This is something I’ve been waiting for for a long long time.
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Alonso in Red
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Great Lazy Weekend
Monday, June 8th, 2009Maranda and I had a great weekend.
It kind of started Thursday night. We had been wanting to make ke-bobs on the grill for a while but never got around to it. We realized this would be a lot of work for just two people so we decided to make a cookout of it. We got ahold of Josh and Jeremy to see if they wanted to participate. They did and Jeremy (Kenzia) offered to host. I marinated some steak and chicken and bought fixin’s for the ke-bobs. Jeremy and Kenzia made cole slaw and beans and Josh and Cheryl provided yummy cookies for dessert. Jack and Lily were cute like always and gave us lots of entertainment. The night was perfect and ended well with s’mores.
Friday was pretty uneventful. We basically sat around and had Ice Cream.
Saturday was a bit more exciting as we went to Farmer City to visit Maranda’s Sister and her new twins. It was fun even though I just sat around and ate spaghetti and cookies. We wanted to take advantage of the nice weather so we went to Old Orchard to play putt-putt. I’m pretty sure I won but when Maranda tallied up the score it was 51 to 51. Not sure how that happened. We went to Sun Singer for dinner and it was amazing as usual. I tried the “Hot Dutch” and Maranda had the “Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wrap” mmmm. Then on a whim we decided to go see a movie. I picked “The Hangover.” Maranda thought it would be dumb and I kind of did too, but it turned out to be SO FUNNY. There were so many things wrong with that movie….but it was absolutely amazing. It will definitely get added to my DVD collection when it comes out. After the movie we went back home to watch some TV and made Caipirinhas. They were a great way to end the day.
Sunday was kind of lazy and we went to Le Peep for brunch. It was awesome and I was very happy to have a good friend from High School Jamie as a server. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. We watched the Turkish Grand Prix (Formula One) and then went for a walk and explored the new subdivisions that are popping up. After a while we watched “He’s Just not that In to you.” that Maranda wanted to rent. It was okay. I think it points out in great detail how dumb girls are some times. (I’m sure I’ll get hit for that comment.) But oh well.
So pretty good weekend. One more open weekend and then a about three months of busy…Joy.
Anxious Much?
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Last night I had a dream about the first Formula One race of the season.
Other than Hockey there just isn’t much of anything on TV that I really look forward to right now.
I guess I’m just a bit anxious to get this season started.
McLaren MP4-24
Friday, January 16th, 2009
Toyota TF109
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Ferrari F60 – 2009 Formula One Challenger
Monday, January 12th, 2009
Holy fining Batman!
Friday, September 14th, 2007History was set yesterday.
The largest fine ever imposed on a motorsports organization. (Probably on any sports organization)
The World MotorSports Council has fined Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes $100M(USD) for breaking an article in the International Sporting Code.
One Hundred, Million, Dollars.
Let’s put this is perspective.
A typical NASCAR Nextel Cup team spends around $12-15M a season. I’ve even read that a team owner claimed he’d need $30M in sponsorship dollars to break even for a 30 race season.
Giving them the benefit of the doubt, we’ll say $30M.
This means that McLaren was fined (payable within three months of the date of the decision) the amount of money it would take a typical NASCAR team to run for three years.
A top-tier NASCAR Nextel Cup car, including engine is roughly $125k. Each team keeps 10-12 on hand in different set ups, etc.
A top-tier Formula One car, including engine is roughly $1-2M.
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Fun number:
The estimated total of the 11 teams in Formula One for the 2006 season was $2.8Billion(USD)
This was broken down as follows; Toyota $418.5 million, Ferrari $406.5m, McLaren $402m, Honda $380.5m, BMW Sauber $355m, Renault $324m, Red Bull $252m, Williams $195.5m, Midland F1/Spyker-MF1 $120m, Toro Rosso $75m, and Super Aguri $57 million. (from wikipedia)
[AUTOSAVED] Holy fining Batman!
Friday, September 14th, 2007History was set yesterday.
The largest fine ever imposed on a motorsports organization. (Probably on any sports organization)
The World MotorSports Council has fined Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes $100M(USD) for breaking an article in the International Sporting Code.
One Hundred, Million, Dollars.
Let’s put this is perspective.
A typical NASCAR Nextel Cup team spends around $12-15M a season. I’ve even read that a team owner claimed he’d need $30M in sponsorship dollars to break even for a 30 race season.
Giving them the benefit of the doubt, we’ll say $30M.
This means that McLaren was fined (payable within three months of the date of the decision) the amount of money it would take a typical NASCAR team to run for three years.
A top-tier NASCAR Nextel Cup car, including engine is roughly $125k. Each team keeps 10-12 on hand in different set ups, etc.
A top-tier Formula One car, including engine is roughly $1-2M.
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Fun number:
The estimated total of the 11 teams in Formula One for the 2006 season was $2.8Billion(USD)
This was broken down as follows; Toyota $418.5 million, Ferrari $406.5m, McLaren $402m, Honda $380.5m, BMW Sauber $355m, Renault $324m, Red Bull $252m, Williams $195.5m, Midland F1/Spyker-MF1 $120m, Toro Rosso $75m, and Super Aguri $57 million. (from wikipedia)
My next toy car
Monday, July 30th, 2007Mercedes Benz CLK 63 AMG
I heard this thing live in Montreal, and its a sound I want to own.
Probably without the lights and decals……maybe.
Oh yeah, you think my Premium 93 Octane is bad now….
This beast requires Super Premium 98 Octane.
Too bad this is probably as close as I’ll ever get…..
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007Spoken like a race car driver.
