#Racing History

[goodmotorfinger]

Once again thinking about the guy that stole the pace car

Darren Crowder, 1986 Winston 500 at Talladega

#nascar #talladega #motorsports #racing history #this is a Stealing The Pace Car Moodboard #I even went and adjusted the photo colors a little so it would look more cohesive #I think about this guy all the time. cannot decide whether incredibly stupid or defyingly bold. most likely both

[nickysfacts]

F-Zero was designed both artistically and mechanically to be a cool futuristic game!🏎️

😎🎮

#history #f zero #nintendo #kazunobu shimizu #formula one racing #video game history #captain falcon #super nintendo entertainment system #mode 7 #gaming history #racing #gamer girl #video game development #nintendo history #super smash bros #super smash bros ultimate #ssbu #snes #racing history #1990s #video games #cool #nickys facts

[captainfreelance1]

‘The King’ Richard Petty wins the 1979 Daytona 500 as the Allison Brothers scrap with Cale Yarborough in this memorable NASCAR finish.

#NASCAR #1979 #1979 Daytona 500 #Daytona 500 #NASCAR Winston Cup #Richard Petty #Cale Yarborough #Bobby Allison #Donnie Allison #Oldsmobile Cutless #Ford Torino #The Alabama Gang #Racing History #Stock Car Racing

[fisarmonical]

Mike Hawthorn

#racing history #car racing #british racing #pipesmoking #vintagemen #pipemen #historic photo #pipes #smoking pipe #tobacco pipe #20th century

[typhlonectes]

#eric foner #history #u.s. history #race #politics #USA

[animentality]

#twitter #race history #us politics #us history

[japanbizinsider]

#Hydrogen-powered car race #Toyota Corolla #liquid hydrogen fuel #automotive innovation #decarbonization #extended cruising range #sustainable transportation #clean energy #racing history #automotive future #Japan #Tokyo #reddit

[thatdiva]

#slavery #ron desantis #jason aldean #education #politics #florida #racism deniers #whitewashing history #crt #critical race theory #dei

[chxchki]

Untucked: RuPaul's Drag Race | S7E6

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#rpdredit #rupauls drag race #kennedy davenport #katya zamolodchikova #katya zamo #katya #ginger minj #s7 #rpdr #and i was watching untucked moments and i had to gif this beautiful piece of drag race history #s7 untucked is my favorite idc what yall think #s7 is my favorite SEASON #imagine being a s7 hater in the good year of 2023 some people need to grow up #~~~

[mimi-0007]

#tulsa oklahoma #black tumblr #race riots #tulsa #black history #black literature #black community #civil rights #black history is american history #american history #black wallstreet #black history matters #black history month

[evilrobotdog]

Patron Saint of One Way Trips (2024)

24x36

Acrylic on Wood

#my art #illustration #painting #Laika #russia #Russian history #space race #laika art #1960s #My sweet girl #eclipse

[nature-nerd-sarah]

Since people wanna celebrate the moon landing so bad, lemme remind you which country actually hit most milestones in the space race first (image source in alt)

#history #cold war #space race #moon landing #soviet union #usa #not mine

[odinsblog]

This is recent history. Ruby Bridges is 68yrs old and she is still alive.

Emily Conklin is thee definition of a racist Karen, and she is trying to whitewash the history white children learn by erasing a rated PG Disney movie that has already been shown for years in Pinellas County schools, usually as a part of Black History Month.

Two immediate thoughts that come to mind are:

“The people who threw rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school in 1960 now are upset their grandchildren might learn about them throwing rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school.”

and

“IF BLACK CHILDREN ARE OLD ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE RACISM, WHITE CHILDREN ARE OLD ENOUGH TO LEARN ABOUT IT”

Look, Ruby Bridges was six years old when racist white parents (men and women) threw rocks and hissy fits because she was trying to get an education. A full year younger than most of the white children who are now being “protected” from learning the truth about what their grandparents did.

I guess these delicate snowflakes are so triggered by the racism of their elders that they need to get the Republican governor to whitewash away the truth.

I’m almost 40yrs old and I used to wonder how it was that in college, white kids my age genuinely believed that Martin Luther King, Jr. died of old age. But somehow, every single Black person my age knew the truth. How does that happen?? This is how it happens. This is a prime example of precisely how that happened and still happens—because to “protect” them from the truth, white kids weren’t taught that he was assassinated. It’s literally no different than raising generations of white kids to believe that 2+2=5. There’s going to be serious problems when they hit the real world. But what can I say? Conservatives like ‘em dumb and ignorant.

Anyway, this is how you get generations of fully grown white adults who truly honestly believe foolishness like “racism is over,” or “Martin Luther King basically ended racism,” or, “we don’t need affirmative action because there is no more racism; if anything it’s white people who are more discriminated against now.” (The majority of white people polled said the same thing in the 1960s too, btw).

Keeping as many white people as possible ignorant of the truth does not happen by accident. It’s very intentional. And that’s not to say that ALL white people are ignorant of the truth. Some of them, like Emily Conklin, know the truth, but just do not care.

