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YRB to CRB!!!
Congrats to Ryan Blaney! After years of knocking on the door of joining the elite, he overcomes pit crew struggles and straight up outruns Larson, even off what looked to be another clutch pit stop to win it all! Also such a good race on its own, especially later on! Even just one lap of Blaney and Larson's epic back-and-forth in the closing stage had infinitely more excitement and intrigue than all 312 laps of last year's finale put together. (I mean, the Cup finale track could still be better, but unless it's modern Texas, even the most mid tracks will all have a good one on occasion.)
(I normally use the league's own pictures for these posts, but this Trackhouse one was too awesome to ignore!)
Also, while I would have preferred to see the Closer win tonight (enjoy retirement, Harvick!), I'm so glad to see Ross take home the win! Granted, it kinda made last year hurt even more since now I'm just wishing he ran like that last year at this track instead of laying down and letting Logano bludgeon everyone, but great to see him end a relatively underwhelming season with a win. And even if it was in far less publicized fasion, it's cool to see the Melon Man make playoff history for the second year in a row by becoming the first non-champion since 2013 (and of the bracket era) to win the finale! Here's hoping good footage of his post-race celebration surfaces soon enough, because I need to see just one last melon smash before the year is done.
Welp, time for some championship-worthy memes and posts because why not.
And lastly proof that Penske's social media guy has Future Vision (plus some reactions I captured at the very last second):
#nascar#nascar cup series#nascar championship weekend#phoenix raceway#ryan blaney#ross chastain#don't mess up my hot streak bengals#kevin harvick#nascar memes
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Top 5 Things People Are Looking Forward To At Goldrush Festival 2023
Goldrush Festival is one of the biggest EDM festivals in the Phoenix area. This year, it returns as a two-night event, entitled Goldrush: Sonoran Skies. There is an eclectic lineup of talented DJs set to perform both nights, with renowned DJs Tiësto, Zhu, and Zed’s Dead headlining among several other talented acts.
We spoke with some hardcore Goldrush fans about what they are looking forward to…
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1979 Van Diemen RF79 by David G. Schultz
Via Flickr:
James Phoenix
#Pacific Invitational#Pacific Raceways#D850#David Schultz Photography#Race Car#motion blur#nikkor#nikon#outdoor#vehicle#1979 Van Diemen RF79#James Phoenix#Red#as beautiful as you want#Best Of Nikon#Car#Damn Cool Photographers in the WORLD#FX#Nikon FX Showcase#Nikonians#Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S#speed#SOVREN#Through The Lens Revelations#Unlimited Photos#Vintage Racing#Your-best-of-today#Open Wheel Racing#flickr
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"Summer Air"
Hello, I wrote this a long time ago! It's not proofread, and I refuse to do that!
Pairing: Sova x Fem!Reader
Summary: Sometimes the summer air brings out the inner child...
A late night, a night where you, Jett and Phoenix just so happened to steal the spinny office chair out of Brims office and took to the halls with them.
“(Y/N), you first!” Jett said,
Pushing you into the chair and spinning it around. Her hands grabbing a hold of one side while Phoenix had the other. All you saw was the very long corridor in front of you. A big smile on your face as you gripped the arms of the chair and sat criss-cross.
“On one, Jett!”
Your grip tightened.
“Three!”
“Two!”
There was a long pause and your grip loosened for a moment.
“One!”
The two duelists push the chair with all their might, sending you twirling and speeding down the halls of the protocol base, loud giggles and laughs could be heard from down the hall. Catching the attention of both KillJoy and Raze.
“What are you guys doing?” Killjoy asked, a curious eyebrow raised.
“Having fun, what's it look like!”
You get out of the chair and grab her by the hand, you sit her in the chair. Raze leans against the door wall.
“Maybe we can hook up some gadgets?”
She asked, you smiled.
“Then we can race!”
Dangerous activities, in the base hallways. Sounds like fun.
