Theres this thing we tend to do when we hear the awful news that people we know or admire have cancer or other dire diagnoses. We transform them into courageous. As Hurricane Harvey churns onward toward southwest Texas, astronauts on the International Space Station caught a glimpse of the monster cyclone from a safe viewing. 13 Mins Ago. Mattel is adding two new female characters to its Thomas Friends franchise next year, part of a big makeover for the preschool show. Irwindale Speedway VP Calls Out Carmakers For Their Glorification Of Street Racing. Modern cars are fast. Sometimes very, very fast. And occasionally even faster than you could possibly use on public roads. That makes fast cars tricky to advertisecommercials showing these fast cars racing on public roads could be seen as a tacit endorsement of illegal street racing, and big carmakers would never do that, right Right Doug Stokes, VP of Communication at Irwindale Event Center you know, the Speedway and has spent his life in motorsports. Recently, Doug saw the latest of many car commercials that showed a carmakers fast car being fast on normal, city streets. Dougs no fool he knows that in commercials, roads are closed, and everything is staged, but theres no question about the implication of the ad buy this car so you can drive it fast. Anywhere. An open letter to the industry 0.
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