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’R (Robin Miller) & Randy Bernard fighting over who’ll go home from Vegas sayin’ All I got was this LOUSY T-Shirt! (Photo courtesy of Tacey Woollard) |
This T-Shirt has ALREADY been given away - better luck next time you’re in Los Vegas - Baby!
Friday, October 14, 2011
Bernard Throws in Extra Prize...
Its Almost Showtime for the Who’s Your Daddy Sweepstakes...
So after Will Power’s most unfortunate coming together with ‘BIA at the Kentucky
And I was getting’ turned off - especially since ALL of the Hoopla over DannyBoy and Duh Playah’s was makin’ me Nauseous! But wait; Gee Wally! You could actually win a few million Greenbacks, right? NAH!
According to Kurty Cavin - the Who’s Your Daddy Sweepstakes insurance policy would pay some ‘Rucky Dawg approx. $62,500 for 40-years in Annuity form... BUTT WAIT! Said ‘Rucky Dawg could opt for the lump-sum payout of $1.3-million BEFORE Uncle $am’s take, a cool 40% - which would net said winner approx. $845k, which isn’t ‘nuttin to sneeze at, right? I mean that chunk-uh change could buy someone a lotta Baloney sandwiches, eh?
Although the part I found most funny in Cavin’s IndyStar piece was that DannyBoy ‘SPIKE Wheldon would haveda split his winning share three-ways, between Dan, Curly ‘N Moe; Hya! Err, Sam Schmidt Motorsports & Bryan Herta Motorsports; hence paying the Englishman a sum somewhere’s north of a quarter million smackeroos... (I think I read it would be a measly $261k?) Which I’m not sure how many shoes Wheldon could buy for ‘Dat; Hoohah! Cymbol crash please...
And it’s a New Track Record... Err, record turnout for the final race of the lamented Dallara Crapwagon... Hey, easy Buckwheat! I actually kinda like these bulbuous F1 wannabee Racecars... Especially since they got rid of those annoying sounding Oldsmobile and Nissan ‘lumps... And thus, as we already know, we’re having a ‘Par-tee... With 34 Dancin’ Fools, Err Pardners waltzing into Sin City this weekend; with four ladies in the deck, four Jokers; count ‘em: EJ “What? Me Worry!” Viso, Tomas “Rockem-Sockem” Scheckter, Mr. Chrome Horn, aka Paul Tracy and ‘HULIO... And that’s not to mention all of the Pairs that’ll be saddlin’ up to the Blackjack tables... With multiple teams playin’ Two-car Monty in search of hittin’ 21; Uh, racing teams rollin’ out extra Dallaras for the los wages blowout...
Yet, as Wesley Snipes once said; NEVER BET AGAINST BLACK! Hya! Which hopefully will push the roulette wheel towards ‘DJ WillyP’s (Will Power) favour, right? After all his Dallara’s primary colour is black... While I’d suppose that Dashley LePew - formerly known here at No Fenders as Dario “REO Speedwagon” Franchitti is betting the Farm on red...
Additional “los wages” Playah’s
No. 8) Paul Tracy; Dragon Racing.
No. 11) Davey Hamilton; Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
No. 15) Jay Howard; Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
No. 17) R-Wade Cunningham; SSM/AFS.
No. 22) Townsend Bell; Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
No. 30) R-Pippa Mann; Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
No. 34) R-Sebastian Saavedra; Conquest Racing.
No. 44) Buddy Rice; Panther Racing.
No. 57) Tomas Scheckter; Sarah Fisher Racing.
No. 77) Dan Wheldon; Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
No. 98) Alex Tagliani; SSM/Bryan Herta Autosports with Curb/Agajanian Racing.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Bahrain Killings Continue...
While Formula 1 has returned the Bahrain Grand Prix to its calendar for 2012 - Police brutality towards its Citizens continues. With the published reports of a second Teenager having just been killed - NO less during the wake of a 14-year olds Funeral procession on October 7th; as now comes words that a 16-year old has died from gunshot wounds to his chest at close range by Police...
Are you really sure this is where you want to go Formula One?
How does this Top 10 of UN-LUV’ed IndyCar Tracks stack up?
