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Sydney Morning Herald
23-07-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
True story or just a croc?
Opinion on the credibility of an incongruous croc sighting in Noosa is split, but not for local man Martin Field, who snaps: 'I can report that the only crocs you will sight in Noosa are those hideous coloured plastic ones on the feet of tourists.' 'I'm a shoes or nothing guy, old enough to remember my chagrin at the rise in popularity of sandals in the late 1950s and rubber thongs soon after,' reflects Andrew Cohen of Glebe. 'I coped, sort of, including barefoot adventures, but when crocs appeared on feet in Noosa's Hastings Street in 2003, I realised that, inevitably, civilisation was doomed.' 'The recent discussion of opposite sides for indicator stalks [C8] stems from the early conversion of left-hand-drive vehicles,' says Tim Blatch of Hallidays Point. 'European cars have the indicator on the door side of the wheel, as did local right-hand-drive cars. Converters were too lazy to mirror the layout and simply moved the whole wheel assembly over to the right, resulting in the confusion.' Volvo (C8) driver Duncan McRobert's lack of style enhancements, specifically the self-confessed absence of a hat, gave pause for thought to Bob Hall of Wyoming, who suspects that 'Duncan's hat was obviously at the back window where they usually sit'. Curiously, Peter Farquhar of Coffs Harbour wonders if he wore a cardigan. Well, earlier correspondence does indicate Dunc is a bit of a cardigan guy. Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook isn't one to sit on the fence: 'The scandal that brought down Richard Nixon was dubbed Watergate because it involved the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. Room 214 was used in the infamous break-in and is now known as the Scandal Suite. The hotel overlooks the Potomac River, which once used 'water gates' to control the flow of water in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Since that 1972 event, it seems that when there is a whiff of a scandal or cover up 'we' have appended a gate [C8] to it.' 'Forget squeaky dog toys [C8],' advises Susan Howard of Cronulla. 'I was gifted the most appropriate Trump merch. A toilet brush with his head as the brush. Shame the orange colour clashes with the decor of the bathroom.' Judith Campbell of Drummoyne suggests that 'surely members of the INDY [I'm Not Dead Yet] generation [C8] would be those who precede the Boomers. There are still a lot of us about.'
The Age
23-07-2025
- The Age
True story or just a croc?
Opinion on the credibility of an incongruous croc sighting in Noosa is split, but not for local man Martin Field, who snaps: 'I can report that the only crocs you will sight in Noosa are those hideous coloured plastic ones on the feet of tourists.' 'I'm a shoes or nothing guy, old enough to remember my chagrin at the rise in popularity of sandals in the late 1950s and rubber thongs soon after,' reflects Andrew Cohen of Glebe. 'I coped, sort of, including barefoot adventures, but when crocs appeared on feet in Noosa's Hastings Street in 2003, I realised that, inevitably, civilisation was doomed.' 'The recent discussion of opposite sides for indicator stalks [C8] stems from the early conversion of left-hand-drive vehicles,' says Tim Blatch of Hallidays Point. 'European cars have the indicator on the door side of the wheel, as did local right-hand-drive cars. Converters were too lazy to mirror the layout and simply moved the whole wheel assembly over to the right, resulting in the confusion.' Volvo (C8) driver Duncan McRobert's lack of style enhancements, specifically the self-confessed absence of a hat, gave pause for thought to Bob Hall of Wyoming, who suspects that 'Duncan's hat was obviously at the back window where they usually sit'. Curiously, Peter Farquhar of Coffs Harbour wonders if he wore a cardigan. Well, earlier correspondence does indicate Dunc is a bit of a cardigan guy. Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook isn't one to sit on the fence: 'The scandal that brought down Richard Nixon was dubbed Watergate because it involved the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. Room 214 was used in the infamous break-in and is now known as the Scandal Suite. The hotel overlooks the Potomac River, which once used 'water gates' to control the flow of water in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Since that 1972 event, it seems that when there is a whiff of a scandal or cover up 'we' have appended a gate [C8] to it.' 'Forget squeaky dog toys [C8],' advises Susan Howard of Cronulla. 'I was gifted the most appropriate Trump merch. A toilet brush with his head as the brush. Shame the orange colour clashes with the decor of the bathroom.' Judith Campbell of Drummoyne suggests that 'surely members of the INDY [I'm Not Dead Yet] generation [C8] would be those who precede the Boomers. There are still a lot of us about.'
