THIS is not a beater car... ;-)

You are preaching to the choir, mate.

A tragic accident. It appears, unfortunately, that they were running the track clockwise - the opposite direction of how the track was designed to be run. Clockwise direction of travel exposed them to the end of this guardrail which likely resulted in the death of one human, and a lifetime of guilt/PTS/anguish on the…

Have you seen the details on the Patent Application ? Perhaps they described it as an 11-speed transmission. 10 forward and one reverse speed. That is often how peculiar patent details and descriptions can be.

Yes. YES I can. ;-)

P-Bros in da house !

The lead photo has great composition... It _appears_ as though the Viper is atop the BUF, but it's a bit of an optical illusion. The Viper pilot wouldn't be able to see the BUF straight down without one of those fancy F-35 helmets...

Speed limits are silly IMHO.

Good thing you have a club in there... You don’t need these assets disappearing... Again...

OMG ! This little enginerd had one of these !!!! IIRC, I only had a thermocouple, but the box can take all kinds of inputs... I used to log the temperature of the room, or stick it outside and measure the temps throughout the day, or measure how long it took for my cream of wheat to get cold enough to eat without…

Bummer. Mufflers are overrated.

"Please don't fall on me!"

Heh... Reminded me of this: http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/wtf-485293891

You @ 4:42 ?

I wanted to add this to my earlier reply, but ran out of 'edit time'.

I can't give this story enough stars.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFnhpO…

No.. hehe... It was an inside joke, probably owing to the multiple and extensive Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA) of the program which go into excruciating detail.

This whole thing is absurd and part of the NASCAR series marketing machine. If ratings are down, fabricate or incite a scandal! 1/10000" drill bit? Probably not, guys. If anything, maybe a needle prick.

Congratulations to all those that were promoted and hired !

Indeed... Expensive Potatoes... ;-)