It’s Tuesday. Here we go—it’s Independence Day here in the States and that means there will be numerous cookouts and lots of stuff blowing up. And speaking of things that go boom, remember to be safe while celebrating and try not to blow off any appendages. You don’t want to spend the day in the emergency room getting things stitched back on. Nobody wants to be that guy. So be careful and have a good 4th everyone!

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Oh! I almost forgot! I put together a special 4th of July collection of babes for today! I went with a total of 50—that’s one for every state! Enjoy!

It’s Monday. Woo-hoo! Motorsports history was made yesterday as Shane Van Gisbergen took the checkers in Nascar’s first-ever street race through downtown Chicago. The Grant Park 220 was a wild, chaotic race that was delayed by hours of heavy rain. But once the rain finally let up, it turned out to be a challenging race course that was a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Undoubtably it was a huge effort to put this together, but Chicago embraced the idea and made it happen. I really enjoyed it and I hope that Nascar continues to innovate by taking the sport in new directions.

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It’s Friday! This probably isn’t news to most of you, but I love car shows. They’re one of my favorite things about summer. A buddy and I checked out the weekly car show out in Plainfield, Illinois. It’s held every Tuesday night throughout the summer and features plenty of restaurants with outdoor seating, music, and of course, a bunch of really nice cars! Last Tuesday happened to be Corvette night, so I was especially juiced to be there. Not only were there numerous Vettes in attendance, but there were two C8 Z06s, two 70th Anniversary Editions, and a C8r Stingray! Again, I was ecstatic!

As always, I brought along my camera ad snapped a few of my favorites from the show. You can view them in the gallery below.

Chicago has been gearing up for the big Nascar road course race through the city for months now and it finally kicks off this weekend! This has never been done before so I’m really excited that it’s finally going to happen! Tune in to NBC on Saturday for the Xfinity series race and then the Cup series race on Sunday.

Okay, that’s it for me! Enjoy the automotive goodness below and the double babes & double jokes!

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