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Fans prepare for first racing season since Southside Speedway closure Fans prepare for first racing season since Southside Speedway closure By Marc Davis | February 11, 2021 at 11:04 PM EST - Updated February 11 at 11:52 PM MIDLOTHIAN, Va. (WWBT) - It’s Speed Week at Daytona International Speedway, marking the start of the NASCAR season. For racing fans in Central Virginia, however, it can serve as a reminder of an area auto racing staple that will be silent because of pandemic-related l...

Daniel Ricciardo has indicated he is more likely to try his hand at Le Mans as opposed to the equally-fabled Indy 500.

Advertisement: The paleohistory that his team analyzed in the stalagmites that formed in Leviathan cover nearly the same time frame that humans first started using Danger Cave, which is now considered one of the Great Basin’s most important human history sites. The stalagmites are created by the slow buildup of calcium carbonate layers as water droplets fall from the cave ceiling. They offer a “readable” record, much like the tree ring records that are a staple of climate scie...

Earlier climate change had life-changing effects on the ancient people who stayed in Danger Cave. Fresh water that supported fish and abundant wildlife dried up and left inhabitants with the labor-intensive chore of extracting tiny seeds form pickle weed and other drought-hardy plants, the archaeological record shows. Of course, in the past, there were a lot less people in the West needing less of finite water supply. Photo by Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News EDITORS NOTE:    Mountain Journal i...

4:39 Climate change had life-changing effects on the ancient people who stayed in Danger Cave. Freshwater that supported fish and abundant wildlife dried up and left inhabitants with the labor-intensive chore of extracting tiny seeds from pickleweed and other drought-hardy plants, the archaeological record shows. Credit Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News The ancient people of western Utah’s Danger Cave lived well. They ate freshwater fish, ducks and other small game, according to detritus they lef...