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International Sports Car Racing Day

International Sports Car Racing Day celebrated on the third Saturday of March every year is the day to celebrate and enjoy this extremely famous, international sport called sports car racing. This year it falls on March 18. Did you know that this day coincides with the 12 Hours of Sebring sports car endurance race? Yes, International Sports Car Racing Day is celebrated on the same day as the endurance race held in Sebring, Florida, at the International Raceway. The 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona, and 24 Hours of Le Mans were widely considered the trifecta of sports car racing. So, let us learn about the history, significance, and some interesting facts about this awesome day.

History of International Sports Car Racing Day

To give a little history about sports car racing, it is one of the main types of circuit auto racing that utilizes sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels. The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars that is popular globally.

It is held at Sebring International Raceway, on the site of the former Hendricks Army Airfield airbase in Sebring, Florida. During the initial years, the event was the second round of the World Sportscar Championship (now discontinued), I.I.M.S.A. G.T. Championship, and American Le Mans Series. Today, this event is the second round of the WeatherTeach SportsCar Championship.

The Sebring track was initially opened in 1950 on an airfield. It is technically a road racing course that took inspiration from the track used in European Grand Prix motor racing. The first race that was held on this track was a six-hour race on New Year’s Eve in 1950. Later, after 14 months, the first 12 Hours Endurance Race was held in Sebring. The race starts during the day and finishes at night. Teams, sports car owners, and fans from across the globe would come to witness this exciting annual event, held on the 17-turn, 3.7-mile road course. To commemorate this extraordinary race, International Sports Car Racing Day was established in 2013. Let us celebrate this event!

International Sports Car Racing Day timeline

1950 The Track is Opened

The Sebring race track is opened in Florida.

1952 The First Sebring Race

The first Sebring Sports Car Endurance Race is held in Sebring.

1966 Criticisms Come Pouring In

The facilities and safety of the circuit are heavily criticized.

2020 The Pandemic Postpones the Race

The race is rescheduled due to the pandemic.

International Sports Car Racing Day Activities

Visit the race

Make it a party

Share the gift

The best way to celebrate International Sports Car Racing Day is by visiting the iconic Sebring track in Florida. Check out when the next race is and witness it in action.

Put on your favorite sports car t-shirt or sweatshirt and invite your friends and family over to watch the sports with you on television. Make it a rememberable party!

Sports car racing is one of the most exciting and impressive sports in the world. You might be a big fan, but your kids, friends, or colleagues might not know much about it. So, introduce them to the exciting world of sports car racing.

5 FACTS ABOUT SPORTS CAR RACING THAT WILL PUMP YOUR ADRENALINE

The rear wings are mostly show-off

Sports cars are fuel-efficient

They will not explode

Sports cars are not as loud

Touring cars were the inspiration

For sports cars moving at normal speed, rear wings prove to be of no use.

Modern-day sports cars take fuel efficiency seriously and are mostly fuel-efficient.

Unlike what most people think, sports cars are less likely to explode due to solid engineering.

Sports cars are not as loud and noisy as people think they are; they just produce a smooth hum.

The design of touring cars and roadsters was used as a basis for modern sports car designs.

WHY WE LOVE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CAR RACING DAY

We all love to cheer

It is a fun event

It teaches us about life

Whether it is our friend who is participating in a race or our favorite sportsman who is behind the wheels, we all love to cheer! If you are a fan of this exciting sport, you can go to the racetrack and cheer for the team.

Sports car racing is a fun event, especially if it lasts 12 hours! Planning a trip with your friends and family and visiting the race is a fun event that you will remember for a lifetime.

One wonderful thing we can take home from International Sports Car Racing Day is the ability to endure. The 12-hour race teaches us the power and benefit of endurance in life.

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The very first Customikes Choice Award, (in investment bronze, by O'Brien Truckers) was chosen at the famous Grand National Roadster Show 2023!! Another milestone in Customikes development of ways to recognize and appreciate greatness around us, that have contributed to our kustom kulture lives and beyond.Award Interview on Customikes fun Youtube tonight at 8 pm 2/21/23: https://youtu.be/TKLy_-advAk After many hours of thinking about it, looking at not only the 1000-1200 cars at the show and reflecting on my history of our kustom kulture life,... The choice was easy,..John Saltsman's Radical Studebaker Kustom Truck "Atomitron" is what left the mark on me, like no others,... Built and driven like few others, famous like no others, broken down/ damaged and repaired while driving on cross-country trips like no others, inspirational to more than most on our highways and byways! Yes, deep impact on and so far beyond me,... Honored and grateful to celebrate John and his awesome kustom truck!!  Congratulations John Saltsman!! Well done!! Customikes Personal Choice Award Earned!Build credits are an amazing history of prolific and world famous kustomizers of many kinds!! Named in totally random order: Bill Hines, Keith Dean, Dick Dean, Smittys Paint, Bob Saltsman aka "Gomer", Paul at All Pro Glass, Barris, Cowboy, Andrew, Lyle, Jeff, Saltsman family, Johnny, Dave Whittle, Diablo, Merc John, Brad Masterson, Larry Watson, Crazy Kiwi Kustoms and Gene Winfield.Thank you to Dennis O'Brien for helping me to create a Customikes Choice legacy and for providing "Reverend Only" level of service,... Greatly appreciated!K. Mikael WallinCustomikes#johnsaltsman #atomitron #customikeschoiceaward #gnrs #obrientruckers #investmentbronze #kustomkulturewithoutborders #award #famouskustomizers #famouskustom #custom #traditionalkustoms #kustomheritage #koolrides #choppedtop #choptop #fins #lowered #kustomkulture #leadsled #customikes #customikesexperience Award Interview on Customikes fun Youtube: https://youtu.be/TKLy_-advAk

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"Hot Wheels Legends Tour 2023" tiene una nueva leyenda

Hay una nueva leyenda que llegó a @Hot_Wheels tras ganar el "Hot Wheels Legends Tour 2023".

