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today was my last day loaning joe. i took him out for a last hack & got my mum to take photos, the second one is my favourite, i love it :)
i'm not overly sad about in all honesty, i'll miss him but there are things i need to focus on now such as college & etc which forced me & lauren (who i share loaned him with) to decide to give him up & go back to our old riding school (i love it there so it's not really bad at all); there are other reasons but i won't go into details (:
it's been a fun 8 months & 21 days; i will miss him but our run's over & perhaps he'll get a new loaner soon.
seeya joe, it's been fun ♥
For your convenience, She Herded Him Around, by E. Hoffmann Price, may also be downloaded as a single pdf file from the following link:
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Photo taken during a live performance by the rock band HIM. Linde is using a Laney VH100R all tube amplifier head with 2 speaker cabinets.
HIM @ Rock City, Nottingham - Saturday 26th October 2013
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Photograph by Sean Larkin for Midlands Rocks
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She loves him~except when it comes to shots... Seriously we all love Dr. Sergio! He even makes housecalls!! The first time I had a pet emergency he arrived at my door, came into my home, reassured me it would be okay but he needed to take our pet to his clinic for further care. He truly loved his "patients", has such expertise that I believe he could treat any animal. He is an exceptional Vet!
Flinders charting the gulfs and coast of South Australia.
When the Investigator left England it had a year’s supply of food- salted meat, hardtack- a type of hard baked bread- like a biscuit, and some livestock- sheep, pigs, goats and fowls. They also took presents for the natives. They included looking gasses, mirrors, pocketknives, combs, earrings, beads, red caps, blankets, needles, thread, shoemakers’ knives, scissors, hammers, axes, and hatchets. Flinders did not usually approach Aborigines but waited for them to approach him. He was patient and always kept a respectful distance but he did not record meetings with Aborigines in South Australia as he seldom was on in June 1802 to sail to the Torre Strait and to circumnavigate Australia he took two Aboriginal men with him. One was Bungaree who had sailed with him to Norfolk Island in 1798 with George Bass. The other was Nanbaree and the men were both from the Sydney area. Flinders noted that once they left the Sydney area the men were useless for language translation but helpful in approaching other Aboriginal people. On their northern only fired once Flinders felt unsafe at times when near Aboriginal men. Only one sailor was speared and killed by Aborigines in northern Australian and Flinders was angry that the sailor had caused offence. Retaliation led to one Aboriginal man being killed before Flinders crew moved on. The Investigator expedition was not just about exploring the unknown southern coast but also about describing botanical items, collecting shells etc. Flinders drew the coastline and hills but the voyage artist was Ferdinando Bauer, the botanist was Robert Brown, the mineralogist was John Allen and William Westall was the landscape artist. Drawings and specimens of the voyage ended up in various museums in London and Vienna in particular.
After leaving Cape Leeuwin Matthew Flinders sailed along the Great Australian Bight and started charting and naming places in South Australia starting with Fowlers Bay on 8 January 1802. He named it after one of his officers on the Investigator. As he moved on he named about 135 South Australia coastal sites. On 7 February he named Denial Bay( Ceduna) as there was no major river entering into the bay as he had hoped for followed by Smokey Bay as bush fires had lefty a cloud of smoke across the bay and then he went on to name Streaky Bay as sunlight reflected across the bay give it a streaky appearance. Further south off what is now Elliston he named Flinders Island after his younger brother Samuel. The island group there is known as the Investigator Group of islands. SA’s Flinders Island is not to be confused with Flinders Island in Bass Strait which was named after Flinders by NSW Governor Phillip King. Flinders noted wallabies on this island off Elliston and by the 1820s and 1830 whalers and sealers operated from it. In the 1890s the Schlink family lived on the island with about 1,500 acres growing oats, wheat ad grazing sheep. In 2020 the owners signed an agreement with the SA government to make most of the island a protected environmental area for penguin, seals, and bird life. In 2012 the waters around Flinders Island were appropriately designated as the Investigator Marine Park. Further down the coast Flinders explored the inlet which he named Coffin Bay after Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin. The southernmost point of Eyre Peninsula he named Cape Catastrophe because on 21 February 1802 eight of his crew in a cutter, searching for fresh water, were capsized by a wave and drowned. Captain Flinders were deeply saddened by this disaster and named eight nearby islands after the dead sailors. He next stopped at the first harbour of the gulf which he named Spencer’s Gulf after the First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Spencer. This locality he named Port Lincoln after his home county and the island there he named Boston after the nearest town to his home in Lincolnshire. He also named the Sir Joseph Banks group of islands.
