Dario Franchitti Walks Away from Indy Car Pack at St. Petersburg Gran Prix

Dario Franchitti in the Target Chip Ganassi Racing Indy Car

Dario Franchitti and the Target Chip Ganassi Racing Team simply walked away from every other Indy Car in today's St. Petersberg (Florida) Gran Prix. He led nearly the entire race and in the last few laps, ahead of 2nd place Will Power by over 10 seconds (an eternity in race time), he was able to back off and coast to victory.

The real race was between 3rd & 4th place finishers Tony Kanaan & Simona de Silvestro (yeah, a woman--cute too.)

Simona de Silvestro

Dario won last year's Indy Championship, and in 2009 and 2007. He's off to a great start this year. Did we mention he's married to Ashley Judd?

Dario Franchitti & wife Ashley Judd

Fender Bender Season

It's fender bender season in California (bumper scrape season too!) The song says "it never rains in California. . . but when it rains, man it pours." And that is exactly what has been happening for the past 2 months. We're sorry for everyone who needed but didn't have a few extra feet to stop because of the rain. Like everyone else, we're ready for a sunny day or two.

Today's Car of the Day is a 2004 Honda Civic. We fixed the dent in the fender along with scrapes in both bumpers. We matched the factory paint and pinstripes on these panels and backed-up our work with a lifetime warranty against fading, peeling & loss of gloss.

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Planes, Trains & Automobiles

1937 Duchess of Hamilton Locomotive

We think we've found long lost relatives at Go Away Garage only they post stuff that we don't think we could ever get away with (their site is not always safe for work or children.) We have shamelessly swiped their photo of the high-speed steam locomotive Duchess of Hamilton that could cruise at over 100 mph on Britain's pre-WWII rail lines.