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There’s a fine line to be walked here. Nobody wants to see Formula 1 ran on an open parking lot with cones for corners and spectators watching from feeds alone. But the risk and death of the 60s and 70s was far too gross of a factor. As for those of you saying he has absolutely no point whatsoever I give a not wholly…

The being that this hurt the most was Thompson’s loyal best friend, Rocco.

Rubber banding the sticks together on Motegi to get cash

We had another one right near the end of Cronk-y-Voddy today. I was watching from The Mitre at Kirk Michael and and it happened in the Superstock before he even got round to us on lap one. Gutted for his family but everyone involved knows what comes with racing here. It really is a chance to live the way very few…

Honest truth, this was the first time I ever actively rooted for Alonso. I’m a Kimi guy through and through and I felt Raikkonen was robbed of the ‘05 title by... what else other than McLaren reliability. I think part of me always resented Alonso for that season. That all being said, seeing him at Indy was a breath of…

Engine blowups on Sunday, Lemon Law returns on Monday.

Two days ago at McCarran, a notoriously empty and not often used airport where no one travels for business and/or pleasure, I must have been involved in one of these “tests”. I had to put my Kindle in a completely separate bin from my iPad, which was separate from my wallet/phone/keys/etc, which was separate from my…

Certain stretches with no local speed limits. Really cool views. A ring of road around most of the island that’s literally a race circuit that’s been around for over 100 years.

I’ll be there in 7 days with my pops for the TT. In 2004 we went to the British Grand Prix at Donington together and heard all the stories from people who had just been to the TT the previous month and vowed we would both go. My parents gave me the trip for my 30th birthday and I get to experience it with the guy who…

Perhaps in 2020 Johnson will... Dwayne the swamp.

Uhh... 3 of the starting 5 for the Warriors were drafted by the team, and the 5th is a revolving door center. Don’t create false narratives just because you’re upset one team is good.

That was the most miserable weather combined with circumstance I’ve ever experienced. It was so hot on Friday they handed out unlimited free water Saturday and Sunday because that was cheaper than the ambulance bills. We were in the Parts Unlimited tent on Turn 5 the first two days so we were spared the brunt of it…

Shit I hope he’s ok. He’s such a great freaking guy and has been the best ambassador US motorcycling could hope for over the last decade and a half. His wildcard at the 2002 WSBK race at Laguna was the first motorcycle race I ever attended. I was at his first, and his last MotoGP wins, and I’ll never forget his…

Unfortunately for Colin Edwards, he didn’t bail out on his Aprilia early enough.

I once got out of a ticket because two cars got into a non-serious accident right next to me while rubbernecking at my pulled over car on the freeway. The cop was just asking for my license when the crash happened 15 feet away and the cop goes “oh f*ck me... alright well this is your lucky day, I have to go take care…

Bohemia would like a word with you, sir.

Was anyone else miffed (again) by Verstappen complaining about Grosjean for the entire end of the race while he wasn’t even close enough to use DRS? Can we give Kyle Busch a wildcard ride so he can punch this kid post race and shut him the hell up?

What sucks about Sepang leaving are multiple things... 1) A race that starts at a reasonable hour for us on the West Coast and 2) Sepang (with a very close 2nd going to Istanbul) is probably the best, most challenging, high speed track of the Tilke era. The weird corner apexes and blind turn ins on multiple bends make…

Or how the AI was capable of dry lap times in a total downpour. Great way to ruin a long race.