Towards the top of Spencers Gulf he named Middleback Ranges, Hummock Hill (later Whyalla), Point Lowly and at the head of the Gulf he named Mt Brown after the botanist and naturalist on the Investigator and he record a rugged range of mountains. He landed at a site now part of Port Augusta and crossed country to the foot of these ranges which were named such by Governor Gawler in 1839. On the eastern side of Spencers Gulf he named Point Pearce after Mr Pearce of the Admiralty and Hardwick Bay after Charles Yorke who later became Lord Hardwick First Lord of the Admiralty in 1810. He also named Althorpe Islands and Corny Point. Althorpe Islands were named after Lord Spencer’s son Viscount Althorpe. He sailed up Gulf of St Vincent which he named on 30 March 1802 after Admiral John Jervis who was the Earl of St Vincent. He land at the top of St Vincent Gulf at what later became Port Wakefield and named Hummocky Mountain. On the way down St Vincent Gulf he named Mt Lofty from the sea before landing on an island with a plentiful supply of kangaroos. Flinders named it Kangaroo Island on 22 March. The crew needed some fresh meat as they had had none for four months and Flinders recorded that his men killed 31 kangaroos. A hundredweight of kangaroo tails, forequarters and heads were made into soup, and steaks were cut for both officers and crew which they ate for several days. They were able to take on water from Kangaroo Island. Flinders named Investigator Strait for the ocean separating Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island and Backstairs Passage for the strait separating Kangaroo Island and the Fleurieu Peninsula. He named several places near what is now Penneshaw( Kangaroo Head and Point and Marsden) and he named Nepean Bay opposite Cape Jervis after Sir Evan Nepean who was in 1802 the Secretary of the Board of the Admiralty. He named the southern point of Fleurieu Peninsula Cape Jervis after John Jervis the Earl of St Vincent. The accuracy and detail of his charts can be seen in Flinder’s 1814 map of upper Spencers Gulf from his exploration charts and recordings. Upon leaving Kangaroo Island Flinders named Encounter Bay and Baudin’s rock at Robe. The bay there had already been named by French Captain Nicolas Baudin as Guichen Bay. Flinders then moved eastwards but the lower South East coast of SA had already been charted by Captain James Grant in 1800 when he named Cape Banks, Cape Northumberland etc.
Fleurieu Peninsula, Encounter Bay and Baudin.
Captain Nicolas Baudin was in South Australia waters between March and April 1802. On his 1802 voyage Baudin had named in the South East, Carpentier Rocks, Rivoli Bay, Cape Jaffa, Cape Dombey and Guichen Bay (Robe), Lacapede Bay ( Kingston) and finally Fleurieu Peninsula. The Fleurieu was named after Count Charles de Fleurieu a French naval officer, cartographer and the Minister for Marine. On 9 April 1802 Baudin on Le Géographe and Flinders on the Investigator accidentally met at Encounter Bay. Like Flinders voyage this was a scientific voyage too with naturalists, botanists, zoologists etc on board. Despite not speaking French Flinders went aboard the Géographe and met Baudin who spoke some English. Flinders was unaware of the Baudin expedition and asked if Baudin was the captain. Baudin on the other hand knew who Flinders was and new about his voyage. In their discussion Flinders said that he had named Kangaroo Island and nearby geographical features. But when Baudin produced maps of the area back in Paris the name of Kangaroo Island was changed to Ile de Decrès, Backstairs Passage became Détroit de Colbert and Investigator Strait became Détroit de Lacapede. Baudin’s second in charge Louis Freycinet admitted Flinders had made new discoveries and named them but the Parisiennes kept the French names. Freycinet returned to chart more of Spencers Gulf in 1803. Both Baudin and Flinders returned to Port Jackson and the two met again in Sydney in May and June of 1802. The two captains obviously respected each other. When Captain Baudin left Sydney to return to France he took with him, with the Governor Phillip King’s approval, a young convict girl to be his mistress on the voyage. Alas for Nicolas Baudin he died on the voyage home to France in Mauritius in September 1803 aged 49 years. A member of Baudin’s ship Francois Peron published his charts of South Australia whilst Flinders was under house arrest in Mauritius. Francois Peron was the naturalist on Baudin’s voyage. He published his Voyage de decouverts aux Terres Australe with maps in 1807. Every place west of Wilsons Promontory in Victoria was called Terre Napoleon. Louis de Freycinet who accompanied Baudin on most of his voyages also published a second Atlas of Terre Napoleon in 1811 three years before Flinders published his work. Comparisons of Freycinet’s and Flinder’s maps showed the superiority and accuracy of Flinders charts over the French ones. In was only in 1824 that the French authorities acknowledged Flinder’s place names and kept the French ones only for those first surveyed by the Baudin or Freycinet mainly around Kangaroo Island and near Robe. The French still wanted to claim Terre Napoleon although Emperor Napoleon had been replaced by King Louis XV111 in July 1815 just after the Battle of Waterloo ( June 1815) and the demise of Emperor Napoleon. Bourbon King Louis XV111 was a son of the late Louis XV1 who was guillotined on 21 January 1793.
