Like about half of the crowd, I'd also previously seen the Ashes special - though it helps to have seen that whole hour to appreciate the rivalry and amusement between the two groups.

Got to interview (and briefly snap a few shots with) Boris after his exhibition in a Big Freakin' Truck at Road Atlanta. This would've been 2003, if memory serves.

@WolfCobra13: No, but it's the NASCAR of Sports Car racing. As in, literally. It's run by the same France family, features a smattering of NASCAR drivers, and is run at NASCAR's #1 track.

Checked out Rong's site - the kid's got skills. Lots of 'em.

@chuckpoopdo: You get a solid +1 for at least having a shred of humanity. It's too damn easy to just crack a joke or say "well that asshat asked fer it..."

He's smooooooooth, like Keith Stone!

@im10horses: That would've required buying all new racing suits and helmets, you see.

@tsarcasm: That's the one!

@The_Phreak: Except for the presenters, who were as unwatchable as ever. If they'd replaced the three useless morons with three Jewish grandmothers (and I'll gladly volunteer one of my own to the cause), it would've been better.

Nobody else noticed the most peculiar path mapped out on the Yeti's GPS screen? My wife caught that in a split second and laughed her sweet ass off.

@Alan Vochaska: +1

@Jagvar: The Tucker has been on and off display for years, but is soon to be on again.

@TheAntiCat is smoking cat-nip whilst playing 21.:

@Jones Foyer: Get an up-converting DVD player and you're set. Any movie that wasn't shot in HD (especially one shot on film stock 40 years ago) doesn't benefit much from a HD re-scan.

@yubbermax: The same reason chicanes were added to the Mulsanne Straight.

I own this in both standard-def and HD-DVD. Not because it makes any sense to buy a HD copy of a movie that pre-dates hi-def by 40 years (it doesn't make sense to have a HD copy of *anything* not shot in HD), but because the film is just that damn good.

1973 Buick Estate Wagon. Every power option checked (windows, front seat, vanishing tailgate/rear glass, cruise that never worked, AM/FM radio without 8-track). Mammoth 455 ci big block under the hood, 3-speed autobox, enough glass in the greenhouse to make a nice-sized shark tank.

@ReverendDexter:

@ReverendDexter: There's lots of new (and MUCH improved) hardware underneath the warmed-over skin job.

Nothing is as bad as the Aztek, you short-attention-span pedants. OK - actually, the Buick Rendezvous comes close (as Pontiac was at least supposed to make weird-looking shit, whereas Buicks are supposed to be elegant)... but anyway.