Friday, April 11, 2008


Greetings from "The Strip" at Las Vegas Motor Speedway


10,300 rpm on gasoline with a pushrod V8? That's what the engine in "Professor" Warren Johnson's Pontiac was turning when it expired at Houston. Amazing what happens when the valve train gets out of sync with the piston.


One could not ask for better weather...high 70s to low 80's, a little breeze...and the ad hoc airshow (thanks to the Air Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base--home of the Thunderbirds--and the place where Air Force fighter pilots hone their considerable skills).


We'll blog some pictures, tidbits and comments throughout the weekend...while we're getting interviews for future editions of "Race-Talk".


SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION: As "Race-Talk" enters its 16th year of national syndication, we think it's important to remind you why I cover all forms of auto racing. The "Cliff Note" version is that covering auto racing is not unlike going to a buffet, and loading your plate up at the dessert station--you miss the variety, and have a limited experience. I pick up observations at NHRA Powerade Nationals, Sprint Cup extravaganzas, sports car races, open wheel races and FIA Formula One races that help me explain what goes on and put it in context. There are interesting things in all forms of racing that cross the so-called boundaries. It also helps me detect what Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf once referred to as "bovine scatology". You don't deserve and I will not knowingly try to foist any of that BS on you. I will always identify comment and opinion as such, and double check facts before I blog something or say something on either "Race-Talk" or "Radio-Road-Test".


More later.

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