In fact... here's the list of drivers bigger than him:

Tony Stewart


That's it... And even Tony loses enough weight during the season that he's lighter by the end, it seems.

Also, he is (IIRC) the only driver with an engineering degree, which helps with setting up the car.

not necessarily you know the old saying about making a small fortune in racing?

It appears, at first glance, by comparing Nationwide stats alone, that Newman is the best driver...

It's funny what looking at N'wide stats can do to the appearance of the skill of a driver. (Big Newman fan here, but recently, he hasn't done very much)

A HUGE win for NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program

Ah, this brings back the idea/proposal that ALL future Olympiads be held at one single custom-built location every four years. After all, most Olympic Games do not make money... They're prestige political projects that aren't really about sports.

I think people are catching on to the IOC's bullshit. A lot more stories about the blatant corruption that goes into the selection process have been coming out lately. They also caught quite a lot of flack for practically bankrupting Greece. If they're smart, they won't make a fuss about this.

Gold Coast 600

Was I the only one that was curious for a moment as to how The Weather Channel might be involved in something like this?

It's pretty exciting to see the shoreway and other parts of the city. I know that seeing your city is probably passe to people who live in NYC/LA, but to a Clevelander, it's still fun. I also think Marvel should give free screenings to the city of Cleveland for what they put us through.

"That sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but I do love Fig Newtons"

Two of the main six of them are happily married with children, one is recently engaged to another member of the staff of Achievement Hunter, and the other three have shown no signs of ANY forms of misogyny from my years of watching them. Well, except Gavin, but he's a bit off in the head anyways. So good luck in…

Is that really considered a violent crash? I mean at the end of the day, the Tesla has an aluminum upper and lower control arm (though the lower control arm is a bit interesting in design). These things do break away in a crash, like they would in any other vehicle. Or is this news because it's close to Jalopnik HQ?

Really sucks for the TV camera guy, because the camera is in a fixed location, and he's just told which camera to report to. Then, the viewfinder has a big shade over the screen, so he can view the screen in bright conditions. This in and of itself acts like a blinder, removing his attention from his surroundings, and…

It's possible that track worker is watching the track farther on, to tell the flagger of any cautions up there. The one and only time I flagged at a track, I was standing with my back to traffic, ready to pull the yellow for the cars coming into the corner. The important action was happening after my location, and…

Those were supposedly FIA-spec crash fences.

Just a heads up to the commentariat, but kill switches don't actually negate the velocity that the mass has already attained. You need to actually brake the truck.

Mehhh...that just means people would start figuring stuff out, the trucks would start to evolve to favor pavement...

I called the ticket office at Soldier Field after getting an email that the Chicago race had been cancelled, and what I got out of it was that the crew was having a hard time getting the trucks turned around between each event. 'Course, the guy on the phone also told me he'd just read the news that morning and wasn't…

$500,000 at the end of the season is great, and the prize for individual race wins ($50,000 I think is impressive as well), but in my opinion if you have it the $200k is worth it even if you never earn a penny back, purely for the fun. I mean Townsend Bell, a man who's raced CART, Indy, and American Le Mans, called it…