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"What the -" Garrett lets his sentence drag off in surprise at seeing Hobie flash by him before he straightening up in his seat and aggressively forces Spittin Cobra to forward at somehow a faster pace. "So this is how ya wanna play?" he hisses as he charges alongside Hobie.

I’m finally mostly retired and digging back into my hobbies.

Hey Hobie! Yes I remember him! I turn 60 in September. I reside in Clearwater, FL.

Glad you're ok, Roger!

NEVER meanin' NO harm

Happy birthday Waylon!

With Emma hanging on tightly Jesse seems happy to be settling for fourth. Considering what he has been through that is quite an accomplishment. Then he looks in the rear view mirror and to his horror, sees a challenger to his fourth place goal. It's an Indy car and it's Hoss at the wheel.

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A feature that the Formula 1 YouTube channel has recently introduced is a ghost car comparison of the fight for pole position. It's very interesting to see where the cars and drivers get a slight advantage over each other. You can see George Russell vs Lewis Hamilton here.

Some past Spanish grands prix have been processional, but not today. George Russell took pole in qualifying yesterday with Lewis Hamilton second and championship leader Kimi Antonelli in third. Charles Leclerc crashed his Ferrari in qualifying and started tenth. Despite Lewis (and Max Verstappen in fifth) starting on the soft tires, the top drivers held position at the start. Lewis was then first to take a pit stop. With a powerful undercut at this track, Mercedes had to cover off the stop by ptting race leader George. After Lewis took a second stop, he was taking 2.5 seconds out of the leaders' advantage. With Lewis closing in, Mercedes pitted both of their drivers giving Lewis the lead. Then Ferrari had a bit of luck when Fernando Alonso had to stop his Aston Martin triggereing a vitrual safety car. That gave Lewis a chance to make his final stop and stay in the lead. Toward the end, Kimi put George under a lot of pressure and eventually took second place, but it didn't last long as Kimi had his first mechanical failure of the year and had to retire. Chsrles also had to retire around the same time, but made it back to pits. That left Lewis to win by nearly 20 seconds ahead of George in second and reigning world champion Lando Norris in third. Race highlights are here. It's great to see Lewis take his first win for Ferrari after a tough 2025 when he didn't even make the podium. At 41, he's the oldest driver to win an F1 race since 1970, and it's the first all-British podium since 1968. Kimi still leads the drivers' championship, but Lewis has moved ahead of George to take second. There's two weeks until the next race in Austria.

I'm here Mach Man! I'm Hobie! Remember him on the show? I'm 60/w/m/Tennessee! How about you?

unseen and all but forgotten, Hobie powers through the pack and puts his hammer down and passes everybody!....Even Garrett! He still remembers the Butt kicking Garrett gave him last year! LOL! ( He is also still wondering what's under his hood?) Hobie's also worried about Cousin Roger AND he is STILL trying to find Daisy and Meadow either on the track or in the stands! ( Hobie loves looking at the pretty women! )

Garrett watches everyone up front with dismay. Even with everything but the best under his hood and in his tank, it wasn't enough to out run everyone's shine they seem to be using and drinking. Thinking of their drinking, Garrett gains a little confidence in knowing that he should be able to outsmart them being sober. and begins to think of other options before he notices a side road on the right and he quickly turns right onto the bumpy and rough road that is surrounded by trees and weeds. He holds onto the steering wheel tightly as he is bounced around with his foot all the way on the accelerator. Following the trail around curves and fallen branches he makes his way around a curve to see the opening that leads back onto the track everyone is on. Hoping for the best, he pushes the accelerator down and feels his car jolt forward before he is thrown back on to the track, right next to everyone else! "Surprise!" he yells out his window as he inches ahead of everyone.

Anybody still around?

Before the Spanish Grand Prix, a bit of news from the Monaco Grand Prix. The Alpine team have successfully appealed Pierre Gasly's pit lane speeding penalty which demoted him from third to seventh, and his original finishing position has now been reinstated. They showed that drivers could legally take a shorter route at the pit entry which reduced their time between two marker points without exceeding the speed limit. It doesn't look like the other teams affected are going to appeal their drivers' penalties.

No elecric or internet. Tornado shut everything down. Not close to my house and nobody was hurt but thousands of lines down.