There's a difference between managed corporate twitter accounts (NASCAR) and real ones (esp. MotoGP). The corporate PR guys tweet about events and things you can buy. The real ones tweet about stuff you wouldn't hear or get anywhere else; it's unmanaged. I give it a matter of weeks before NASCAR steps in and makes…

As usual, NASCAR is years behind in technology. F1, MotoGP, LeMans, and Motocross guys have all been tweeting stuff from races for a couple years now. Heck, if you follow MotoGP, Rossi's mechanic tweets pictures of new development parts, how the rider is responding to setup/track conditions, etc, during the every…

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The Bricklin! Ok, so it wasn't a market success, but that's really because the Bricklin was TOO advanced for its time. It had SO many excellent ideas. V8 small block engine. Automated Gullwing doors (before the Delorean existed and well before Mercedes' recent patent application!). Integrated roll cage. Side…

Eh, it's not a bad commercial. If anything, props to Ford for figuring out how to show a full 1/3 of the available Mustang packages in a single commercial.

Factory available option, yes. They're just stick-on over the windows though. You can also get a stick-on hood scoop and stick-on side scoops. All are non-functional.

Hands off Italy, we claim him!

Well, he won his class in 1995. That's a win. They were 2nd overall.

There was a ninja edit there; OP said Phil Hill was the only American F1 champ.

Excuse me sir, a Mr. Andretti would like to have a word with you...

*Assuming* he had no priors, that's probably actually the best result for the daughter. Keep in mind - if he's the one that has custody, that means mother (assuming she's alive) is worse. So if he'd been put in jail for any substantial length of time, then the daughter goes into foster care which is never a good…

BMW and Mercedes are inside 1%. Seems legit.

177hp out of a turbo 1L isn't that surprising. Modern superbikes are cracking over 200hp now, entirely naturally aspirated and without variable valve timing. The Focus has both a turbo and VVT at is disposal, so that number isn't really surprising.

... or they could just make the doors out of carbon fiber. It's not like this isn't a supercar or something.

It's a freakin supercar. Make the doors out of carbon fiber. Then who gives a crap how long they are.

Can we just bring back suicide doors, please? I was thinking this earlier today as I was crawling out of my Mustang, which has 9 foot long doors. I'm not often putting passengers in my torture chamber, err, rear seats, but I've got to crawl in and out of the driver's seat every time I drive the car. Unless there…

If you're into lifted Chevys, then Auburn's your place. If not... well, there's a few muscle cars, but otherwise you're pretty out of luck.

Nah, it's just that no one every reports it out of the ghetto.

No, I have a lot more reasons than that. Mostly how "managed" the races are. Real racing doesn't throw a yellow flag because someone is beating everyone else by too big a margin. Real racing doesn't allow drivers to wreck other people with no penalty. But NASCAR is an entertainment show like WWE. If you're into…

I didn't say Superbikes are better than MotoGP. Unlike NASCAR, MotoGP is a prototype development series that actually puts technology in consumer markets. For example, this includes multi-compound tires (which I have on my bike; they're awesome), traction control, and the R1's cross-plane crank. All developed in…