¡La espera ha terminado, y el Hot Wheels Legends Tour 2023 ha coronado a su nuevo campeón! El Chimera un Mazda MX-5 roadster de 1990, creado por Chris Watson, se ha llevado la corona como el próximo ícono de Hot Wheels a escala 1:64! En su sexta vuelta al mundo, el Hot Wheels Legends Tour ha dejado a todos boquiabiertos con proyectos que han llevado la customización de autos al siguiente nivel.…

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What Bad Economic climate . Muscular Tissue Automobiles Still Market Like Hotcakes!

Now that the first round of January 2010 public auctions lag us it's time to take a rate what 2010 will hold for the world of timeless muscle autos... and my hunch is that it's going to be a terrific year! It's been said that no matter what occurs in the economy, toys will constantly sell (like aircrafts, yachts, and obviously muscle mass autos)!

Also horrendous weather really did not quit Barrett Jackson from moving $68 Million dollars well worth of stock via their public auction last week, which was 11% up from 2009. Much more telling than that also was the truth that 40 % of the prospective buyers were doing so for the very first time ever, and also 35% of the vendors were brand-new to Barrett Jackson too. These statistics are impressive as well as reveal that the collection agency cars and truck hobby is as strong as ever before, however does it prove muscle mass cars are the reason? Well ....7 of the leading 10 sellers at Barrett Jackson were muscle mass automobiles! Right here is the listing of the top 10 priced movers and shakers - as well as see if you can identify a fad:

1929 Hamilton Metalplane H47 Serial # 65 Aircraft - $671,000.

1964 Shelby Cobra Roadster - $478,500.

1963 Shelby Cobra Roadster - $401,500.

1935 Cadillac Collection 40 Fleetwood Imperial Convertible - $302,500.

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2011 Ford Mustang Gt Glass Roof Covering Coupe - $300,000.

1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird 2 Door Hardtop - $286,000.

1952 Watson Roadster Custom By Blastolene - $280,500.

2008 Ford Mustang Fr500s Fastback Racecar - $275,000.

1970 Ford Mustang Employer 429 Fastback - $275,000.

1967 Ford Mustang Custom Fastback - $253,000.

That's right - muscle mass cars and trucks own 70% of the leading 10 autos sold! If you reject the truth that a plane got on this listing (and no, it had not been a "muscle plane"), that implies that 7 of the leading 9 automobiles were pure American muscle mass, as well as I assume that I recognize why that holds true.

1) Timing.

Without question, muscle mass autos are the best segment in the enthusiast car sector now, and some fast math will certainly reveal you that the young boys that couldn't afford these cars and trucks when they were new are currently in their mid 50's to early 60's ... and they have some money to spend. They're going after that dream they constantly intended to fulfill! It would certainly be like asking out your partner once more for the very first time - only you're 58 and also she's 18! Really, that contrast might lead us down a hazardous roadway. Going on.

In the sector of enthusiast autos there seems a consistent pattern because the vintage of hot enthusiast cars and trucks is usually around 40 years old... however does that mean that the regime of muscular tissue autos will sooner or later finish? Maybe, however I don't believe so. Maintain reading.

2) Design.

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For whatever reason, 1960's and also 70's age muscle mass automobiles don't appear to age at all. Model T's look like old vehicles. Packard's appear like old cars and trucks. Desoto's appear like old autos. Even a '57 Chevy looks older... but a '69 GTO doesn't! Children today group to these style of vehicles equally as long as the older crowd does. There is a BIG reason that the 2010 Mustang, Challenger, and Camaro have some acquainted lines, and it's no coincidence that the rapid vehicle in the most recent block buster film was made in 1967, not 2007.

3) Customization.

The aftermarket has never been hotter than it is right now developing parts to make old muscular tissue vehicles just as rapid - and also comfortable - as brand-new ones ... however without quiting the style. Pet crate engines, brakes, suspension, R-134 air-conditioning, overdrive paddle-shifted automatic transmissions ... it's in place, and also people are acquiring it up like insane. Many people have questioned how promptly the globe of burning engine cars and trucks would concern an end if in the following 10 years we relocated from nonrenewable fuel sources to another thing ... yet I'm thinking that where there's a will, there's a means. Someone, someplace will certainly develop a way to run a large block Ford on cow manure, if that's what it takes. I ensure it.

Here's to a brilliant future ... as well as allow's hope that it's cow manure free under the hood.

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1963 Watson Indy Roadster

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Two Weeks in the TARDIS - The Third Doctor

Welcome to Two Weeks in the TARDIS! I’m talking about the different versions of the titular protagonist from “Doctor Who.” Each day I’ll be covering a different Doctor, going in order from the First to the Thirteenth.

If you could ever call one of these characters “The James Bond of Doctor Who,” I think today’s topic is a good start. This is the Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee!

