From what I read online, the aero on the Tesla’s routes the airflow around the car, and not enough would hit a radiator enough to cool it. They will have to do substantially more engineering to “upgrade the cooling.” It’s a neat challenge, and I wish them luck, but I’m really glad I’m not responsible for doing it.

The Drive for Diversity is one of the few clear examples you could use to demonstrate the need for Affirmative Action. The playing field is absolutely unlevel, and everyone realizes that you need a family connection or gobs of $$$ to get a career going.

Now France is denying that reality and undermining the program he…

Ding, ding, ding , ding!

In road-racing, you’re racing the track, trying to do so at the same time as others and overcome their actions. In oval, you’re racing your opponents, it’s much more crowded and fast-paced with no long straights to relax and get your bearings. As a spectator, you get to view the entire track. Different charms, but I…

Dear God, watching the clip, I had a sickening feeling looking at the exposed Jersey barriers pointed directly at the track flow. Those things are called spear-points for a reason and were a primary factor in the Disney Exotic Driving Experience death.

If you’re into racing the same people regularly, might be better off joining a league in another sim where the mods are free to download. iRacing provides pick-up racing at any time you might want it. They’ve added base content and some fun unofficial series to run them in.

There are levels. DFGT is entry-level and perfectly fine. Gets everything you need, and is durable. From there the next level is Thrustmaster, then Fanatec, then hide-the-receipts-from-your-wife of Accuforce, which had to have special dampers programmed to not break people’s wrists.

That’s the key point. COTA doesn’t work without F1, and F1 doesn’t work for COTA without 20mil from the state. That’s not even counting the escalator clauses that are built into F1 contract. So current ownership will probably shut down leaving someone to either pick up the facility at a price where non-F1 activities…

It was faster than a P2 and bumped into P1 performance window. This article has a good summary at the end along with an absolutely mental on board.

From my mental tabulations listening to podcast, I think it ended up being 2 million just for development, not counting running costs. Literally no expense was spared to set a lap record on Road America in a 13 lap runoff. That’s all thanks to the poor folks who took out payday loans from Scott Tucker.

He’s a genius in the same way Sepp Blatter is a football genius. Yes they’ve grown revenues and exposure, but at the expense of the legitimacy of the organizing body itself. Soon, no respectable civic body will be willing to let itself get fleeced and so the events will be hosted only by seedy oligarchs wanting some…

Mien Gott! How in the hell did he not pancake those poor slow bikers as he went through each corner at the edge of control.

Plus, you have Bernie’s ugh rather pragmatic view on racing venues, where he threatens new venues with nearby competition almost as soon as the ink is dry (NJ and Long Beach in North America’s case. Such a reckless short-sided way to run things. I was shocked when they opened up pit lane, as it’s so rare that F1 does…

From what I heard on Sportscar media, it wasn’t just the high prices and lack of any promotion, the fan experience was very poor and uninviting. Car Corrals were way offsite and in dusty lots, the track doesn’t allow outside food and the food stands weren’t in convenient locations. IMSA has two sparsely attended (at…

Exactly the opposite of what COTA needed from what I’m reading online and seeing on TV. The WEC/IMSA weekend was notably a bust with teams and reporters remarking at the sparse crowds and unpleasantness of the fan experience. Add to that, taking a bath on F1 which as far as profits is marginal at best thanks the…

Sure, that’d be a track-day or club race car. This is a sealed and tuned engine that eligible for a global series and a scholarship to a higher level series. 53k is pretty good considering the development that went into this package.

I feel this makes up for the poopheads yesterday hating on the ‘lumps’ appearances in your articles.

Not only does MRTI have an indirect incentive in the form attention from Indy teams, including Indy teams running ladder teams, but there is a scholarship for the champions to go to the next level. Plus Indy Lights performers get to test Indycars thanks to the clever testing rules.

Then you include the TV package, and…

Based on the umm disappointing inaugural season of the redundant SCCA Formula Lites (4 cars on the grid for the final weekend), I’m expecting a very modest schedule initially. Open Wheel is a tough sell for the audience, which limits potential sponsors. These series basically prepare you to move to the next level…

Glad to see Wright Motorsports back on the grid. They’ve had a strange season, likely due to financial problems, but they’ve run well when they’ve shown up. Madison Snow had a great run in the Lambo Super Trofeo at VIR. As Conti gets too expensive, we’ll see more top talent move over to Super Trofeo or GT3 Cup to…