Nailed it. Finding 5 counts in an environment like nascar is a lot harder than finding 10 counts in a rules set like F1. F1 has a lot more room to work with the entire floor of the car, wings, sidepods, etc. The NASCAR rule set forces teams to look in places other series would never look. EXAMPLE: During testing,…

I had a Standard edition ATS and you summed up my entire experience (dust on the center console!) perfectly. Pretty darn good, but didn’t tick enough boxes. When it was just me and some road, there wasn’t a place I would rather be. When trying to haul JR in and out or try to fit something odd sized through the short…

But the Hawk Eye was supposed to make the racing fair!?!?! The big teams will always be up front. Ford has the better Aero. It will go away once they go Mustang.

The COT car SUCKS. BUT, I will give credit where credit is due. NASCAR has enjoyed an extended run of safe races. Drivers going A pillar deep seem to be walking out with out life threatening injuries. Going 200 and comping to a rapid stop is inherently dangerous, but the cars have offered protection. The sacrifice as…

I wouldn’t be totally shocked if Maurice chains the doors and shuts down. The team is basically for Spencer, and he is the first new money in a dying sport in a long time. One less car on the grid is the last thing NASCAR needs.

I can understand 84 month loans on pick up trucks. Up here around Rochester, NY, 09 and 10 Silverado’s in the 80k mile range are still asking 17k plus. Thats 50% of their value 8 years later. In this specific example, the long term loan works. My brother in law bought his new during the fuel rut of 09. His truck is…

Amen! It was the beginning of the end once they figured it out. Then adding the splitter just compounded the problem. I am with you, if they could find a way to force the teams to get the noses off the ground and go back to mechanical grip we would have some awesome racing. Not sure we need to to back to production…

Nailed it. If you notice, the Fords have fairly clean doors and quarters, where the Chevy and Toyota have fancy character lines. Fancy, slow. Plain, fast (sideforce!). Also, those teams happen to have the most money too!

It was a great race. I root for the Scuderia, but you cannot be upset with Danny Ric pulls it out. You have to cheer for the guy! Also, it seems like Ferrari will do what ever it can to keep Kimi from winning a race. The poor start was on him, but they should have offset his strategy. That circuit ate up tires and the…

BOOM. But Brian France doesn’t want to hear it.

You are actually getting it right. GET THE CARS OFF THE GROUND and have them rely on mechanical grip. Get rid of the splitter and skirts. The racing will improve. You will still have good teams and bad teams, but the passing will pick up. I believe a package similar to this was tried at Michigan last year. My sleeping…

Strangely, I see hits of McLaren 720s in the front fascia. The geometry of the headlights and lower grill look like they took hints from the Mc.

PREACH! I am in total agreement. There doesn’t seem to be a coherent argument. Caddy makes what the enthusiasts ask for, then they get ravaged for doing so. The brass at Caddy must be ripping their hair out.

Thank you. I don’t understand the online crusade about Cadillac. Everyone ripped them for making grandpas sunday cruiser. So they go ahead and make sporty RWD cars with modern distinctive styling and start cranking out monster V’s for the performance we all crave. Then all of a sudden people are bitching about that…

This is why I love some of these “lower” level classes. There is room to be creative if you have the budget and an open mind. Some of the bigger sanctioning bodies have legislated all the creativity out of it.

I am now looking at purchasing F1's direct subscription service. The SKY sports team runs the broadcast for their worldwide fan base that won’t have commercials. They will not keep track of when ESPN throws up their commercials so that they go back and review what happens with a retirement or botched pit stop. Its a…

270hp and 295tq in the 2.0. If you spring for RWD instead of AWD, the repairs should be minimal! I am at the end of my lease and if I didn’t need to load up two car seats, I would buy a used one right now. Outside of one issue where the satellite radio receiver failed out of no where, and the overflow tank for coolant…

I think the teams try to do some special magic for the endurance races. I am willing to bet that once we get back into the sprint races, you won’t hear about the issue anymore. This opinion is based only on hunches, not any science what so ever.

I did happen to catch an F12 TDF in buckhead/ATL a few weeks back while visiting my brother. I have yet to see any Bugatti on the road. Rochester, NY isn’t a hot bed of exclusive European coupes, but I’ve spotted a black with gold stripes 16M and the Wegman’s LaFerrari, but that’s all I got! Those definitely forced a…

This is extremely pleasing.