You grab a hold of one side of the chair while Jett has the other, and you both push KJ down the hall. She laughs and cheers abruptly from her sitting form on the chair. You turn around and look at some of the other agents who seem to wanna join in on the fun.
“Imma go get one more chair!” you said and made your way towards the offices. You came to a stop at Vipers office. She won't mind right? You opened the office door and quickly rolled the chair out into the hall. Her office door shut behind you and you started towards the rest of the agent switching the chair.
After some time the hallway had turned into a raceway, KJ and raze had modified the chairs to actually get some speed after being pushed. And most of the agents that did not take things seriously were there. Phoenix had some music playing and Yoru was betting on who would win with Jett. You on the other hand were in charge of timing and pushing the chairs. You stood in the middle of an intersection, you declared it the starting point to the races.
Laughter was all you heard in your ears, and the pumping of your heart. A huge smile on your face, as you had just sent off the next racers. You stepped back, you back meeting someone's chest. You froze, who was it? It was too big, was it Brim? Breach? You racked your brain trying to see who wasn’t here. Before you feel their hands press firmly on your upper arms.
“So you’re the one behind all this.” A thick Russian accent said.
His hands squeezed your arms lightly, causing you to relax into his touch.
“I was starting to wonder where you went too.”
“Jett stole Brims office chair, and then we got side tracked.”
You said looking up at him, he had a simple smile on his face. And his cape thingy was gone, along with some of the heavier gear he wore as well.
“Hey, you wanna try it?”
You asked, his eyes drifted down to meet yours.
“Oh no no, I'm far too old for child games.” he says, shaking his head and letting go of your arms.
“What! says who? No one! I’ll race you.” You say, trying to make it sound fun. If he says no you'd have to resort to puppy eyes.
“It’ll be fun! I swear.” you say, with a smile, and he cracks.
“Okay!” he says.
The chairs come back to where you two were standing.
“Ohhh, Sova’s racing now?? I didn’t know you had fun outside of hunting sova.” phoenix says.
Sova got in position in his chair, and so did you. You looked over at him and smiled.
“See ya, after I win Pretty boy!” you say to him and tighten your grip on the arm rest of the chair.
“Oh, it's on, моя снежная сова!” he says,
Jett grabs a hold of your chair.
“You got this (Y/N)!” she says.
“On one.” Phoenix says.
“Three”
“Two”
“One!”
The chairs went flying down the hallways, you closed your eyes and felt the wind flying past. Your chair came to a slow stop all the way at the end of the hallway. You open your eyes and look around; your chair was farther than Sova's. You stood up and ran over to him.
“Ha, See that, Sasha. I can beat you at something.” You say, your own excitement is too loud for you to finally realize he's laughing, not chuckling, not only smiling. Laughing.
“I see you can beat me at some things, моя маленькая сова!”
His arms wrapped around you, pulling you into one of his infamous hugs. You're shocked, but your shock quickly fades into more happiness.
“I told you it'd be fun.” you said, wrapping your arm around his neck.
You get ready to say something else before you hear Brimstone clear his throat.
“Alright, who stole my office chair?”
#valorant#sova#valorant sova#sova x reader#valorant x reader#valorant x you#sova valorant#sova novikov
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Buick Reatta Turbo RWD Concept, 1989. An experimental Reatta that was presented to the automotive media at a special event held at Firebird Raceway just south of Phoenix, Arizona in March 1989 but never made in to Buick's showrooms
#Buick#Buick Reatta#Buick Reatta Turbo#Buick Reatta Turbo RWD Concept#rear wheel drive#turbocharged#concept#prototype#V6#1989#experimental car#test vehicle
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SAM MAYER
Call 811.com Every Dig. Every Time. 200
Xfinity Series, Phoenix Raceway, March 9 2024
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Jake Martin thought here
He ironically quotes Fast and the furious movies “We’re family” line specifically but he doesn’t know it’s from tht movie
Ex.
Kevin: Great race today Jake!
