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unusual facts about Dirt, Silver and Gold



1965 Kansas City Athletics season

The next man, Dalton Jones, reached first and went to second on an infield error, but was thrown out trying to reach third on a pitch in the dirt.

20 Years

Twenty Years of Dirt, a 1986 compilation album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

A Day in the Dirt Motocross Grand Prix

Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar, narrated the film, which is shot at the 2002 "A Day in the Dirt Motocross Grand Prix."

Adam Arkin

In addition he is known for his directing work, having done episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal, The Riches, Dirt, Ally McBeal, Sons of Anarchy and Justified.

Babyji

In Babyji, Dawesar paints a Delhi of crime, rape, dirt, blackouts, backwardness, residual colonialism, domestic violence, and arranged marriages, a city where promising young people often see their only option as going to the United States, thus contributing to the brain drain and setting in motion a vicious circle.

Barefoot College

In the profile acknowledging Roy as one of Time 100 most influential people for his work with the Barefoot College, Greg Mortenson wrote that the grass-roots social entrepreneurship has trained more than 3 million people for jobs in the modern world, "in buildings so rudimentary they have dirt floors and no chairs" so that poor students feel comfortable.

Brindabella Valley

Access to Brindabella valley is via dirt roads from Canberra or Tumut.

California State Route 20

By the end of the 1910s, a passable dirt and gravel road connected Ukiah and Nevada City via the south side of Clear Lake and Marysville.

California State Route 299

A ghost town, Vya, Nevada, can be reached via this route, which after the border becomes a dirt road, which was formerly Nevada State Route 8A.

Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The first leg, the Queen's Plate, is contested at 1¼ miles on Polytrack at Toronto, Ontario's Woodbine Racetrack, whereas the July Prince of Wales Stakes is a 1³/16 mile event run on dirt at Fort Erie Racetrack in Fort Erie, Ontario.

Colin McRae: Dirt 2

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 was an official sponsor of Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust and Dave Mirra of the Subaru Rally Team USA.

Diggin' in the Dirt

In Switzerland, "Diggin' in the Dirt" debuted at number seven on the Swiss Singles Chart, for the issue dated March 4, 2012, as well as becoming Heinzmann's first top ten single for Stefanie Heinzmann era.

"Diggin' in the Dirt" is a song by Swiss recording artist Stefanie Heinzmann.

Dillo Dirt

In a separate toxicological analysis of Dillo Dirt, levels of the following pollutants were found: Beta-BHC, DDE, Dieldrin, Endrin aldehyde, Benzo

Dirt Road Anthem

"Dirt Road Anthem" is the title of a country rap song written by American artists Colt Ford and Brantley Gilbert (who also wrote Aldean's hit "My Kinda Party"), each of whom recorded his own version of the song.

Dirt: Showdown

Dirt: Showdown (stylised as DiRT: Showdown) is a video game published and developed by Codemasters for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Don Conoscenti

At a concert held in Okemah, Oklahoma's Crystal Theater, Conoscenti performed at a "10-year jam" benefit show along with Bob Childers, Jimmy LaFave, Joel Rafael, Ellis Paul, the Red Dirt Rangers, and Terry "Buffalo" Ware.

Eldon Nelson

On February 28, 1949 at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida he rode Calumet's future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame colt Coaltown to a win that equalled the world record of 1:47 3/5 for a mile-and-an-eighth on dirt.

Fabrizio Miccoli

During a taped phone conversation, Miccoli was quoted calling the slain anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone "fango", or dirt.

Florida State Road 277

Later it encounters another dirt road along the east side running toward the southwest named Owens Community Road Following a curve towards the north, the road encounters a much smaller small private dirt road and dead end street named Dottie West Road, one of two such roads named for the former country musician.

Glamour of the Kill

They continued their presence in the Dirt video game series, with "Feeling Alive" being on the soundtrack of Dirt 3.

Go and Go

He then ran fourth in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial, after which his handlers decided to try him for the first time on the dirt and entered him in June's Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York.

Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse

At left, William Travis—flanked by David Bowie on the left and David Crockett on the right—draws a line in the dirt in an appeal for volunteers to defend the fort.

Hollywood Gold Cup top three finishers

This is a listing of the horses that finished in first, second, and third place (and the number of starters) in the Hollywood Gold Cup, an American Grade 1 race for three-year-olds and up at 1 1/4 miles (on dirt, 1938-2006 and the synthetic surface, 'Cushion Track', since 2007), held at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California.

