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This 1466 spent most of its life working a 100-acre farm in northwest Indiana. The DT-436 turbocharged six-cylinder diesel engine had only 2300 hours on the clock when Bob bought it. The tractor came to him when a little old lady contacted a friend of Bob’s, looking for someone to purchase and care for her late husband’s baby. The 1466 wears original paint, and is shown with owner Bob Zarse…
Interstellar brings Case IH combines and tractors to the big screen in a movie that provokes questions about life on Earth. Set in the future, a crop shortage and second Dust Bowl combine to make life increasingly difficult for humans. Matthew McConaughey plays Cooper, an aeronautical pilot turned famer as the need for basic crop production increased. The film opens with real life interviews of…
By the time I left the day’s fires on Friday, January 15, I was fried. I wanted to ride a trail low on technical challenge and high on fun: Walnut Creek Park was just the ticket.
On the north side of Austin, Walnut Creek Park offers fast, flowy trails that are atypical here in the land of rocks and ledges.
The park had been renovated since I had ridden it last. I had avoided it due to the…
Friday morning, January 8th. Holidays done, over, behind me.
I’m good with that.
No more trees and lights and gifts and cookies and family. All fine things . . . but done, and a new year is beckoning. Time to get back to making books and making things happen.
Boost the sales reps. Keep the designers and developers on track making the new website sah-wheet. Shoot. Write. Travel. Wheel, deal,…
Another late start, dammit. My plan to ride Pace Bend switched to something closer. I decided to drive over to Westlake, park near the top of the Hill of Life, and ride some of the trails on either side of the the hill. The Hill of Life is a beastly, ledge-filled climb on the north end of Barton Creek Trail. It’s technical as hell to climb or descend, and gains 300 feet of elevation in about one-…
So the first 50 Fridays ride of 2016 happened on January 1st! What a great way to start a new year.
Sadly, it was cold and wet and a miserable freakin’ day to be out riding. But hey, a bad day of riding is still a good thing.
Joan and I bundled up and got ready to go. I put on a hat under my helmet—which looked utterly ridiculous—and topped the ensemble off with a neck gator.
Off we went,…
So I’m going to be 50 years old this year. Five decades on this rock. I'm generally pretty blase about milestone birthdays, but I feel like this is one I should celebrate in some fashion. I thought about doing one of those epic trip things that everyone I know does. Three weeks rock climbing and kayaking Tibet or some such fantastic journey. Now I love pointless adventures more than most, but…
Live from the broadcast booth, Paul Page captured the excitement of twenty-seven Indy 500 races, first as the “Voice of the Indy 500” for the radio broadcast and then as chief announcer for the ABC telecast. From his first race as a pit reporter to his semiretirement in 2016, generations of fans have witnessed the Greatest Spectacle in Racing as told by Paul Page.Below is an excerpt from his…
A fearless pioneer and a versatile and gifted driver, Paula Murphy was the first woman to pilot a jet car to a Bonneville Salt Flats speed record, the first woman to secure an NHRA Funny Car license, and much more. The following is an excerpt from The Fastest Woman on Wheels: The Life of Paula Murphy.Paula Murphy scored another first on November 11, 1963.Positioned as a tire test season for…
The following is an excerpt from the book John Britten by Tim Hanna, The book covers how independent John Britten and his revolutionary racing machines beat the factory-built twin-cylinder motorcycles of the time. The legend of the man and machine is one of the most incredible engineering and design feats of the twentieth century.In this excerpt, the Britten Team takes on their first of…