Q - I do recall reading that one driver got big money simply for leading at the halfway point.
The only part of the event I saw was coverage of the "halftime show." They're lucky only one driver ran through the jet fuel running down the track (before it ignited). Might have gotten even more interesting.
Running fire is always fun to deal with...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Just got done making a basic white sauce to thicken tonight's ham chowder. When I woke up this morning, I had a feeling that I would roux this day.
spokyone Just got done making a basic white sauce to thicken tonight's ham chowder. When I woke up this morning, I had a feeling that I would roux this day.
GROAN!!!
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Darren; thanks for shareing the photos and videos. Is the apple farm and museum still there close to Grand Junction. They had a nice collection of rail cars from the way back then. Also the model train rail road was nice , but the Garden scale road was in dissaray. It really was or is an interesting place to see as well as the apples . Our daughter lives in Clifton and thats how we found the apple farm.
Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
tree68 Q - I do recall reading that one driver got big money simply for leading at the halfway point. The only part of the event I saw was coverage of the "halftime show." They're lucky only one driver ran through the jet fuel running down the track (before it ignited). Might have gotten even more interesting. Running fire is always fun to deal with...
Larry....That was a wild Daytona 500 this time...even more so than usual.
That payout to the driver leading at half way, is done on occasion and is not new....But I believe the 200,000 dollars might be the most paid out yet for leading the 100th lap.
That fire with the track cleaning truck was one of a kind. Most were commenting of never seeing such a weird accident as this before. I know I never have and I've followed this series for decades.
The truck pulling the jet track cleaner / dryer was on the outer edge of the track...{high on the embankment of almost 31 degrees....moving slowly with a truck back of it severa hunder yards.....with flashing lights, etc... The race was in caution mode.
Car 42 was coming around the track {under Caution}, and was down on the very inside lane, doing just what he should have been doing, and just at a critical time....something broke on the car, and caused him to lose steering. The car took a right swerve and right up to the jet blower, and crashed into it backwards and on the driver's side.
Of course that caused sparks, and damaged the fuel system to the blower...{200 gal. of jet fuel} and it ignited. Well, the race car slid down the embankment and the driver was able to get out safely, and was not hurt....The race car was demolished.
Then that 200 gal. of jet fuel ran down the track embankment on fire. It took a bit of work by a dozen or more fire fighters to work on the fire, and soon fire trucks arrived at the top of the embankment, where there is a service road around the track, and began to work on the fire too.
It took some time to get that fire knocked down and to keep down. Eventually they conquered it. That was certainly a combination of strange events to happen just at the exact spot to make this massive wreck / fire, etc....happen. Race delayed for some time to take care of the track, having received some damage from the hot fire. The truck pulling the Jet cleaner / dryer was badly damaged too. It's driver got out safely too. Truck had to be moved down off the embankment, by 2 big fork lift type vehicles.
And of course the entire race was plagued with too many accidents. Believe all drivers came out of it with no moore than minor injuries. Speaks very well of the safety factors built into these race cars.
A lot of race equipment was ruined / destroyed during this race.
The race was started on Monday and didn't end until Tuesday....!
This race had just a bit more accidents / wrecks than a normal "restrictor plate" race usually has....There generally is a "big one", but this race was filled with "big ones"...!!
I'm sure the Nascar officials were glad to put this event to rest....finish....and especially not anyone seriously injured.
Quentin
I felt sorry for Danica Patrick. She was entered in 3 races and was involved in a wreck in all three, none of which was her fault. She has had a fast car all week.
Good Afternoon Railfans!
Sorry for making my rounds a bit late today, we have a family medical emergency last night but all seems to be on the upward path today. Still poking along on building my new "Delaware & Hudson - A Rocky Mountain Empire" blog with 365 posts already done and have about 300 more to go to get current.
Cannonball - Can't say I know the place as I don't get over to the Western Slope that much...
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
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Hello everyone.
Well, the Curling is over for the moment, and I an catching up on other things. Very unfortunate about the VIA wreck over in Ontario. Condolences to the families.
24° and sunny here today. After lunch I am going out for some groceries. Looks like not too bad a day for it.
Still trying to get the hang of the new sound system that came with my new TV. More time with my nose in operating manuals in my future, I think.
