Black cars. I swear this isn’t a race thing (full disclosure I am 100% white). But for me, every single black painted car I have ever been near has been bad luck. Here’s the list:

The pit exit line is a yellow line, followed by a really poorly laid blue line, followed by another yellow line. On TV it’s easy enough to spot, but in the cockpit at nearly 200 while dodging two cars? A little less so. Also keep in mind the pit lane at Long Beach is really long. Cars are already up to speed by the…

This used to not be a penalty. IndyCar should go back to that. Street circuits are way too narrow as it is to be forcing drivers to keep to the side of a line (a line that’s really poorly marked I should add!). At least that gave us the delightful spite pass Bourdais made after he was forced to give Dixon the position…

It’s impressive how cohesive the plot was. The US team could not alter the animation in any way and they had no audio, so it was all made up with what they had. Cool story, but made for a very weird and fun show.

Speed Racer was great. It was goofy, it was fun, and it perfectly adapted an over-the-top cartoon world into real life. The people who thought the cartoon was better need to actually re-watch the cartoon: it’s bad. The entire US adaption was written by ONE person and voiced by about 3. It’s fun, but it’s bad. The…

This is why I am happily awaiting for autonomous cars to be validated and ready for consumer purchase. Some people just should not drive.

Stancypants is my new favorite way of describing Hellaflush. Thank you for expanding my vocabulary today.

As someone who has owned multiple Integras, this needed a star. Way to be a follower and not a leader Acura...

Lots of water, comfy shoes, sunscreen, and a ton of free memory on your camera. It’ll be a good time. I went to the Indianapolis Global RX race last year and loved it.

The owner wants something weird? This is weird. Plus it has room for a black lab. They can be had in budget. May not be fun, but it sure is funky.

I don’t think you’ll find anyone who disagrees with your point about China wanting 3rd world economy rules while being a 1st world economic player. That has been the key to their growth and they are desperate not to lose it. The US would be far better targeting the specific companies and industries that skirt…

While true, no local economy in their right mind would pull that stunt. Despite others growing around it, the US is still the world’s largest economy and the most influential. A hiccup in the US economy has major ripples throughout the world (see the 2009 recession). China’s economy in particular would be hard hit if…

I was 16 years old and was driving home from a campout. My grandma had given me a radar detector when she moved and I had it installed in my car. I got pinched on a backroad doing 40 in a 25. Now, this radar detector was from the late 80s, my car was a 1986 Integra, and the year was 2005. The cop told me why he pulled…

I think the idea with plastic guides is that with the chain in firm contact with the guide, you need a designed wear surface. The choice is the chain or the guide. If the chain is the wear surface it will break without warning. At least with the plastic guides, you have an audible warning long before catastrophic…

In 2008, I bought two project cars. One was a 1989 Honda CRX. The other was a 1990 Nissan 240SX. The 240 was bought as one of my dream cars. It already had an SR20DET swap and a Silvia front end conversion. But it didn’t run. I bought it anyway because I was 18 and thought I could handle a project that big (spoiler…

Wait did we just come to an agreement ON THE INTERNET?!?

I think Hobbs got the nod because he’s been in broadcasting longer than he’s been a driver. He’s also got a very wide resume: everything from F1 to sports cars to running the Indy 500. Sam Posey was much the same way (before the Parkinson’s really took hold): mostly a sports car driver, but dabbled elsewhere and got…

Nah, gotta have something new for Friday, right?

More likely they’ll just ignore it. The right is really good at finding Liberal things to be outraged at when Conservatives say/do something dumb, aka the “WHAT ABOUT BENGHAZI” defense.

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