In 1902, during the centenary of Flinder’s survey of South Australia, a tablet commemorating the meeting between Flinders and the Captain Nicolas Baudin was installed on the Bluff at Encounter Bay. The cairn is located at Rosetta Head on the top of the Bluff nearly 100 metres above sea level. It was unveiled by the SA Governor Lord Tennyson. Flinders is also remembered in Victor Harbor with Flinders’ Drive at Encounters Bay ( and there is also a Baudin Drive) and Flinders Parade along the beach front in central Victor Harbor where the giant Norfolk Island pines grow.
Memorials to Flinders in South Australia and Australia.
Although there are numerous memorials to Flinders in South Australia he is one of the few men to have memorials in other states too. Monuments to the achievements and voyages of Captain Matthew Flinders can be found in Tasmania (3), Victoria (13), New South Wales (6), Queensland (11), Western Australia (2) and in South Australia (30) approximately. Although this list refers to cairns and regular monuments Victoria also has the Matthew Flinders High School in Geelong, Flinders Street Railway station in Melbourne, Flinders Street in the CBD, a federal electorate called Flinders and the town of Flinders on Mornington Peninsula. Tasmania has Flinders Island in Bass Strait and The Derwent River and Mt Wellington were named by Matthew Flinders. In South Australia Matthew Flinders is known for naming various geographical features and sites. Boston Bay and Boston Island and Port Lincoln district, Spencers Gulf and St Vincent Gulf, the Flinders Ranges, Mt Brown in the Flinders which was scaled by Flinders and the Investigator’s botanist Robert Brown and named after him. Flinders also named Investigator Strait, Backstairs Passage, Cape Jervis, Kangaroo Island and Encounter Bay. Matthew Flinders is also memorialised in SA with Flinders Street in Adelaide, Flinders Railway Station, Flinders Hospital, Flinders Park a suburb, Flinders Street Baptist Church and Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island.
Perhaps the most significant memorials to Captain Flinders are the Obelisk on Mt Lofty. It was unveiled by the Governor Lord Tennyson in 1902 to celebrate the centenary of Flinders charting of the SA coast. Another important memorial is in Port Augusta at the site where Flinders and Brown and some crew left the Investigator and crossed to the Flinders Ranges. Other important memorials are at the top of St Vincent’s Gulf in Port Wakefield, at Rapid Bay where a plaque was affixed to the Colonel William Light memorial in 1948. It commemorators the naming and sighting of Backstairs Passage. There is the monument at Rosetta Head at Encounter Bay which is very significant as it commemorates Flinder’s meeting with French Captain Nicolas Baudin. One memorial, seldom visited today, is in Lincoln National Park near Port Lincoln. An easily seen monument was unveiled in 1939 at the spot where Flinders landed near Port Lincoln to search for fresh water as 1939 was the centenary of the town of Port Lincoln. The other is high on a hill in dense scrub within the National Park above Memory Cove. It memorialises the drowning of eight of Flinder’s crew in February 1802 at Cape Catastrophe. Flinders himself left a copper plaque here to commemorate these lost lives but it is not there now but in the possession of the SA Maritime Museum. Now there is a replica plaque at Memory Cove. This was the first European plaque erected in South Australia. An obelisk was erected above Memory Cove during Sir John Franklin’s term of office as Governor of Van Diemens Land between 1836 and 1843. The obelisk on Stamford Hill was built of stone shipped from Van Diemens Land. The monument was restored with a marble facing in 1867. A new bronze plaque was unveiled on it in 1934. In Whyalla there is an iron figure of Flinders and Freycinet appropriately produced with iron from the Whyalla blast furnace.
