It’s Friday! Here we go—it’s Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial beginning of summer! It was a long frigid winter, but that doesn’t matter now because summer and all things hot have arrived! It’s time to break out the grill, get a beer or/and some mixed drinks, and invite some friends over to enjoy being together outside again!

I’m also looking forward to Sunday, the high holy day of racing! It kicks off with the Indianapolis 500 and then continues with NASCAR’s longest race, the Coca-Cola 600! Kyle Larson will attempt to run both races again this year. After racing in the Indy 500, he has to jump into a plane to travel from Indiana down to Concord, North Carolina, to jump into a stock car and run another 600 miles! That’s a total of 1,100 miles in one day at speeds of 200 MPH or more! It’s exhausting just thinking about it, but it should be fun to watch!

Oh! For the first time ever, Oscar Meyer will have all six Wienermobiles in its current fleet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They will compete in what they’re calling the inaugural Wienie 500! Each of the six Wienermobile represents a different regional hot dog. I’ll be rooting for the Chicago Dog, of course! Which dog will reign supreme? Stream the Wienie 500 on the Fox Sports app Friday at 2 PM est.

I have a new amateur photo to share from one of my readers. I also have the usual Friday double babes & double jokes. Not a bad way to kick off the holiday weekend, eh! Enjoy!

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Keep, Yo! I check out your website every day and I really love what you’re doing. I have sent in my 70 Cuda before and now it’s my girl. I hope you’ll post it and maybe it’ll encourage her to show off a little more! -Anonymous

It’s Thursday. Chicago-native George Wendt made his name in the sitcom Cheers as the beer-guzzling Norm Peterson.  In a role that was never intended to be a regular cast member, Wendt was instrumental in developing his character which became one of only three cast members to have appeared in all 275 episodes. The series wasn’t an immediate hit, but caught on while running from 1982 to 1993. Cheers won 28 Emmy awards over its 11 seasons and attracted a staggering audience of 93 million in the US for its final episode in 1993. Wendt was nominated for six Emmy awards as outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series.

George Wendt passed away last Tuesday. He was 76.

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It’s Wednesday. Ever wonder how the Pontiac Firebird graphic came to be? Check out the video featured today for the real story of its creation from the designers at General Motors in the late 60s and 70s!

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