A fender of any sort would build up lots of sticky clay-like dirt- sometimes muddy - in just the formation lap alone. This could lead to excessive tire wear, among other things. In fact, if you compare Speedway motorcycle racing(in which there are fenders) to USAC or Outlaw Sprints the differences in speed, tire size,…

On a side note...why doesn’t NASCAR just use rain tires and just keep going? It would be a skills lesson and would make it more entertaining for those like me who watch F1, IMSA, WEC, etc. Think of the tire strategies the teams would have to deal with other than “air”(nitrogen) pressures and all that then.

This does make for an advance in conventional aircraft utilizing solar cells on the topsides of thair winges and fuselages.

That top one....yes.

Here’s the original family van...

The Grand Tour’s Flying Circus.

Planned carefully, a freeway run is possible, scary, and fun. One truck at the start on-ramp, one at the next off-ramp, a guy to start the Lay-Down Kart, and a driver with the stones to go from one freeway segment to the next. Road-racing karts back in the early 90's were low enough to nearly be unnoticed off the fog…

Cal had a couple of dealerships here in the Sacramento area. I remember being there one time at Cal Worthington Chevrolet - which is a ghost dealership at this point - and saw Cal there! Y'know, the guy wore the hat...and not ironically! I don't know if he'd pass the Car Pro Jerry Reynolds' criteria for a dealership,…

1970 Mustang Milano Concept