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I am never going to Houston Motorsports Park, the place looks like they iced the track at the far end, used stickum at the tree, and cursed the cars with strong black magic

found on http://moparbrasil.blogspot.com/2011/02/wild-rides.html

stupid ignorant son of a bitch dumb bastard "Safety car" drivers

bottom video found on http://garage1975.blogspot.com.br/2014/01/safety-car-fails.html

You ever feel some people just need a hard slap against the back of their head to reset, so they can go on and live the rest of their days making smart decisions for a change?

The news you never want to get, a fire truck landed on your pristine 60's musclecar, that you've had for 34 years since age 16

How does the fire engine "land" on your car?

The road up the hill was very narrow, and the fire truck went to close to the edge on a curve, slid over, rolled, and ended right side up on the 1969 Firebird

Full story at http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12565202 via http://garage1975.blogspot.com.br

if you drive anything for a living, get a dash cam... it makes explaining how someone pulled out in front of you and cut you off, disregarding the safe driving law, simple for your insurance company to understand

top image from Mike Skor's post https://www.facebook.com/groups/344388945604739/permalink/654458021264495/

a Facebook page with an unreal variety of cool stuff, Yacht club des Avions de la Route

all found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/yachtclubdesavionsdelaroute/photos/

the result of careless driving during rush hour, 4 vehicles damaged, lots of people having their day ruined. Stop following so closely in freeway exit ramp merges

The F150 Lightning crashed into the green mini suv

the gray suv was hit from behind and lost it's rear fascia and the gold suv with the mashed rear bumper was hit by the silver one which now has a mashed hood

If you are following someone in slow rush hour traffic, stay at least far enough behind them to see the bottom of their rear tires

Glacier Girl, a P-38 of the "Lost Squadron" found 200 plus feet below the ice in Greenland

the Lost Squadron - two World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and six Lockheed P-38 Lightnings.

The squadron was forced to land on the Greenland ice cap on July 15, 1942 after hours of flying in bad weather and running low on fuel. Epps' adventure began as a lark when he was admiring a customer's new Learjet and the customer responded, "What I really want is a P-38". Epps certainly knew where six P-38 Lightnings were located so he joined forces with a friend and two airline pilots who already had the search and salvage rights from the Danish government.

http://www.eppsaviation.com/about-us_the-lost-squadron.php

The following story, originally published in the January 1993 issue of Air & Space/ Smithsonian,recounts adventures during the second leg of the journey, a 22-year slog through recovery and restoration that couldn’t have been completed without the ingenuity, stamina, and fortune of a Roy Shoffner, a Kentucky businessman, named the P-38 “Glacier Girl” and began to plan the completion of its mission.
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/FEATURE-glaciergirl-backstory.html#

Fifty years later, in 1992, the plane was brought to the surface by members of the Greenland Expedition Society after years of searching and excavation. The aircraft was eventually transported to Middlesboro, Kentucky, where it was restored to flying condition. The excavation of Glacier Girl was documented in an episode of The History Channel's "Mega Movers" series, titled "Extreme Aircraft Recovery".

On 22 June 2007 Glacier Girl departed Teterboro Airport, New Jersey in an attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean to Duxford, England to complete the flight it had begun sixty-five years earlier. On 28 June, however, a coolant leak in the #2 (right) engine grounded the plane in Goose Bay, Labrador.

On July 22 2007 repairs were completed in Labrador, which included installation of two re-manufactured Allison engines. Glacier Girl returned to the U.S. on July 23, and can now be seen at air shows in the USA.

In 2007 Glacier Girl was sold to Lewis Energy's CEO, Rodney Lewis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Girl