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It is interesting the different way they did it...did hear someone on Facebook or somewhere talk about group qualifying but didn't know what they meant by it.
Well, if you'd read my post from yesterday in Nascar News you'd know all about the new qualifying format
.On a sad note we lost another race car driver as Allan Simonsen when he wrecked early on in the Lemans 24 hour race (the accident happened in the first hour of the race). Simonsen was only 34.
Another sad day in racing...RIP Simonsen!I saw that earlier, and it's very sad. He was only 10 minutes into the race and his Aston Martin hit the barrier hard on the driver's side. The rest of the team are carrying on at the request of Allan's family. It's the first death at Le Mans since 1997.
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I don't normally get a chance to see the qualifying, but it worked out to be at a convenient time today, so I thought I'd check out the new format for road courses. In case y'all missed it in the Nascar News thread, the cars were split into groups of five or six based on practice times. Victor Gonzalez Jr hit the wall in the first group, bringing out a caution, and Martin Truex Jr had a small electrical fire causing a caution in his group. It didn't make much difference - nearly all the fastest times were set on the first lap, even though there was time for three or four.
As you can see, Jamie McMurray gets the pole. Jeff Gordon did well in his group, and was 4th for a while before slipping to 10th. I didn't see much of Ricky's lap, but he was slowest in his group and just slid down the table when the following groups went out. Fingers crossed that he can do something in the race, but it's more difficult to come from back there on a road course.
The complete starting lineup is:
1 Jamie McMurray
2 Marcos Ambrose
3 Carl Edwards
4 Greg Biffle
5 Clint Bowyer
6 Matt Kenseth
7 Kurt Busch
8 Joey Logano
9 Kyle Busch
10 Jeff Gordon
11 Tony Stewart
12 Kevin Harvick
13 Juan Pablo Montoya
14 Martin Truex Jr
15 Kasey Kahne
16 Paul Menard
17 Denny Hamlin
18 Brad Keselowski
19 Jimmie Johnson
20 Bobby Labonte
21 Casey Mears
22 Jacques Villeneuve
23 David Ragan
24 Boris Said
25 Ron Fellows
26 Dale Earnhardt Jr
27 Jeff Burton
28 David Stremme
29 David Gilliland
30 Ryan Newman
31 Danica Patrick
32 Aric Almirola
33 Travis Kvapil
35 Josh Wise
36 Justin Marks
37 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
38 David Reutimann
39 Alex Kennedy
40 Paulie Harraka
41 Tomy Drissi
42 Victor Gonzalez Jr
43 J.J. Yeley
The race is on tomorrow (Sunday) at 2.00 PM ET on TNT.
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Boss Hogg said:I've spent the last 2 days reviewing this thread:)
HossC- Your work here has been phenomenal!
Thanks for your comments.
Y'all may remember this picture from post #81. It's the hospital that Uncle Jesse gets taken to in 'Witness: Jesse Duke'.
It looks like I was right about the clip being stock footage of a real hospital, because I think I've found it. Check out this view on Google Maps. It shows the east side of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Using Historic Aerials, I've checked the location and found that the square white building with the helipad on the roof was just a car park back in 1980. Google Earth gives historical views back to 1989, and the white building was there by then. The height, roof and general design all look right to me - it's just a shame you can no longer get the view used in the show to confirm it.
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You can see the qualifying groups here. Qualifying takes place at 2 PM ET today (Saturday).
I've just read that Jaques Villeneuve is taking part this weekend. I saw him interviewed at the Canadian GP two weeks ago, but he didn't mention it - the circuit in Montreal is named after his father. Danica still seems to have a grudge against him. I know he can be a controversial and outspoken figure at times (the British F1 reporters sometimes bump into him at races that he's covering for other broadcasters), but you don't get to be F1 World Champion and Indy 500 winner without being a good driver. You can see the story here:
Danica, Bowyer expect respect from Villeneuve
One of the commenters said "no one likes him because his name is hard to pronounce lol". His surname only has two syllables, the same as Patrick and Bowyer, so I can only conclude that the commenter is just ignorant.
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I had planned to post 'When My Ship Comes In', a folk song by Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, but I couldn't find it. While I was searching YouTube I found this song with the same name, and gave it a listen to see if it was the same song. It wasn't, but I enjoyed it anyway, and although various Clint Black songs have been posted before, this one hasn't:
When My Ship Comes In - Clint Black
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I have the Ertl but now I want the AutoWorld General Lee!
By the way, there's more info on this subject 5 sections down under "General Lee Diecast Question" beside "Dukes of Hazzard Collectibles and Memorabilia"
The AutoWorld General might not be perfect, but it's a lot better than the original ERTL release - go ahead, treat yourself
.I've just checked on Ebay, and while some sellers are asking up to $100, most are between $65 and $75.