Hoosier Racing Tire

The company was founded in 1958, and has since provided tires for use in series sanctioned by IHRA, ARCA, CRA, NASCAR, IMCA, WISSOTA, SCCA, AIS, and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

Insult

Desmond Morris, noting that 'almost any action can operate as an Insult Signal if it is performed out of its appropriate context - at the wrong time or in the wrong place' - classes such signals in ten 'basic categories: 1. Disinterest Signals...2. Boredom Signals...3. Impatience Signals...4. Superiority Signals...5. Deformed-compliment Signals...6. Mock-discomfort Signals...7. Rejection Signals....8. Mockery Signals...9. Symbolic Insults...10. Dirt Signals'.

Joel Rafael

In addition to Rafael, honorees were Jimmy LaFave, Don Conoscenti, Ellis Paul, Bob Childers, Terry "Buffalo" Ware and the Red Dirt Rangers.

Julio Gallo

He died on May 2, 1993 when the vehicle he was driving veered off a dirt road on his ranch near Tracy, California.

Kentucky Oaks top three finishers

This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Kentucky Oaks, the first leg of the defacto American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, an American Grade 1 race for three year-old fillies at 1-1/8 miles (9 furlongs) on the dirt held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Liuwa Plain National Park

The nearest settlement is the small town of Kalabo, about 40 km south which normally can only be reached from the provincial capital Mongu by dirt tracks and a pontoon ferry over the Zambezi.

Livonian coast

During 2009-2011 the dirt road was asphalted and modernised as part of EU funded Kolka-Ventspils road project.

Maryland Route 136

MD 136 heads northwest out of Dublin, crossing Broad Creek and intersecting Robinson Mill Road, which follows the creek eastward, changing to a gated, closed, private dirt road within the Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation in the vicinity of the Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries.

McCalls Dam State Park

McCalls Dam State Park is in a remote location on a dirt road between R. B. Winter State Park on Pennsylvania Route 192 and Eastville on Pennsylvania Route 880.

Metsubushi

One type of metsubushi was a powder made up of ashes, ground-up pepper, mud, flour, and dirt.

Molly Culver

Culver has been a commentator on VH1's I Love the '70s, I Love the '70s Volume II, I Love the '80s, I Love the '80s Strikes Back, I Love the '90s, I Love the '90s: Part Deux, I Love Toys, and I Love the New Millennium as well as the host of Dirt Rider Adventures on OLN.

Oakachoy Covered Bridge

It was located in a remote area on the dirt portion of Newman Road off State Route 259 northeast of the community of Nixburg, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Alexander City.

Pat O'Brien Handicap

The race, also known as the Pat O'Brien Breeders' Cup Handicap, is open to horses age three and up willing to race seven furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt, and currently carries a purse of $250,000.

Perrine Bridge

To the east, along the south rim of the canyon, lies the dirt ramp used by Evel Knievel when he unsuccessfully attempted to jump the canyon on his steam-powered "skycycle" in 1974.

Plant Field

Plant Field was also a venue for dirt-track races sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association until the mid-1970s

Raleigh Dirt Cross

Television and poster advertisements for the Dirt Cross featured the Nottingham Forest striker Stuart Pearce

Razboishte Monastery

The village can be reached by car through the roads either from the towns of Dragoman or Godech but the very Monastery are accessible by car only by a dirt road, when the land is dry, from Kalotina and Cheparlintsi village.

Royal Tourist

Ellison sent Royal Tourist to race in California where in November he set a new World Record of 1:44 1/5 for 11/16 miles on dirt in the Winters Handicap at Emeryville Race Track in Oakland, California.

Salt It

In March, she was entered in her first stakes race in the Wide Country Stakes at Laurel Park at a mile and an eighth on the dirt.

Scorched 3D

Parachutes prevent damage from falling (when dirt is blasted out from under a tank).

Superhydrophilicity

One is the change of the surface structure to a metastable structure, and another is cleaning the surface by the photodecomposition of dirt such as organic compounds adsorbed on the surface, after either of which water molecules can adsorb to the surface.

Sydney Showground

Sydney Showground Speedway - a former dirt racetrack at the Moore Park showground.

Tantum

The settlement is linked with a poor dirt linking to nearby Campo Baixo as well as Nova Sintra and the rest of the island.

Ten Sleep, Wyoming

The prominent red sandstone, such as Signal cliff just west of Ten Sleep, as well as the dirt hills all along the west slope of the Big Horn Mountains are of the Chugwater formation (Triassic).

The Dirt Bike Kid

One day, Mrs. Simmons orders Jack to buy groceries with her last $50 bill she has in her savings, but Jack is distracted by a dirt bike race and uses the $50 to buy a dirt bike from a local bully named Max (Gavin Allen).


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