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CIRCUIT RACING: SUMMERBELL – BULLIED AND BEATEN! PART 2

August 16th, 2016

TA 1 when it breached Dover’s levee and flooded the 1.6 miles when it first appeared eons ago, was revving and existing in rarefied air! Its dominance allowed the ‘King’ to reclaim that which was under threat. His royal hand distributed forceful, firm and swift blows. Like the Jabberwocky (Alice in Wonderland), TA 1 sowed [...]

CIRCUIT RACING: SUMMERBELL – BULLIED AND BEATEN! PART 1

August 15th, 2016

I am a motorsport fan and I am also indirectly coerced by a contractual arrangement. As such ‘politics’ will never interfere in the choices I make re attending or participating in an event. I will admit that I was of the view that a lot more could have been done to promote the Independence of [...]

DRAG RACING CHALLENGE #3 – SPEED HAS AN UMBRELLA!

August 9th, 2016

The meteorologists will tell you that this lovely island is blessed with a Tropical Marine type climate. Essentially, in Jamaica, it is hot/warm all year round. A pleasant type climate, with adequate rainfall, but burdened at times by violent tropical storms. There were no storm warnings available for Drag Racing Challenge #3 (DC #3), So [...]

FORMULA 1: HAMILTON – BRUTAL IN GERMANY!

July 31st, 2016

Rosberg, based on recent events was under extreme pressure to soar at his home GP. Qualifying told the tale that he expected. He sped to pole with his teammate clinging to his ankle! It was stated that Hamilton, in a bid to ensure a bank robber’s getaway, spent time practising his start routine ahead of [...]

FORMULA 1: HOW WILL ROSBERG RESPOND TO HAMILTON’S RESURGENCE?

July 28th, 2016

Lewis Hamilton is the reigning World Champion and he knows that the true mark of a champion lies in the successful defense of said championship! But 2016 had other ideas. At the end of the 2015 season Rosberg launched a winning campaign. His detractors could have argued that the fact that Lewis had already won [...]

DRIFTING: ACCELERATOR ABUSE!

July 27th, 2016

Autonomous automobiles are here. And they will stay. Like most things, issues will arise and unfortunately mourning may occur, but technology has an uncanny way of redeeming itself and human existence will be improved because of it. There are numerous issues to rant about, but, I will willingly admit that the internet has its own [...]

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