I’m sure they all did. Wehrlein sat out because he didn’t think his training was enough for him to last an entire race. These guys are some distance beyond incredibly fit.

1,000% this^

Cool story, but I can’t accept the 45* incline. The banking at Daytona is stupidly steep (to the point where the weight of the vehicle could almost override the tire grip), and it’s only 31*.

I tried to back a trailer the size of a lawn spreader with a 4 wheeler one time. Miserable!

I’ve known quite a few women that wanted a Jeep (and loved riding in mine), but quickly realized it was a terrible daily driver when they actually got one.

Read Steve Matchett’s book The Mechanics Tale. These pit crew guys do a ton of different work. Steve was a jack man, but also worked on the cars in the pit lane and back at the factory.

I’m assuming they’re talking about the engine intake and exhaust valves. It’s probably a system that lasts for most of a race distance (if not the whole one), but if you’re going to do practice runs, why not keep it topped off? It’d be like topping a 3/4 full fuel tank prior to hitting the road for a trip.

Horribly poor strategy decision by Merc to bring in Lewis first, and when they did. Glad to see some competition at the front though, hopefully it stays tight and we have a great season.

Negative. They just want the money. If they really did something to curtail drunk driving, they wouldn’t get the money from repeat offenders.

I’d really like to try that at somepoint. I’m NFL linebacker sized (height and weight). I’ve had nights where 6-8 beers felt like absolutely nothing. I drank a case one afternooon/evening and only felt moderately buzzed, I’d like to see what the BAC numbers would have suggested.

And that makes lowering the limit even worse. If people are already legally drunk when they feel fine, this is just going to expand on that.

It’s almost always the starter motors. In the engine valley, tacked on a transmission, hanging off the firewall in some unreachable location.

There’s a similar bracket on the 4.6 Mustangs of the same era. What a bastard!

Eh, there’s a lot of Explorer’s used around here for police vehicles. That might be more attention attracting.

The ballast advantage from a lighter driver will be minimal. We’re not talking about going from 6'4 225lbs guys to a 108lb woman. More like going from a 140lb guy to 120lb woman.

Same with Apple Car Play. I love a lot of it’s features, but not being able to adjust sound levels is awful.

If you’re going to take a pic of your in-ear headphones, you could at least wipe away the ear wax!

Loved OCC when it started, right up until they started making some big bucks, it was great. I’ll never forget Vin beating the crap out of Paul’s Expedition, I think he even drove it through part of the shop. But much like most programs, when they get super popular, the networks take a special interest in them, and try…

Yep. Speedvision was where it was at. Great racing series (I’ll never forget the Early 90's Mustang Trans-Am domination that got me into cars), really good shows, and appropriate filler when necessary. Speed Channel turned into the NASCAR network. Velocity was decent when it was introduced, now, outside of Wheeler…

What fudging part of “K had to build his programs from ground up, Roy didn’t” did you not comprehend. You really must be a Tar Heel.