BACKGROUND

In Patrick Troughton’s final adventure, his fate was actually left ominously ambiguous. After his companions had their minds wiped (later episodes and audio plays would indicate they eventually got their memories back, I believe), he was sent hurtling through space and time by his own people, the Time Lords. So, when the show returned the following season - now in full color for the first time (the previous six seasons had all been in monochrome) - people weren’t really sure what to expect. The creators of the series had decided that, as well as bringing in a new face for the Doctor AND the novelty of color, they would also change the series format. Taking inspiration from both James Bond and another popular sci-fi series, “Quatermass” (which I know nothing about except that Dr. Watson himself, Andre Morell, was apparently the main character), the series officially grounded the Gallifreyan. Exactly what killed the Second Doctor was unclear, but for much of this era, the new Third Doctor - played by Jon Pertwee (father of Sean Pertwee) - was unable to travel, and was instead enlisted by the military organization UNIT to help them deal with alien threats and other strange things. This era lasted a LONG time, too: Jon Pertwee, in fact, is the second longest-lasting Doctor out of them all. The Third Doctor’s time on TV lasted for five seasons; again, most Doctors only got three, and some - as we shall see in the future - didn’t even get that much! The latter two seasons would see the Doctor more mobile, but even then, he was still on UNIT’s payroll, and usually his adventures were missions for them or even his fellow Time Lords, whom he was continually trying to appease, under the circumstances. It really wouldn’t be until the following Doctor’s era that the show would truly and properly return to its usual format and sense of style. 

PERSONALITY

Jon Pertwee, at the time, was mostly known as a comedic actor, and so - given the usual pattern of the Doctor’s personality - you would expect him to be a very funny character. And while it’s true that Pertwee did have a sense of humor all his own, the ironic thing is that his Doctor is NOT particularly quirky or bizarre most of the time. Next to William Hartnell, many would argue that Pertwee is the single most serious Doctor of the whole bunch. Pertwee wanted to try and break the mold of his comical persona, so he used the Doctor’s genius as a way to try and combat that. This Doctor, despite his appearance, was a man of action: obsessed with gadgets and gizmos of all kinds, he was always tinkering up new toys to use to fight his enemies. He loved driving sporty cars, motorcycles, and just about everything else that ran on gasoline: most famous was a suped-up oldsmobile he affectionately called “Bessie,” which I personally consider to be right up there with such vehicles as the Batmobile and any of the James Bond spy cars as among the most iconic roadsters in mass media. He was also surprisingly gifted in martial arts and swordsmanship: again, the influence from Bond is evident, with the more “action-adventure” feeling of the series with Pertwee at the forefront. Philosophically, the Doctor was something of a contradiction in terms. Despite his penchant for magic tricks and unusual sense of taste, he was ultimately rather strict and authoritarian, commanding his allies rather than simply letting them run alongside him, so to speak. He was confident and powerful, always sure of his own abilities, swaggering and striding from scene to scene. Ironically, however, throughout this Doctor’s era, the character would prove to be exceptionally ANTI-authoritarian; he’s always the first to question figures in charge when they do things he doesn’t agree with. Throughout this era, the show would tackle numerous social and moral dilemnas in a more direct way than before, from things like environmental awareness to the difficulties of war. It is perhaps best to say that the Doctor was critical of WRONGFUL authority: when he felt people were abusing or misusing their power, he would call them out on it, all while charismatically leading his allies into the charge.

COSTUME

Much like with Hartnell, much of Pertwee’s eccentricities lay in his sense of style and dress. This was the first Doctor who didn’t really have one wrote “costume” to rely upon. Later incarnations would change their outfits in subtle ways from time to time, but would generally keep the same basic look the entire time. Pertwee, however, functions a bit differently: his Doctor has an entire WARDROBE to choose from, rarely dressing in the same costume twice in a row. All of his outfits, however, are oddly anachronistic - again, much like Hartnell. He dresses in an almost Victorian manner, and is very flowery and dandified in his sense of dress. (Hartnell’s First Doctor, in fact, would refer to him and Troughton respectively as “A Dandy and a Clown” in “The Three Doctors.”) The Doctor frequently dressed in multicolored tight-fitting outfits of crushed velvet, with frilly shirts and shiny dress shoes. Occasionally, though not always, he would wear capes or overcoats, not to mention the infrequent fedora hat. The odd thing about Pertwee’s outfits is that they are rather absurd in their own way, standing out drastically against EVERYONE else...yet somehow, he makes them work, and you have no trouble buying that this Doctor is able to do the things he does in them. Any silliness they have is part of their charm, and hint at that odd wit the Third Doctor has just by looking at them.

NOTABLE COMPANIONS

Given his “grounded” state of affairs, working as UNIT’s chief scientist, the Third Doctor didn’t have typical “companions” so much as “colleagues.” His first female companion was Liz Shaw - a fellow scientist who had been UNIT’s ORIGINAL scientific advisor until the Doctor came along. She only lasted one season - evidently leaving out of jealousy - and was replaced by Jo Grant: a sparky but dimwitted young lady who became, once again, one of the longest-running companions in Doctor Who history. She lasted three seasons, before being replaced by Sarah Jane Smith...and we’ll be talking about HER in a later entry. ;) While all of these lovely ladies were excellent, my personal favorite of the Third Doctor’s companions (and I DO consider him a companion; there seems to be some minor debate there) was The Brigadier. Played by Nicholas Courtney, Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge Stewart - frequently simply called “The Brigadier” or even “The Brig” - was the leader of UNIT, and therefore effectively the Doctor’s boss. However, since the Doctor was...well...THE DOCTOR, the two would often quarrel about whose authority overruled the other. There were several points where the Brigadier would make decisions that almost seemed like outright betrayals, but his own frustrations with the arrogant Time Lord were not exactly unjustified. The Brigadier was a recurring character in Troughton’s era, and one of the main protagonists throughout Pertwee’s time in the show, given the new format. Once the Third Doctor’s era ended, he would remain a recurring character throughout pretty much the entirety of the Classic era, appearing at least once or twice in every Doctor’s time aside from the Sixth. Nicholas Courtney would also reprise the character in audio plays up until his tragic death, and the character has even been referenced numerous times in the modern era. While the Doctor and the Brig never saw ENTIRELY eye to eye, over the course of the entire show - and especially this specific era - they would become closer and closer, and by the time of the Brigadier’s permanent departure, Lethbridge Stewart had become possibly the single best friend the Doctor ever had.

