Max And The Thought Police

October 31, 2007

Not enough for the President of the FIA to chair an inquisition of the second most successful team in F1 history. Now he wants to regulate ?ideas?. Does the following sentence have a ring of familiarity to it?

?All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others?.

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Tommy Johnson Jr. Rumored Out of a Job

October 30, 2007

I am hearing on very reliable sources that Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr. is out at Snake Racing. No word on if TJ Jr. will finish out the season in Pomona, Calif. this weekend or if the release is effective immediately.

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Team Orders Stink to High Heaven

October 29, 2007

Okay, I understand that Rod Fuller is in the middle of a championship chase. Yes, I heard on the ESPN broadcast from team owner David Powers that there were no team orders for David Baca to ‘lay down’ for Fuller in the second round in Las Vegas yesterday. Call me a cynic, call me a pessimist or even call me a conspiracy theorist, but Baca smoking the tires in the second round seemed awfully suspicious.

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Monday Morning Crew Chief

October 29, 2007

“The King” lost his crown in Atlanta and the bleachers looked a little bare as well.

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Countdown Shakeout in Las Vegas

October 29, 2007

Fuller, Tony Pedregon, Anderson and Hines win ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals.

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Duels in the Desert

October 27, 2007

Schumacher, Hight, Connolly and Ellis hold low qualifier positions at The Strip in Las Vegas, “Hot Rod” Fuller wins $100,000 Technicoat Shootout.

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The Strange Case Of Max Mosley’s Increasing Dementia

October 27, 2007

Can anything be worse for F1 than a prolonged drawn out post season legal wrangle over who the current driver”s championship belongs to? Yes, the fact that Max Mosley is no longer concealing his contempt for the F1 teams, engine manufacturer”s, former racing greats, and racing in general. In fact I believe he despises everyone and everything except for himself and Ferrari.

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Chase is on at The Strip

October 26, 2007

Schumacher, Hight, Humphreys and Ellis are provisional low qualifiers at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals.

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NHRA Drivers Go To Germany With the USO

October 26, 2007

(From media reports)
For the third consecutive year, five ambassadors from the National Hot Rod Association will take part in a USO-sponsored goodwill trip to visit wounded American troops and Air Force/Army personnel stationed at the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) in Germany.

Just days following the completion of the 43rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., on Nov. 4, six-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Warren Johnson, two-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Jim Yates, Top Fuel drivers Melanie Troxel and Cory McClenathan, and Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr. will depart the United States for a post-season support mission to the KMC that will include a visit to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC.)

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Brazilian GP: Raikkonen Wins It All; Maybe.

October 21, 2007

A funny thing happened at the Brazilian GP today; a race broke out! And it wasn’t due to rain or other physical conditions, just hard racing, some brilliant driving and one god-awful mistake.

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