Unless your wing looks like this, it’s probably good if it stays on the car. But if it looks like this, take it off. Please.

Was it just me or did the owner have more of a creepy obsession with her than the car? When he talks about her he keeps referring to her as “the playmate” rather than by her name. Somthin’ about him just don’t seem right.

She owned it for 42 years - attempted murder or not, that is pretty commendable. A lesser person would have sold it for quick cash in 1969 or sent it to auction as soon as muscle car values started really jumping.

Yes, but....How many of those wins are in single marque races such as PCA etc? I’m sure the total with single marque races removed would still be quite high though

Fun fact: The Mazda MX-5 has won every SCCA and NASA Spec Miata class race since the introduction of the series!

honestly, for the condition it’s in and what comes with it, this might sell for close to that price. Though I desperately want to vote crack pipe because it was wood-grain leviathans like this which turned at least two generations of americans off of wagons.

By that rational, all aircoooled Beetles should be crushed into cubes

Relied on a guide wire buried in the road. Not quite the same level of achievement, but still impressive for the era.

Um... did you see where the selective availability of the signal, combined with lack of any mapping, led them to use GPS exclusively for reading speed?

That is EPIC.

It’s funny to think that we didn’t use the GPS for position, but rather to determine speed.

When my dumbass mechanic broke off a water pump bolt in the block of my Fiat.

Given the fact that the NYT employs a columnist who gets tips about the future from cab drivers, I am not surprised at all.

My son was yelling "GET THE VICE GRIPS!"

Still recovering, but aiming to be at the 6 Hours of the Glen: http://sportscar365.com/imsa/tusc/vide…

I'm pretty sure I saw one of those come over the wall too.

I know what you're saying, that the cars nose wouldn't have the angle of attack necessary for a blow over without the rear wing pressing down over the jump, but studies have shown that even an inch of lift on the front of the car is enough to cause flat bottom cars to take flight in the wrong conditions. The rear wing…

Read Sam Collins who writes for Racecar Engineering. He's far more knowledgable than I and he has much better hair

There are several reasons for this, but that would require a very long and boring engineering discussion.