RECOMMENDED VIEWING

Without hesitation, my recommendation goes to “Terror of the Autons.” In my opinion, it’s one of the most definitive stories of the Pertwee era, and it is my personal favorite for the Third Doctor. It features the first appearance of the Doctor’s arch-nemesis, The Master (played by Roger Delgado here), as the villain teams-up with one of my favorite monsters from the show, the Autons (who REALLY need to make a comeback, in my opinion; we haven’t seen them in almost two decades). The Doctor gets grouchy with authority figures, all while helping out the Brigadier and UNIT, and alongside the Master, we get the first appearance of Jo Grant. A great start for anybody who wants to learn more about this unique point in the show’s history. Next time, we’ll discuss the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker: the Longest-Lasting Doctor.

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An updated version of my Watson Roadster! this time with a suitable black strip, rear fenders, a facelift, and better camera work! enjoy :D

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Cars Land Music Loop

I put together a list of all the music played on Radiator Springs Main Street in Cars Land (& also in the same order that they’re played there) & have also provided links so you can listen to them on YouTube because a few aren’t on Spotify. So for those of you who have been & want to reminisce, or if you have always wanted to go & want to imagine being there, if you like listening to Disney park music loops, or even if you just like rock & roll music…enjoy!

Route 66- Chuck Berry

V-8 Ford Blues- Mose Allison

Hot Rod Man- Tex Rubinowitz

Little Forty Ford- Leon Smith

Road Runner- Bo Diddley

409- The Quads

Let’s Go For A Ride- The Collegians

Welcome to Radiator Springs- Joe Louis Walker

Ride on Josephine- George Thorogood & the Destroyers

Big Green Car- Jimmy Carroll

Hot Rod is Her Name- Tom Tall & Ginny Wright

Automobiles- The Spaniels

Ford V-8- Honey Boy Allen

Mustang Sally- Wilson Pickett

Maybellene- Chuck Berry

Coupe de Ville Baby- Vernon Green & the Medallions

Hot Rod- The Collins Kids

Led Sled- Danny Freeman

Cruisin’- Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps

No Particular Place to Go- Chuck Berry

Bring My Cadillac Back- Baker Knight & the Knightmares

Key to the Highway- Little Walter

Hot Rod Queen- Deke Dickerson & the Eccofonics

Rocket 88- Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats

Draggin’- Curtis Godman

One Piece at a Time- Johnny Cash

Stand on It- Mel McDaniel

Built For Speed- Stray Cats

Fastest Short in Town- Robert A. Irvine & The Kentucky Colonels

Rocking Little Roadster- Fred Mollin & The Blue Sea Band feat. Gunnar Nelson

Hot Rod Lincoln- Johnny Bond

Twin Pipes & Pin Stripes- Sammy Masters

You Can’t Catch Me- Chuck Berry

Spinout- Elvis Presley

My Mustang Ford- Chuck Berry

The Phantom Dragster- The Bobby Fuller Four

Flat Tire- The Del Vikings

Black & White Thunderbird- Fred Mollin & The Blue Sea Band

My Old Car- Fred Mollin & The Blue Sea Band feat. Johnny Neel

Pink Cadillac- Sammy Masters & His Rocking Rhythms

My White Convertible- The Hall Brothers

Loud Mufflers- Robert Williams & The Groovers

Six Days on the Road- Dave Dudley

Hotrod Gang- Stray Cats

Pontiac Blues- Sonny Boy Williamson

Green Onions- Booker T. & The MG’s

Freeway of Love- Aretha Franklin

Radiator Rock- Joe Louis Walker

Ride on Josephine- Bo Diddley

Wheels- The Flying Burrito Brothers

V-8 Ford Boogie- Eleven Hundred Springs

Go Champ Go- The Champs

Dear Dad- Chuck Berry

Hot Rod Susie- The Manin Brothers

I Want to be Your Driver- Chuck Berry

Mustang Sally & GTO- John Lee Hooker

From a Buick 6- Bob Dylan

Cadillac- Bo Diddley

Hot Rodder’s Lament- Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-fonics

Hardtop Race- George Stogner

Slow Down “GTO”- Joe Louis Walker

King of the Road- Roger Miller

Peroxide Blonde & Hopped Up Model Ford- Jumpin’ Gene Simmons

I’ve Been Everywhere- Hank Snow

Push Button Automobile- Vernon Green & The Medallions

Motor Head Baby- Johnny “Guitar” Watson

Look at that Cadillac- Stray Cats

Sh-Boom- The Chords

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Watson Roadster 

2002 RLC club - Mobil Oil

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The 7 Most Iconic Honda Motorcycles of All Time

Honda make reliable and affordable cars and they also have a large motorcycle following with fans swearing by their motorcycles. Honda make everything from scooters to roadsters to racers with some good results in between. Honda was founded in the late 1940s by Soichiro Honda. Soichiro Honda always had a passion for engineering, and this became evident by the success of his motorcycles in the 1960s and by competing head-to-head against the world’s best on racetracks. Today, Honda is a juggernaut, offering class-leading machines in most every category and we are going to take a look at the most iconic Honda motorcycles that have graced the earth. 