Jake: Couldn’t do it without you guys, my family
Amir: isn’t that from Fast and the furious?
Jake: Fast and who now?
Summary: Jake has never watched the Fast and Furious films, so why can he quote them?
Additional Tags: Racing, Workplace, Fluff. Established Relationship, Comedy, Inspired by The Fast and the Furious
The Crew, Jake Martin Masterlist - here
As the end of the current Nascar season came to a close, the guys at Bobby Spencer Racing were elated. Jake had come 4th at the Phoenix Raceway, the final track that would decide how well he was going to do overall. Even Kev would have to admit now that he and Catherine had stopped wasting the team's time by fighting with each other at every chance they got, they were making some serious progress.
"5th! We got a top 5!" Kevin exclaimed, completely flabbergasted that they'd done so well. A year ago making the top 10 was a fuckin' pipe dream, but 5?
Getting a top 5, well, it was a god damned miracle.
Jake, as he always did, paid very little attention to all the cheering as he got out of the car and was zeroed in to find Y/N. She was around her somewhere, he knew that. His eyes scanned everything in his surroundings before landing on the woman he couldn't seem to stop thinking about, and who he was bounding towards with his arms open wide.
"You were so good, speed racer," she cooed, being engulfed in his arms. "I told you that you were going to ace it?" she continued once he leaned back to examine her face. He nodded distractedly, unable to tear his eyes away from hers or even gather the brainpower needed to form words.
He still needed to do press and interviews, and tell Chuck that he did a great job at making the car run, and complain to Kevin that he really should turn the microphone off if he was planning to eat a hot dog during the race, and ask someone to get him a bottle of water because his mouth felt like sandpaper, and did this mean that he was officially off Catherine's shit list? and how did Jessie do in her race?
Tenderly, she gave him a kiss on the cheek - just on the cheek for now - but it still made his knees go wobbly and caused butterflies to erupt in his stomach like it always did whenever she was sweet to him. "Go celebrate with your team, Jakey," she instructed gently, pulling back just a bit and nudging him towards the crowd of his coworkers - who'd become accustomed to Jake practically ignoring them whenever Y/N was around - so he'd begin to walk to where he was needed.
Whatever she'd heard about Jake Martin: The Womaniser had been forgotten about the moment she had met him. He was a flirt, yes, because it's nice to tell people what's on your mind. If he thought someone was pretty or cool or badass, his brain wouldn't be fast enough to stop his mouth saying the words out loud. At some point during his life, he realised that it was easier just to let the words flow and decided that it was better if he let his lack of filter live as it was. For anyone else that could've been a damning choice.
But, because Jake has sunshine coming out of his ass - Jessie often said that he was too stupid to have a mean bone in his body or be duplicitous in any way - it presented itself as Jake complimenting almost everyone he came across. He was one of those boys who appreciates a fine body regardless of the make. An old lady with dyed pink hair? He was telling her about how young he thought it made her look. Any guy that had an ounce of muscle, he was asking about his gym routine. Jake would always love to see kids with cartoon characters on their clothes and would make sure the little one knew that Nascar driver Jake Martin thought they were cool. And, for a while, the majority of people he came across in his life were pretty women that wanted to surround themselves with a pro athlete. Jake was more than happy to indulge them - he's just a man, after all - and that was how the man whoring rumours began to spread.
Yes, he was man whoring but he wasn't a player by any means. He was looking for temporary fun with a woman who was also looking for temporary fun, although it left him feeling a little hollow and used sometimes. Then along came Y/N. Temporary fun wasn't enough for him when Y/N arrived in his life. Not anymore.
At the time of meeting, Y/N had a boyfriend that wasn't Jake. She was a journalist who was commissioned to create the book 'The Trials and Tribulations of Catherine Spencer Racing - A New Age' (Catherine came up with the name) and had been hanging around the crew to get the inside scoop. The crew had their own Trent Crimm - The Independent, on their hands and was thrilled to have someone around to publicise their deeds. Obviously, once Jake heard that Y/N was off the market, he kept his flirting to a minimum. Yeah, he was bummed that the really hot chick who was nice to him at work couldn't be his, but hey, what are you going to do? Steal her away? No, no way! He knew the devastation that cheating can have - hell, he'd never forgive his father for exactly that reason - and Y/N didn't deserve that, even as an implication.