Fox Sports
14-07-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Linus Lundqvist Selected as Arrow McLaren's Weekend Reserve Driver
INDYCAR Former INDY NXT by Firestone champion Linus Lundqvist has been chosen by Arrow McLaren to be a reserve driver for this weekend's NTT INDYCAR SERIES race in Toronto should full-time driver Nolan Siegel not be available. Siegel suffered an accident in Saturday's race at Iowa Speedway and was not cleared by the INDYCAR Medical Team to drive in Sunday's race. The team did not field the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet in that race. Siegel, 20, will be evaluated by the INDYCAR Medical team on Thursday morning ahead of his travel to Toronto, and he will compete if cleared. Lining up Lundqvist was done as a precautionary matter in anticipation of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto (noon ET, FOX, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). Lundqvist, 26, has 20 career NTT INDYCAR SERIES starts over the past two years. He made his series debut with Meyer Shank Racing in 2023, and last year he won at pole (at Road America) and scored a pair of third-place finishes (at Barber Motorsports Park and World Wide Technology Raceway) for Chip Ganassi Racing as he earned Rookie of the Year honors. He finished 17th in last year's Toronto race for CGR. Lundqvist won the INDY NXT by Firestone championship in 2022. recommended Item 1 of 3
The National
10-06-2025
- Politics
- The National
SNP must extract the digit and beat the indy drum
We hear a lot of waffle about a referendum that is not going to be granted and nothing about how to get around that. What do we get to put fire into the Scots? Again, not much –nathin tae mak us heize aff oor dowps. The door is slammed against cooperation with others – stupidity personified. There is a majority for independence now; it has to be utilised. The Scottish Government must push the boundaries and see what the English government will do about it, hoping for a silly, over-the-top reaction that will light the fuse. A bit of civil disobedience would be no bad thing. Beat the independence drum and the gains that independence can bring. Make sure people understand why the English government is so desperate to hold on to us; they need us, we do not need them. Hammer the electricity scandal. When ferries are mentioned, retaliate with the vastly more expensive disasters south of the Border, for instance, vastly overdue and over-budget fighting vehicles and a silly unnecessary railway line. All this is easy for me to say; I am 87 with a number of ailments to go with it. Stickers in the car and on the house are the best I can do. Please, oh please, SNP, extract the digit and stop playing by Southern rules. R Mill Irving Gifford, East Lothian THE recent result must be telling the party that people are just getting fed up with the constant avoidance of the one detail that all members and its adherents are wanting. DO SOMETHING. Stop talking the talk and WALK THE WALK! The rhetoric about what is being done; the spiels that pour from ministers and officials about how the government is saving the Scots from Labour, Reform et al just isn't working any more. Folks just aren't voting! The apathy of the people of Scotland should surely be addressed by more positive action than banging drums, pipes and banners awash (all worthy ventures by the people). Knocking doors, leaflets and sound and video bites (party tactics) ain't pulling them to the polling booths. Mandatory voting is an obvious solution, but if mentioned it all goes quiet and the subject is changed, despite the evidence of poor turnouts at elections. Are you feart that a compulsory vote would end forever the dream of independence, or is is that your jobs might evaporate and a new team take over ... or is it more that you might just have to deliver? There are groups working their tails off to move the independence debate on ... and the sound of silence from Holyrood is deafening. Time to bite the bullet and own up to why ... excuses galore I can hear already. If the party do not honour their claim to seek independence, their voters will totally vanish like snow off a dyke and you will be the dream that never was! E Ahern East Kilbride THE front page of Monday's National featured a large image of First Minister John Swinney and a bold headline featuring his recent statement 'WE MUST TURN INDY SUPPORT INTO REAL POLITICAL ACTION'. I would suggest