No RR news in my neck of the woods lately.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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afternoon
the wind has changed direction.Our extra day will be warm but windy and thunderstorms according to the guessers.Our houseguest went home this morning.Cw thanks for supper.time to get ready for work.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Good afternoon all!
School was good today. Still working on my poetry project. That's due Thursday. (Sighhhhhhh.) My poetry is based mostly off the N&W 611. (The most beautiful girl on earth may I add.) Hope I get a good grade on it.
Cloudy with a temp in the 50's. Hope it gets warmer! It was pretty nice out around 1 o'clock today.
Hope to get out and do some rail fanning during spring break. I've started uploading my photos to Flickr. if you all don't I recommend it. the quality is very very good and you can upload multiple photos at a time, as opposed to one at a time on rrpicturearchives.net. Anyhow, hope to see lots of action on the high iron!
Have a swell day all!
-Justin
The road to to success is always under construction. _____________________________________________________________________________ When the going gets tough, the tough use duct tape.
Madam La Mook: DUCK! (A tornado watch was just issued in your neck of the woods).
Finally got my desktop computer squared away. Turns out it was a fairly simple fix...
I fear Ms Patrick may be suffering at the hands of some good old boys who don't want a lady in their midst. Not that anyone would admit as such. I agree that she does have a shot at success.
Time to get ready for a meeting.
Been a busy day around home. After Produce, came home, took a short nap (mostly to warm up, as I was cold, cold, cold), then cleaned up the kitchen, and got laundry done.
Our Tuesday Mexican Fiesta is on the warmer bar:
Tacos, burritos, Spanish rice, Chimichangas, Fajitas, et al, ready and waitin' for you all to partake.
Believe we managed to get up to almost 70 degrees (at least that is what was showing on our indoor/outdoor thermometer awhile ago. Haven't heard the official high on the news yet.
Everyone enjoy your evening, take care, and see you all tomorrow.
Darren, that is a good looking "track formans " ride. Izzat a 50 Chev1/2 ton? I guess some folk don't get around or wander like a trucker does. Thank you for shareing the pic of the pick up.
....Larry, I believe Danica will be respected {overall}, by most drivers. She will bring renewed interest to Nascar Sprint cars, just as she enlivened the chatter / interest back to Indy cars in the several years she was there. Nascar needs a boost. This is a P R situation made to order to bring more interest to their sport. Just in time.
She sure did have the bad lady luck "piled on" to her this past weekend. Almost none seemed to be her doing, or fault.
That high angle crash she slammed into the inside wall was serious, and almost over the top by any standard...! Lucky for the updated, modern safety gear brought to Sprint Cars after Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash back in 2001, {in my opinion}, saved her life....! Estimates of probably more than 150 mph impact speed....!!
Good Wednesday morning everyone. 64 degrees here in Louisville this morning; have had some rain overnight, and more due in within the next hour, or so; we are under a tornado watch until about 1 p.m. From the map I saw on the news/weather report a little bit ago, we've got some good storms headed our way. Also saw an interesting street name, somewhere in Missouri: Walt Trail Rd. Wherever that area is, they were getting quite a bit of wind, rain, etc.
Coffee is ready, along with our other morning beverages. Breakfast is on the warmer bar: bacon, sausage, eggs, English muffins, biscuits, gravy; or, you can have cold cereal or oatmeal, toast, whatever suits your fancy this morning.
Everyone have a good morning, take care, and, as the old saying goes, "Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise", I'll see you all later on.
good morning
rain makes good sleeping weather.cw thanks for breakfast.chores this afternoon.
Joe
Trash Day.
Now that the "big" computer is up and running with the new power supply and video card, I reloaded "Sim City Societies." Which is rather addicting. Got to the point that I could hardly spend the "city's" money fast enough, but it was a moot point as I should have been in bed an hour earlier anyhow...
Places to do, things to go... Better get to it.
Good Morning Railfans!
It's 28F heading for 54F and sunny skies. Got a light dusting of snow mixed with hail (It's February right?) and they say we might get some more Thursday. Looks like the February Snow Fall record for Denver set in 1912 will hold up but 2012 will be #2 on the list.
.....Yesterday, in conversations about Daytona Race...I stated that even last place....{43rd}, would pay roughly $80,000 dollars.
I was a bit light on my estimate: Last place paid over a qtr. million dollars...!!
First two places: Roughly....$1,500,000 plus.....and $1,000,000 plus..!