Three or so weeks into the job, they broke up. Jake couldn't say he was disappointed with that development. He waited an appropriate time - well, he waited twenty whole days and had planned to wait a whole month but he got far too impulsive one day - and just went for it. Originally, she said no. It's not professional to fuck one of the subjects of your story prior to the book the publication. That's a conflict of interest. And would seriously interfere with the integrity of her position. Once the book came out, however, that was a completely different story.
All she did was leave him a copy of her book - that was so fresh off the printers it may as well have been still warm - with a note that read 'Still up for that date?' and that was, what they call, history.
"Go, babe, you should go do your job," Y/N urged, barely hiding the smile on her face that came whenever he acted this dopey.
With another push, Y/N did manage to get Jake away from her. Only a little bit. Probably about two feet. He regained his balance and moved back towards her, smiling so goofily as his palms came up to her cheeks and his thumbs swiped against her cheekbone before he was kissing her like there was no tomorrow. She went to say something else but was silenced by another kiss. Then another, And another. Her arms wrapped around his shoulders, and her fingers tangled in his hair, curling her fist at the crown of his head.
Finally, she pulled back to rest her forehead against his, looking straight into his eyes as she whispered playfully, "Go before you get me in trouble."
"See you as soon as I'm done?" he asked hopefully. They both knew what the answer was going to be.
"Why don't you find out?" she suggested mischievously, enjoying the way he pouted for a fraction of a second before placing a gentle peck on the tip of her nose. Her face crinkled up in amusement and a giggle escaped her lips. She watched as Jake turned on the spot and jogged away in search of his coworkers, his hands stuffed in his pockets, and looked over his shoulder to give his girlfriend a wink just as he was going to turn the corner.
He did, in fact, find out that he would see her after all of his duties had been done. Kevin remarked that Jake seemed very excited - he's just got a really good race position so that was understandable but this was more than usual post driving hype that Jake felt - and had to tug him away by the sleeve so he didn't make a fool of himself aad say something wildly inappropriate on camera.
This shit was tiring! Driving and talking and being all professional takes a lot of energy, and by the time the couple were by each other's sides again, Jake was starting to feel sleepy. He managed to stay awake for an hour or so as the crew went out for celebratory drinks, but they called it quits as soon as his head slumped on Y/N's shoulder.
"You wanna go to bed, pretty baby?" she whispered softly to just him as everyone else around the table was engaged in their own conversations, stroking the soft curls that rested on the top of his head. This earned her a hum from him. "Okay, let's just say goodbye to Beth and Kevin and everyone, yeah?"
Sluggishly, he gave her a nod and allowed her to take the lead as they said their farewells to everyone. No matter how many pats on the back or loud congratulations he got, there was barely any energy left so all he could muster was a weak "Aw, yeah. Thanks, dude" and a floppy wave which everyone acknowledged with an understanding chuckle before letting the pair leave.
"You okay, hot wheels?" Y/N murmured as she led him through the crowd of people towards the exit of the bar, occasionally acknowledging people who were praising Jake for him so he didn't seem rude.
"I'm so tired, baby," he slurred.
"Our room isn't that far away."
She wasn't lying. Within 5 minutes, they were in their hotel's lift and Jake was pressing his nose in the crook of Y/N's neck to muffle the sound of constant yawning, his palm moving lazily along her forearm in a desperate attempt to not to fall asleep standing up. His eyelids started to flutter and close every few seconds; a deep sigh escaped from his lips as his head sank further into Y/N's shoulder.
"Just a few more steps, sweetie. Just a few more minutes and we're there," she reassured him quietly, running a hand gently down his chest and then wrapping her arm around his waist to pull him upright. The lift doors opened at the third floor and Y/N was dragging her boyfriend to their room.
