“Car Week” on Monterey Bay got Murphy thinking. This is an experience that all his gearhead friends should be able to have, but cost – in cash and relationships – can be formidable. Let’s face it, our “significant others” put up with our automotive obsessions, but they rarely share them. So you can’t just run off and drop a couple grand all by yourself…not without becoming a single bear again, anyway.
Well, the Bear was paying attention last week and he realized there are ways to take your squeeze along and manage the time and do-re-mi in such a way as to make everyone happy. The trick? Find the less expensive car events, use the money you save to do some serious partying with your better half, and you’ll come away with her (or him, not to be sexist here) remembering a great romantic time in one of the most beautiful places on the globe while you go home having had that awesome car experience. (more…)
Burnsville, Minnesota, USA – Back from “winter training” in Florida, and this Bear is “pumped”! What a rush to see two entirely new LMP1 cars, along with a pair of nearly new LMP2s! The new Audi may be quiet, and the brake glow may be gone, but trust Murphy, this car will send chills up your spine. The Bear’s telling you, when the new Lola, in the hands of James Weaver and his mates, goes head-to-head against the R10, while Clint and company take their Lola out against the Porsche on a more suitable track for them than Laguna Seca, you’re going to be in real danger of soiling your laundry. Is it any wonder the Bear doesn’t usually wear pants?
Braselton, Georgia, USA – The Bear has gotten to his first Petit Le Mans, and boy, is he impressed. After a big weekend of football – his little Golden Rodent friends won a cliffhanger – he put on the Gopher cap in their honor. He’s promised to keep a certain Dyson Racing driver updated on Saturday’s game in which the Bear’s team plays the driver’s hometown “Nittany Lions” (we still don’t know what a “Nittany” is).