Your explanation of the sport is spot on! I’ve been riding and racing since I was six years old and as a now 46-year old motorcyclist, my love for the sport of supercross and motocross has never waned. I eagerly await the gate drops each and every Saturday night during the live broadcasts. I intend to enjoy the sport…

Atlanta was a good race. Very technical track with not a lot of room to pass.
To me, Daytona was a fairly tense race, primarily because I was expecting ET3 to fade after 10 laps because of the known compounding issues of newly repaired shoulders (fitness) and a new bike. I think he benefited from a more MX style track…

Just always run 2008's layout with 2008's conditions forever and ever every year.

I don’t know how Koenigsegg’s “coupler” works, but assuming it works like a conventional torque converter found in an automatic transmission, read the “Torque Converter” section in this article about how an automatic transmission works. The relevant paragraph is:

“The stator sits between the impeller and turbine. Its…

I use Google Maps for that also. Extremely helpful knowing which route is quicker or slower in real time.

You bring up a super interesting point, and something I was talking to Patrick about. The auto audience is much happier to read about things they’ll never touch or won’t touch any time soon. Quick articles on bugattis and McLarens are interesting to everyone, because so many of us use cars for such utilitarian reason…

we watched Supercross (that 450 main was incredible)

Saleen S7

I think the no. 9

Well the roll cage is going to be required for racing, period.

...Oddly enough, NASCAR’s premier series had one more African-American competitor in 1963 than it has today.

I swear, her photo is listed next to the definition of Dunning-Kruger...

“Most WTSC classes (save for Prototype Challenge) feature different kinds of cars, so something has to be done to ensure the performance of these different cars is somewhat equal.”

Incorrect. Negative camber is when the tops of the wheels are closer together. Stanced cars have massive negative camber.

For the SR-71, the canting of the tail fins was done, at least partially, for stealth purposes. An angled surface will return a smaller radar signature than a completely vertical “flat” surface…

“Enthusiast owned” can also mean a really anal-retentive owner who never gets the engine near redline, always warms up the engine before driving, and dumps the Mobil 1 at the 3000 mile mark.

Oh, man. Want so hard.

That’s all that needs to be said, really. I think at $10k this would get closer to NP territory if all the mods and work check out, but even then it’s a bit high for the current e46 market.