Soon, it was comfortably quiet as Y/N helped Jake undress, chuckling at how soft he looked when he pouted and lifted his arms for her to take off his shirt. He flopped onto the bed as soon as he was in his underwear and waited until she crawled underneath the sheets and snuggled in to him like a cat, wrapping an arm around his waist and pulling him flush against her as she nestled her chin on his shoulder to watch whatever movie was available on the hotel tv/
Just before he drifted off, he repeated what he'd heard on the tv. "I don't have friends. I've got family," Jake mimicked, going so far as putting on a terrible Vin Diesel type voice that made Y/N laugh. She tried to keep the sound of her amusement to a minimum but couldn't help the shaking of her body.
The entire night was spent with Y/N stroking his hair as she watched a few of the Fast and Furious movies - she had no idea which ones and if she'd watched them in the right order - and soothed him whenever the sounds of the loud car chases started to wake him up. At some point, he even started repeating a few of the lines from the movie that he heard whenever he toed the line between awake and asleep. Parts of the script were subconsciously in his brain now, whether he knew it or not. He referenced it all the time. And he wouldn't find out that fact for a while.
Catherine had allowed him a few weeks off because the season was over and Jake spent as much of time glued to Y/N as possible. She'd begun to start doing her work on a Google Doc so she could use her phone instead of a clunky laptop just so her lap would be free for him to rest his head on.
"My new article is about that new Vin Diesel movie, you wanna come to the premiere with me, Jakey?"
"Yeah, love to."
"Thought you might," she said, leaning over to press a quick kiss to the end of his nose. "Apparently, Mr Diesel's head is supposed to be even shiner in person."
"Which one is Vin Diesel again?" he asked curiously.
There was a bunch of stuff that he said that left her bewildered - whenever he said something so wildly stupid, she was always left lovingly shocked that this doofus was somehow still alive and independent and functioning - but this was probably the most bewildered she'd ever been. Not only because Vin Diesel is a hugely popular actor that has been prevalent in pop culture for over two whole decades, but because he was in a franchise related to cars and racing, and Jake was all about that shit.
The Disney Cars franchise. Herbie. Speed Racer. Talladega Nights. Any Hot Wheels related stuff. That Dreamworks movie about the snail that's basically just Cars but with an anthropomorphic snail instead of a vehicle. Gran Turismo. Baby Driver. And the racing scene in the first Charlie's Angels movie (although she was sceptical if he liked that movie for the cars or how incredibly hot Drew Barrymore and Lucy Lu are). Each of these had a special place in Jake's heart.
"The Fast and Furious guy."
"Never seen it."
"Bald guy? Deep voice. He's always saying shit like 'Family...' and 'I live my life a quarter-mile at a time'."
Y/N blinked. Yet, it did make sense: if he saw those movies, he probably would talk about them every chance he got. No part of his face indicated that he had any idea what she was talking about.
"He's Groot in those Marvel films."
"Oh shit, I love Groot! Hell yeah! I didn't know that was a real guy!"
The most unflattering snort to ever snort came out of Y/N's nose as she laughed, trying desperately to stop herself before Jake thought she was laughing at him. She was. Although, she didn't mean it in a patronising 'haha, look at him, he's so stupid' kind of way, she adored Jake for being a himbo. Her eyes got all soft as she looked into his green eyes. He was smiling and watching her intently. "What's funny?" he asked shyly with a blush, rubbing his eye with the back of his hand.
"You. I love you."
His cheeks grew pinker, and Y/N swore she'd never seen anything so cute before. Yeah, he was ripped and classically handsome, but whenever he was all shy and bashful - something that rarely happened since confidence radiated out of him like a beacon - he looked positively angelic.
A small smirk crept its way across his lips. "So..." he began tentatively, his tone low yet suggestive, "You love me because I'm funny and I don't know this celebrity man?" That smile widened as Y/N rolled her eyes playfully.
