the Duke of Goodwood, has announced something vague about a Goodwood Road Racing Club of America, starting in California. Here is EVERYTHING ( very little ) that they tell us about it, but, it has 3 founding patrons: Sir Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti and Richard Petty

I'd like to know why there's a disclaimer about a "privacy notice" 

https://grrcamerica.com/

after signing up (Hey, I have a keen interest in this!) the reply is 

Thanks for your interest in becoming a Founding Member of the Goodwood Road Racing Club of America. We’ll keep you updated.

then I kept scrolling, and found 

they have a promo video on https://grrcamerica.com/membership-at-goodwood

So it looks like a private screening at Mann's Chinese Theater, or Willow Springs  in July 9th, 2027

and... looks like they are going to have Goodwood, at Willow Springs. It better not be during Comic Con!

The GRRC of America will of course offer US citizens the chance to attend the events that are already established as the best in the world at Goodwood, but new events will be introduced in the US to provide a brand-new opportunity for fans. The inaugural headline event will take place at Willow Springs in 2028.

Three founding patrons: Sir Jackie Stewart, Mario Andretti and Richard Petty — who have each been central figures at Goodwood events for many years — have been chosen as the embodiment of the spirit that the GRRC of America will embrace.

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/event-coverage/festival-of-speed/goodwood-launches-the-grrc-of-america/

the goodwood festival of speed is ON~!

 

exemplary license plate art

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1017520626826097/permalink/1551192336792254/

the backwall of this garage, is a photo of the racing at Bathurst 500, in 1969

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122307053456220535&set=p.122307053456220535&type=3

using a really old jeep body as a bar back in your mancave... is pretty cool

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1055550833676377&set=p.1055550833676377&type=3

I hope they scan this and make it available online...! Lauren, the Archive Intern for the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Museum, came across this paint book for Union Pacific from 1887.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1886828738255343/?multi_permalinks=4571131046491752&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen

https://www.facebook.com/groups/379577942171029

car guy humor, I love it

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1456166573215602&set=a.453704766795126

Damn HOAs

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1456166929882233&set=a.453704766795126

A nuclear engineer raised in the big city miles from the nearest farm, rebuilt and modified a superb corral of classic Cub Cadet tractors, and garnered 5.5 million views on YouTube

Cub Cadets were introduced in 1961 by International Harvester (IH) as heavy-duty, compact garden tractors for rural homeowners. Initially, suburbia was not the market. Basically, Cub Cadets were manufactured from parts already proven on American farms, i.e., they were originally scaled down Farmall Cub tractors made (1961-1981) in Louisville, Kentucky. Cub Cadets were extremely tough—vastly distinct from the distant lineage now queued on Home Depot lots.

“The components were rugged, and that’s why they’re still in use today,” Smith describes. “They have a differential transmission that’s equal to an automobile transmission in terms of its size and construction. They’re not built like a lawnmower. As opposed to lawn tractors, Cub Cadets were called garden tractors, and the name tells the true difference.”

“In about 2010, I started buying and restoring tractors. I got on the internet and saw a lot of modified Cub Cadets, and I got really interested in a guy who built a motor grader. By that point, the internet had reached the place where you could get all the DIY needed to learn. I kinda dove in. I’d taken wood and metal shop class in high school, but now I could watch videos of guys cutting metal and welding, and copy what I saw.”

Going full-throttle on a rural, East Coast property after retirement in 2017, Smith restored and modified a 15-vehicle fleet (almost all complete engine rebuilds and wear-component replacements) composed of Cub Cadets manufactured from 1967-1976.

https://www.agweb.com/news/machinery/diy-wizard-turns-miniature-tractors-equipment-fleet

a 12-year-old from outside Nashville, Tennessee, invented the "EZ Baby Saver," in hopes that it would help parents remember that they've left their children strapped in a car seat. The contraption won him a runner-up prize of $500 at the Rubber Band Contest for Young Inventors.

Dozens of children die every year after being left in an automobile –- and one 12-year-old Tennessee boy did his part to end that.

At least 44 children died after being left in overheated cars in 2013, according to data compiled by researchers at San Francisco State University.

The brightly colored strap extends from a car’s driver door handle to the back of the driver’s seat, reminding a parent to check the back as they get out of the car.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets/pint-sized-inventor-wants-cut-down-hot-car-deaths-n151076

A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing United Airlines of charging passengers for window seats that lacked actual windows. A passenger said they were charged extra for a window that didn't exist.