(1) Super Cub - This little bombshell starts off our list for a good reason, she might not be the biggest or the strongest, but she is the best-selling in history. The 55-year-old model has a success recipe like no other and is currently boasting over 60 million units sold. The Super Cub has been compared to the Ford Model T, Volkswagen Beetle and the Jeep as an icon of 20th century industry and transport. “And though she be but little, she is fierce.”

 HONDA SUPER CUB

(2) Superhawk - Honda truly pushed the boundaries with this rider and rivalled the best of its time. It used cutting-edge technology that was much lighter and affordable to manufacture and all-in-all created a new generation of motorcycle. Of course it helped that Robert Pirsig chose it as his vehicle when he embarked on his philosophical journey. 

 HONDA SUPERHAWK

(3) Gold Wing - A true statement in travelling comfort, the Gold Wing has developed a lot over the years but has always offered its rider a distinction from the other roadies. Lately it can be seen sporting the latest technology to assist you on your journey.

 HONDA GOLDWING

(4) CB750 - Many riders consider this model the genesis of superbikes. This amazing piece of art was the result of Honda’s obsession with breaking into the American market and, boy, did it work. There is no shortage of power on this beauty! 

 HONDA CB750

(5) The Hurricane (CBR600F) - Another market-shifting technology introduced by Honda: A sport bike encased in plastic. The poor man’s racer, as it was dubbed, made it possible for Joe Everyman to afford a fast bike. Once again Honda keeps improving on this model’s technology. 

 HONDA HURRICANE

(6) Africa Twin - I know what you’re thinking: Dakar. And you are thinking like a true biker now because the Africa Twin was built for exactly that purpose. Usually, a rider hopes the bike will not crumble under the pressure the rider puts it through, and with the Africa Twin - she's as tough as nails!

 HONDA AFRICA TWIN

(7) Rune - Every manufacturer has to have one crazy project and the Rune is that project for Honda. It’s very large and most definitely in charge. It worked out well as they sold three times as much as they had planned on. If ever a motorcycle were worthy of the epithet “memorable” then it is the Honda Rune. This remarkable machine sits low to the ground and is over 2m long... truely a memorable motorcycle.

 HONDA RUNE

If you want to learn how to ride a motorcycle and get your motorcycle licence -  CONTACT IAN WATSON'S PHONE: 0468 99 00 66 EMAIL: INFO@IANWATSONSDRIVINGSCHOOL.COM

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National Sports Day

October is a prime time for National Sports Day. That’s why on October 16th, the fans, families, and athletes of all the sports converging on the month come together to celebrate their favorite athletic events. All disciplines of a sport take the field, from the youngest to the seasoned professional.

While golfers hit the links to get at least nine more holes before the snow flies, hoopsters gear up for the season ahead. The puck hits center ice early in October, while baseball aims for the bleachers and clears the bases.

Football is heating up with tackles, kicks, and offsides. Don’t forget, volleyball digs midseason, too. Runners in most of the country love October. Events like 5k, half, and full marathons throughout the nation feature opportunities to enjoy the fall weather and beautifully changing landscapes. In the Western Hemisphere, families gather to watch soccer’s final kickoff. The intensity builds, and every game ends with memories of wicked kicks or the goalie’s best save.

From a young age, family road trips took many to cheer on siblings in a variety of sports. We hauled our gear from place to place, and the team knew the season was drawing to a close when the duffle bags began to smell.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Gather your friends to enjoy watching your favorite team. Get out and play, too. No matter your skill level, relishing the challenge and physical activity will be worth it. Besides, getting together with friends and family to celebrate a favored pastime is one of the best ways to Celebrate Every Day®.

NATIONAL SPORTS DAY HISTORY

Wale Rocks (pronounced Wally) in partnership with National Day Calendar founded National Sports Day in 2019 to celebrate the athletes, families, and fans of all sports. National Sports Day is about the benefits of sporting competition. When our youth have an opportunity to play competitively, they advance their skills and build great habits to take with them into adulthood. Family members who support them create a bond that brings them together, improving the family unit and communities throughout the nation.

Children excel at a sport when given a chance to practice under the pressure of competition in the game brain. And with soccer becoming a National Sport for all ages, Wale Rocks chose it as their first sport to spotlight.

With all sports, practice is vital. However, time touching the ball under the pressure of competition makes players excel. With the support of great coaches working their magic, these young novices mature into confident players. How exciting to watch their confidence grow.

Wale Rocks is also creating a special event to mark the National Sports Day launch.

The Registrar at National Day Calendar® proclaimed National Sports Day in 2019 to be observed on October 16th, annually.

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Built with Baileigh 💪💪 Based on a 1961 Watson Indy roadster, Mike Wagner of @cornfieldcustoms designed and built this chassis and body in house. French block flathead V8, 5 speed and 100% badass. This car has an amazing story of how it ended up back in Mike’s shop #baileigharmy #baileighpowerhammer #baileighmetalshaping @cornfieldcustoms @cornfieldcustoms @cornfieldcustoms https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsNpe5jMyu/?igshid=i8lhsrbi2if6

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Mike Savage New Canaan What Bad Economy? Muscle Cars Still Sell Like Hotcakes!

Now that the first round of January 2010 auctions are behind us it's time to take a guess at what 2010 will hold for the world of classic muscle cars......and my guess is that it's going to be a great year! It's been said that regardless of what happens in the economy, toys will always sell (like airplanes, yachts, and apparently muscle cars)!

