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Southbound & Down (in Kentucky): Paul Meets Justin

Posted by Roy Hobbson on September 1st, 2010 under Roy Hobbson, Southbound & Down  •  26 Comments

[Dreyer & Reinbold Racing drivers meeting -- Wednesday, September 1st] PT: Whaddup, homes? I’m Paul Tracy. But all my friends call me Big Dick McWinnerscircle. Someone here called me, so now I’m running this operation. Who the f–k are you? Justin: Named after the naughty bits, are you? Right then. The name’s Wilson, friend. Justin [...]

Willy T. Ribbs Report: Chicago

Posted by Roy Hobbson on August 30th, 2010 under Roy Hobbson, The Willy T. Ribbs Report  •  27 Comments

It was going on 4:00 AM Sunday morning when we finally paid tribute to a fallen friend. Because there in some crazed campground outside of the Speedway, we honored the life & death of IndyCar in Chicago — and we did it in our own inebriated fashion: by senselessly burning anything resembling fuel. We torched [...]

Willy T. Ribbs Report: Sonoma

Posted by Roy Hobbson on August 25th, 2010 under Roy Hobbson, The Willy T. Ribbs Report  •  48 Comments

Few things can be as dangerous as a sense of entitlement. Because frankly, if Reality wanted to know what you think you’re entitled to, It would beat it out of you with a commercial table saw of some kind. And then laugh dismissively & continue on not caring about what you feel you deserve. Not [...]

Willy T. Ribbs Report: Mid-Ohio

Posted by Roy Hobbson on August 10th, 2010 under Roy Hobbson, The Willy T. Ribbs Report  •  16 Comments

There’s a group of us who regularly meet up to watch the IZOD IndyCar telecasts. These are typically delightful little affairs filled with witty banter & many fine meats & tasering eachother for sport. And also IndyCar racing, I suppose. And recreational ether use. And all sorts of other happenings generally frowned upon by polite society. Our race-day telecast is a brief escape from the [...]

Open Mic: Rambling Tuesday Afternoon Edition

Posted by Roy Hobbson on August 3rd, 2010 under Open Mic, Roy Hobbson  •  45 Comments

For IndyCar fans, we’re in that desolate mid-season patch of tedium that effects every sport. It’s a scorched & barren place alright, void of anything interesting or noteworthy and everybody’s a bit more jumpy than usual. It’s quite unpleasant. And exhausting. What do we talk about? What do we discuss? Why is my left arm tingling? 

Willy T. Ribbs Report: Edmonton

Posted by Roy Hobbson on July 28th, 2010 under Roy Hobbson, The Willy T. Ribbs Report  •  81 Comments

Imagine for a second that Butler beat Duke for the NCAA Championship. Imagine that Gordon Heyward DRILLED the last second half-court heave, and that there was complete joy & euphoria & widespread economic prosperity throughout all of America. But imagine that it was short-lived. Because for demonstrative purposes, imagine that the referee WAIVED OFF the final shot [...]

Fare-Thee-Well, Mr. Lewis

Posted by Roy Hobbson on July 22nd, 2010 under In Memoriam, Roy Hobbson  •  18 Comments

IndyCar’s VP of Marketing John Lewis resigned yesterday. His list of achievements & contributions over the past 16 years is profound, and far too extensive to cover now. League resignations & such things typically go uncovered here, for that is not our business. But this is different. Because at the absolute very BOTTOM of his list of contributions [...]