And make no mistake: The same white people who want to keep their white children “pure” and “innocent” have ZERO problems criminalizing and sending young Black children directly to jail for even the slightest misbehavior in a classroom.

Evil, racist cowards (redundant, I know).

#politics #emily conklin #republicans #ruby bridges #whitewashing history #erasure #north shore elementary school #black history #crt #critical race theory #book banning #florida #floriduh #ron desantis

[captainfreelance1]

No Rest The Legends

I'd Present my tribute painting to Carroll Shelby win at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans; I've decide to add sound effects to make you get the feeling experiencing of going down the Mulsanne Straight at high speeds in the Aston Martin DBR1.

My DeviantArt description of my piece is below.

"In 1959 the Aston Martin backed David Brown Racing setout to make history at Le Mans with the DBR1; Delivering the brand first win in the grueling twenty four hour race with a  three car team (numbered 4-6) comprised of the six finest drivers car no. 4 (Stirling Moss and Jack Fairman), car no.5 (Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori) and car no. 6 (Maurice Trintignant and Paul Frère). Behind the Wheel is a 36 year old American Race Car Driver from Leesburg, Texas named Carroll Shelby; Shelby has served an USAAF Pilot during World War 2, after the war he drifted trough various entrepreneurial efforts involving a variety things from dump trucks to poultry; Before finding his true calling as a racing driver for hire, Shelby is not only battling for the win but secretly for his very life against a heart condition that is predicted to kill him within two years. The Young Texan perseveres with the aid of a nitroglycerine pill that keeps his heart problems in check long enough to reach victory lane; Carroll Shelby has just achieved what many drivers often dream about but very few do a win at Le Mans, but his story doesn't end here this merely part of his final bow as a driver; He will outlive his doctors original diagnosis by several years thanks to advances in medical science, During this time Shelby will found Shelby America which would breath new life into the AC Ace with the addition of a Ford V8 Engine; Creating both the Shelby Cobra and Shelby Daytona Coupe which would led to his involvement in both the Ford Mustang and the Ford GT40, the latter of both would see his return to Le Mans 1964-1967 as a manufacturer thus making him the only person to ever win as both a driver and a constructor."

Thanks for Reading I hope y'all enjoy see this as did making it, I had fun making this painting and video as well.

#Aston Martin #24 Hours of Le Mans #Carroll Shelby #1959 #Sports Car #Aston Martin DBR1 #Le Mans #Mulannes Straight #Watercolor Painting #Racing History #Traditional Art #Watercolor #Race Car #Circuit de la Sarthe #DBR1 #British Racing Green #Hand Drawn #Aston Martin Lagonda #Race Cars #Racing Cars #David Brown Racing #Roy Salvadori #Ted Cutting #Straight Six Engine

[mermazeablaze]

I thought some of my Tumblr mutuals would be interested to see this article.

Viola Ford Fletcher, aged 109, just published a memoir 'Don't Let Them Bury My Story' about her experience during the Greenwood/Tulsa Massacre. It will be available for purchase August 15th.

"Her memoir, “Don’t Let Them Bury My Story,” is a call to action for readers to pursue truth, justice and reconciliation no matter how long it takes. Written with graphic details of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that she witnessed at age seven, Fletcher said she hoped to preserve a narrative of events that was nearly lost to a lack of acknowledgement from mainstream historians and political leaders.

The questions I had then remain to this day,” Fletcher writes in the book. “How could you just give a mob of violent, crazed, racist people a bunch of deadly weapons and allow them — no, encourage them — to go out and kill innocent Black folks and demolish a whole community?”

“As it turns out, we were victims of a lie,” she writes.

Fletcher notes in her memoir just how much history she has lived through — from several virus outbreaks preceding the coronavirus pandemic, to the Great Depression of 1929 and the Great Recession of 2008 to every war and international conflict of the last seven decades. She has watched the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. lead the national Civil Rights Movement, seen the historic election of former President Barack Obama and witnessed the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement."

#Tulsa Race Massacre #Tulsa Race Riot #Greenwood #Black Wall Street #1921 #Oklahoma #Viola Ford Fletcher #Don't Let Them Bury My Story #Book #Memoir #Novel #Library #History #Black Lives Matter #BLM

[l8tof1]

to me the whole point of f1, and why i got into it, is that the cars are these meticulously engineered machines that - under the right circumstances - are fucking magical to watch. like for example, a wide angle shot of a car absolutely glued to the ground while going through a sleek S chicane?? 😮‍💨🤤

street tracks are just bumpy, with awkward super slow 90-degree corners, vision is obscured too, and it’s such a waste imo to have these incredible cars race in spaces where they don’t reach their full potential.

#the character and history of real race tracks create such a special atmosphere too!! #i want elevation changes and huge grand stands #i want to see more of the track and the cars than whatever view we can have between city buildings #i don’t want drivers tiptoeing around apartment blocks and wine bars like wtf are we doinggggggg #f1