Even horrendous weather didn't stop Barrett Jackson from moving $68 Million dollars worth of inventory through their auction last week, which was 11% up from 2009. More telling than that even was the fact that 40 % of the bidders were doing so for the first time ever, and 35% of the sellers were new to Barrett Jackson as well. These statistics are impressive and show that the collector car hobby is as strong as ever, but does it prove muscle cars are the reason? Well......7 of the top 10 sellers at Barrett Jackson were muscle cars! Here is the list of the top 10 priced movers and shakers - and see if you can spot a trend:

1929 Hamilton Metalplane H47 Serial #65 Airplane - $671,000

1964 Shelby Cobra Roadster - $478,500

1963 Shelby Cobra Roadster - $401,500

1935 Cadillac Series 40 Fleetwood Imperial Convertible - $302,500

2011 Ford Mustang Gt Glass Roof Coupe - $300,000

1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird 2 Door Hardtop - $286,000

1952 Watson Roadster Custom By Blastolene - $280,500

2008 Ford Mustang Fr500s Fastback Racecar - $275,000

1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback - $275,000

1967 Ford Mustang Custom Fastback - $253,000

That's right - muscle cars own 70% of the top 10 cars sold! If you dismiss the fact that an airplane was on this list (and no, it wasn't a "muscle airplane"), that means that 7 of the top 9 cars were pure American muscle, and I think that I know why that's the case.

1) Timing

Without question, muscle cars are the hottest segment in the collector car industry right now, and some quick math will show you that the young boys that couldn't afford these cars when they were new are now in their mid 50's to early 60's.....and they have some money to spend. They're going after that dream they always wanted to fulfill! It'd be like asking out your wife again for the first time - only you're 58 and she's 18! Actually, that comparison could lead us down a dangerous road. Moving on.

In the industry of collector cars there appears to be a consistent trend in that the vintage of hot collector cars is generally about 40 years old......but does that mean that the reign of muscle cars will someday end? Maybe, but I don't think so. Keep reading.

2) Style

For whatever reason, 1960's and 70's era muscle cars don't appear to age at all. Model T's look like old cars. Packard's look like old cars. Desoto's look like old cars. Even a '57 Chevy looks older......but a '69 GTO doesn't! Kids today flock to these style of cars just as much as the older crowd does. There is a BIG reason that the 2010 Mustang, Challenger, and Camaro have some familiar lines, and it's no coincidence that the fast car in the latest block buster movie was made in 1967, not 2007.

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3) Customization

The aftermarket has never been hotter than it is right now creating parts to make old muscle cars just as fast - and comfortable - as new ones....but without giving up the style. Crate engines, brakes, suspension, R-134 air-conditioning, overdrive paddle-shifted automatic transmissions.....it's all there, and people are buying it up like crazy. Many people have wondered how quickly the world of combustion engine cars would come to an end if in the next 10 years we moved from fossil fuels to something else....but I'm guessing that where there's a will, there's a way. Someone, somewhere will come up with a way to run a big block Ford on cow manure, if that's what it takes. I guarantee it.

Here's to a bright future....and let's hope that it's cow manure free under the hood.

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From Roadsters to Rocketships at the Indy 500

This year, for the first time ever, the Indianapolis 500, The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, will not be held in the month of May. Due to the global health crisis, Indy race fans will have to wait until Sunday, August 23, to hear the sound of Honda and Chevrolet race engines shrieking at 230 mph around the fabled 2.5-mile track.

They like their tradition at Indy, from the yard of bricks at the finish line that is the only remnant of the surface Ray Harroun’s Marmon Wasp rumbled over en route to victory in the very first 500 in 1911, to the rousing rendition of Back Home in Indiana that sets the stage for the most famous command in racing: “Start your engines!”

And that’s what makes the Indy 500s held from 1963 through 1968 the most fascinating of them all.

At the beginning of the ‘60s, Indy racecars had changed little in decades. They were essentially evolutions of traditional dirt-track racers designed before World War II, with rugged tube frames and simple beam axles front and rear. Most were powered by the four-cylinder, 4.2-liter Meyer-Drake Offenhauser, an engine originally designed in the early 1930s. And most had a two-speed transmission built from Model A Ford parts.

Tradition.

But by 1963, there was revolution in the air at the Brickyard. The winds of change had started blowing in 1961 when Australian Jack Brabham had arrived with the specially built Cooper Climax T54, a car adapted from the successful rear-engine grand prix racers that had taken him to successive Formula 1 world championships in 1959 and 1960.

Brabham’s Cooper wasn’t the first rear-engine car to appear at Indy—one of three rear-engine Miller-Gulf racers, built by legendary engineer Harry Miller for the Gulf Oil Company, qualified for the race back in 1939. But Brabham’s ninth-place finish in a car that had less power than the traditional roadsters, yet was much quicker through the corners, got some Indy insiders thinking.

“I knew when Jack Brabham came to Indianapolis that the rear-engine car was the way to go and that the roadster’s days were numbered,” said the late Rodger Ward, who won the 500 in 1959 and 1962, and finished in the top three in 1960, 1961, and 1963, all at the wheel of a traditional Indy roadster. “Many people couldn’t see, or just didn’t want to see, what was fast becoming a reality.”

1963 was a pivotal year, the year tradition began to make way for modernity at the Brickyard, unleashing a blitz of innovation and original thinking in racecar design seldom seen in top-level motorsport.

The 1964 race would be the last-ever 500 to be won by a traditional Indy roadster, and by 1966, only one front-engine car would be fast enough to qualify for the race. And in 1967, a futuristic all-wheel-drive racer without pistons and camshafts, a high-tech rocket ship that made the old-school roadsters look positively prehistoric, would come within a handful of laps of winning America’s great race.

Let’s take a look at some of the cars that made this era at Indy so fascinating; some of the coolest, and some of the craziest, racecars ever to run at the Brickyard.

