I feel like that last bit is directed at me.

I think McLaren should send you a press car, which you then use to get take-out from as many Mexican restaurants as you can over the course of a week or two. If you need a co-driver/co-eater, I’ll work for airfare and Mexican food. We can then scientifically determine the accuracy of your analogy. 

What most likely would have happened if they red flagged it would have been chaos. The barrier would have taken a long time to replace. The cars would have been parked for all of this time. Leading up to the restart they would have run several laps behind the safety car to get things warmed up and in the proper order.…

If VW is so shocked and outraged about this, imagine how devastated they must be about DiselGate.

Seems like the situation is resolved now.

So basically The Gravatron ride from the state fair, but with less vomit and shit? 

Besides what Jake said, they spread themselves too thin. They had a very ambitious plan for racing in PWC and over in Europe at the same time using the same driver. Couple that with no factory support at all, and sourcing parts at the last minute when an engine blew was near impossible. There were big plans involving…

For reasons (it’s not my place to say/speculate) besides just money, Calloway’s 2018 GT3 entry in the Pirelli World Challenge (now SRO America) was very short lived, which shows just how hard it is to get a privateer effort off the ground, even in smaller series. And it’s not like they had just started from scratch.…

Yeah, you need a new filler neck. Get some PB Blaster and start soaking the six bolts that hold the bed down. I sprayed mine three days in a row, just to really get ‘em good. You’ll need a T55 Torx bit and a big breaker bar. 24 inches was still a struggle, but it got them turning nice and slow rather than ripping them…

I had to replace the fuel filler neck on The Ranger. Not difficult, but you have to lift or remove the bed to do it. I went with the lift and tilt rather than taking apart the taillights. Fun either way. But done, though I miss the smell of gas while driving around.

St. Petersburg is a great street circuit, but I might be biased. I took a drive on it the other night because I can. Life is good when your downtown has permanent striped racing curbs.

Bummer. If you make it back to Florida, check to see if anything is launching while you’re here. When things are normal, there are usually at least a launch or two each month. 

Such a killer song. When this album came out, I couldn’t stop listen to this one song. I even used some of the lyrics in my wedding vows as the song means a lot to the wife and I. Good times. 

Same. Grew up in Tampa. Saw the Challenger with my 5th grade class. Our teacher had been in the program to be on that flight. We watched it explode with her. That day sucked. Really bad.

They stopped painting it to save weight. No need to paint something that got trashed every time anyway. 

It wasn’t just about noon. It was 7:00 in the morning. I was there. It was spectacular. 

No one EVER said there was a built and fully functional version of the IndyCar Deltawing. At the same time it was presented to IndyCar as the next gen car, I bet Dallara didn’t have a fully built version of their’s either. That’s how it works. All the stuff in done in CAD, maybe a mock-up is made for wind tunnel…

Dude.