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Happy belated birthday

Interesting. Maybe they do follow NASCARs schedule. Hopefully Chase Elliott will put it all together next season. This one has been good but also disappointing.

The regular season for dirt bikes is over. The first half is Supercross (SX) where they race in stadiums. The second half is Motorcross (MX) where they race on longer tracks outdoors. Both SX and MX have champions but last year they combined points from SX and MX and called it SMX and did a three race playoff for those who qualify. Personally, I'm not a fan of the new system. All three have two champions, one for 450cc and one for 250cc.

I've yet to get married, but if it were me I'd either take years or just never again. Schneider made videos with Alicia and one crying how hard it is, just to get remarried months later. Never mind the what the public thinks, Alicia is probably disappointed and saddened he already moved on.

I'm sorry, what?! He already moved on and remarried? That doesn't feel right to me. It's just too soon, in my opinion. I'm with you on this one Phillip, although it usually does take widowers less time to recover than widows. ( Some of that long haired learnin' creeping in again! )

oh yea Bud! Thanks! and thanks to everybody!

I'm not sure how many people predicted the outcome of today's Italian Grand Prix from Monza, especially after yesterday's qualifying. In-form McLaren locked out the front row of the grid with Lando Norris ahead of Oscar Piastri. George Russell put his Mercedes in third, followed by the Ferraris of Charles LeClerc and Carlos Sainz and the other Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. Championship leader Max Verstappen could only manage seventh place. Lando had a good start, but unfortunately continued his record of losing the lead on the first lap when Oscar and then Charles overtook him at turn 4. George Russell got pushed wide at the first corner and also suffered early damage to his front wing which had to be changed at his first stop. McLaren looked like they had the pace to win the race, but the newly-surfaced track increased the tire wear, and most of the top teams went for a two-stop strategy. With little to lose, Ferrari decided to gamble on a single stop, and it paid off with victory for Charles LeClerc. He's now won two races this year: his home race in Monaco and his team's home race in Italy. Obviously, the fanatical Italian fans (the Tifosi) were overjoyed and Italy now has their own 'King Charles'. McLaren finished second and third with Oscar ahead of Lando. Lando snatched the point for fastest lap at the end. Carlos brought the second Ferrari home in fourth ahead of Lewis and Max. Rookie driver Franco Colapinto brought his Williams safely home just outside the points in 12th and still on the lead lap. Lando Norris has closed the gap to Max Verstappen to 62 points in the Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren are now only eight points behind Red Bull with both their drivers now scoring good points. Ferrari are also getting closer. You can see the race highlights here. The next race is the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku in two weeks. Following today's race, Haas driver Kevin Magnussen was given two penalty points on his licence for causing a collision with Pierre Gasly. That takes him to 12 points within a calendar year, so he gets an automatic one-race ban. Haas haven't said who will replace him in Baku.

I hope you had an amazing birthday!

Cooter and Happy Birthday General Lee.