that John's cart is firmly in front of his horse. His statement should have read 'WE MUST TURN REAL POLITICAL ACTION INTO INDY SUPPORT'. Time is short, as May 2026 is less than a year away and approaching fast. Unless we see real and meaningful action, and reaction, from the Scottish Government we may sadly see a change in the political party forming that government for the next five years and the removal of independence from any and all political agendas until, at the very least, 2031. If the Hamilton by-election result (44% turnout and 13% of the electorate voting SNP) has proved anything, it is that many of the claimed 54% indy supporters are staying in their homes waiting for a lead from John and the rest of the SNP leadership. From deleted Covid WhatsApp messages to a failure to establish the promised Scottish national power company (something that would have transformed the energy market in Scotland), the perception of incompetence in government has finally caught up with the SNP. From ferries failures and NHS waiting lists to the basic refusal to define what a woman actually is have raised doubts and fears in the public's mind. Use of iPads and taking ministerial cars to football matches are relatively small issues but they register large in the concerns of individual voters. The public also cannot fail to see the multiple, costly court cases which have been raised, fought and eventually lost. There are fewer than 8000 hours until the polling stations open and voting to choose a new a new Scottish Parliament begins. 8000 hours to save our independence dreams. Glenda Burns Glasgow
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Alex Palou wins 2025 Indianapolis 500 for 5th win in season's first 6 races
Alex Palou continued his incredibly dominant IndyCar Series season with his first Indianapolis 500 win. Palou passed Marcus Ericsson entering Turn 1 with 14 laps to go and held off Ericsson, David Malukas and Pato O'Ward the rest of the way. Ericsson lifted into the corner behind two lapped cars when Palou passed him and left a gap for the three-time IndyCar champion. ALEX PALOU TO THE LEAD AT INDY! — NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) May 25, 2025 The victory is Palou's fifth in six races in 2025 and the Barcelona native is the first Spanish driver to win the Indy 500. After winning the 2023 and 2024 IndyCar titles, Palou is even better in 2025. The only race of the season he didn't win was the Long Beach Grand Prix. And Palou was second to Kyle Kirkwood in that event. Palou's win officially came under caution on the last lap for a Nolan Siegel crash. But it was clear that Palou was going to win the race had it stayed green to the end. Ericsson had nothing for Palou after he was passed. Palou adeptly used the draft from the lapped cars of Devlin DeFrancesco and Louis Foster ahead of him to get a tow down the straights and prevent Ericsson from getting a run. Malukas finished third and O'Ward, last year's runner-up to Josef Newgarden, was fourth. After getting out of his car on the frontstretch after the checkered flag, Palou ran down the track and celebrated with his crew and his father Ramon. 'I cannot believe it, what an amazing day, what an amazing race,' Palou said. The 14 laps Palou led at the end of the race were the only ones he led all race. But his win was far from a fluke. He had one of the fastest cars in the field and ran patiently for much of the race, knowing he had a car capable of contending for the win. Max Verstappen set the modern racing record for dominance just two years ago when he won 19 races and had 21 podium finishes in 22 Formula 1 races. Verstappen finished with 575 points and had more than double the points of his teammate Sergio Perez in second in the standings. Verstappen also had more points than any of the nine other teams' two drivers had combined while posting an average finish of 1.3 over the course of the season. Palou's 2025 is on track to be even better. Palou's average finish is 1.17 through six races and already had a 100-point lead in the IndyCar standings ahead of the 500. With just 17 races in the IndyCar Series season, he's almost assuredly heading for a third straight title. If he doesn't win the title, someone else is going to have to go on a Palou-like run of his own. And Palou's performance will have to fall off a cliff. Palou's dominance could also take him to Formula 1 in 2026 where he'd have the chance to race against