It’s almost as if Haas could disappear at any second.

I’m reminded of this.

He is Anakin Skywalker about 2/3 of the way through Revenge of the Sith.

There is precedent more recent than Senna/Prost - https://axleaddict.com/cars/The-1997-European-GP-Michael-Schumachers-Infamous-Crash-with-Villeneuve

Checo would refuse. So would Gasly. I assume so would Tsunoda. 

Max is either Anakin Skywalker about halfway through Revenge of the Sith, or...

Max is basically Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith. He’s got all the talent in the world. Preternatural abilities. Ambition. Intelligence. But Helmut, Christian, and his Darth Jos are the only people he has to coach and guide him, and they are only fortifying the Dark Side in him. Max is becoming Darth Vader…

The tone-deafness of the attitude expressed in this piece is astounding.

Four extra-jurisdiction cops were chasing a guy from their city into Austin. Went into our neighborhood at about 3 am. Blasted up and down the streets for several minutes before the guy drove through someone’s fence and yard. The cops chased through the yard. One cop lost control and totaled a truck sitting in a…

I still find myself singing Gamera is really neat, he is filled with turtle meat... at totally random and frequently inappropriate times.

Fuck off to Mars, toad.

Many years ago when I was a freshly minted college graduate on his first job as an assistant public information officer for city government, I did a ridealong with the PD’s PIO. I was basically just chatting with the guy about our jobs and how we’d be working together, and it was fun. We’d gone out to the SWAT range…

How are we glossing over the trendsetter? The granddaddy of screw the accent, just reach for the heavens performances?

Man, nothing like going out for a weekend on the lake to reset your brain while staring at the horizon and absorbing the rattling thrum of a dozen RV generators. Such peace.

Lauda was ruthless, but fair. He commanded a lot of respect on the grid.

Doesn’t help. Ha.

I should have clarified the BEST car I’ve driven from that era was a Milano red 1994 Integra GSR. Which was mine, and I miss it every day.

A ‘99 Prelude SH with a 5-speed is one of the best cars of that era I’ve ever driven. I’d gladly pay $10-12k for a great example of one.

I mean, I’m not imagining that because I’m a huge Lauda fan, right?Hamilton became a Zen master on the track, relative to his old persona, which I think a lot of folks have either forgotten or weren’t around from 2007-2013. Used to be Maverick, is now Iceman. Ha.