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IMMERSE YOURSELF IN RALLYCROSS!

September 30th, 2015

I have been a fan of rallycross for an extended time-frame. But, I must admit that I have not been following the current Global Rallycross Championship as closely as I should. If we know nothing else about Red Bull, we know that anything the brand is attached to, like expensive, crisp champagne, will invade your [...]

David Summerbell’s new race-car?

September 30th, 2015

Where do I begin? Think about this. Jeff Gordon began his NASCAR career in 1992. We are currently trying to mine riches in the year we refer to as 2015! Jeff Gordon began his career 23 years ago. The gentleman, who has won NASCAR’s most coveted trophy 4 times, has not missed a race in [...]

MotoGP: Lorenzo strikes back!

September 28th, 2015

The 2015 edition of the MotoGP World Chamiponship has more twists and turns than Fern Gully! Marc Marquez’ roller coaster season has led to the World Champion’s trophy being directed to seek a spot in the Yamaha camp! But the Yamaha-boys, Rossi and Lorenzo are willing to duel to the bitter end. The realization that [...]

Formula 1: Hamilton triumphant at Suzuka!

September 27th, 2015

After their miserable ordeal in Singapore, Mercedes AMG was carrying a market-truck’s load of pressure! But success at this level is not achieved by chance and at Suzuka, Mercedes made it emphatically clear that their dominance will be stoutly defended. Reigning World Champion and surely, Mercedes’ lead driver, Lewis Hamilton, silenced Rosberg’s first corner protest [...]

CHRONICLES OF DRAG CHALLENGE #3 – CRAIG LUE (Part 2)

September 25th, 2015

The Lueboyz need no introduction. Their on-track exploits, like bold, all-caps language in a message, shout in rather authoritative tones that they are a force to reckon with. And even when they stepped beyond the confines of their comfort zone and changed gears to circuit racing the machine they brought to the party (the same [...]

CHRONICLES OF DRAG CHALLENGE #3 – CRAIG LUE (Part 1)

September 24th, 2015

This will be a brief story. It will be consistent with the eye-popping elapsed times that, like confetti after a NASCAR race, rained on the concrete at Drag Challenge #3 in July! Craig Lue and the Lueboyz are icons in Jamaican drag racing. There is no room for debate. Craig has been reacting to start-signals [...]

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