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Posted on 05/12/2009 6:26:25 PM PDT by glock rocks
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Good job Grok! It works every time we try it...
I got weary of waiting for the assist... otoh, I’m thinking that peanut brittle should have toasted coconut flakes and macadamias in it... which reminds me. Are you done with my Don Ho albums yet?
NASCAR oldtimers racin’ vehicle of the future...
Sure beats Obamacars!
Whooo Hooooo #100
I gotta move out of this concrete jungle.......
Good find, thanks.
OK....I just got to watch that whole presentation.
I REALLY want to move now....that’s very nice, tubebender. Thanks for finding it and for the ping.
"At 9:08 a.m. this morning, the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid team hit the 1,000-mile mark on a single tank of gas, and is continuing its ultimate fuel-efficiency challenge with nearly one-third of a tank of fuel remaining," a Ford spokesman said. ...
Sprint All-Star Race
#2 Kurt Busch (Miller Lite "Taste Protector" Dodge)
#5 Mark Martin (Kellogg's / Carquest Chevrolet)
#9 Kasey Kahne (Budweiser Dodge)
#9 Brad Keselowski (Miccosukee Resort & Gaming Chevrolet)
#11 Denny Hamlin (FedEx Express Toyota)
#14 Tony Stewart (Office Depot / Old Spice Chevrolet)
#16 Greg Biffle (3M Ford)
#17 Matt Kenseth (Dewalt Ford)
#18 Kyle Busch (M&M's Toyota)
#24 Jeff Gordon (DuPont Chevrolet)
#29 Kevin Harvick (Pennzoil Chevrolet)
#31 Jeff Burton (Caterpillar Chevrolet)
#33 Clint Bowyer (BB&T Chevrolet)
#39 Ryan Newman (U.S. Army Chevrolet)
#48 Jimmie Johnson (Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet)
#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (The Dale Jr. Foundation / Amp Energy / National Guard Chevrolet)
#96 Bobby Labonte (Ask.com Ford)
#99 Carl Edwards (Aflac Ford)
Thanks for the lineup..........tonight is the pitcrew competition.
DeLana is steering the 29 car.
31 just got a penalty and DQ’d
WestCoastGal88@racewayreport RT/ Jeff Gordon’s wife wants him to retire from auto racing http://bit.ly/ehlHK [oh oh-the end of this year?] Hey Brad.
Well, as long as he “retires” like MM that will be OK.
Which is yes - maybe - no - never!! :D
WE WON the media challenge! May 14, 2009
Posted by claireblang
Whew — WE WON!
Driving the car in the Sprint Media Pit Crew Challenge!
Speed Team, O.A.R. Drummer, Michael Waltrip, Brian Vickers
My team in the Sprint All Star Media Pit Crew Challenge. Michael Waltrip, Brian Vickers, Rick Allen, Ray Dunlap, Phil Parsons, O.A.R. drummer Chris Culos, and former Patriot safety Tony George. A shout out to those guys, they knocked it out of the ball park pushing the race car, changing tires, jacking, and of course the key to winning the challenge……… pushing!
Ok, so I was asked to represent the SIRIUS NASCAR Radio team in the event. Naturally I wanted to do well for the team. Daniel Norwood, our SIRIUS NASCAR Radio Program Director told me to just go, represent the team, and have fun. He reminded me that I was participating just to have fun. Right. I get to the Time Warner Arena and one member of my team is putting on knee pads. Sign number one. Then, the first thing that happened was Michael Waltrip addresses the team by telling us all, “Just remember we’re NOT doing this for fun, we came here to WIN!.” Oh Noo!! I was there for the wrong reason!
The team gives me the job as the driver of the car since I am the lightest. I am to steer towards a brick wall and not brake until they tell me to. I went to Brian Vickers who was on my pit crew for advice, “You can screw up…only if you turn the wheel or brake too early,” he says. He told me that as the driver I could get mad if he screwed up on the pit crew. “You just cuss me out. Just drop everything you’ve got,” he said of what I, as the driver,was allowed to scream at the tire changer in angst if he under performed. Sounds like fun!
“When we cross the finish line and the car is about to slam into the wall and they’ve declared us the winner, we’ll tell you to hit the break,” SPEED’s Ray Dunlap told me with a grin. He was not joking, or was he?
Waltrip, who was going to carry tires gave me advice on being the driver. “You can complain a lot. You can say you need more money and say you need for somebody to pay for your motor coach and a bunch of things like that,” Waltrip joked. Wow, this driver thing was going to be ok.
“Do not touch the brake, DO NOT TOUCH THE BRAKE,” Rick Allen instructed. Two minutes later, he turned to me and he repeated, “AGAIN, the most important thing is NEVER TOUCH THE BRAKE. I mean the wall will stop you, he joked. Beautiful. Is he joking?
“Local news is here we’re going to kill them,” Ray Dunlap told us. “MRN is here they’ve got no chance,” Dunlap says, trash talking from the start. Then, I eye and point out the team from the U.S. Army and, come on, they looked pretty tough.
Chris Culos, the drummer from O.A.R is on our team. I got a kick out of him. The discussion is whether he or Vickers changes the tires. Chris has changed a tire on the side of the road before but it took him an hour. “Chris, you are our rhythm,” Rick Allen tells him. “I can do that,” he says with a smile. Culos is the tire carrier and Vickers the tire changer.
Former Patriot safety Tony George, appears and we are willing to trade anyone on the team for him. I think the’s guys would trade their mother to get him on the team. We take him, and he’s not only strong and fast, he’s motivated.
>>>>>>>>>>rest of the story
http://claireblang.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/2009mediachallenge/
Hee hee.
Hockey time!
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