Meanwhile, someone who is a great speaker and perfectly fine being invisible - Joe Buck - is completely crushing it, exacerbating how bad these decisions seem because of the issues around both.

Problem is Joe Buck wouldn’t want a harder job probably.

Maryland actually has that too normally.  I don’t think it’s been working right during the pandemic.  But every stupid EZ-Pass system in America should.  It’s absurd that I have to buy an EZ Pass get hit with massive fees.  (Think $25 for an “inappropriate” usage without a toll tag).  Maryland just charged me an extra…

Honestly, I put this largely on them in the COVID period. When I used to take the ICC without an EZ-Pass, they’d conveniently send me a mailed bill which I would then pay online. But since COVID, I’ve traveled 95N a few times and never received a bill for the plazas at the Baltimore tunnels or the Susquehanna River…

As unrestricted GTE would be. This is one of two points you’re missing.

I feel bad for sportscar officials, they genuinely can’t win with the fanbase these days, and it seems to be because the fans are getting dumber.

LMH IS glorified GT, effectively. It’s meant to be the spiritual successor of GT1, which was barely…

OEMs come and go.  Gentleman drivers are the lifeblood of the sport and always have been.  How many times does this idiotic opinion need to be litigated?

“Do we want to see fast cars going fast, or do we want to see multi-million dollar prototypes get the shit kicked out of them for no reason at all?”

The latter, because that’s the entire point of endurance racing - can the equipment survive?

> pulling tobacco sponsorship was feel-good but did no good. It’s not like people stopped smoking, is it?

Not sure if this is trolling or serious.  Assuming the latter, yes they did.  In droves following the banning of ads. 

The sponsor couldn’t but there’s no reason the LIVERY can’t.  See Graham Rahal car above.