World Hockey Championships and European autos thread

[forty_three]

Wonder what is happening now that is worse than missiles hitting a sponsor site 5 miles from the track in Saudi that didn't even delay a race?

 

[forty_three]

Las Vegas Casino Workers Set Strike Deadline Ahead Of Formula 1 Grand Prix

Las Vegas hotel workers at 18 casinos seeking new union contracts could go on strike right before the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix in two weeks.

www.forbes.com

Of course. What a great idea this whole thing was.



But hey, at least it's not in an active war zone.

 

[buffhockey]

Las Vegas Casino Workers Set Strike Deadline Ahead Of Formula 1 Grand Prix

Las Vegas hotel workers at 18 casinos seeking new union contracts could go on strike right before the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix in two weeks.

www.forbes.com

Of course. What a great idea this whole thing was.



But hey, at least it's not in an active war zone.

I think the casinos are seriously worried about strike and sick outs. So let’s try the old bribe trick.

Caesars Offering $100,000 in Prizes to Las Vegas F1 Staff

Caesars Entertainment is offering $100,000 worth of prizes to staff who work during the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas next month.

www.vegasslotsonline.com

 

[forty_three]

I think the casinos are seriously worried about strike and sick outs. So let’s try the old bribe trick.

Caesars Offering $100,000 in Prizes to Las Vegas F1 Staff

Caesars Entertainment is offering $100,000 worth of prizes to staff who work during the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas next month.

www.vegasslotsonline.com

Thanks for working 70 hours in 3 days! Congrats, you win! Here's your Caesar's Palace T-shirt valued at 79.95!

The BMW? That was won by a pit bosses' girlfriend who worked 2 hours at the coffee stand.

 

[forty_three]

When ticket prices fall by half and are still too crazy.

 

[forty_three]

Formula 1 Didn't Realize Las Vegas Would Be Cold In November

Ross Brawn admitted that the series didn't consider temperature when scheduling a late fall race at night in the desert

jalopnik.com

No one in F1 realized it was going to be cold. In a desert. At night. In November. Race air temps are going to be in the 30's. In a sport which is built entirely on heat in the tires and how hot air moves around a car.

And the thing is F1 is annoyed by this, when they could have opened an almanac or Googled the conditions last year at that time.

What more must they endure to appease the sports betting overlords?

 

[buffhockey]

Formula 1 Didn't Realize Las Vegas Would Be Cold In November

Ross Brawn admitted that the series didn't consider temperature when scheduling a late fall race at night in the desert

jalopnik.com

No one in F1 realized it was going to be cold. In a desert. At night. In November. Race air temps are going to be in the 30's. In a sport which is built entirely on heat in the tires and how hot air moves around a car.

And the thing is F1 is annoyed by this, when they could have opened an almanac or Googled the conditions last year at that time.

What more must they endure to appease the sports betting overlords?

Early forecast for next Thursday, Friday and Saturday is 60-70% chance of rain.

 

[forty_three]

Early forecast for next Thursday, Friday and Saturday is 60-70% chance of rain.

ZAMBONI RACES!

 

[buffhockey]

Just for showing up to work.

 

[sbb122]

Great!!! Another reason not to watch

 

[forty_three]

Great!!! Another reason not to watch

 

[dash]

Great!!! Another reason not to watch

And they call it...piston love

 

[puckhead]

 

[dash]

 

[forty_three]

Nick Mason of Pink Floyd was on The Grand Tour a few years ago and said he has one of those. He bought it for 37,000 in 1985.

 

[puckhead]

Nick Mason of Pink Floyd was on The Grand Tour a few years ago and said he has one of those. He bought it for 37,000 in 1985.

The guy who was an early president of Microsoft has an unbelievable collection
He has a '54 375 MM Scaglietti, and has had it for quite some time.

don't know what he paid for it, but he also has someone's F1 car,
and outbid Jay Leno for the first Ford GT off the line.

 

[forty_three]

The guy who was an early president of Microsoft has an unbelievable collection
He has a '54 375 MM Scaglietti, and has had it for quite some time.

don't know what he paid for it, but he also has someone's F1 car,
and outbid Jay Leno for the first Ford GT off the line.

Yeah, he was also the first person to take delivery of a Ferrari F40. When Ferrari allowed people to "buy" them, they actually retained possession of the car for a year and would take it to any track you wanted to use it at. This was to keep people from re-selling them, and also to make sure none ever made it into the hands of reporters to test against the McLaren F1 or Porsche 959.

He told them to piss off and they let him take one home. And he promptly loaned it to Automobile Magazine to test against the 959. The 959 was the unanimous winner.

 

[puckhead]

Yeah, he was also the first person to take delivery of a Ferrari F40. When Ferrari allowed people to "buy" them, they actually retained possession of the car for a year and would take it to any track you wanted to use it at. This was to keep people from re-selling them, and also to make sure none ever made it into the hands of reporters to test against the McLaren F1 or Porsche 959.

He told them to piss off and they let him take one home. And he promptly loaned it to Automobile Magazine to test against the 959. The 959 was the unanimous winner.

my wife had sent me pictures from his garage. just one jaw dropping item after another.

 

[forty_three]

I watched the entire Miami race weekend and did not realize Logan Sargeant was A) From Florida and B) A Panthers fan.

 

[forty_three]

Verstappen felt like “a clown” at glitzy Las Vegas F1 opening ceremony

www.motorsport.com

The Champ thinks the showbiz stuff is stupid. On one hand, he's a generally disagreeable person. On the other, they don't have to do this stupid "Opening of the Hunger Games" over the top bullshit anywhere else.