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Still waiting for parts to finish the dashboard but had some time last week to give the car his face back Starting to look like a car again!

What a race. This is the only one of the year that gets shown live on free-to-air TV over here, so I stayed in to watch it. The race started dry, and the two Mercedes led for the first laps. Max Verstappen got past Lando Norris for third on the first lap, but Lando passed him back a few laps later. Oscar Piastri, Lando's team mate, also got past Max. Then the rain came, gently at first. Hamilton got past George Russell for the lead, then Lando took the lead. McLaren split their tire strategy and Oscar had to do an extra lap before getting his intermediate (wet weather) tires. I think they raced for about 15 laps on a wet track, but Silverstone is an old airfield, so it dried quickly when the sun came out and the teams went back to slick tires. Sadly, George Russell had to retire his Mercedes with a mechanical issue. Lewis had ended up leading when they went back to slicks, and chose the soft tires, as did Lando in second. Max went for hards, and overtook Lando with a few laps to go, but he couldn't catch Lewis who won a record-breaking 9th British Grand Prix. It's Lewis' first win for two and a half years, and a record-breaking 104th career victory. Lewis was very emotional as he got out of his car waving a Union Jack at his home race. It's his last race there for Mercedes and the moment clearly got to him. We've now had six different winners from four different teams this year - twice as many as last year. Max is still well ahead with seven wins (the others have one each), but the top teams are now much closer, which bodes well for the second half of the season. The highlights aren't up yet - I'll post a link later when they get to YouTube.

Definitely the Dukes theme first. And Toe the Mark just because he sang it in the Boar's Nest. Are you sure Hank done it this way? Mamas don't let your babies....Luckenbach Texas...Highwayman

Moonshine Moonshine is comforting! ( Feelin' no pain!! )

As promised, the highlights can be found here.

Cozy

Yeah hybrid powertrains are coming most likely around 2026 or so. Hopefully they will keep the V8's though Toyota is pushing for a V6. If that happens they will have to use balance of power rules to put the V6 and V8 on more equal footing. I watched a formula e race once, won't make that mistake again .

SUMMERVILLE - location in 'The Haunting of J.D. Hogg'

It's probably about time that NASCAR adopted an electric element, but don't worry prematurely. Formula 1 has been using hybrid engines for 10 years now, but the main power unit is still gas powered. There was an article at roadandtrack.com in May suggesting that NASCAR could go hybrid from 2026. ABB seem to be behind the Jayski story. They are the main sponsor of the Formula E racing series. For those of you unfamiliar with Formula E, it uses fully electric cars for racing. The races are often run on city center courses where naturally aspirated cars would stand no chance of being allowed to race due to the noise (I've never been to a NASCAR race, but I can tell you that F1 cars are loud). I think you'll either get hybrid cars or a separate electric racing series. F1 and NASCAR are both committed to using 100% sustainable fuel as soon as possible, so that implies that neither are planning to go fully electric.

Skipper, you promised to keep your inaccurate quotes to Facebook at Christmas. You're probably right that they don't care about accuracy, but we do. This is a forum, not Facebook! Roger, that's exactly what I do. I doesn't take long to do it properly when it's a short back and forth conversation, or a quick aside. When Skipper posts a whole scene as a 'favorite quote', it takes me much longer to check. Don't rely on the subtitles to be 100% the same as what's actually spoken. They're a good starting point, but sometimes they can get abbreviated to reduce the reading. I also remember one episode where the character says "plowboys" and the subtitles say "cowboys". It's not the only time they were wrong.

Hopefully dirt bike racing doesn't change.

it's never QUIET on race day in hazzard