THE OLD GUARD

Watson Roadster

Built new for the 1963 race by Los Angeles-based racecar constructor A.J. Watson, and driven by Jim Rathmann, this car was the ultimate expression of the traditional Indy roadster as racers gathered at the Brickyard that year. The 450-hp, 4.2-liter four-cylinder Offy engine was mounted upright and on the left of the chassis, driving through a two-speed transmission, and it rolled on tall, skinny tires mounted on 16-inch front and 18-inch rear wheels. It had beam axles front and rear, a throwback to dirt-track racers, but disc brakes all round.

Another Watson roadster, this car would famously win the 1963 500 with Parnelli Jones at the wheel. Although it was built in 1960, it was virtually identical in mechanical layout to the later Rathmann car. But in 1963, it became the first roadster to be switched from the traditional 16-inch and 18-inch wheels and skinny tires to wider and lower-profile rubber on 15-inch rims. Jones, who had been testing the tires on stock cars, reasoned it would give him more grip through the turns. Firestone engineers disagreed, but after Jones ran a string of fast laps during testing, 15s became the hot setup for roadster runners.

Kuzma-Meyer Roadster

Although the traditional Indy roadsters all had tube frames and beam axles front and rear, and most were powered by Offys, some builders did experiment with the engine’s position. This car, built by Eddie Kuzma and Lou Meyer in 1961, had the engine laid down to the left and outside the left-hand side of the frame, with the transmission and driveshaft running to the right of the driver to help with weight distribution through Indy’s turns. Other so-called ‘lay-down’ roadsters had the engine in the frame, and others even reversed the intake and exhaust, with the driveline to the left of the driver.

Kurtis Novi

Not all roadsters were Offy-powered. A 3.0-liter, quad-cam, supercharged V-8 designed in the late 1930s, the loud and potent Novi engine was a quixotic crowd-pleaser at Indy. It made over 450 hp at 8,000 rpm at its debut in 1941, but its power advantage was nullified by Novi owner Lew Welch’s obsession with a front-drive chassis. A change of ownership in the late 50s saw the Novis switch to a rear-drive chassis built by Frank Kurtis, and by the time Art Malone qualified his Kurtis Novi for the 1964 race, the engine was said to be making more than 700 horsepower.

THE NEW WAVE

Lotus 29

Having been impressed by Colin Chapman’s innovative, rear-engine Lotus 25 during the 1962 Formula 1 season, Dan Gurney persuaded Chapman to build a car to contest the 1963 Indy 500. The Lotus 29 was a based on the 25, with a similar light and rigid aluminum monocoque chassis, but instead of the F1 car’s 1.5-liter Coventry-Climax V-8, it was powered by a stock-block 4.2-liter Ford V-8. Driven by Scotsman Jim Clark, who would win the F1 world championship that year, it finished in second place at Indy, with Gurney in a similar car placing seventh.

Mickey Thompson Harvey Aluminum Special

Although it had a conventional tube frame rather than the monocoque of the Lotus 29, the rear-engine car California hot-rodder Mickey Thompson brought to Indianapolis in 1963 was in some ways even more radical. Designed by John Crossthwaite, who had worked at rear-engine pioneer Cooper in Britain, the Chevy V-8-powered Thompson was designed around 12-inch wheels and low-profile tires to ensure an extremely low silhouette. Veteran Duane Carter qualified it on the fifth row but retired from the race when the engine blew.

Rear-Engine Watson

Although both Parnelli Jones and A.J. Foyt tested and rejected rear-engine cars for the 1964 race, the rear-engine revolution was gaining traction at Indy, with even A.J. Watson building a tube-frame rear-engine chassis for the race. Rodger Ward came second in his Ford-powered car. Don Branson’s rear-engine Watson stuck closer to tradition with a venerable Offy mounted behind the driver, but he retired on lap 187 with clutch problems. The race was won by A.J. Foyt … in a traditional Watson roadster. It was the last time a front-engine car would win the Indy 500.

Lotus 38

One of the most beautiful cars to race at the Brickyard, the Lotus 38 made history in 1965 by becoming the first rear-engine car to win the Indy 500. Driven by Jim Clark, who had led the 1964 race in his Lotus 34 until the rear suspension broke, the Lotus 38 was powered by a special aluminum-block Ford V-8 with quad cams and Hillborn fuel injection making more than 500 hp. A.J. Foyt put his Lotus 34 on pole at a record 161.233 mph, but Clark, starting from the front row, grabbed the lead on the first lap, and led for 190 laps to become the first non-American to win the 500 since 1916.

THE NON-CONFORMISTS

Smokey Yunick’s Capsule Car

Smokey Yunick was one of racing’s most original and innovative thinkers, and though best-known for his successes in NASCAR, he ran cars at Indianapolis from 1958 through 1973. His 1964 Capsule Car featured a rear-mounted Offy and a large capacity fuel tank in a central fuselage, with the driver in a ‘capsule’ hung between the wheels on the left-hand side. With cars allowed to run unlimited fuel at the time, this strange configuration was supposed to help maintain balance as fuel was used. Driver Bobby Johns brushed the wall of the final day of qualifying and the car didn’t start the race.

M/T Challenger

One of the first American constructors to build rear-engine cars for Indy with his 1963 and 1964 contenders, Mickey Thompson turned 180 degrees—literally— for the 1965 race. The M/T Challenger featured a Thompson-developed quad-cam Chevrolet V-8 cantilevered out ahead of the driver in a titanium tube backbone chassis and driving the front wheels. Thompson called time on his 1965 Indy bid after the engine blew during qualifying, even though driver Bob Malthouser had turned laps at better than 157 mph in practice, which would have put the M/T Challenger in the 33-car field.

