You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Mr70]

About time.

[earntaz]

Originally Posted by marxjunk

my vacation this year was going to be driving Route 66 from Springfield Mo to New Mixico..10 days no schedule where ever i ened up is where i was..driving my little old lady 95 Caprice survivor..New Mexico in the summer at 2 or 3 a.m. you can see the milkey way just like this..ive wanted to see this first handed my whole life...vacation cancelled...so..maybe next year....

only down side..all the locals warn about cougars...i hate cats..but dont want to be eaten by one either...Kay-sera-sera

Mark -- while station at Cannon AFB, NM in the 60s/70s, worked the night shift many times. The sky in NM at night is awesome -- the base is approx 4200 ft OSL ... and don't forget the UFOs ... Craig

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

Why some of America's best-known companies won't qualify for bailout money

Already, more than half of companies that borrow through corporate bond markets aren’t eligible to get help from the Fed under its current rules.

Macy’s and Gap Inc. are furloughing most of their workers as their sales collapse — but they might not qualify for the massive backstop for companies that Congress just passed because their finances are so bad that their debt is rated as junk.

The two iconic retailers and other companies running out of cash can’t tap into the new loan program backed by the Federal Reserve because it’s only available to corporations whose debt is considered safe by credit rating firms.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...cid=spartandhp

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

That's the "tiles" and Gennite (spelling?) pad at the GM Desert Proving Ground.

Those surfaces are made more slippery when wet and were intended to be used during the early stages of rear wheel antilock and four wheel ABS testing in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

We had the worst time getting out there to do actual testing because the area was often already booked for photo shoots (photographic evidence attached).

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Mr70

About time.

I don't usually wear a watch but I'd wear that one.

K

[Lee Stewart]

The reason that this movie rules for anyone who loves drag racing history and the reason that the whole thing is padded with incredible footage shot on great cameras at tracks like OCIR, Indy, Fontana, the Las Vegas Speedrome and others. Even more wild is that the drag racers in the move are the real guys! Walt Rhodes plays….WALT RHODES. These guys go to Donovan Engineering and lo and behold there’s Ed Donovan in the movie! The amount of racer cameos is awesome and the fact that Rhodes and the guys on his team agreed to do this because the production basically covered their fuel bill to the US Nationals is amazing.

The acting and plot suck beyond all recognition but the racing footage, the drag racers and industry people shown, all of that is awesome and well worth the watch. You will see things that no one else has recorded footage of in drag racing history. Want an example? How about Bob Correll crashing the Kitecycle on a jump before the start of a 64 Funny Car show at Orange County International Raceway!