Right, but in the open cockpit boats, the pilots were not strapped in, IIRC, so they would be ejected from the boat. Most deaths were from impact with the water, not drowning. The enclosed boats have a safety cell that drivers are inside when the craft crashes, and it has multiple life-support features, such as oxygen…

I know just the right driver:

Ford GT40

Nobody who has good ideas has ever purchased a Buick LeSabre.

Mustang factory Cobra Jet drag car?

These?

Why are you dumb?

Boy, I miss having grownups in charge.

Agreed. This smells more like a Gawker piece than what I come here for.

You cant say that around these parts - remember, everyone in the Gawker universe leans pretty heavily to the left.

I don’t get all the hate for Donald Trump. He has some good ideas, just not the best wording. But there’s something to be said for a politician that speaks honestly and doesn’t read perfectly written speeches off a teleprompter all day.

NHRA National Event. There’s nothing like seeing those cars in person. Tickets are relatively cheap and the access is better than any other racing series of the same caliber.

Mark Fields at Ford.

The current proposal from John McCain is to enter the Syrian conflicts fighting on both sides of that civil war.

Every single time...

This was the eBay buy me now victim. I still get a little teary-eyed thinking about it leaving on the transport to head to its new owner, and that was at least 7-8 years ago. Bass boat, motorcycle, camper, self-finance... The offers were crazy on that thing.

HP = (Torque [lb-ft] x RPM)/5252

The game is WAY more real than people believe.

Looks like we found the butt hurt jealous liberal on the site.