Stourbridge Lion Good Morning Railfans! It's 28F heading for 54F and sunny skies. Got a light dusting of snow mixed with hail (It's February right?) and they say we might get some more Thursday. Looks like the February Snow Fall record for Denver set in 1912 will hold up but 2012 will be #2 on the list.
Soup supper before Lenten Service tonight, with the elders providing the meal; so, the crockpot is out and doing its thing.
Johnny
Well, our rain finally ended. We had hail, high winds and a little bit of lightning. Correction: Walt and I just came in from the front porch: it just started raining again, although lightly.
Here is our menu for the rest of the day:
1. Grilled chicken w/your choice of baked or mashed taters with butter, garden salad and dinner rolls or made from scratch biscuits
2. Vegetable beef soup w/baked cornbread
3. Beef tips w/broccoli w/butter, and any of the above listed veggies
All this rain is making me sleepy, so think I'm going to go take a nap. Have also been reading this morning, and that is making me sleepy as well. Everyone have a good afternoon, take care and see you all later.
Our weather was a lot like the Daytona 500 - interesting to watch. Statewide we had snow, ice, rain, thunder, lightning, probably hail somewhere and a tornado. Earthquake didn't make it.
North and west of us was snow and ice. We had rain and thunderstorms and south & east of us they had a mess of green, yellow, red, purple.
Today it is sunny like nothing happened and 40 mph winds! Wonder if the chicken got into weatherliar u and is playing with the weather making machine? Looks like he inadvertently sent it to Tree, again.
Driver is cooking porkchops tonite, but since it is a favorite of his, we have them quite often. Think I will opt for #3....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
rain this morning turned into a nice afternoon.mamma and I went down to the station for lunch after my nap.Csx is running good right now as I type on the front porch.Cw thanks for supper.Back to chores inside.
Mookie Driver is cooking porkchops tonite, but since it is a favorite of his, we have them quite often. Think I will opt for #3....
Your mentioning the porkchops reminds me: Jean uses her crock pot to do quite a few meals and recently pork loin about an inch thick was prepared.....Hummm, good & great. That really holds the moisture and taste in them, and really makes for a wonderful meal.
Good Thursday morning everyone. 47 degrees here in Louisville this morning, going for a high in the 60s, with plenty of sunshine.
Quentin, the Crock Pots /Slow cookers were a great invention!! Everything you put into them, comes out moist as can be, and the meats are so tender, you don't have to use a knife to cut them into bite size pieces, if you don't want to: just use your fork. Our slow cooker really gets a workout. We use it all the time. It is especially good for the Pork Chop Abracadabra I fix all the time: just brown your chops, put them in the pot/slow cooker, add a can of creamed soup (no extra water), add whatever vegetables you want, and let it cook. And, you can substitute chicken for the pork chops, and have chicken abracadabra.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer bar.
Was so shocked to hear of Davy Jones' passing. He was my third favorite Monkee: Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz.
Everyone have a good morning, take care and see you all later.
Good morning all!
Thanks for breakfast CW!
Cold this morning. Supposed to be in the 50's today.
Have a good day all!
Check out this shot I got last summer!
It's 33F and Cloudy with snow on the way later today so we are getting a start on our March snow totals right away. Cup of coffee to go please and toss in a couple of donuts too please...
.....Paula, we totally agree with the slow cooking / crock pot results.
And Justin, that's a very nice photo of Amtrak consist. I hope that train was standing as you took the picture, as you seem to be very close to the path of it...
Enlarging it to full screen really makes a nice Railroad photo.
well march is marching in like a lion.thunderstorms for tommorow and snow showers on saturday.At least tonight is friday.time for some chores and then need to get Matt from school He is off as the teachers have a meeting.Cw thanks for supper.
Afternoon all. Went to the store for a few things this morning. Then, went for a walk. Came home and lied down for awhile.
Joe, you're welcome for supper. Now, I'll post what we're having tonight:
1. Leftover beef tips w/broccoli in butter sauce, salad, and mixed veggies
2. Beef stew w/cornbread
3. Country fried steak w/mashed taters, broccoli w/butter sauce, apple sauce, corn, milk gravy and buttermilk biscuits
Since I have an early doctor's appointment in the morning, you all probably won't see me until sometime tomorrow afternoon. So, everyone take care, and have a good evening.
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