#Al Holbert

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Al Holbert (Holbert Racing - Porsche 962 #HR1) 12 Heures de Sebring 1988. - source Carros e Pilotos.

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[famousdeaths]

Alvah Robert "Al" Holbert was an American automobile racing driver who was a five-time champion of the IMSA Camel GT series and the fifth driver to complete the...

Link: Al Holbert

[charlesdrawsstuff]

Finally added some color to this Spawn that I've had drawn for over a year.

[firstfullmoon]

round up of you’re best reads this year??

I have read way less books this year compared to previous years (like half of what I usually read and very few novels) but here you go

poetry: collected poems by james schuyler, seeing the body by rachel eliza griffiths, a dangerous place by chelsea desautels, burn lake by carrie fountain, another last call: poems on addiction and deliverance edited by kaveh akbar and paige lewis, how to maintain eye contact by robert wood lynn, winter stranger by jackson holbert, you can be the last leaf by maya abu al-hayyat, please make me pretty, I don’t want to die by tawanda mulalu, enemy of the sun: poetry of palestinian resistance edited by naseer haruri and edmund ghareeb, revolutionary letters by diane di prima (50th anniversary edition)

fiction: her body and other parties by carmen maria machado (short stories), the raptures and the fire starters by jan carson, les choses humaines by karine tuil, le pays des autres by leila slimani, the idiot by elif batuman

non-fiction: in the dream house by carmen maria machado, faith, hope and carnage by nick cave, the correspondance of antoine de saint exupéry and consuelo de saint exupéry, lit by mary karr, the correspondance of albert camus and maria casarès

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1986 The Winning Tradition Continues. Löwenbräu Congratulates Al Holbert on his Second Consecutive IMSA Driving Championship

Source: Sports Illustrated Magazine

Published at: https://propadv.com/alcohol-ad-and-poster-collection/lowenbrau-ad-and-poster-collection/

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[jwclapton]

Al Holbert, IROC 1977.

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The Rothmans Porsche 956 of A. Holbert, H. Haywood and J. Barth leads the N.A.R.T. Ferrari 512 BB/LM of A. Cudini, J. Morton and J. Paul at Le Mans in 1982. They would finish third and ninth separately.

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Back around the time I was leaving high school a new comic strip came to my local paper. I won’t name it because it ended over a decade ago, I believe, and it doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page.

But it’s always stuck in my mind because it was, from the very beginning, so uninspired that I had to wonder how the guy behind it thought that he had what it took to make a daily strip. The first strip that ran in my paper, possibly the first strip period, showed the main character pouring himself a cup of coffee. Pause. Then he starts drinking from the coffee pot.

That’s the best he had to offer out of the gate. That’s his ‘Hi, I’m a comedic artist’ introduction, something I’m almost positive came from a Garfield strip. And it never got better than that.

I didn’t wonder how he got printed; ‘tepid’ is the mean all producers and publishers strive for. But as I asked, how did this guy not have any self-doubt or self-criticism? Did he never stop and say to himself ‘This is garbage. I have no ideas even halfway funny.’?

Part of me envies that. I’m in the middle of Camp NaNoWriMo now, and from the first day I’ve been telling myself my story is shit and no one will want to read it.

But really, for all the crap Millennials get for being the ‘Everyone gets a trophy’ generation, there’s nothing new about unqualified artists, entertainers or leaders being elevated beyond their merit.

Which brings us back to Jerry Holbert. Yet again. Up above there’s two consecutive cartoons, neither of which have an opinion or adequately make a joke. An editorial cartoon only needs to hit one mark, and Holbert so  consistently can’t manage either.

Republicans don’t like trade wars? Maybe point out none of them are challenging Trump on kicking one off. Aliens were behind the chemical attack in Syria? I hope that made sense to Holbert when he jotted the idea down after waking up in the middle of the night.

I honestly want to know where Holbert got the idea that he could hack it as an editorial cartoonist. Does he not know what this medium requires? Does he think political humor is just ‘Look at this silly thing happening today?’

Or does he not care? Occam’s Razor, I guess.

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Jean-Pierre Beltoise & Al Holbert - Inaltera GR6 - 13éme des 24 Heures du mans 1977. © Didier Laporte. - source Carros e Pilotos.

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Laguna Seca - Corkscrew #IMSA Race 1977 Al Holbert plunges down the corkscrew at Laguna Seca in his Monza chased hard by the BMW 320i of David Hobbs in the 1977 Camel GT IMSA race.

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Today we received a great story by Derek Meluzio, about his passion for Porsche and his very special 996 Turbo, modified by RUF! : © Photos & Text: Derek Meluzio #911LegendsNeverDie #911LND ________ PART 1: I am a long time Porsche 911 enthusiast and a short time 911 owner. Today I’m 43 years old now and I grew up in the back seat of my dad's yellow 1973 911T. He bought it right around when I was born. I grew up with that car in the garage and often times I was out there with him while he worked on it. He was a very active PCA member back then and was a very active and successful autocrosser. I attended the autocrosses with him and my sister and I road in the back with he and my mom when they did TSD road rallies. My father also owned a very beautiful 930 Turbo when I was a bit older and we shared some similar stories with that car but the 1973 911T.... the sights the sounds the smell... it was what made me fall in love with Porsche. In the late 1980's after graduating from autocrosses, driving schools, etc my dad bought one of the Al Holbert assembled factory 924 d-production racecars and he campaigned it is SCCA and NASPORT. He was lucky enough to have lots of success with the car winning many SCCA National events, the NASPORT championship and finished on the podium at the Valvoline Runoffs. In 1989 he finished 15th in the Porsche Cup USA and in 1991 he finished 9th in the Porsche World Cup. Prior to that he purchased (unrestored at the time, and took years and years from Dennis Frick and his restoration facility) and then restored Porsche 901 prototype 13327 "Barbarossa" the oldest living 911. Once it was completed it was at the Porsche North America display at the New York Auto Show, usd by Porsche for press events, attended a handful of Porsche Parades (Cincinatti, Lake Placid, Hershey). By then I was older and active at the races with him and very active at home with detailing and working on the cars. : ›› Scroll down for Part 2! https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NNf9lgp2i/?igshid=yg3y1h71m022

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One image per artist: Superman/Clark Kent & Lois Lane [35/?]

Stjepan Sejic, Ardian Syaf, Humberto Ramos, Joe Jusko, Amy Clark Anderson, Myron Waldman, Win Mortimer, Jean Paul Leon, Charles Holbert Jr., and Al Plastino.

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1976 Watkins Glen Porsche #14 by Louis Galanos Via Flickr: Al Holbert and Jim Busby finished 16th overall at the 1976 Watkins Glen 6-Hours driving this Porsche 934. R&T photo.