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TONIGHT: The show begins in Las Vegas fror the inaugural Grand Prix racing on a 3.8 miles track like a video game. Then to Oakland where the A's pack their bags and head to their new home in Vegas. From Philadelphia to Greensboro; from San Antonia to Da

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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TONIGHT: The show begins in Las Vegas fror the inaugural Grand Prix racing on a 3.8 miles track like a video game. Then to Oakland where the A's pack their bags and head to their new home in Vegas. From Philadelphia to Greensboro; from San Antonia to Dallas; from Pittsburgh to Shanghai; from South Australia and the Adelaide Hills in extreme fire season to Sacramento. . Attention to the countdown of the second Starship/Superheavy launch inside a 20 minute window at Boca Chica.

1951 Las Vegas and a Mushroom Cloud

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offer ends December 3rd, 2023. Open to UK and N.I. Guardian. Good evening. This is John Batchelor. Tonight with Jeff Bliss looking at Las Vegas and the Grand Prix weekend,

0:40.0

the first time these rockets on wheels have come to Las Vegas in the 21st century.

0:46.8

I'm told there was an episode in the 20th that was unsuccessful.

0:50.4

Well, this one is spectacular.

0:52.2

It looks like a video game. I do not know Formula One racing, but I'm learning.

0:58.0

The drivers were delayed on the first practice night because of rain and because one of them, a Ferrari,

1:06.5

ran through the track very fast and hit what appeared to be a weak manhole cover or water cover something blew up wrecked the car and they

1:15.7

had to close down the practicing for a few hours so it didn't finish till 4 a.m.

1:21.6

very exciting we're looking at everybody getting used to a

1:25.6

new track. There were professional remarks by the famous car drivers. I don't know

1:30.5

them to say who and what but I'm learning and Las Vegas has a

1:37.2

sphere not very far from the track so the sphere shows an eye that follows the cars around and around the track.

1:46.0

It's a spectacular event in a spectacular city I'm learning.

1:51.0

Jeff also tells me because this particular race happens after there was already a winner

1:56.7

on the Grand Prix Circuit, Ferstappan I believe is his name, Max Ferstappan. There's less tension in the driving. They're there for show. Next

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