To which all I can say is Seriously - Belle Isle; Seriously? You’ve gotta be absolutely FREAKIN’ Kidding!!! Right? Although apparently NOT? As none other then The Captain, aka Roger Penske seems to agree with Yuhs - NOT to mention Indy Car... Who I’m starting to think will go anywhere somebody’s willing to pay their Admittance Fees!
Huh? NO Watkins Glen? You’ve gotta be FREAKIN’ NUTS! And how ‘bout Il Notre Dam, Mont Tremblant, Viva la Mexico City Detroit Indianapolis
Or even MIS (Michigan International Speedway) and Brands Hatch - which both surely are better venues then Belle Isle. Not to mention the just unceremoniously DUMPED Milwaukee Portland (No. 4) and Vancouver , BC China
(NOTE: My track selections were based off of circuits NOT listed in the Top 10 story)
De Ferran joins V8 All Stars lineup Down Under
Retired Two-time CART Champion and 2003 Indy 500 winner Gil De Ferran has been announced as Lucas di Grassi’s replacement and will co-drive Jonathan Webb’s Ford Falcon for the forthcoming Surfers Paradise V8 Supercars ‘Enduro event - which will see all of the Penske & Ganassi ‘Boyz, plus ‘TAG (Alex Tagliani) and Dan Wheldon compete in. Not to mention some ex-Formula 1 drivers like “Heinz 57” (Heinz Harald Frentzen) and Mika Salo to name a few, along with Grand Am’s perennial DP Champion Scott ‘Scooter Pruett.
And watching the Bathurst
Monday, October 10, 2011
Vettel becomes Youngest ever Double ‘Weldmeister!
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Newly anointed 2011 World Champion ‘Zebb Vettel celebrates title win with “JENSE on Suzuka podium... (Source: grandprix.com) |
So this year’s Formula 1 title fight seemed most Anti-climatic compared towards last year’s knuckle-biter - as the outcome this weekend seemed a forgone conclusion compared to last year’s thriller...
As its funny how there was no impetus to stay up into the ‘Wee hours watching history being made vs. arising at Oh DARK-30 last year in order to watch the unthinkable, as I’d already thrown in the towel upon Master “Zebb’s title aspirations - and begrudgingly ceded the title to “Ferdi-the-Putz” (Fred Alonso) instead - before reveling in Vitaly “VO5” Petrov tellin’ Fredrico Suave he was Numero Uno! By giving the Spaniard the ‘Byrd and a dose ‘O his own medicine by holding off the Double World ‘Champ-PEE-on for sixth place upon the Yas Island Marina circuit last November...
Yet after Scribblin’ my riveting Salute to the youngest ever World Champion last year - being elated by Master ‘Zebb’s title snatching feat; a ‘Juan certain Indiana Bureau Chief tried putting the Kybosh upon my excitement by telling me that Vettel was NO Alonso! Alas, Fernando was BETTER then Sebastian... (Apparently a Worldwide phenomena, eh?) WTF? As this has stuck in my ‘Craw for nearly one year now...
Driver: Alonso Vettel
Starts: 173 77
Wins: 27 19
Podiums: 71 33
Poles: 20 27
Fastest Laps: 19 7
Year Started: 2001 2007
Age: 30 24
Yet I’d haveda say that the first ever Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar race “live on SPEED preceding the Japanese GP was much more exciting then the F1 race itself - with the Top-2 finishers a scant 0.02 apart after six and one-half hours of competition vs. BLOODY ‘JENSE summarily cruising to the chequered flag, albeit Alonso did make him work for the victory; but I digress...
As I’ve said before enlight of Thee REAL Iceman’s 2007 title; contrary to popular belief - I’m not just now jumping aboard Der Vettel Express... As I’ve been a staunch fan ‘O his since ’08, ironically after having given up on Kimi Räikkönen and his Vanilla Ice OOMPLATS; Hya! As I have this silly notion (ritual) of NOT rootin’ for the same racing drivers or NFL Footenballen teams as other friends ‘N family members...