Verstappen. Cadillac is set to be the 11th team on the F1 grid next year and hasn't announced who its two drivers will be. If Palou isn't seriously considered to be one of them, it's malpractice. The 28-year-old already has some F1 experience as a reserve driver with McLaren. He's gotten practice experience with McLaren and has also tested for the team. He's clearly one of the best open-wheel drivers on the planet and deserves the chance to go F1 racing. He's making the IndyCar Series look incredibly easy. And that's hard to do. Palou's next victory will make him the first IndyCar driver with six wins in a season since Will Power in 2011. And no IndyCar driver has ever won seven races in a season since the series expanded beyond nine races in 2001. It's hard to envision Palou not getting at least two more wins this season. Team Penske fired three employees after Will Power and Josef Newgarden were unable to qualify for the pole position a week ago because of modifications to the rear attenuators on their cars. Their teammate, Scott McLaughlin, was also unable to run for pole because of a crash before the final qualifying session. Newgarden and Power had to start on the last row because of the inspection failures while McLaughlin started on the fourth row. The trio was aiming to give IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske his 21st Indianapolis 500 win. And Newgarden was trying to be the first driver to win three straight Indy 500s. The race got off to an inauspicious start for Team Penske when McLaughlin crashed before the green flag even flew. His car got sideways and he hit the inside wall on the frontstretch when he was warming up his tires ahead of the start. Newgarden picked his way through the field and looked like a serious contender for the victory. However, his car had a fuel pressure issue before he had a real chance to go for the win and was forced to get out of his car with 64 laps to go. Power, meanwhile, had the best day of anyone. And it was mediocre. The Indy 500 winner finished 19th in what may be his final 500 for the team. Power, 44, is a free agent at the end of the season. The race was delayed less than an hour from its 12:45 p.m. start time because of a light drizzle. And McLaughlin's incident wasn't the only weird thing that happened. Scott Dixon had a rear left brake fire before the race began and ultimately finished multiple laps down. IndyCar started counting laps under caution following his crash and once the race officially went green on lap four, Marco Andretti got bounced into the wall and his race was over. Alexander Rossi cycled into the early lead because of pit strategy but had to hit pit road because his car was smoking. His Ed Carpenter Racing team decided to fuel the car even though it was spewing smoke and the car — and Rossi's fuel man — subsequently caught fire. Thankfully the fire was quickly extinguished on both car and man. After Rossi's fire, pole sitter Robert Shwartzman's day ended when he crashed into multiple pit crew members while trying to slow in his pit box for a stop. The impact broke the front suspension on his car and ended his day. And as crews were cleaning up pit lane from Rossi's fire, Rinus VeeKay crashed entering pit road because his car had an apparent brake failure. Kyle Larson's double-duty attempt also got cut short with a lap 92 crash. Larson's car spun shortly after a restart and he took out Kyffin Simpson and Sting Ray Robb in the wreck. The 2021 Cup Series champion was trying to run all 500 miles at Indianapolis and all 600 miles in NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 later in the evening. That 1,100-mile attempt was put in a bit of jeopardy with the rain delay, but that jeopardy disappeared with Larson's crash. A year ago, Larson missed the 600 because of a lengthy rain delay ahead of the 500. 1. Alex Palou 2. Marcus Ericsson 3. David Malukas 4. Pato O'Ward 5. Felix Rosenqvist 6. Kyle Kirkwood 7. Santino Ferrucci 8. Christian Rasmussen 9. Christian Lundgaard 10. Conor Daly 11. Takuma Sato 12. Callum Ilott 13. Helio Castroneves 14. Devlin DeFrancesco 15. Louis Foster 16. Nolan Siegel 17. Colton Herta 18. Ed Carpenter 19. Will Power 20. Graham Rahal 21. Marcus Armstrong 22. Jack Harvey 23. Scott Dixon 24. Ryan Hunter-Reay 25. Josef Newgarden 26. Sting Ray Robb 27. Kyle Larson 28. Kyffin Simpson 29. Robert Shwartzman 30. Rinus VeeKay 31. Alexander Rossi 32. Marco Andretti 33. Scott McLaughlin