Ferguson Novi

By the mid-60s, the fabled Novi V-8 was making 750 hp and reckoned by many to be almost undriveable. Stirling Moss suggested to Novi owner Andy Granatelli the AWD system from the Ferguson P99 F1 car he’d driven might be able to put that power to good use. Although it looked like a roadster, the AWD system required a front engine layout and the 1964 Ferguson Novi had a semi-monocoque chassis and independent suspension. Unlucky not to place well in the ’64 and ’65 500s, it was heavily modified for the 1966 race but did not qualify. It was the last Novi to ever run at the Brickyard.

Stein-Porsche Twin

This wasn’t the first twin-engine car to run at Indy: The 1946 Fageol Twin Coach Special was powered by a pair of Offys, one up front driving the front wheels, and one at the rear driving the rear wheels. The basic thinking behind the Stein-Porsche Twin, which attempted to qualify for the 1966 500, was sound. The Porsche flat-six engines meant a low center of gravity and no heavy cooling system, and all-wheel drive meant good stability. Driver Bill Cheesbourg could indeed stay flat through Indy’s turns, but the car was 10 mph slower than anything else on the straights and didn’t make the grid.

THE FUTURIST

STP-Paxton Turbocar

1967 was the year the future arrived at the Brickyard, in the shape of the STP-Paxton Turbocar. The Indy railbirds nicknamed it ‘Silent Sam’ on account of its whooshing, whistling exhaust note, so at odds with the snarl of highly-strung V-8s and the growl of turbocharged Offys then in vogue.

Silent Sam sounded different because it was different. Very different. Unlike all the other cars pounding around Indy’s famed and feared 2.5-mile track, its powerplant had no pistons, no camshafts, no clattery poppet valves controlling vapors and gases. Instead it was powered by a Pratt and Whitney gas turbine engine normally used in helicopters, rated at about 550hp.

The idea of using a turbine engine at Indy, where cars run an entire lap at high speeds in top gear at fairly constant revs, had been floated by Ken Wallis, a distant relative of famed British WWII aircraft and weapons designer Barnes Wallis. Both Dan Gurney and Carroll Shelby turned it down, but promoter and entrepreneur Andy Granatelli, who owned the Novi operation, saw an opportunity to shake up the racing establishment.

Granatelli is credited with the idea of placing the engine on the left of the driver– echoing Smokey Yunick’s Capsule Car concept—and with adopting the Ferguson all-wheel drive system used on the final generations of his Novi-powered Indycars. The engine drove through a torque converter, and with the idle speed set at 54 percent of throttle, the driver needed only to lift off the brake pedal for the car to get underway.

Parnelli Jones qualified the car in sixth, but grabbed the lead on the first lap, storming past the field and driving off into the distance with such ease he was later accused of having been sandbagging during qualifying. Not true, Jones said, explaining that while the turbine car had tremendous torque which, with the all-wheel drive system, meant it was super quick out of the turns and along Indy’s short chutes, it couldn’t match the faster conventional cars running in qualifying trim with light fuel loads and a dash of nitro in the tank.

Jones, who four years earlier had won the 500 at the wheel of a quintessentially traditional Offy-powered Watson roadster, would lead 171 laps in this futuristic rocket ship of a racecar before a bearing failed in the transmission with three laps remaining.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

Shelby Turbine and Lotus 56

Six turbine-powered cars were entered for the 1968 Indy 500, even though the sanctioning body had reduced the allowable air inlet on turbine engines from 21.90 square inches to 15.99 square inches in a bid to reduce their speed advantage.

One was Silent Sam, the STP-Paxton Turbocar, which Parnelli Jones was again slated to drive. Two turbine cars were entered by Carroll Shelby, for Formula 1 regulars and Le Mans 24 Hour Ford GT drivers Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme—the latter the 1967 Formula 1 World Champion. And Colin Chapman brought a squad of turbine-powered STP Lotus 56s to the Brickyard, one to be driven by 1962 Formula 1 World Champion Graham Hill.

All cars were similar in concept, with their turbine engines driving all four wheels through an automatic transmission; indeed, the Shelbys, designed by Ken Wallis, looked almost identical to Silent Sam, with engine and driver almost side-by-side in the chassis.

Chapman’s Lotus 56 differed in that the driver and the engine were in the center of the monocoque chassis, the modified Pratt and Whitney engine mounted just behind the cockpit. And it pioneered a radical new shape for racing cars, boasting a wide, flat, aerodynamic wedge design rather than slim, cigar-shaped bodywork. It was also 400 pounds lighter than the STP-Paxton.

One of the 56s was destroyed in a testing crash that also claimed the life of Lotus driver Mike Spence. Silent Sam was also crashed during testing. Both the Shelbys were quietly taken home amid rumors their air inlets could be opened beyond the allowed limit by way of a heating element that expanded two different metals in the vents at different rates. That left three of the Lotus 56s to start the race. Joe Leonard, his car set up by Parnelli Jones, would put one on pole, with Hill alongside on the front row. Art Pollard would start 11th.

In the race, Hill would lose a wheel on lap 110 and crash, and both Pollard’s and Leonard’s cars would suffer identical fuel pump drive shaft failures late in the race, with Leonard’s Lotus coasting to a halt while he was leading with just nine laps to go.

Rear engine cars had come close to winning the Indy 500 twice—in 1963 and 1964— before Jim Clark’s victory in 1965. But the turbine-powered Indy racers would not be given the opportunity to emulate that feat; sanctioning body USAC banned turbine engines from the 500 later in 1968. There was a new tradition to maintain at the Brickyard.

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