The other thread you mention is General Lee Diecast Question, which duplicates some of the info from here. I did my best to list all the previous 1:18 releases (2000-2008) in this post.
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I was just looking to see if the starting line-up for Sunday's race at Sonoma had been decided when I came across an article saying that NASCAR are changing the qualifying format for Sonoma and Watkins Glen (the two road courses) to give a better show for the fans. Instead of single-car qualifying, they'll be be doing group qualifying:
“Cars will be assigned to one of five or six groups based on practice speeds, slowest to fastest. Within those groups, cars will be separated fastest to slowest and released at intervals. Each group will have a window in which cars can complete their qualifying each likely receiving three laps at full speed. A car’s fastest lap will count and the field will be set based upon overall qualifying speeds. The process has been used previously for NASCAR Nationwide Series road course qualifications.â€
The full article I read is here.
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This one looks like it's from the same photoshoot as the season 7 DVD cover.
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Thanks for the pictures, Roth. I was tempted to get one of these, but I've got nowhere to put it. Besides, I already have the 'Bluesmobile' which uses the same 1974 Dodge Monaco mold. I thought they could've made the County Sheriff star more accurate, but overall it's an improvement on the old one.
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They were easy to find than I thought
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I found an old MySpace site last year with 18 of these miniatures pictures (including six of these eight). The MySpace link is now dead, but you can see some discussion about the miniatures here. I'll dig out the other 12 pictures and post them tomorrow.
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As i'm not English I don't really know how to react to that, but isn't there a saying for that? I believe it is "He just shot himself in the toe".
The phrase is usually "He shot himself in the foot", but you're close enough
.I think he went on the forum to publicize the new product without realizing how many inaccuracies there were. I get the feeling that he thought the decal tweaks were pretty much all that was needed.
Hoss would you like if I'd post my Police Car and Corgi General Lee too?Yes, please do. Did your Corgi General come with Bo and Luke?
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Thanks for your contributions, Roth.
Both of the models have the same rollcage, It's seems to be a compromised full rollcage. This type of rollcage was not used in the series nor any of the movies.As I said above, I have the Ertl Authentics General which is very close to the AutoWorld model. I remember reading a discussion on another website before the AutoWorld one came out. Someone (supposedly) from the manufacturer posted about the improvements they planned, and asked it anything else needed to be tweaked. I know one of the other posters criticized the rollcage design, at which point the manufacturer guy said that they didn't have the budget to redesign anything significant, and he didn't take the further criticism well either.
In the booth is a pipe going from the fuel cap to the fuel tank, I find this arrow straight tube quite weird as it limits the packing capacity. If this pipe is the same in a real 1969 Dodge Charger please let me know.Yes, the real boot (or I suppose I should say "trunk") really is that badly designed:
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I've just read the sad news that yodeling country/folk sing Slim Whitman has passed away at 90. His 1955 hit
held the record for longest time at #1 in the UK charts for 36 years. Although he had most of his success between the '50s and '70s, his music played a large part in the plot of the 1996 movie 'Mars Attacks' (the Martians heads exploded when they heard his).To keep in with the last post, and to follow the rules of this thread, I'm going for:
I Remember You - Slim Whitman
RIP. Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr. (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013)
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I can't even find that one, but I like it. I did find a variation:
"They can’t fire me, slaves have to be sold."
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Pontiac
(I think they stopped making them too)
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You're only young once but you can be immature forever.
(author unknown)
I thought I'd Google this one to see if I could find who did say it. So far I've found it (with slight modifications) attributed to Ogden Nash, Germaine Greer, John P. Grier, Charles Scoggins and Hannah Marks. Most sites suggest one of the first two. It's probably safe to say that the author is unknown.
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Volkswagen
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The idea of a "lonely hearts" section came up in this thread, and I think the general view was that it wasn't a good idea. The new forum doesn't currently have a chat room, so you're probably stuck with PMing people for the time being.
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Kasey Kahne had a dominant car when he got wrecked out of the race...think it was a tire.
He hit the wall pretty hard and his car caught fire. He jumped out quickly before reaching in to pull the fire extinguisher.
It really was a bad day for HMS - Jimmie came home as top driver in 28th.
I was pleased to see Ricky running inside the top ten for a while, but he (and a couple of others) pitted just before Jamie McMurray's tire blew, so it put him out of sequence. I'd love a top ten finish before too long.
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I see that now Lewis Hamilton has changed teams, Tony Stewart is doing his Mobil 1 commercials with Lewis's former team mate, Jenson Button:
I'm hoping they do one where Jenson gets the upper hand, because he really does compete in triathlons, and does very well in them.
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Thanks for sharing - I've never seen it before. From the YouTube comments it looks like it may have been uploaded by the boy in the film, but I'd like to know a little more about it.
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Well you could've posted this one
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