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Gaylord Duke drove a JAGUAR

To be honest, I don't follow Formula 2, so I only heard about Alex when he was mentioned on the radio earlier this week. Most of the pictures I've seen show him in a papaya orange race suit which is McLaren's color. Speaking of orange, it's currently looking like one of the McLaren drivers will be F1 world champion this year. The champion has the choice to race with their regular number or "1" on their car, so we could still see an orange #1 car next year (I think "01" would be too much to ask).

All the F1 teams have to let their reserve drivers take part in a certain number of practice sessions each year, and this weekend McLaren will give Irish driver Alex Dunne a go in Lando Norris' car in FP1. Alex, who is currently leading the Formula 2 championship, is the first Irishman to drive in F1 for 22 years.

I bet the General could've cleared Rosco's patrol car with a ramp like that!

So you're the person who uses Edge!

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Dewey Hogg ARRIVED in Hazzard in an AMBULANCE.

I don't do Facebook, but the videos at the link are very impressive. That collection will take some beating!

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Is that a full-size replica of Cooter's garage, Emily?

The F1 cars have a very strong safety cell around the drivers. Robert suffered far worse injuries in his rally crash even though it was at a lower speed. You can read more about the rally accident here.

WILLIAM Sanderson played Russ Collins, also in 'Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane'.

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TORI Lysdahl played Sue Ann Bliss/McGraw in 'Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane'.

Now back to the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. Most of the top 10 got off the grid in formation, but Kimi Antonelli was able to overtake championship leader Oscar Piastri on the first lap. A few laps later, Lando Norris picked up a few places. Positions were also swapped further down the field. Tires were wearing more quickly than expected, so Max Verstappen was the first of the leaders to make a pit stop. The commentary mentioned that Lewis Hamilton had picked up damage around lap 13 which cost him an estimated half a second a lap. It was only today that I read that he'd hit a groundhog. As a well-known animal lover, Lewis was said to be "devastated" about the death of the animal. Despite the pit stops, the leaders stayed in roughly the same order until around lap 62 (of 70) when Lando caught his team mate Oscar. After a few laps of the gap getting closer and closer (and both drivers catching Kimi in third), Lando went for an ill-judged overtake on the start/finish straight, lost his front wing and crashed into the wall. With only four laps to go to clear the debris, the race finished behind the safety car (because there's no refuelling, they can't extend the race like NASCAR does). George Russell added his name and the Mercedes team to the list of 2025 winners, and Max picked up some useful points in second. In third, Kimi became the third youngest driver to take an F1 podium. Oscar increased his lead to 22 points by finishing fourth, while both Ferraris scored points in fifth and sixth with Charles Leclerc ahead of Lewis. You can see the race highlights here. The next race is the Austrian Grand Prix in two weeks.

I'll write my F1 race report later when I have more time, but I just wanted to post a quick congratulations to ex-F1 driver Robert Kubica. He had what Rosco would call "a horrendous crash" at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix (see video below), and nearly died when a barrier penetrated the cabin of his rally car in 2011. Yesterday, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours in a privately entered Ferrari 499P alongside co-drivers Yifei Ye and Phil Hanson. They were just over 14 seconds ahead of the second placed Porsche.

I think I just got good and covering up my lapses. It's definitely not the first.

It's the Canadian Grand Prix later today. So far, McLaren haven't dominated like they have at recent races, but Oscar Piastri is continuing to look faster than Lando Norris. Several drivers failed to make corners in qualifying and a couple of penalties were given out for impeding other drivers. Alex Albon had a weird equipment failure in the first qualifying session when the engine cover of his Williams blew off. The subsequent red flag allowed him to replace it in the pits, and he made the top 10. It should be a close race today as there are five different teams in the top six (Mercedes were the only team to get both cars in the top six). Here are the starting top 10: 1. George Russell Mercedes 2. Max Verstappen Red Bull 3. Oscar Piastri McLaren 4. Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 5. Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 6. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 7. Lando Norris McLaren 8. Charles Leclerc Ferrari 9. Alexander Albon Williams 10. Franco Colapinto Alpine You can watch the qualifying highlights here. The race is on at 2pm (ET), so should be more accessible to US viewers. Will the "Wall of Champions" claim any victims this year?

I think my brain skipped that because I came to the thread that day to mention the Katy Perry song, and saw that you'd already named that in the same post. At least I gave you credit for the original mention.

Dierks Bentley - "What Was I Thinkin'". We ran outside, hood slidin' like Bo Duke What was I thinkin'? Roger previously mentioned it in another thread back in 2009.

Other than the full DVD collection (7 seasons, TV movies, cartoons and 2005/07 movies) I mainly just have six 1:18 diecast models. I've never been an autograph collector. I used to have one of the early PC games, but I'm not sure if it's still around. At my parental home there should also be two or three Ertl cases for the small diecast cars. I don't think we had such a wide range of collectibles available over in the UK.

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EMILY Procter was Mavis in the Reunion movie.

Mickey says, "Why, that little..." and Buck says, "Grab the little devil."