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91 now! Happy birthday to Hazzard's favorite lawman. Sonny is the only DOH star I have met twice. He is amazing! Luv ya Buddy Roe! Possum on a gumbush! Grits and Greens strike again!

Loretta Lynn

I'm a bit late this week... F1 was back at the weekend after its summer break with the last Dutch Grand Prix for the foreseeable future. Local hero Max Verstappen chose this race to announce that he's staying with Red Bull for a few more years, but the contract to host the event ends this year. Aston Martin finally seem to be making a bit of progress after major upgrades at this and the previous race. However, US based teams Haas and Cadillac appear to be slipping backwards with the latter replacing their team principal during the break. Red Bull's Isack Hadjar injured his wrist during the break meaning he had to miss the race. Liam Lawson got a temporary promotion from Red Bull's second team Racing Bulls, and his place was taken by Yuki Tsunoda. Mercedes driver George Russell took pole for the sprint race and converted it to a win in what turned out to be a fairly processional race with little overtaking. George could only manage second place on the grid for the main race with McLaren's Lando Norris taking pole in a car that he didn't rate as fast enough. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli started third ahead of the McLaren of Oscar Piastri and the Ferraris of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. Max could only manage seventh in his Red Bull. Sadly, Max's last home grand prix finished at the end of the first lap when he was caught out by a slightly damp track at hit the wall hard off the last bend. This resulted in a lengthy red flag. Kimi made up one place at the first start and took the lead after the second. Oscar also made a good second start, but then got passed by both Ferraris. Once Lando retook the lead he converted it to another win with Kimi and George behind. Lewis had to settle for fourth although he may have got third if his team had let him pass his team mate a few laps earlier. Liam Lawson got seventh in his stand-in drive and Fernando Alonso tripled his points total by finishing ninth. You can see the highlights here. Kimi has now extended his lead and George is back in second, although he has the same number of points as Lewis. The next race is in just over a week with the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

The world lost a legend. My favorite Dolly song is Islands in the Stream. I always liked her but never was a superfan. And of course she has a Hazzard connection with her sister Stella appearing on the show.

coal mines (Like they have in Hazard Kentucky)

I had to look up who he was.

He likes his cars. He also once held the record for the fastest Star in a Reasonably Priced Car on Top Gear.