Arlington and Sportsmen Parks.This spring the trainer, Tommy called him about a horse running in a $10,000 claiming race at Arlington [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:33:00

Cars, Drag Racing and Halloween Carnival of Souls

Carnival of Souls was released in 1962 as a low budget horror B-movie. In this flick, Mary and the girls are out and about and decide to do a little drag racing ... queen than racing trophy winner.)  Anyway, Mary can't drive worth shit, ended up getting [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 08:43:58

Minnesota sled dog race cancelled too much snow

The dogsled race near Frazee, Minn., has been canceled -- because there’s too much snowy! The Frazee area has received about 3 feet of snow, but winds keep creating drifts of 4 feet or more over the course, which was to host races of four to 14 miles. “The drifting aspect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:22:27

Dogsled Race Called On Account of Snow

Too much snow, that is: Here’s another entry for the annals of noteworthy winter weather: The dogsled race near Frazee, Minn ... have been the ninth annual running of the sprint races, which twice were canceled for lack of snow.Did Al Gore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:41:00

Fifty Bucks Worth of Facebook Ads Help Turn College Junior into County Treasurer

There's a fascinating story out of New Hampshire today about what some savvy targeting of Facebook ads can accomplish in a local political race ... and students at Plymouth State University. Vanessa Sievers, class of 2010, ended by winning her race ... dirt-cheap microtargeted social-networking ad strategy, complaining that "college students [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 18:35:14

Speed Racer (not The Matrix)

Being a rather large fan of the directorial works of the Wachowski brothers, I have, naturally, as soon as I was able to do so, ... about it prior to its release is correct) based on a Japanese anime from the 1960’s… about car racing. But not car racing in the conventional sense. It is “futuristic,” but actually set in an alternative [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:44:45

Modern Parable

A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (Ford Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River . Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big ... Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rowers. There was discussion [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 21:17:07

NASCAR Tickets: “Lets Makes a Deal”

As January rolls on various NASCAR venues are rolling out ticket pricing incentives intended to motivate you from acute “couch-stagnation” to active ... and the Nov.1 AMP Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. “We recognize the difficult economic ... ?) - Michigan International Speedway have new general admission seats for NASCAR Sprint Cup races [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:36:44

Other Dems wait as Sink ponders Senate

When it comes to Florida Democrats dreaming of a U.S. Senate seat, it's Alex Sink's world. Most everybody else is just waiting for her utterance ... Democratic race. From Washington to Miami, Democrats are awaiting Sink's decision and speculating about whether her entry in the race would clear away any party rivals. "I'm very seriously considering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:49:32

TiPb GRAND PRIX: Moto Chaser vs. Auto Contra Sense

[This is a GRAND PRIX App vs. App Review! Congratulations to our second heat winner, Patrick, who gets a copy of last week's winning racer: ... , you have a slower paced methodical racing game that has more in line with a puzzler. Which will win ... and excitement as you try your best to complete racing through a level as fast as you can! You earn [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 15:55:22

Obtain Helpful Tips About Dr. Phillips Homes For Sale

Why live in Dr. Phillips? The area of Dr. Phillips is named after Dr. Phillip Phillips, a Central Florida citrus magnate ... Islander, 1.94% from other races, and 2.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:56:06

Joystiq hands-on: Ferrari Challenge

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Driving UK-based System 3 is out to fill the rather large racing simulation void on PS3 with Ferrari Challenge, ... . It's also aimed directly at fans of Gran Turismo, GRID, and Project Gotham Racing. With its release ... to hear our impressions of the sights, sounds, and feel that highlight this high-spec driving sim [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 16:45:00

Blago...not so dumb?

Gov Blagojevich knows his phones are tapped yet he continues to make incriminating remarks ... , appoint Roland Burris and wait for someone to play the race card.Al (The race card..What's in your wallet?) Sharpton and other members of the Black community jumped on it quicker then a car company wanting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:32:00

2008 Year In Review and 2009 Plans

After a bit of a holiday blogging/fitness break, I am excited and ready to get back to writing and moving this out of shape body ... me for some reason) Highlights of the Year Boston marathon Trail ultra racing (5 races ... my first Boston marathon. The truly special part of the experience was completing it with my running [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:49:11

Missouri's Bond Will Retire, Creating Showdown in Show-Me State

Missouri's Kit Bond, in a move that was not entirely unexpected, announced today that he will retire from the Senate after 2010 ... Sebelius running. Off-hand, indeed, it appears that the Democrats might be slightly favored in this race ... a guy who lost his last race at the top of your list is usually not an indicator of a terrific bench [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:32:00

Race Driver: GRID

Steve Hill has cars in his eyes, buffs his helmet, etc, etc. Hello Stephen. Your car is ready and waiting." What? Hello? Me? The latest instalment in Codemasters' Race Driver series may not have become self-aware (yet) but there has been a change in emphasis. Click here to read the full article [more...]

Date: 2008-05-30 15:14:31

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