On Kangaroo Island a plaque was erected at Prospect Hill beside Pelican Lagoon, both named by Flinders’ in 1802 when the Investigator moored at Kangaroo Head Flinders rowed himself across Pelican Lagoon and then climbed Prospect Hill himself on the narrow isthmus linking the Dudley Peninsula with the rest of Kangaroo Island. The plaque was placed here at Hog Bay in 1948. Flinder’s camp was at Kangaroo Head which is almost part of Penneshaw. It was whilst Flinders was at Penneshaw that he sighted and named Mt Lofty. Ironically the big memorial in Penneshaw is to Nicolas Baudin. French Mans Rock Dome Memorial was built in Penneshaw in 1906. At this memorial there are plaques affixed by French naval personnel to commemorate Baudin’s visit to Kangaroo Island. They were placed there in 1986 for SA’s 150 year jubilee, 1988 for the bicentenary of the European settlement of Australia and another plaque was erected there in 1990.
Art & About
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition by the American Artist Seward Johnson
(On display in Saginaw, Michigan- May 17- September 6, 2016)
I stopped at the apple place in the previous picture and bought apples that day. Driving around, I came upon him/her. He seemed very shy and stayed near the barn, so I threw an apple in the barnyard. He came down to inspect it and decided it tasted good.
Anyway, this is the rest of the story. The man from the roadside apple store didn't own him, it was some other person who thought her horse would be snatched by these terrible horse theives on Flickr. Honest :)
Rob's co-workers got him a set of 8 glasses. One for each rank with the date he attained it, and the 8th had his starting and ending dates in the Air Force.
The president decided to get out and walk about 75 meters past where we were sitting :-( I know this is a shitty picture, but at least it serves as proof that I've seen him with my own eyes!
inchworm!
*My daughter requested I use my macro lens to take his picture. Her four-year-old brother played his first prank on her by telling her "inchy" escaped from her bug-catcher. She sobbed. After a satisfactory amount of time, he said, with a gleam in his eye, " I's just kiddin' you! "
He got us both.
For lack of a name, I was calling this little kitty The Editor or Ed for his penchant of climbing on my desk and hiding behind the keyboard to attack your fingers. The kids decided that he needed a proper name and not just a title - So meet Edgar The Editor. He has gotten brave enough to hang out on top of the desk now and thinks he is in charge of the mouse. If you make a mistake, Look Out - he will pounce all over you and correct it himself. This is the last of the kittens we had - My children are begging to keep him - Does anyone want a Critical Kitten?
I took Roscoe by to meet Jen before getting him ready for his big trip tomorrow. She licked him. lol
HIM, Birmingham o2 Academy, 19/3/2010, Copyright 616 Photography, AlternativeVision.co.uk, DO NOT USE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION!
That's Masheka's book, Deep Doodle, in his hand. We had the privilege of having dinner with Morrie afterwards, and he told us about the the days when he did freelance work for publications that wouldn't allow him to include any people of color in any cartoons or illustrations.
Day 2 of The Indy KA500 and After a Fantastic First Day of Racing and Celebrations now is where the Real Hard Work Begins as The Entire Field of 46 KA'S were in the Garages with Drivers Teams and Engineers at The Ready as they were about to tackle 8 Hours of the Indy Circuit.
With an 8 Hour Race anything can Happen and with such a Large Field of Cars a lot of Overtakes and Careful Navigation will be Required to Ensure Victory.
With The Start of The Race About to get underway Its Time to See Who will be able to Hold out the Longest and Take the Title of IndyKa500 Endurance Champion for 2021.
Hour 1 (11:04AM)
As The Field of 46 KA'S Completed the Formation Lap and Slowly made their way Towards the Start Finish Straight The Lights went Green and at Exactly 11:04AM the Race Had Begun.
Racing Down Towards Paddock Hill Bend it was The KA of Team (IP Racing's Adam Blair Scott Parkin Oliver Wilmot and Mark Witherington) Who took the Lead Followed Closely by Team (Octane Junkies Adam Smith Martyn Smith and Bazza Ward) in Second Place and Team (Alex Read Motorsport's Chris Reade Sam Luke's Carlito Miracco and Luke Read) in Third Place as they Thundered Up the Hill Towards The Tops of Druids and Back Down Again through Bottom Bend where Team (Ferguson Motorsport's Damon Astin Billy Ferguson Joe Ferguson and Daniel Ferguson) took the Lead from (Octane Junkies) before Flying Around The Track to Complete Lap 1 of 500.
As The Cars came Round Paddock for The Second Time The KA of (Ferguson Motorsport) Now Leads by a Heathy Margin While Further Back (IP Racing) and (Octane Junkies) Have A Fantastic Scrap over Second Place with The Two of Them Swapping The Lead Over and Over again. Car Number 55 of (Al Most Racers Alistair Hardie Alistair McDonald Lee Conway and Will Denny) was Seen Getting Air of The Inside Curb on the Exit of Paddock Hill Bend making for a Spectacular Sight.
Hour 2 (11:54AM)
Hour 2 and All 46 KA'S are Still Alive and Well with Each Driver Pushing Hard to Maintain their Advantage as the Tyres Begin to Warm Up and Start to Grip the Track More.
KA Number 56 Team (Hard And Enthusiastic Martyn Dilworth Mark Figes and Mike Hickey) are Locked in a Tight Battle at The Top of Paddock Hill Bend with KA Number 27 Team (Semprini Racing's Jeremy Evans James Hart Phil Hart and William Puttergill) as they Fight it Out Between the Two Cars for a Position.
Further Down the Field KA Number 23 Team (Kastrol's Michael Keegan Tim Keegan and David Murfitt) is Having its Own Battle with KA Number 4 of Team (Alex Read Motorsport) as The Two Teams Have a Go at One Another Thought the Course of The Lap trying Hard to Hold onto that Position they Worked so Hard for.
Another Battle at Paddock is the KA Number 3 of Team (Wingdat Racing's Andy Chapman Jonathan Barret and Wayne Jackson) Having to Fend off The KA Number 16 of Team (M and D Racing's Alex Martin Daniel Martin Tony Perfect and Mathew Rowling) as they Also were Looking to be in an Intense Battle Thought the Lap with Many Other Teams and Drivers Now Settling into a Rhythm. at The Endo f The Second Hour The KA't Mobile Number 49 of Team (LDR Performance Tuning's David Bywater Adrian Clarke Andy Grear Hardy and Sammy Bryan) is Seen Making its way Through Paddock Hill Bend and Through the Gravel Trap but Manages to Get Out Unaided and Safely.
At 12:12PM a Huge and Very Loud Crash is Heard at The Bottom of Paddock Hill Bend and Seen Rowling Through The Gravel Trap and Ending up on its Wheels is the KA Number 3 of Team (Windgat Racing) Bringing out the First Safety Car of The Endurance Race. Lucky The Driver was Fine and After a Few Minutes Due to The Recovery Taking Place they Are Back out in the Race But with a Lot of Catching Up to do.
Hour 3 (13:08PM)
With the Safety Car Now in the Race gets Back Underway and Already each Driver was Pushing Even Harder trying to either Create a Gap or Make Up for Lost Time Due to The Safety Car Intervention.
At The Top of Paddock Hill Bend a Fierce Battle is Taking Place Between the Two Teams of KA Number 13 and KA Number 155 Team (Deranged Motorsport's Jason Pelosi Josh Larkin and Alex Kelby) and Team (JRS's Nick Walker Alex Day and William Foster) as they Duel Thought the Whole of Paddock Hill Bend Starting at The Top and Still Keeping the Fight Going Right Up towards Druids in The End Deranged Motorsport Wins Out and Takes The Position Away from JRS.
At 13:24PM The Fighting Between each Team Continues at The Top of Paddock Hill Bend which is Proving to be the Best Overtaking Area as Each Car has Only 73 Break Horse Power so Carrying as Much Speed as Possible from the Main Straight Towards Paddock is Essential for a Successful Overtake.
Team (Piston Heads Peter Dignan Oliver Lewis Benjamin Lowden and Sam Sheehan) Battles it out with Team (LDR Performance Tuning's Laurence Davey Mike Paul James Parker and Glen Copeland) as The Two Cars Do Battle for All to See with Team LDR Taking The Position Away.
At 13:39PM A Set of 4 KA's are Seen Fighting Their Way up Towards Druids with All Four Teams not Giving up the Fight as they Swap Positions Relentlessly with not One Driver Willing to Give Up his Position.
The 98 55 53 and 13 All Really Having a Good Go at One Another Thought their Fight. As The Sun Starts its Slow Dissent Down Over The Hills and Valleys that Surround The Circuit Bottom Bend was Providing Some More Opportunities for Drivers to do Battle with One Another. A Four way Fight Between KA's Number 56 51 44 and 64 was Occurring with Number 56 Holding Strong at The Front of This Fight and Leading them on Towards Clearways.
Finally at 13:48PM An Epic Battle Between KA's Number 64 and 44 was Witnessed Through Bottom Bend with The Likes of The Number 64 Bouncing a Wheel Into The Air as The Car Took the Tight Racing Line making for an Amazing Picture and a Superb bit of Car Control To Keep that KA Pointing The Right Way.
Hour 4 (14:02PM)
The Fourth Hour and Pit Stops and Driver Changes were Imminent with Many Teams Choosing to Go into The Pits to Change Both Drivers and Top Up the Fuel as Well as Change Tyres if Necessary. Every Team was Running to a Different Strategy Depending Upon the Amount of Drivers they Had with Teams of Four Drivers Taking 2 Hours in the Car Each While Teams of Three or Less would Have to Take on Longer Stints of 3 To Maybe Even 4 Hours in the Car Hoping that Having to do Fewer Driver Changes would Mean they could make Up The Difference on Track.
Back on The Track at 14:02PM More Battles were Commencing Through Pilgrims Drop With KA's Number 81 Team (GM Performance's Gary Mitchell and Ian Mitchell) Going Head to Head with KA Number 46 Team (JDC Motorsport's Stu Neal Andy Gaugler and Simon Walker Hensell) with The KA of GM Performance Narrowly Taking The Place From JDC Motorsport on the Run towards Clearways.
At 14:20PM a Fantastic Battle Between KA Number's 18 100 127 3 55 and 115 was Seen as they Powered their Way onto Clearways with 155 Leading Followed by 55 and 3 127 100 and 18 All Slowly Gaining Ground to the Two Leading KA's at The Front of This Train.
Shortly After This Train of Cars Came Through Another Train of 5 KA's was not Far Behind this Time Being Lead by Number 13 Deranged Motorsport with 131 (Team Viking's Mark Holme Harry Nunn and Nick Nunn) Then came Number 4 Alex Read Motorsport with 98 Piston Heads and 41 (Rowe Rage Motorsport's Alex Butler Greg Caswell Jason Handcock and Sam Rowe) As they All Fought Hard to Catch One Another Thought their Fight.
KA's Number 98 4 and 64 were Also Seen at 14:48PM Having a Really Good Three Way Fight with 64 and 98 Side by Side down Pilgrims Drop with The Number 4 Car Closing Fast.
At 14:54PM A Final Battle was Seen on the Run Up Towards Clearways with The KA's of Number 60 (Powerflex's David Power Paul Cowland and Dom David) Battling Hard with KA's Number 7 (G and B Finch's Joe Bragg Lee Finch Steve Finch Benjamin Smith and Arthur Thurtle) and Number 127 (Fat Boys Racing's Charlie Jackson and Matt Pinny) with The Number 7 KA Leading The Trio On Towards Clearways as The Sun Began to Set.
Hour 5 (15:25PM)
The Fith Hour and a Swarm of KA's were Seen Storming Down the Main Straight towards Paddock Hill Bend with the Number 131 Car of (Team Viking) in the Lead by Some Distance Followed by Number 64 125 18 81 and 155 as they All Made their Way Towards Paddock for another Chance at an Overtake.
Another Battle Followed Closely Behind with KA Numbers 11 18 49 and 111 All Fighting as Well in order to Maintain or Improve their Positions as The Race Went on.
At 15:28PM The Safety Car was Out again While Another KA Somewhere on Track was Being Recovered and The Leading car Number 36 IP Racing's (Adam Blair Scott Parkin Oliver Wilmot and Mark Witherington's Lead Evaporates as the Field is Once again Bunched up.
Behind Them are KA's Number 44 (Mini Challenges Max Coates Dominic Wheatley Lewis Saunders and Dan Zelos) Looking to Make a More Once the Safety Car Period Ends The 14 of (Frugal Racing) and 51 of (Barwell Autosport's Taylor Norton Kamran Tunio Ryan Brinsted and Kester Cook) Also Looking to Take the Lead of This Endurance Race.
At 15:36PM The Car that Had Caused The Safety Car was Seen Being Recovered into the Outer Garage Area where cars are Held Before the Start of Each Race. KA Number 46 (JDC Motorsport) Had Made Contact Somewhere on the Circuit and Looked to Have a Broken Front Left Steering Arm with the Wheel Being Completely Bend Backwards into The Car with the Car Heading Back to the Garage for Repairs Before Rendering The Race Quite a Few Laps Down.
15:38PM and The Two KA's of Positive Motorsport's Andrew Rogerson Samuel Rendon and Ryan Frith Battle it Out with Number 13 Deranged Motorsport Through Westfield Towards Dingle dell with The Number 13 Beautifully Sweeping Around the Outside to Take The Position Away.
Another Battle was Seen at 15:38PM with (Alex Read Motorsport) Number 4 Battling Number 64 (Auto Teach Motorsport's Reece Kellow Andrew Howell Luca Ataccini Anzanello and Megan) through Westfields Side by Side on Towards Dingle dell.
Finally at 15:57PM Another KA Had Fallen Victim to an Issue with the Number 23 Car of (PSR's Carl Beresford Russel Danzey Tom Gilbert and Jack Wood) Being Taken on the Back of the Recovery Truck to The Garages for Repairs Before Going back Out into The Race as Night Began to Fall Upon The Indy Circuit.
Hour 6 (16:15PM)
As The Light Slowly began to Fade Away from the Indy Circuit Many Drivers were Now starting to use their Headlights as The Lighting Conditions got Darker and Darker as Time went by.
At 16:15PM A Massive Group of Cars came Flying Down Through Paddock Hill Bend with KA Number 55 Al Most Racers on the Inside Line 127 Fat Boys Racing on the Middle Line and 39 Kameleon Racing's Chris Bright Richard Cox Steve Goldsmith and Leigh Youles Michael on the Outside Line as they Fought their way Through the Bend and Up Towards Druids.
At 16:21PM Piston Heads Racing KA Number 98 was Seen Leading another Group of Cars Through Paddock Hill Bend with Numbers 41 52 33 and 2 All Fighting for Places as they Came Towards Paddock Hill Bend.
16:24PM and The Paddock Hill Bend Gravel Trap Claims Another Victim This Time the Number 131 KA of Team Viking Had Ended up Taking a Trip Through it Before a Half Spin Left Him Facing the Marshalls Post Opposite before Returning to the Track after Losing a Few Places. Recovery Teams set to work Once Again with The Safety Car Being Called into Action for The Third Time.
16:40PM and at The Top of Paddock Hill Bend a Three way Fight Becomes a Two Way Fight as The Number 127 KA of Fat Boys Racing Goes for a Spin after Trying to Get a Run on the Number 19 KA of LDR Performance Tuning with The Number 14 Car of Frugal Racing Just Narrowly Missing The Spinning Car.
16:42PM and a Final Intense Battle Between the Number 44 KA and The Number 1 KA of Burton Power Racing's Andy Burton Kyle Sagar Tom Valentine and Sammy Venables as They Fight Hard to try and Take that Position away from Mini Challenge to Round off The 6th Hour.
Hour 7 (16:50PM)
The Seventh Hour and at The Bottom of Surtees a Massive Crash is Heard as The KA's of Number 42 The K Teams (Paul Simmons Edward Simmons Glen Woodbridge Damo) is Seen Running off Track with Number 13 Deranged Motorsport Onto The Grass and Number 81 GM Performance Being Spun Out Trying to Avoid The Carnage in Front. All Drivers Okay and They Get back on Track and Continue on As Day Turns into Night.
17:02PM and a Top of Druids The Ka's of Number 72 Misty Racings (Adam Bonham and Simon Bonham) are Fighting Hard to Keep their Position from the Number 49 Car of LDR Performance Tuning as well as Number 7 of G and B Finch Trying to Find a Way Through on the Outside of Druids. The 98 of Piston Heads is also Closing in by This Stage with Headlights A Blaze.
17:05PM and Coming Towards Druids is a Sea of KA's All With Headlights A Blaze as they Fight for Positions Cars Number 60 3 19 and 39 All in Different Positions and Yet Still Fighting to try and Gain an Advantage that Could Swine this Endurance Race in Any of the Teams Favours. Further Back 127 and 140 Are Doing Battle on the Run Up Towards Druids.
17:09PM Once Again Another Battle at Druids This Time its The Trio of Number 127 36 and 60 That are All Trying to Better One Another in their Attempt to Gain a Place with Number 36 IP Racing Leading The Way.
17:14PM One Final Battle is Seen Coming Up towards Druids with The Number's 18 44 55 and 2 Fighting it Out Number 2 Kastrol's Has The Lead of This Group of Cars with Blazing Bright Headlights to Aid the Drivers Around The Circuit.