"Yep."
"Good. Cause I love you too. Mostly for your boobs, though. They're nice to look at." He gave her an impish grin as he reached for the empty bowl on the coffee table. "And when you go get me another bowl of popcorn? My legs don't work anymore."
"Lazy boy," she teased, ruffling his hair as she did exactly as he asked.
When it was eventually time for Jake to get back to work, all of his coworkers were gathered for a meeting so Catherine could begin yapping on about what new sponsors she was trying to reach out to in front of what she assumed would be a captivated audience of her subordinates.
Kevin was rolling his eyes whenever her back was turned to him. Beth could see a reflection of herself in the back of Catherine's laptop and was trying to get one unruly curl back in its place. Chuck was busy eating a whole leg of BBQ chicken like he was King Henry VIII despite the fact it was 9.30 in the morning. Amir was trying to look as if he was paying attention but there was a bee buzzing around his head and he was allergic to their stings. Jessie and Jake were sitting down at the table and were poking and kicking each other at every chance they got. Nearing the end of Catherine's speech, Jessie managed to wobble the table enough to send Jake's water bottle flying off the table and directly at his dick.
"Oh my god," he groaned, clutching at his crotch and letting his forehead drop to the table. Everyone but Catherine had watched the collision and were all trying not to burst out in laughter.
"You okay, Jake?" Catherine asked. He regained his composure for a second before she added, "Did you want to say something?"
"Did I... Yeah, uh, yes I did," he said, surprising himself with the words coming out of his mouth. "I, uh, I wanted to say that... that it doesn’t matter whether we win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning and a top 5 was definitely a win. Let's do that again. Doing that again would be good."
They all looked at him with a sense of confusion for a minute. He'd strung together a fair competent inspirational sentiment. Weird. That had never happened before.
"We're family, you know? If we've got a problem, we deal with it together and... yeah, that's all a driver needs really."
Then, the penny dropped. "He's just saying lines from Fast and Furious!" Amir exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at Jake like a drama queen.
"Oh, I didn't know that."
A groan went across the room because, in their minds, of course he would watch a movie like that. They would've bet so much money on the fact that he liked that franchise because duh. Fucking duh!
"You're telling me that you've never seen this very popular series of films that is literally car porn? I don't believe you," Kevin argued, raising an eyebrow sceptically at Jake who shrugged.
"I've never seen them!"
More and more arguments were raised between everyone. Jake had unexpectedly started a shit storm of his coworkers raising their many grievances with each other, and he hadn't really meant to. It was Jessie's favourite day ever - she's a messy bitch who lives for drama.
He got home that day and watched slumped down on the sofa, yelling out to Y/N who was somewhere in their apartment, "Babe, we're going to watch all the Fast and Furious' tonight."
Who would've guessed but he fucking loved em'.
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I couldn't find the texture for the wallpaper behind this decal so I just made my own gradient of Roxy Raceway's bi flag lighting. Happy Pride.
~Phoenix
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Tell us more about the Pride Parade!!
