Sharp-eyed, loyal readers may have noticed last week that a blog I had written about the usual environmental gloom and doom inadvertently wound up briefly being improperly credited to blogmeister Elissa Bass, who normally weighs in on way more popular topics, such as “American Idol,†which I gather is some kind of television talent show.
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He had the right accoutrements: the Giro helmet, the warm sweatshirt, the puffy gloves and the trendy ski pants. And he had the right slightly-nihilistic attitude: He refused the helmet until his instructors talked him into it.
The only thing different about Samudio was his legs.
He just had one of them – the left one. The other leg was amputated below the knee after his Humvee was hit by a grenade Dec. 1, 2008, in Western Baghdad.
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Drayson Racing has been preparing throughout the winter for what it knows to expect at the 57th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring presented by Fresh from Florida on 21 March: a punishing, bone jarring, physically and mentally draining 12 hours of sports car racing. The Paul and Elspeth Drayson-owned operation has explored every likelihood and endeavoured to ready its No. 007 Aston Martin Vantage GT2 for almost any eventuality.
However, it is the unexpected that can play the difference between the team’s first American Le Mans Series podium finish and … Details
Ten years ago this month, Audi debuted the R8 race car at Sebring International Raceway. It was a departure for Audi, which had never had a true sports car to race, but the brand-new model finished third.
Since then, Audi has won eight of 10 races, and is the favorite at the 2009 12 Hours of Sebring, a week from today.
Traditionally, when a company races a sports car, it’s to help advertise a sports car they build and sell to the public. That’s essentially the philosophy behind all the racing that Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and Aston-Martin do.
But Audi had no sports car, aside from the little TT, and …Â Details