17:27PM and Now Darkness was Everywhere Making Visibility Very Difficult and Yet this did not Stop the Likes of Cars Number 128 JTR's Eliot Mason Nick Tandy David Mason and James Rhodes from Battling with Car Number 16 M and D Racing's Alex Martin Daniel Martin Tony Perfect and Mathew Rowling. In a Daring Move in the Pitch Black Darkness The Two Cars Go Side by Side Trying to Gain One over The Other Before JTR's Takes The Inside Line and The Position.
17:30PM Another Daring Battle is Captured Between The Number 180 Car of (Shine Auto motive's Colin French Mathew Eldridge and Wayne Clelland) and Number 44 (Mini Challenge's Max Coates Dominic Whitely Lewis Saunders and Dan Zelos) Defending The Outside Line as Best as they Can but Ultimately Shine Automotive Makes their way Through.
17:51PM A KA is Seen Flying Down Through The Bottom of Druids and into a Cloud of Dust Caused by Another KA Going off The KA is Just Barely Visible Showing The Dangers of what can Happen at Night When Visibility Becomes Low or Obstructed. Other KA's Soon Followed Through the Dust Cloud as Well with Many Backing off Slightly In case a Car was Stuck out on The Track but Thankfully All was Good as Hour 7 Ended.
Hour 8 (17:56PM) (THE FINAL HOUR)
The FINAL Hour of The 8 Hour Indy KA 500 and With Every Driver Now Getting into a Rhythm it was Up to Each Teams Last Driver to Strap in and Go for it to the Checkered Flag. However not All had gone to Plan for every Driver as The Number 29 KA of LDR Performance Tuning Found Out Slipping into the Gravel and Costing Them a Ridge Back to the Pits for Repairs with Less than 1 Hour to go.
18:00PM and The Number 2 KA of Kastrol's was Captured Racing Through Paddock Hill Bend During The Night Pushing Incredibly Hard to Ensure a Good Top 25 Finnish in the Points with Headlights Illuminating their way Around Paddock Hill Bend as The Car Flew Through The Bend.
18:30PM The Safety Car was Out for The Last Time During The Race and was Captured Leading a whole Train of KA's Through Pilgrims Drop and Onto Clearways with Each Driver Poised and Ready to Get Going Once the Safety Car Had Come In.
19:07PM An Amazing Sight to Behold with Just 15 Minutes Left on the Clock a Huge Rush of KA's Flooded their way Down The Main Straight and Past The Start Finnish Straight with Headlights on Full Beam to Aid in Visibility. The Number 8 KA Leads The way in This Group of Cars with The Number 18 CHR Hoonikan Car of Stratton MacKay Dave Mayer and Paul Robson Closing in Behind.
19:09PM And The Green Flag is Dropped for The Final Time as The Safety Car Comes into the Pitlane All 44 Remaining KA's Race Towards Druids with the Field so Bunched up this is Anyone's Race to both Win or Lose at This Stage.
The Number 42 KA of The K Teams Paul Simmons Edward Simmons and Glen Woodbridge Damo takes off Leading from Number 20 A Reeve's Motorsport Aron Reeve Stuart Lane and Andy Godfrey while The Number 127 of Fat Boys Racing Chases Them Down into a Nail Biting Finnish at The Centre of The Field.
19:13PM A Group of Six KA's are Captured Having an Intense Battle with Only 5 Minutes Left to Run The Likes of KA Number 127 36 and 128 All Putting Up One Hell of a Good Fight in The Closing Stages of The Endurance Race with Some Drives Having Driven for 4 Hours Straight.
19:21PM and after 8 Hours of Continuous Racing and 5 KA's Out of The Race The Checkered Flag was Ready and Waiting as The Number 81 KA of GM Performance's Gary Mitchell and Ian Mitchell Takes the Victory at The 2021 8 Hour Indy Car 500!!!! Followed Closely by The Number 72 Car Misty Racing's Adam Bonham and Simon Bonham in Second Place with KA Number 14 Frugal Racing's Jim McDougal Callum McDougal Mike Marais and Leon Bidgeway Taking Third Place.
A Huge Congratulations to The Overall Top Three Winners and to All of the other Teams and Competitors for Showing some Incredible Racing To End of The 2021 Motorsport Season. From
Historic Formula 1 to Classic Touring Cars To The Indy KA 500 This Season Has been One of The Best to Date.
See You All Again Next Year Where We Will do it All Over Again.