Back Home Again!!!

(For the uninformed, these cars are IRL cars (IRL: Indy Racing League.)) The top car is the polesitter, Sam Hornish, Jr., from nearby Defiance, OH. The bottom car is the man on the outside of the front row, Dan Wheldon, last year's race winner.

IRL cars are similiar to Champ Cars, but these are not turbo-charged, and nowhere near the same to a Formula One car (F1 cars are hand built by each team and most engines top out at 19,000RPM; IRL cars top out at just under 10,000RPM.)

And as for the rest of the world...I have not been "hunkered down" as Boz reported...except don't call me Sunday. There's the Indy 500, F1 is on (at the same time) from Monte Carlo, and then NASCAR runs that night from Charlotte for the Coke 600. I've been out working on yards and water lines, and trying to get rid of a bad cold. It's not gone yet but it's close. And, no, Jonnie, I didn't give up on Purple Viper, I've just been looking for a reason to go to Radio Shack. Ask her what that means.