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Petit Possibilities

Behind the speculative entries floating about are people who want to come. Some will convince team partners and sponsors and some won’t, but the bear thinks you first have to give a rat’s patootie about being there. We’ll see soon enough how it’s turned out for them. Included are: Paul Daniels, John Nielsen, Ben Aucott, Nigel Mansell, Jonathan France, Fredy Lienhardt, Juan Barazi, Ian Dawson, Antonin Charouz. (more…)

Murphy and the gang hit the Commercial Break on Thursday. Huge was told he was “quite a handsome man.” His admirer then stumbled outside and fell down. The previous day Murphy discussed the Prince of Darkness with this Triumph Spitfire fan.

Below is a Spitfire – Wisconsin style.
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Damn, the Bear hates this. No sooner does he post a poop than his phone starts ringing and the emails roll in.

Well, it’s not all bad if a poop brings the denizens of the paddock out of the wordwork, is it?

Murphy said that there was an “if” associated with each of the prototypes that had indicated they’d be at Road America. (more…)

A note from the Bear Cave

Murphy’s become just a little concerned that recent readers think the Bear has few interests beyond passing on paddock poop and patter (rumors and other stuff). That’s not how Murphy started. From the beginning, he’s commented on whatever he saw around him in his (mostly) sports car racing-related travels. (more…)

The Bear wrote a quick Paddock Poop 89 before he left for Connecticut. There wasn’t a lot of news, but, well, it was, like, done, right? Wrong.

Murphy turned on his phone in Detroit between planes and it rang immediately. It was Connor the Beaver. “Have you talked to Myron?” he asked. (Referring to the Moose.) “No, should I?” answered the Bear. “Yup,” said Conner. The Bear was on a tight connect, so he had to wait until La Guardia to get the story. (more…)