In order for the town to not approve it and at least put a roadblock to delay this, the numbers have to be found. Or you have towns like Bridgehampton, which got the Hamptons put on the map. But then all the potato farmers sold, and the mansions went up, and suddenly people were upset about an operating racetrack in…

There is something you overlooked. The OWNER is the driving force to develop it. So unless a sympathetic buyer can be found, it may be too little too late to stop some sort of end of usage. As to land nearby, even if the track were to stay open, as development encroaches on it, noise complaints would surely kill it…

My dad was on Denise McCluggage's and eventually became her crew chief at most of the races she did in the Eastern US. He got the gig because his best friend worked for Briggs Cunningham and Briggs usually was the one providing cars for her. Dad always said she was professional, quick, and really nice to deal with.

Interesting and full of character, meaning full of my blood and sweat. Don't forget my parents have an NB Miata and a Triumph TR8. Runs in my family...

HA! You know what I drive. But in my life of car ownership, I can't really say I've had a horrible car. All had some redeeming trait. The Chevy Citation I had was one of the few with the 2.8L V6 with carbs, not the 3.6L with horrible FI. It could do 75 in 2nd gear and hammer all day while getting 25mpg. My Chrysler…

Being from the mountains of NY, I grew up driving in horrible weather. Now I've been in Austin over 7 years, and when this weather happens I just stay home. Actually, even if it rains here the traffic is impacted as bad as any noreaster I ever saw. To be honest, unless it's dry and clear, central TX drivers aren't the…

I autocross my 1978 Triumph Spitfire. It has a yellow trunk, white bonnet, and brown body (the original color until some idiot BACKED into me at a traffic light in an SUV) and I usually use dark blue wheels. Oh, and either a tan soft top or a white with twin blue stripes hardtop. Does it look good? Not so much. Do I…

One Lap of America CRX. Fastest CRX I know of.

As mentioned in a previous comment, the Lotus queershift, which was sequential but as Sir Stirling Moss told me a year ago when I asked him about it "it was a great idea, but you'd pull the shifter back to upshift and unlike today, it stayed at that notch. Until it was 4 more notches back. Then you pushed it forward…

If it's the driver talking, my conversation with her would be "Well, if you didn't end up on your side you wouldn't have needed the towtruck. So you have to be kidding ME that you are even remotely upset about this considering you were the force that began toppling the dominoes..." Followed by a smack to the face to…

Ok, after discussing this with my girl, she said there was a trademark/copyright on Miata by a bike company until 2013. Considering she owned/managed an MX5 Cup team and is on a first name basis with the Mazda guys, and that's what they told her, it makes sense that the name is back for 2014. Still doesn't change the…

And also is a race mechanic and owned/ran some MX-5 teams....

HA!!! Well played. She seems to have mastered her MX-5 much better than I so far. I'm better in vintage cars.

I agree with the review, the woman I'm currently seeing has a 2013 Club Sport equipped very similarly. Only thing is these are no longer Miatas, as the model changed to MX-5 when Mazda got sued by a bike manufacturer who has the rights to the word Miata. Sorry to get picky but it's a big issue in the community. I love…

I was driving a pickup towing an empty trailer north to KS from Austin on THE night it decided to snow from Temple, TX north. I gingerly chugged along at 35-45mph all night. In the hills of OK a BMW went blasting by me at easily 50mph. I was barely going 30. Not long after, there he was, down an embankment at least…

BMW M3 wagon, (actually a 3 series with an M3 drivetrain), or a Jag XJ6. Easy to fit 2 boxers and a Basset Bleu de Gascogne into and they all have lots of room and can look out and see all around. 3 dogs and 1 person can fit in a Triumph Spitfire or Mazda MX-5 pretty easily too.

I laugh at the "Jag (or Healey, triumph, MG, whatever) reliability" jokes. My current car? Triumph Spitfire, 44k miles since March 2010. Other car? Rebuilding a 1971 MGB, and 3rd car is an 87 Jag XJ6 which needs tires and a u-joint to get back on the road. Though not able to shred the rear tires, my Jag can move that…

Funny, people say they know I'm from the northeast because nothing is measured in miles, it's all measured in time.

Being a former elite level cyclist who raced all over Europe, there are piles of amazing roads that rival these in the Pyrenees and other parts of the Alps (Dolomites). However, most are narrow, not even posts along the side, and a mistake is pretty much certain death. Growing up on the back mtn roads of NY, sight…

I have a TR4 built in late 1962 right now I just started to restore this week. Another great pursuit car Britain had was the Daimler SP250, also known as the Dart over there.