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Television is using Chicago as a backdrop for different television shows; Oprah, My Boys on TBS. Speed is now showing a reality show centered in Chicago called "Wrecked, Life in the Crash Lane. " It's a show about a major towing company in Chicago called O'Hare's Towing and the world of accidents in a big city. O'Hare's Towing specializes in heavy towing, such as tractor trailer rigs, but have ...
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Tony Stewart has bought a 50% interest in the Haas CNC Racing team that fields the #66 and #70 cars in the Sprint Cup Series. Tony Stewart will drive for this team in 2009, since Joe Gibbs Racing has given Stewart his release at the end of this season. More important for me; Stewart will drive Chevrolet again, as he did last season. He drives Toyota's now for JGR. Tony Stewart already owns two ...
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Haas CNC Racing
Tony Stewart
Kyle Busch
Denny Hamlin
I found a new Soap Opera and it's better than real life, because it is real life. Last year I enjoyed the first season of Ice Road Truckers on the History Channel. A show about Big Rig truckers taking needed supplies to some remote outpost several hundred miles away. One catch, they drove on frozen lakes; ice roads. Now Season Two is here and the Ice Road is a frozen river and ocean. A ...
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I had a chance Sunday to observe the #29 Shell pitcrew in action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. I was on pitroad as a guest of Shell and observed this crew in the pits and before the race in the garage area. Pictures speak more than words in this situation. I took pictures of the crew at work both in the garage area, on a NASCAR inspection station on pitroad, and in the pits. These ...
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The people at shell are offering us tips on how to stretch a gallon of gasoline. Some of these tips I've tried to practice and have had success doing. 1. Drive smoothly . I tend to have jack rabbitt starts and stops. Avoid heavy acceleration, heavy breaking, speeding. Bad driving can lower gasoline mileage by 5-33%, depending on in town or highway driving. 2. Replace dirty or clogged air ...
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