#Dakar2025
: Got to speak with Willem Avenant last week about his Dakar Rally debut in 2025, his goals, and his Decoding Dakar series that aims to provide a roadmap for those who want to run it themselves someday.
My story:
YT:
#NASCAR
: RCR alumnus Robby Gordon on the Martinsville debacle with Austin Hill and Sheldon Creed: "I helped Creed get the ride over there at Richard's, I think Creed's going to a very good place, I think he's very talented. Dammit, you guys both could've made the championship!"
.
@DailyHerald
columnist
@jodonnell17
refers to
@NASCARChicago
as "grossly gone-from-Carolina NASCAR races," and says that the event is a "disruptive spectacles that Chicago needs like a Chuck E. Cheese Exhibit at The Art Institute."
#NASCAR
: Kyle Busch and his family were at Mall of America today, and Samantha confirmed in her IG Stories that they got out prior to the mall being locked down for a reported shooting and are safe.
#Dakar2024
: The Firemen Dakarteam truck of Richard de Groot broke a driveshaft then rolled down a dune in the dark during Stage 5. Silvio Totani offered his services to flip the truck back.
🎥 Firemen Dakarteam
@ConspiracyBull1
They basically ran out of money. Most of their staff were high school and college students as well so they just went on with their lives from there.
Believe there was also some fallout internally related to their Ukraine takes, especially once the invasion happened
#NASCAR
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#RepcoSC
: Auto Action reports Brodie Kostecki, currently second in the Supercars points, will run the NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis in August.
#Nitrocross
: Matt Crafton finishes 5th in the Nitrocross SxS final. Gray Leadbetter finished ahead of him in 3rd.
Travis Pastrana wins the bet saying Leadbetter would beat Crafton.
#Dakar2024
: Lionel Baud heading out as the first FIA car to start Stage 1.
Brian Baragwanath was supposed to be the first but was apparently late to the start. Baud went out then returned shortly after. Causing some confusion with the tracking.
🎥 slavaDakar
LRT: Kenji Momota's lone
#NASCAR
start came in the 1995 Truck finale at Phoenix (finished 37th).
He works as a racing journalist and color commentator nowadays, which included being on the call for the 2018 Charlotte Roval finish.
#Dakar2024
: Support truck helping out another.
Egbert Wingens rolled his Boucou Assistance MAN, so Alberto Romero and his TH-Trucks DAF pulled him back onto his wheels.
#Dakar2024
: The right rear wheel was torn off Michel Blanc's Renault 4L during today's stage, leaving him and Frédéric Benedetti stranded in the desert and camping out until they got it fixed.
One of 24 Dakar Classic teams that failed to finish the Chrono Stage.
@BrettKollmann
Bears punted in the fourth quarter and it got blocked. Lions recovered it at the Chicago 4, then things went horribly wrong for them from there
#NASCAR
: Island Brands USA, through its Island Coastal Lager and CRUSH products, will be the primary sponsor of Kaz Grala's
#26
Sam Hunt Racing Toyota for 16 Xfinity races in 2023 starting at Daytona.
📸 Island Brands USA
According to RPM's press release, Cash App is sponsoring Bubba for 5 races including the Southern 500.
If they decide to do a Darlington throwback, I have the perfect suggestion.
#NASCAR
#Dakar2024
: Late night engine replacement underway for Nasser Al-Attiyah. Prodrive working to get him back in the race to continue supporting Sébastien Loeb.
🎥 Yves Tartarin
#Dakar2024
: Carlos Sainz accidentally ran over Cesare Zacchetti's bike during Stage 11.
Zacchetti after the stage: "I had a super misadventure but just a little damage to the bike and it survived. Thank goodness."
Finished the race without further issue.
We know how Iowans feel about their breakfast pizza, but have you considered Froot Loops on pizza? Well, now's the time to consider it, as the Forest Ave. location in Des Moines of Fong's Pizza has added it to their menu.
'
@NASCAR
wants races in new markets, especially in major cities, as soon as 2021, including the possibility of street races or temporary courses next to stadiums.
➖ NASCAR would likely have to cut races at current tracks to make way for new ones.
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