On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I enjoyed touring Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, which houses 43 Lotus cars and 1200 motorcycles. At the race track in Leeds I talked with motorcyclists who had ridden expensive, 1200cc and 1300cc German and Italian machines from several states. 
I said that in Malaysia I had ridden a 97cc motorbike like the one that Michael Schumacher had ridden the previous weekend in Sepang. Here’s a photo — more blog filler to stall for time until I resize for web-viewing, then upload, photos from Saint Petersburg and Alabama.
archive of April, 2010
on track – years ago
another old Sebring photo
Audi R8R at 12 Hours of Sebring years ago
gone to Alabama
I have left Panama City to drive north to Birmingham Motorsports Park, in Leeds, Alabama, for a weekend of watching IndyCar racing & Grand Am racing.
on track – years ago
another old 12 Hours of Sebring photo that I found weeks ago
on track – years ago
Daytona 24 winner Didier Theys in Sebring 12 Hours
today’s thought
Remember the rain that made your corn grow. –Haitian proverb
on track
Dario Franchitti in turn 1 at 2010 Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg
LinkedIn spam
For some reason (I don’t remember) I joined LinkedIn yesterday. This is what LinkedIn sent to persons listed in my e-mail account’s address list:
From: messages-noreply@bounce.linkedin.com [mailto:messages-noreply@bounce.linkedin.com] On Behalf Of Brian McKay
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 4:14 PM
To: Carol xxxx
Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Brian McKay requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn:
Carol,
I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
- Brian
I didn’t write that. Apparently, LinkedIn composed, then sent, that without my knowledge, as Facebook had done months ago. LinkedIn had only asked me if I wanted to ‘link to’ persons in my Gmail address list. Of course I said okay to that. I didn’t expect LinkedIn to ghost-write e-mail and ‘sign’ my name!
seen on track
March 29, 2010 – Albert Whitted Airport, Saint Petersburg, Florida
today’s thought
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. – Jesus, in the Gospel according to John
seen on track
another old photo of the 12 Hours of Sebring
afterlife
Today we remember that Dr. Martin Luther King was gunned-down on April 4, 1968 and that the crucified and buried Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, rose with God’s power to show us that divine life transcends bodily death. Remember that though our bodies may be killed, our souls, our inmost selves, live on — with God or apart from him.
seen on the street – downtown Saint Pete
Helio Castroneves - turn 5 - Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg
seen on the street — in Saint Pete
last weekend’s Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg
seen on the street – in Saint Pete
E.J. Viso - turn 5 - Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg - March 29, 2010
seen on the street — in Saint Pete
Danica Patrick in turn 10 -- Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg