The right way to have a Veteran's Day parade, with choppers cruising above main street downtown. 2007, Houston

the footage was captured by someone at the parade. It’s really shaky and choppy, but the person recording explained that he was trying to take pictures with his other hand at the same time.

http://breedofspeed.org/1/post/2016/03/the-day-apaches-plowed-through-downtown-houston.html

I wonder if billionaires look at the rare race car they own, and say to themselves, "Don't wreck it"

one of the 7 original Cobra Daytonas

or do they ignore such sentimental thoughts, and figure they can buy another? This was the result of one of the owners of Wal Mart going into turn 6 at Laguna too fast for his talent

https://www.facebook.com/Looking-Back-Racing-287052644748245/?fref=photo

1959 Ferrari Factory Transporter by Fiat

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/834204169970608/

washing day

Found on https://www.facebook.com/imbuedwithhues/?fref=nf

Midget racing in Mexico

https://www.facebook.com/groups/getting.there/?fref=nf

pay the toll, or else

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2016/03/17

MGB Drivetrain

thanks Steve!

I found a site that has racing program covers organized by year, or alphabetically. 21,024 covers listed from 1,430 motor racing venues in 66 countries

http://www.progcovers.com/motor/

the voice of the F-18, Leslie Shook has retired. So long Leslie, Boeing will be no damn good without you!

http://www.avgeekery.com/bitchin-betty-says-goodbye-voice-f-18-retires/

they wish they had a gun like the A 10. This isn't safe for your boss to hear you play at work, unless you're on a military runway

they can fly to it, but not drive in it. Last month an all-female flight crew commanded a Royal Brunei Airlines flight to Saudi Arabia, where women aren’t allowed to drive.

just pointing out the bizarre, and unfathomable, screwed up muslim world that has no place for women who can pilot, navigate, fly and safely land a jumbo jet with over a hundred passengers to drive a car. Religions are crazy. And not a single one has a single piece of evidence that can prove every atheist is wrong.

http://www.avgeekery.com/can-fly-land-cant-drive/

for those poor bastards that didn't qual subs, and had to secure choppers in rough seas, some respect.

stay thirsty my friends!

https://www.facebook.com/shitmylposays/

After the flood, another good reason to stay in California. No big snakes or floods

http://www.ranker.com/list/thalassophobia-fear-of-water-photos/robert-desalvo

Moffett Field road races 1953 SCCA

http://vp-40.com/Moffett%20pages/Photo%20album.htm

the old way of checking the accuracy of a speedometer, and a handy chart

Around 1930 there were more ways to start a car than I've heard of, Christensen Gas and Air starter, compressed air, mechanical, and electric. Or, the old hand crank method if you're trying to stay in shape

airco ignition tester, I've never heard of these before. They sell for around 10 dollars on Ebay

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/127374.html?1293402707

the simple mechanical and hydraulic analogy method of teaching electronics... not an uncommon way to tech electronic concepts to gear heads

Cape Cod beach tours, 1970

http://murdercycles.tumblr.com/image/135232541968

Luther had a cool service cycle, but the side tire has rubbed on the box, and the support brace under the front of the box seems to have lost it's hardware securing it to the chassis

https://www.facebook.com/groups/111664952275098/

Wilbur Shaw, 1932, and his borrowed marketing young lion

http://blog.ims.com/index.php/from-the-photo-vault-going-to-the-dogs/#.Vum1tPkrKM8

Larry Bisceglia a mechanic from Long Beach Ca became a legend by showing up first to wait in line for the Indy 500. See, waiting around for weeks to get tickets is nothing new

His 1st Indy 500 was in 1926

In 1948 he decided to arrive several days before the event and drove his 1933 DeSoto but was surprised upon his arrival that there were already two cars lined up at the gate. 

Striving to be first, in 1949 Larry again drove his DeSoto and left a few days earlier than before but was beat yet again, this time by one vehicle.

In May 1950 he finally achieved his goal, the first in line. He once said, “When I first drove to the Indy 500 in 1947, I thought if you got in line first you didn’t have to pay. I had to pay, but I just decided to be first for 10 years, then 20, then 30.’’ He continued to drive his DeSoto to and from the track every year through 1954.

By 1955 he had acquired this 1951 Chevrolet panel truck, which over the next few years he covered with hundreds of racing decals. In 1958 the Indianapolis Motor Speedway presented him with a lifetime pass to the Indy 500. He was awarded a key to the Speedway gates by Tony Hulman. Track officials even installed an electrical outlet outside the track for Larry to use in his truck for a more comfortable stay. He drove this Chevy to IMS for the next 12 years.

his 1933 DeSoto and dog Wiggles

https://www.facebook.com/indianaracingmemorialassociation/?fref=photo

As of 1962 he had been first in line for 14 year in a row, in 1965 or 66, IMS presented him with a new Ford Econoline Van with his name and accomplishments on it. From about that time until he was unable to attend, a place was 'saved' for him at the head of the line each year.

http://indymotorspeedway.com/j2006-05-07.html

https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/sn712qt4054

In 1986 he became ill and didn’t make it to opening day; his first-in-line streak ended at 37 years.

When he didn’t lead the pack into the IMS as he had done for nearly four decades, the Indianapolis media put out an all-points bulletin. He was found in Yuma, where he had been living in his van on a friend’s business parking lot.

 He immediately received several offers to fly him in for the race, one coming from a local contractor to Ford. Mario Andretti led a group of drivers contributing to the cause, chipping in $100. ​ Larry made it back to IMS in 1987 for his last race. He died Dec. 7, 1988, at age 90.

http://www.southsidervoice.com/car-nutz/mr-first-in-line-of-the-indy-500

Roadblock - Norman Rockwell

http://www.wikiart.org/en/norman-rockwell/roadblock

Lou Fageol's twin engine Porsches

Top photo shows the original car with 356 coupe body and '51-2 Packard grille in early August 1953 @ Paine Field in Everett, Washington, during SCCA races held as part of the annual Seattle Seafair celebration. 

Bottom photos show a more radical second car, constructed from airplane drop tanks on a box channel frame with Porsche suspension bits.

with a flip top entry

from Don Zipfel via Hemmings @ Pebble Beach April 1955

http://reservatory6.blogspot.com/2011/07/fageol-twin-porsche-seattle-seafair.html

Fageol’s father, Frank, was a co-founder of the Fageol Motors Company. Among Frank’s work was a twin-engined bus that he sold under the Twin Coach Company name.

Realizing that his unique drive system deserved more horsepower, Fageol regrouped. Having acquired the Progressive Engine Products Company, maker of PEPCO Roots-type superchargers, he later fitted one of their blowers to each of his engines.

His first effort made use of a 1952 356 Coupe in which he installed a complete Porsche engine and transmission in the front, ahead of the front wheels. The front transaxle’s ring gear and pinion were modified to give four forward speeds. Fageol himself drove the 356-based car in its racing debut on an airport circuit at Cumberland, Maryland on July 19, 1953. It was an odd-looking racing machine with white-wall tires, full bumpers, an adapted Packard grille and a spare wheel on its rear deck, evicted from its usual place under the front trunk lid.

http://www.excellence-mag.com/issues/228/articles/fageol-s-twin-engined-porsches#.VumZH_krKM8

http://www.zwischengas.com/de/blog/2014/02/15/Der-Allrad-Porsche-aus-dem-Jahr-1954.html