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Unusual final 10 cars in the mix for the final qualifying, 5 Toyotas, 4 Fords, and only 1 Chevrolet. Top three qualifiers were Fords. Kyle Busch in the only Chevrolet qualified tenth.

#34 Michael McDowell won the Pole for the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway. No Pole pick bonus point again this week.

2024 NHRA New England Nationals qualifying leaders: Q1 Weather: 72F, 37% relative humidity, barometer 30.01", adjusted altitude 1,180', track temp. 103F TF: Doug Kalitta, 3.751; Steve Torrence @ 333.91 FC: John Force, 3.903; Bob Tasca III @ 333.41 PS: Erica Enders, 6.510 @ 211.63 Q2 Weather...

New England Nationals picks... TF Justin Ashley FC Austin Prock PS Dallas Glenn

@memike, @TT5.9mag, the first of four rounds of qualifying for the NHRA New England Nationals is scheduled for 5:00PM EDT (2:00PDT) on Friday, May 31. Please post your professional class picks before the start of qualifying so you will be eligible for all event bonus points.

Possible record setting qualifying runs expected during New England Nationals Friday Q2 session according to Brian Lohnes podcast discussions with both Dickie Venables and Tony Pedregon. Check out the updated weather forecast in Post #144.

Stewart-Haas Racing announced today that they will be closing following the end of the 2024 NASCAR season. Lots of folks will be looking for new employment. 23XI, Front Row, and Trackhouse Racing will be purchasing three of the four charters currently owned by SHR. Will DEI purchase the...

Here's your NHRA New England Nationals "Tuesday Before the Event" reminder. Please post your picks before qualifying starts so you will be eligible for all event bonus points. The first of the scheduled four rounds of qualifying is scheduled to start at 5:00pm EDT (2:00pm PDT) on Friday, May...

Kyle Larson was named the 2024 Indy 500 "Rookie of the Year" following his 18th place finish at the brickyard. He won $50,000 for being the RoY and took home a total of $178,000 when his race winnings were included. Not a bad workday...and free flights!

Outstanding Valiant! Welcome to FABO from SoCal. What part of the state are you in?

Former UCLA and NBA basketball great Bill Walton passed earlier today after a prolonged battle with cancer. I enjoyed watching him play in both college and the pros and also enjoyed his television work on regional college basketball games. His personality was one of a kind with his many Grateful...

My uncle bought a brand new '61 Plymouth that was SS-1 "Lavender Poly". It was the first purple car I had ever seen.

The weather-shortened Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway resulted in a rarity in our NASCAR "Pick 'Em" game: no bonus points awarded for either race winner #20 Christopher Bell or race runner-up #6 Brad Keselowski since nobody picked either of them this week. 'ocdart' (FABO) had the low...

For all who picked the #5 car, you have the pick whether Allgaier or Larson is in the car at the end of the race. The Coca-Cola 600 is currently under a weather delay but Larson will be behind the wheel when/if the race resumes after the weather delay. Oh yeah, Kyle Larson finished 18th in the...

Coca-Cola 600 picks... #11 Denny Hamlin #24 William Byron

First career Pole for #54 Ty Gibbs at Charlotte. No Pole pick bonus point this week.

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Not about ramps, but another thief story... Years ago I bought new hydraulic jacks for my truck camper to make it easier to get on and off the truck. I went down to the storage yard where I kept the camper and spent the time to put them on since we were leaving on vacation in a couple of days...

600 Pole pick... #45 Tyler Reddick

Welcome from the OC

Welcome from SoCal!

I saw my first cybertruck on the road in real life yesterday. They're even uglier in person than their pics. They look like they're built from flat panels of plywood. Best use for one: giant doorstop My '09 Dodge Ram 1500 never looked better!

Hey, your dash is still dusty. What were you doing at lunchtime? LOL

Congratulations to 'stroked340' (FABO) for winning the "Top Picker Eliminator" title for the 2024 Gerber Glass and Collision NHRA Route 66 Nationals in Elwood, IL, with an outstnding total of 152.5 points. Both of his Funny Car and Pro Stock Motorcycle picks raced won their respective classes...

Oops! Now fixed.

Congratulations to 'memike' (FABO) for being the only player to correctly pick #22 Joey Logano to win the 2024 NASCAR All-Star Race. He picked up -5 bonus points. Congrats also to 'cuda20' (FABO), 'Sublime one' (FABO) and 'Yunick13' (FABO) for correctly picking race runner-up #11 Denny Hamlin...

Congratulations to 'memike' (FABO) for winning the 2024 Gerber Glass and Collision (Carolina) NHRA Route 66 Nationals Top Qualifier title with an outstanding total of 30.5 bonus points. He picked the #1 qualifiers in both Funny Car and Pro Stock, the #2 qualifiers in Pro Stock, and the #3...

Thanks! For other readers, @turbodart68 '69 Dart ran the 1/8 mile track at Irwindale in 5.320 @131.45 taking the win. Way to go!!!

I wasn't able to either watch or record the All-Star Race today. I've found the race final results online but cannot find accurate information about what drivers were either leading or in second place at each of the three scheduled 'competition cautions' in the race. Can someone please advise...