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'By-Line, Daisy Duke' was about TRACTOR THIEVES.

The Dale Earnhardt Chevy just sold for $11,200.

The famous jump in the first episode was filmed at OXFORD College, Georgia.

General Motors have been given approval to become a Formula 1 engine supplier for the 2029 season. As mentioned previously, their Cadillac team will use Ferrari engines from their entry next year until their own engine is ready. Full story here.

Audrey LANDERS appeared in two episodes

JENNY Duke From 'Go West, Young Dukes'.

Jungle

The F1 race was in Saudi Arabia this weekend - a night race around a tight street circuit. McLaren looked quickest throughout practice, but Lando Norris made a rare mistake in the third qualifying session yesterday and crashed into the wall, meaning he had to start 10th. Team mate Oscar Piastri took provisional pole, but was then pipped by Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Qualifying highlights are here. Oscar made a great start and pulled just ahead of Max at the first corner. Max was unable to stay on track and was given a 5 second penalty for passing off the track. The other Red Bull driver, Yuki Tsunoda, and Alpine driver Pierre Gasly collided at the fourth corner. Both cars retired and the safety car came out for a few laps, although none of the front runners pitted. After the restart, Lando made his way slowly up the top 10 after starting the race on the hard tires when most of the others were on mediums. All the top drivers only made one pit stop, and with the 5 second penalty for Max, Oscar took the lead which he held to the end. Max was second, and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was third (Ferrari's first podium finish of the year in a feature race). Lando nearly caught Charles at the end, but had to settle for fourth. They were followed by the Mercedeses of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, the other Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton, the Williamses of Carlos Sainz Jnr and Alexander Albon, and the RB of Isack Hadjar. Race highlights are here. Oscar now leads the Drivers' Championship by 10 points from Lando with Max two points back in third. Due to consistently getting both cars home in the points, McLaren have a good lead in the Constructors' Championship ahead of Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari. There's now a week's break before the Miami Grand Prix at the start of May.

The original DeLoreans were manufactured in Northern Ireland, and only about 9,000 were made before the company went bankrupt. The company that now owns the name is the DeLorean Motor Company in Humble, TX. They acquired the remaining parts inventory and now supply parts and do restorations. Back in 2022, they announced a new electric car called the Alpha5, which is also designed by Italdesign Giugiaro, and shares some styling cues with the original DMC-12. It doesn't seem to have made it into production yet. A British company called Electrogenic produce an EV conversion kit for the DMC-12 which offers 150 miles of range and a 0-60 time of under 5 seconds. Back to the game: Rough

Leslie EASTERBROOK played Madame Delilah

To continue the game: Cooking

Neither. The early models especially suffered from poor build quality, and there were four recalls to fix issues. Additionally, the US spec of the 2.85l (174ci) PRV engine only produced 130hp, with the claimed 0-60 time of 8.8 seconds being more like 10.5 seconds in reality. Allowing for inflation, these cars cost around $90-110k in today's money.

The General was always portrayed as a '69 Charger (denoted by the grille and tail lights), but both '68 and '69 Chargers were used, and the junkyard owner in 'Happy Birthday, General Lee' mistakenly referred to the car that became the General as a "black '68 coupe".

Adam Venable used to be Josiah BENSON in 'Good Neighbors, Duke'.

Marty McFly (I seem to remember him being called Calvin in 1955 due to his underwear) By coincidence, I'm actually wearing a Calvin Klein sweater today.

Car reviewer Doug DeMuro's latest video is about a 2002 Chevy Monte Carlo SS Dale Earnhardt Edition which also comes with a few extra Dale Earnhardt goodies. With only 4,300 miles from new, it's currently for sale on his carsandbids.com site. Don't worry Garrett, a year later Chevy made a Jeff Gordon Edition. I found a load of pictures of that here, so you'll know what to look for.

Happy Birthday, Roger. You must've posted just after I went to bed - sorry I'm late.

The boxsets contain eXtras to watch.

There was definitely more overtaking this week at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The McLarens were quickest in practice, and Oscar Piastri put his on pole for the race. Lando Norris wasn't as comfortable in his McLaren and only qualified sixth. Max Verstappen was also unhappy with his Red Bull and started seventh. Oscar led the whole race to take his fourth F1 victory. George Russell got his Mercedes up to second at the start and managed to keep the place until the end, although at the moment he's under investigation for a technical infringement. Despite at 5-second penalty for being out of position on the grid, Lando moved up from sixth to finish third. He was followed home by the two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari had an upgraded car this weekend, but Charles said it wouldn't show much improvement in this race due to the nature of the track. Max got past the Alpine of a fast Pierre Gasly on the last lap. Haas got both of their cars home in the top ten with Esteban Ocon in eighth and Oliver Bearman in tenth. Between them in ninth was Yuki Tsunoda in the second red Bull. The race highlights are here. Only a week until the next race in Saudi Arabia.

Happy Birthday, Tom.

Monk

The smashed up a lot of VEHICLES on the show.

I just googled "boars nest sign" and quickly got very depressed by how many people are ripping off my artwork that I naively sent to someone many years ago when they claimed they were making a banner for their kid's birthday. It's too late to do anything about it, so I guess I'll just have to be flattered that people think it's good enough to use!

I forgot about The Stranglers: The worse crime that I ever did, was playing rock 'n roll But the money's no good Just get a grip on yourself

Ozzy might have sung 'Rock 'n' Roll Rebel', but he's a rock/metal artist, not rock 'n' roll. I have dozens of rock 'n' roll songs in my collection, but there's also been a lot of great music before and since (I have music from the 1930s to the present day). Despite rock 'n' roll being mainly a 1950s phenomenon, it has influenced song themes of many later artists, even though they've mainly been rock or pop songs. Here's a few that I have: Joan Jett was obviously fond of the genre when she sang 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll'. Billy Joel said 'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me'. Bob Seger sang about 'Old Time Rock & Roll'. Led Zeppelin just did 'Rock and Roll'. AC/DC told us that 'Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution'. Prefab Sprout sang about 'The King of Rock 'N' Roll'. Oasis sang about a 'Rock 'N' Roll Star'. Ian Dury even sang about three commonly connected themes - 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'. And Amy Macdonald sang about 'Mr Rock & Roll'. I wouldn't call any of these songs rock 'n' roll, and still can't think of any recent examples of that style, but maybe Danny and the Juniors were right on the soundtrack of Christine when they sang 'Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay'.