2005-ish, I decide to help my best friend move from the east coast to Portland, OR. I had relocated to Olympia, WA about a year prior, so I had already made the trip in a box truck pulling my car on a flatbed, and generally knew what to expect in addition to having experience with … Read more
For around 10 days each year, motorsport fans descend on Johnson Valley in such numbers that this little corner of the California desert gains its own zip code. Its residents set up camp in roughshod campers and tents, build enclaves with names like Lasertown or Hammertown, and traverse the sand behind the wheel of their … Read more
As dawn broke over Daytona International Speedway, the 2024 Rolex 24 was still set to crank on for seven more hours, but already the pit lane was full of haunted faces. Exhausted crew members may very well have started their work day over 24 hours prior, and many would continue on for hours after the … Read more
Screenshot: SidetrackAdventure/YouTube This bit of highway was built in 1919, only to be abandoned in 1952 with the opening of a safer, modern tunnel straight through the the craggy Arizona mountain. It runs 21 miles from Superior, Arizona to Miami (Arizona, not Florida). This road must have been fairly dangerous back in the day due … Read more
LawConnect has made it out of the Heads first in a close and dramatic start to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on Boxing Day. Rival supermaxi yachts SHK Scallywag and Andoo Comanche followed in that order as light winds made for a challenging beginning to the 628-nautical mile bluewater classic. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: … Read more
The Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet is bracing for the possibility of thunderstorms from the beginning of the bluewater classic. Hobart veteran Iain Murray has predicted the conditions will be especially testing for the four 100ft supermaxi yachts jostling for line honours. After a week of variability in the forecast, the Bureau of Meteorology warned the … Read more
Skipper John Winning Jr is backing Andoo Comanche to defend her line honours title in any conditions as the Rolex Sydney to Hobart’s weather forecast remains unpredictable. On Christmas Eve, the Bureau of Meteorology said uncertainty remained as to wind, waves and weather from Boxing Day after revealing an unusually vague long-range forecast on Monday. … Read more
