What do you get when you add ludicrous horsepower to a Super 60 racing hull? An unforgettable day out, says Eric Thompson
I’ve been fortunate enough to have been thrown around various New Zealand racecar circuits by a variety of drivers in a variety of cars. I’ve had my head jammed up against a roll bar in an Australian V8 Supercar because of the g-force, nearly been rolled in a WRC rally car and had my internal organs rearranged under braking in a TRS wings and slicks car…. Details
John Boyd, a licensed crew member with the No.23 team in the Nationwide Series, has been suspended indefinitely by NASCAR for violating the sanctioning body’s substance abuse policy.
According to a news release from NASCAR, Boyd on March 9 was found to have violated …Â
After 10 days of patient waiting, the sea-starved crew of the Hokulea finally left Hawaii yesterday evening just before sunset. The voyaging canoe’s course is now set for the remote Palmyra Atoll, some 1,000 miles south of Hawaii in the Line Islands.
As previously reported here, Hokulea was originally scheduled to leave Friday, Feb. 27 from its dock at Oahu’s Sand Island. Cloudy weather, unpredictable winter winds and choppy ocean conditions kept pushing the date back. A window of clement weather finally opened up yesterday afternoon, prompting the crew to meet and make the decision to depart… Details
An Anoka distributor of boys’ recreational ice skates is participating in a voluntary national recall because of concerns about lead, federal regulators announced this morning.
About 600 pair of Chinese-made DBX Glide Boys Ice Skates, distributed by Pronto Sports Inc. of Anoka, are being recalled because the skates “contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard,” said the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The lead is in the …Â Details