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The Brown Truck also briefly appeared in Daisy's Song.

It was the Singapore Grand Prix this week which is both a street race and a night race held under floodlights. It's also very hot for the drivers. Lando Norris continued his run of good form by claiming pole position in his McLaren. Traditionally, this hasn't been a good track for Red Bull, and they struggled through the practice sessions, but Max Verstappen scored a great second place on the grid. His Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez only managed 13th. The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were third and fourth with the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri in fifth. Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz crashed in the final qualifying session and started in tenth, one place behind the other Ferrari of Charles Leclerc. Lando finally managed to get a good enough start to retain his lead through the first lap. Lewis started on soft tires, and nearly overtook Max at the first corner, but then had to follow in third. Lando then proceeded to dominate the race, pulling a lead of almost 30 seconds at times despite touching the walls at least twice. He still led by a large margin when he took the checkered flag to win. With only a few laps to go, Lando looked like he'd get the full house of pole, leading every lap, fastest lap and the win, but Daniel Ricciardo in Red Bull's junior team RB made a late stop for soft tires and got the fastest lap. Although he doesn't get the point for fastest lap because he finished outside the top ten, it took the point away from Lando. Lewis' gamble to start on the soft tires didn't pay off as for the first time in 15 races in Singapore there was no safety car (I think it's about the eighth race in a row without a physical safety car, although the last race finished under a virtual one), and he eventually finished sixth. Max did a great job in damage limitation by staying in second until the end. He was followed home by Oscar, George and Charles, of which the latter two had a great fight through the final laps. Carlos' in seventh was the last driver not to be lapped. Daniel's fastest lap may be particularly poignant as it could be his last F1 race, at least for this season. There are strong rumors that New Zealand driver Liam Lawson will replace him at RB for the final six races this year. Despite being the last running driver in 18th place, he was voted Driver of the Day by fans. You can see the 8-minute race highlights here. Lando has closed the gap to Max to 52 points in the Drivers' Championship, but McLaren have increased their lead over Red Bull to 41 points in the Constructors' Championship. We've now got three weeks off before the United States Grand Prix from Austin.

I had a friend in college who had a truck with a wooden bumper!

Hi Mark B/ Scooter Davenport! Skipper to the rescue. I have gotten off the island and taken a break my 3 hour tours long enough to type this lol. The brown Chevy tow truck appears in Repo Men, Deputy Dukes, and Double Sting. It's also in One Armed Bandits, as HossC pointed out. However, not driven by Cooter in O. A. B.

When I was a kid my grandfather had a truck like this. It was orange....but with no 01 on the sides.