With the constant “competition yellows” and stages and other nonsense gimmicks in nascar, it’s not like you can’t find time to drink beer without missing anything...

Take this:

Unless you are 7 feet tall the legroom in those photos is pure bullcrap. If you have sit for hours you can’t cross your legs, you can’t move about in any fashion, you are jammed in there pretty tight. If they want us to take public transit, they need to stop designing the things for 5 foot 5" 100 pound women.

It’s HIGHLY unlikely. Insurance for that kind of money involves a lot of stipulations. For example requiring a safe, security system etc. It’s also very unlikely they are insured for anywhere close to their full retail price which a number like $66 Million almost certainly is.

You are correct, but the piece that you are missing is that the ACO has for a long time set 3:30 as the target time for their top class regulations. The fact that LMP2 is ahead of that means that, as a class, it’s gotten way too fast for what they are trying to accomplish.

No. This is a short term problem. Making the top class at LeMans cars that can be sold as halo cars is absolutely the best possible approach to getting manufacturers competing against each other at LeMans again. Since the era of Audi domination we are lucky if there are two manufacturers competing for the win, and in…

Generally when a car maker you like makes a decision people hate you can see their thinking and defend it.

It’s still a gimmick. Hamilton could win the first nineteen races and have a mechanical failure in race 20 and not be champion. Would that really feel like a valid “championship” for whoever won the last race? No.

This is a gimmick that makes the last race the only race that matters. Kinda like the chase. Which started an avalanche of declining attendance and tv ratings for nascar. It’s a terrible idea. 

Brawn had all the might and money of Honda to make the best car possible, plus a massive head start because they gave up on their 2008 car so early. Then they added the almighty Mercedes engine to this chassis and a single clever interpretation of the rules (that was far from the only reason the car was fast). This…

Make all the tires last no more than ten-fifteen laps. Lots more pit stops, lots more room for error, lots more strategy. 

What if... a driver got their car for the first 10 races, then had to drive for the other nine teams, and then back into their car for the final race. Then the team matters, but also the driver has to prove they are the best no matter the car, and the constructors benefit from all drivers in the constructors…

This is the kind of nonsense nascar has been trying since 2004 to massively declining attendance and revenue.

The 2001 Marlboro 500 at California Speedway is the last time the surnames Andretti, Mears and Fittipaldi shared the track together in a top level Motorsports event. Michael Andretti, Casey Mears, and Christian Fittipaldi all raced in CART at that time, with the Marlboro 500 being Casey’s final CART race. And I got…

NASCAR is desperate to regain their former glory, and has no clue what they are doing. Many of the hardcore fans have left for a myriad of reasons including abandoning traditional tracks and markets, turning the championship into a playoff style gimmick, making stickers the primary differentiation between cars, adding…

Can’t run into people without incurring some sort of body damage...

This whole thing feels like “We aren’t cheating, our engine SUCKS!” to me...

Nissan went all in on the CVT. They are getting exactly what they deserve.

I believe all teams have to agree to the regulation changes, it’s not a simple vote. Ferrari has extra power in F1 which is BS but it comes from being the only team to have been in every season since it started in 1950 and the most popular team.

For the record, that’s how you eat sardines. Although I would never take them on a flight, that’s just rude...