Oh my God so I'm sunburnt a little bit like my arms are extra crispy and my face is a little bit crispy where like my mask didn't cover all the way but like I had so much fun. So since our pride parade happens in October they're always giving out like a shit tonne of Halloween candy to everyone like throwing it at us from the middle of the road kind of nonsense so I got hit with a lollipop at one point. But like we saw the Phoenix Mercury which is the women's basketball team that was fucking amazing we got one of their pride bucket hats because they ran out as soon as they got to us and we only got one between the three of us. I got a NASCAR pride flag because they had a bunch of the NASCAR vehicles from PIR and the Firebird raceway, the sun's mascot was there I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a name he's just a gorilla but he was there which was crazy I've now seen him like 15 times in my life cuz I for some reason can't escape the gorilla. My mom had to get picked up by ems for heat illness not my fault not her fault it's just it happened. It took me like half the parade before I got an enby flag and then like 3/4 of the way through the parade before I found an Ace flag and the person with the Ace flag ran away before I could get a second one for Amanda. So like by the end of the day we ended up with like 20 Pride flags, a shit tonne of stickers, a condom which I left there and like 14 handfuls of candy. So all in all it was a good day but like we didn't get to stay for the festival after the parade so that kind of sucked but like I made at least three people's Days by staying till the end of the parade at 2:00 because at the very end of the parade there was a kid walking down the road with a non-binary flag and I saw their flag and I raised my little tiny one up and I was waving it furiously at them and the moment they saw my flag their face lit up. It was so precious and like they took the the cape flag that they had and they like lifted it up and was like fucking waving it as hard as they fucking could and it was the cutest thing so by far that was my favorite part of going and staying the whole time but like definitely next time need to park closer and like maybe chairs but like I didn't have an issue standing the whole time but like my feet hurt a little bit now from standing in combat boots all day.
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Day 5 Wed. May 31. Salt Lake City to Wendover to Elko to Wimmemucca, 600 km.
Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. Terminal means, although it has three rivers feeding into it, it has no outlet other than evaporation. The result is a briny body of water, saltier than the ocean. The results can be seen and felt all the way to the Nevada border.
When I woke up this morning, I thought I was in Phoenix. A hot, dry desert city surrounded by mountains.
As I drove west to Nevada, however, I saw something I had never seen before. Briny sand and stretching salt flats all the way to the border. Just before reaching Nevada I visited the Bonneyville salt flats raceway where so many land speed records have been set. I couldn't resist, I rode most of the way back at 200 kph.
I missed the Welcome to Nevada sign because I stopped into Wendover, Utah for gas. Crossing into West Wendover, Nevada, it was immediately obvious I was in Nevada. Population 4,492, five casinos - and one enterprising pawn shop, although by the look of the sign and the parking lot, it is having a slow month. And even the gas stations have slot machines.
As you hit Nevada, the elevation starts to rise as you climb the Pilot mountain range. I finally made it through a mountain pass today at the Pequop Summit 6,960 ft., nearly 3,000 ft higher than Salt Lake City. The result is much more greenery and comfortably cooler temperatures.
Unfortunately, there is no other way here from there than via Interstate 80. Long, a little monotonous, an 80 mph speed limit, and way too many trucks. But all ended well in Winnemucca, population 8, 431, to a cold beer and a beautiful desert sunset.
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What the crap are you doing, Ryan? Just try to protect the title lead! Don't blow it for the race lead!
Also, gee, it sure would have been great to see Ross run like this at Phoenix last year
#nascar cup series#nascar#nascar championship weekend#oh hey a good cup finale at phoenix#that's neat#ryan blaney#ross chastain#phoenix raceway
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ARCA Quick Facts: Phoenix Raceway
Round 2 of the ARCA Menards Main Series.
Round 1 of the ARCA Menards West Series.
Event Name: General Tire 150
Event Date: Friday March 10, 2023
Location: Avondale, Arizona
Series: Main, West
Track Type: Tri Oval
Track Length: 1 mile/1.609 km
Banking: 8-11 degrees
Race Laps and Distance: 150 laps for 150 miles/241.40 km
Year of First Race: 2020
Defending Winner: Taylor Gray
Previous Winners: Chandler Smith (2020), Ty Gibbs (2021), Taylor Gray (2022)
Winningest Driver: Chandler Smith, Ty Gibbs, Taylor Gray (1 win)
Winningest Team: Venturini Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, and David Gilliland Racing (1 win)
Winningest Manufacturer: Toyota (2 wins)
Weekend Schedule:
Practice: Friday @ 5:00 pm EST (10:00 pm UTC)
Qualifying: @ 6:00 pm EST (11:00 pm UTC)
Race Start: Friday @ 8 pm EST (Saturday @ 1 am UTC)
Where to Watch:
Broadcast: FOX Sports 1 (FS1)
Radio: MRN/SiriusXM Channel 391/SiriusXM Online Channel 981 or ARCARacing.com
Got any questions about Phoenix or the ARCA Menards Series in general? Send me an ask, and I will do my best to answer your question in a timely manner!
