best road trips so far ..only pix

Wisconsin deserted freeways..

bear mountain , New york

thanksgiving time, drive thru griffith park in LA

La Jolla, on the way to San Diego

LA to Vegas through the Mojave desert..

Snow in Minnesotta, try driving with a FR layout with summer tyres :-)

Driving around Times square, get to see some awesome exotic sports cars

beautiful old bridge on the way from Pasadena to LA

San Diego

Solvang..really worth the drive from SantaBarbara

awesome senic drive to St Croix from Minneapolis..

F1 - is it really such a big deal ?

Don't know why everyone makes such a big deal out of F1 racing ?
I find it pretty boring ..
It's not that I dont understand it so I'm calling it boring .. I gave it a fair amount of time to really understand it.
I even tried to understand what other saw in it in case I was still missing the point; I gave it my best effort to understand what makes it so exciting ..
I spoke to some hardcore F1 fans..and asked what's in ths sport that makes it so exciting ? I'd like to join the F1 party ..what part of F1 am I not getting.
    I was told - stuff like Driver skill, Race strategy, Pit stops, challenging tracks, the beauty of a F1 car and the way it sounds etc, the danger involved etc
To all of these points

US Diesel Nationals - September 18 2010

couldn't tell if they were drag racing or hauling load ..?



after a few runs ..I stopped clicking, it was too boring




jet engined dragsters starting up..more interesting then the diesels..



one of the monsters warming up..

monster trucks doing their thing.

another round of the dragsters..

a beautiful long nose peterbilt specimen..

behind the scenes, big tyres are replaced with smaller ones to help move the trucks around in the pit area

smaller tyres, note the suspension..

closeup of the jet dragster

its just a basic chasis with a jet engine bolted on and a 1 peice body on top..so simple..



that torpedo shaped thingy is the fuel tank, just enough for 400 metres..