Thus with the DER TERMINATOR, nee Michael Schumacher having been exiled prematurely into retirement in order to make room for Raikkonen, who others had chosen as their Anti-Schumacher pick I began to cast about for a new rising star to root for - becoming immediately enamored by a precocious 19yr old German Teenager who began his ‘Juan-off for BMW Sauber F1 as The Krakow Kid’s (Robert Kubica) substitute at the 2007 USGP by garnering a $5,000 Euros fine for speeding in the Pitlane upon exiting for his very first-ever Grand Prix practice session! Yet the young ‘Whippersnapper from Heppenheim would calmly go onto finish P8 in his debutant Formula 1 start and commence what has become a lengthy resetting of the record books for Youngest ever accomplishments... Becoming the Sport’s current youngest F1 point’s scorer to date...
And while Alonso spent his rookie season in a full year campaign for the perennial Backmarker Minardi F1 Squad, before spending a further year as a Renault test driver before ultimately becoming its Number-one driver; the young Sebastian would find his way into Grand Prix permanency by first deputizing as the replacement for Toro Rosso punching bag Scott Speed alongside Vitantonio Liuzzi for the remainder of his truncated rookie season.
Then the following year the younger Vettel completely ‘Dusted Off his French Stable mate le Hamburgular - the reigning four-times Champ Car World Series Champion Sebastian Bourdais at Scuderia Toro Rosso. Which ironically is the very same Formula 1 team that gave Alonso and Mark Webber their F1 starts. As many will know that STR was born out of the ashes of the former Minardi F1 Team - having been acquired by Red Bull’s “Deeter Majestik” in a plan to effectively run a four-car team before chassis cloning came to a head.
And the rest as they say is History... As Master ‘Zebb went on a tear by bringing the debutant Grand Prix victories to not one but two new F1 Constructors: Scuderia Toro Rosso and Red Bull Racing respectively, en route to becoming the Sport’s youngest ever Pole-sitter and Grand Prix winner.
Apparently there are some cynics worldwide who think Vettel isn’t worthy of all of his accolades - with detractors saying he’s either gotten the Lewis Hamilton Silver Spoon treatment or doesn’t have the ability to win from behind or overtake Fernando Alonso... As this trio currently is my grouping for fastest men on the grid, with Jenson Button, Mark Webber and Felipe Massa all being a step behind. Thus I won’t try arguing or answering this - since it doesn’t really matter because like it or not, Sebastian Vettel is now the current Two-time reigning Formula One World Champion.
In a further bit ‘O irony, it seemed somewhat symbiotic that Herr Schumacher (Michael) would choose the very occasion to say: DON’T Forget about Me... By leading his very first race in five years on the very track that he’s scored eight Poles and six “W’s” (Wins!) compared to the ‘Uber young ‘Wunderkin’s three Poles and two victories... As Schuey’s first Grand Prix crown wasn’t obtained until the tender age of 25. Just do NOT call him Baby ‘Schuey - whatever Yuhs do!
Thus, it’s a tad bit ironic that I’m guessing privately Master ‘Zebb is hoping to break BLOODY ‘NIGE’s (Mansell) staggering single season Pole position tally of 14, as Vettel currently sits on 12 with four races remaining. The irony? Mansell’s All-conquering Team Willy (Williams) FW14B-Renault was designed by none other then Red Bull’s current chassis genius Adrian Newey...
And I found it overly refreshing to listen to the Japanese GP Post-race interview where Master ‘Zebb apologized for running a bit long and didn’t know exactly everyone to Congratulate; and hence, profusely thanked the person he spent the most time with the entire year - none other then his virtually unknown Finnish ‘Pysio (trainer) Tommy Parmakoski and his Family! With NO mention of Red Bull or ‘Deeter Majestik, a la the obligatory ‘RASSCAR Infomercial style... COOL!
We didn't get ahead of ourselves - Vettel
Way to GO ‘Sebastain! Kick some MORE ARSE ‘Zebb!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Kobayashi Treats Fans
Just wrapped-up watching my tape-delayed coverage of the Japanese Grand Prix’s Friday practice session from Suzuka Circuito - where SPEED’s bob Varsha mentioned some very kOOL moves by Japan
As the Sauber F1 driver has overseen the bringing of a 60-member Girl’s Choir from the stricken Fukushima Prefecture
NICE JOB KAMUI!
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