A California judge denied United Airlines' request to dismiss a class-action lawsuit filed against the airline last year by a passenger alleging that the airline knowingly charged them extra for a window seat that didn’t actually have a window.

United defines a window seat to mean a location relative to the aisle and not a literal seat next to a window, according to the court filing.

However the judge said the passenger’s claims are plausible as the airline's booking page and boarding pass identify the seats as window seats, and United’s contract of carriage incorporates the “terms and conditions printed on or in any ticket.”

https://abcnews.com/Business/judge-allows-suit-airline-window-seats-window-proceed/story?id=134561478

I posted about this in 2025 when it began https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/08/in-news-united-airlines-is-facing-class.html

meanwhile, in the war of Ukraines liberty, Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s largest oil refinery 1,553 miles from Ukrainian territory as Zelenskyy says Siberia now ‘within reach’

 https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/07/07/ukraine-russia-omsk-oil-refinery-putin-nato.html

chain drive

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4326102294269098&set=pcb.3988645491429348

the Old Crow Speed Shop

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1435848491912456&set=a.539326614897986

the Lockheed Martin Patent archive?

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1odazsl/what_should_i_do_with_lockheed_martin_patent

I want to know what the source if this is... it's used around the internet a bit... without a description of where it originates

https://medium.com/data-folks-indonesia/beyond-feature-selection-a-term-weighting-approach-in-text-classification-24821599bb2c

https://prod.test.creazilla.com/media/photo/318537/old-school-aviation

causes me to wonder, how much fun you can have with one of these in a city, if you don't have a race track. I'm guessing

Netflix has a new steampunk anime

Loving his style: Stefan Marjoram, who will be sketching for Bentley @ Goodwood Festival of Speed

https://www.facebook.com/stefanmarjoramart

A massive F1 fan, Clarkson has entertained multiple drivers at his farm, with Piastri featuring in the most recent series of Clarkson's Farm

Jeremy refers to Alpine as the 'Chipping Norton Formula 1 team', with the outfit and the farm based within a close proximity of each other.

Alpine has a strong relationship with Clarkson, with the TV personality previously supplying copious amounts of beer to aid the celebrations after podiums in the 2023 Monaco and 2024 Brazilian grands prix.

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1100052/1/how-jeremy-clarkson-fuelling-alpines-silverstone-f1-push

https://www.the-race.com/extra/jeremy-clarksons-farm-to-supply-alpine-at-the-2026-british-gp

Brazilian Division 3, C-class, 1975 Dodge

 

As permitted by the regulations, neither the front nor the rear suspension retained a single original component. The front torsion bars and control arms, as well as the rear leaf springs, were eliminated and replaced with double wishbone suspension using ball joints. Koni shock absorbers, the same type used in the British Formula 5000 series, were fitted with coil springs at both the front and rear, complemented by a De Dion rear axle, also utilizing ball joints. The braking system featured larger disc brakes on all four wheels, each equipped with dual calipers, which were likewise derived from Trans-Am competition.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/527146584145263/posts/3153366901523205

https://blogdojovino.blogspot.com/2014/07/dodjao-divisao-3-do-leopoldo-abi-ecab.html

Traffic cameras around New York City have caught James Giovansanti committing 547 violations since 2022. He's an officer in the New York City Police Department. (Thank you George and Kim!)

 Why don't they screen the people they hire, and do a decent background check? 

https://www.jalopnik.com/2202744/nypd-bans-second-most-ticketed-driver-from-squad-cars/

Nashville PD was looking out for this Chevelle... told the owner to park next to them during the parade

one of the officers said "That's a sweet ride. Do you want to park where nobody will touch it?" 

 I said "yes Sir." He said "Follow me." 

They led me to a section of the garage where all the police cars were parked and then said "Today you're parking with us! I guarantee you nobody's gonna mess with your Chevelle!!!"

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10239139127328830&set=a.1549613512550

it looks liek Thierry is liquidating his impressive collection, and retiring with plenty of funds.... Artcurial guesses his collection to be worth 20 million, give or take 5. I bet it goes for closer to 35 million

http://www.finecars.cc/nl/editorial/artikel/news/artcurial-motorcars-to-sell-thierry-dehaeck-collection-in-february-2027/index.html