A clock instead of a rev counter. Oh, wait...

Just needs a duck call for the blow off valve...

Thanks. I’ll continue at Road&Track with Travis.

A few years ago, the Red Sox were in the middle of an absolutely terrible season. I went into work and, not thinking much of it, left my tickets for that night’s game on my dashboard.

I get a call at the office from my insurance company one day telling me that they’ve recovered my stolen car. I tell them they must be mistaken because I didn’t report a car stolen - then they begin to verify my information and it just starts crushing me as I realize it’s actually my car that was stolen the night…

It means kids are innocent and full of love, living in a world of chaos, thanks to adults.

Freddy, we’re gonna have one of those meetings later where I talk and you listen.

Future anthropologists will assume we worshiped cats. Much like the Egyptians.

Maybe we should have Ben back here more often... what do you guys think about that?

Luck to be sure, but a big part of it is doing your homework, and experience. I know from past events, something always happens at turn 2 at Sonoma. I try to shoot the start of the Indycar finale from most years.

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I remember watching the Stan Fox wreck as a kid, and was so happy he made it through that I asked my parents to help me send him a “get well soon” card, which I assume we sent through his race team. About six months later I got a handwritten letter from Stan Fox thanking me for the card and talking about how excited…

I was offshore for most of that; I remember the fires the most. Even from several miles away, they were extremely hot. The destruction was severe. It was a detached fascination at first watching artillery and other various ordinance hit the city. Turned to disbelief and horror when you realized those were hotels,…

I just wanted to share that I just received an email from Davis Smith (i.e. Cotopaxi’s CEO, from this story). He explained a lot of the things that I was confused about and I wanted to make sure his perspective got heard. The following is shared with his permission:

Hello Raph! This is Alex with the Karmann Ghia. It was an honor to meet you. I am a long time reader and a massive fan of your writing. This series of stories is no exception. I wish I could have been more helpful in your time of need. What an adventure you had though! Happy motoring and all the best!

I dunno, Leni Heat-n-stall sounds pretty good.

There was a nice interlude after I crossed the mountains but before I called it a day — 395 had a lot of steady climbs and descents, one after another, and then there was one particularly mean grade that opened up to a huge basin below.

“That’s one small ship for man...”

Best/only sub 5k sleeper I could find on ebay:

What about the brave heroes that stopped to kick the rocks and gravel out of the road the camaro threw there. They’re doing gods work and saving the public from rock chips and cracked windshields. They’re the real stars of this video.