The 2021 Running NASCAR/IMSA/other racing things thread

Based on what's already happening, let me preemptively say for the firs time this year:

Race. the advertised. distance.

 

I think it was near Ontario Mills, which I believe is partially on the site of Ontario Motor Speedway. I always got to the track via Fourth Street.

EDIT: Man, I loved the Cask 'n Cleaver Steakhouse (Rancho? Upland?). Rarely busy and always got well-fed.

 

Ah, bad choice. There's a Steak'N'Shake not too far down ISB from the speedway. Better burgers, much better shakes.

 

If you can't get something good out of any conversation with John Force, you're doing it wrong.

 

Steak'N'Shake.

You're welcome.

 

Are there places where Steak N Shake is still good? I loved that place for years and got so excited when it finally came to town. But the ones here were dirty, sloppy and had the most incompetent staff I’ve seen at any sit-down restaurant. (The one nearest me folded altogether.) But aside from the localized issues, it looked like the menu in general was focusing more on cheaper, lower-quality options.

 

Used to crash the one at Daytona Beach once in a while during the eight memorable months I spent in Volusia County, and also the one in suburban Charlotte for years (actually Concord ... funny enough, not too far from CMS).

They were always better than the more standard fast-food options. Granted, I'm not exactly picky, but the stuff was a half-step or something full step better.

 

I got three laps on California Speedway’s road course before I left SoCal. I was the passenger in a Champ/Indy car, but I never can remember the driver’s name. There was a red button on one of the hold on posts you could push if you got scared and wanted off that ride. I asked where the go faster button was. I don’t know how fast we were going on the longest straightaway, but it was considerably faster than the 120 mph I have driven.

Buckweaver and Gluck also took rides that day, the three of us strutting around in our racing uniforms and shoes.

When the ride ended, I shook the very bored looking driver’s hand and said, “Better than sex.” He looked at me funny.

Thanks, and RIP, Louis Brewster.

 

In-N-Out > Freddy’s > Steak’N’Shake