For the most part, this weekend’s vacation to the north woods of Minnesota for the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway was a great success. The racing was good, the weather was beautiful, and all the usual friends made it there. We met some nice people who also live in the [...]

NASCAR team Roush Racing announced today that 2004 Nextel Cup Champion Kurt Busch has advised them that he’s off to greener pastures beginning with the 2007 season. He’ll be moving on to Penske Racing South, to replace retiring veteran Rusty Wallace in the #2 Miller Lite Dodge. Man, I wonder what that letter [...]

Some of my best memories seem to involve times spent with my best friends at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota. We particularly make a big deal about the NHRA drag races that come every year in August. Recent news suggests that we may not be able to revisit these memories as BIR [...]

Minnesota’s big controversy for years has been the need to construct a new baseball stadium in the Twin Cities. Everyone hates the Metrodome, or the “Big Inflatable Toilet” as they call it. As a result the state has come up with an idea to impose a 3 cent per $20 sales tax on [...]

I had a very nice weekend up in Brainerd, Minnesota for the NHRA drag races. I have a lot of pictures to share, and will post them to the pics page when I have time. I’ll probably do that this upcoming weekend. I have midterms this week so it’s really not going [...]