#arca menards series#arca#arca main#arca west#arca quick facts#if you're missing hearing cars on track this week#definitely check this out
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Taylor Swift performing the Star-Spangled Banner at Phoenix International Raceway.
November 12, 2006.
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Lyn St James
This morning we kicked off the day with none other than the fabulous #LynStJames at the Accelerent Phoenix breakfast at the Phoenix Raceway. After a zippy rundown of F1 and IndyCar, Lyn dove into her own roller-coaster journey from driving a Pinto (into a lake) to zooming at the Indy 500!
Here are the golden nuggets she dropped:
- Make It Count -Be intentional with every move you make. Dream to Goal!
- Always Be Learning - Knowledge is your best fuel.
- Embrace the Bumps - Get comfy with the uncomfortable and buckle up!
- Oops...I Did It Again - Mess up? Own it, learn, and hit the restart button! It’s all about the comeback.
- Team Spirit - Together, everyone achieves more. Remember, no one succeeds alone!
- Plan It Out - Preparation is your secret weapon.
- Communicate Like a Champ - Keep the lines open—clear and loud.
- Stay True to You - Keep it real and authentic ALL the time.
- Deliver Results - No matter what, cross that finish line with something to show.
- Just Go For It! -What are you waiting for?
With Lyn’s advice, we're all revved up to take on the circuit of life with speed, smarts, and a bit of swagger! So buckle up, it's going to be a wild ride!
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TDW 1082 - Big Momma's House : Filming Locations
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He looked up the video to see where it was filmed and you will be surprised my son doesn't remember this he's trying to wreck his brain and he remembers something weird about the house across the street is from somewhere else and that top part is from somewhere else it's not Tim Francis House and it was in the Orange county and it doesn't remember doing any work there and that was that cabinet place which is kind of Orange county it's the outside of it it's pretty far away and he's trying to recall this is the house looks like that lady that maybe remove the paint that's part of it it's not an orange though this is a good for him is it healthy and ones from California pretty decent so they're trying to figure out what the hell that means then it was orange juice that allowed the stuff in and it's orange juice taking the poison out and at both time both ways it's not very good for me and he says wow that's bad and it was oranges that also released too much of the dose and made me sick and that was in Bradenton so he says I sort of get something you're trying to get rid of the lipoma to erase it slowly off and on and then he said this you've had a lot of trouble with his oranges and it might be the Sun a phoenix project that's true they're saying that he says it's about are you still it's about oranges and when I grow up I was drinking orange juice and milk and getting big and they'll say I'm too big which is one problem we get sometimes so it's still kind of perplexing he goes through all this trouble to say this stuff and he says it's kind of huge and it has to do with what's there in Orange under it or around it and why citrus it's important citrus will melt away that fat and help you use it as energy and oh that's stupid too not that you're bad fat and it went on like this for a while and he says it's a raceway they were amateur racers at the circle track and we're going in circles and you're waiting for the bleachers to collapse for The spectators to fall inspectors would be more locks and stuff and the house was actually from Worcester back then and that lady died no he was surprised she's actually the one from the Michael Myers movies and Hera hates her cuz she was trying to seduce him and wouldn't let him work and wouldn't let him survive and it was hell she hates her and really she says and she's like Schwarzenegger's wife or something my sister and he says wife and he's kind of like Trump and then the house was moved and she moved it and wanted him to go there and had him drive by and that was it that's true but on the top part and she's not aware of it she had it remodeled and they put in the raceway box we watch the race and they checked in West room for the rods and can't find them they think the rods are there so singe is just someone else. And the confusion might be that he is there with him as a giant and left and it's not really happy about it but it is what happens and your brain can't survive in a drain. So I started saying you're kind of an idiot he wants to hear it
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