Modern era of NASCAR began in 1972, when the racing landscape changed considerably. Prior to 1972, the number of races was all over the place — some years there were 48 races, other years there were as many as 62. And what constituted a NASCAR Sprint Cup (then Winston Cup) race changed as well.

Impressed with their ability to enrich themselves on the backs of others and to exploit a professional hockey player relentlessly, Gary Bettman has offered the Johnsons an expansion franchise.

Primered and ready for a new paint job!

OK, so it was 1990, but I spent the summer living with my father and working in a very posh mountain resort town. He had a lovely '86 911 Targa that he would not let me drive because "I was not on the insurance", so I was stuck with my '77 Rabbit.

I also love that the first corner of the first race gave us this:

Only after watching this video will you realize how painfully sanitized and bland Formula One's race broadcasts are on TV. Camera angles that suck the sense of speed out of the cars, cuts away from the real human action of the sport, high-viewpoint pans of the leading car without any kind of tension.

Congrats for being "that guy".

A great Tony Southgate design for Tom Walkinshaw. Tony did the Shadow DN4 Can Am car as well. Davey Jones, Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace drove for the team. I have all these races recorded on VHS. I should dig them out and watch again for fun. Oh, and I love you Raphael for doing these articles!

And he does a nice donut to pivot courteously out of the way of the drivers behind him. So he's out driving a vehicle completely overpowered and otherwise unsuitable for the climate he's in but a) is using his mirrors and b) understands that he's a mobile chicane and is getting of the way like a person with common…

Does about the same job as most SUV's i see driving in the snow.

It's germany. The Bundespolizei have been training in the USA and will now Tazer anyone that does not put out the triangle.

I think directly spamming Grand Admiral Tarkin's inbox, or posting on the Imperial's Facebook page would be a good start.

I guess it all depends how the dealership handles this. Obviously they're insured for something like this, right?

A RELIABLE Subaru Impreza WRC.

This is still the best sounding V8: