An abbreviation for the Latin phrase "Quod Erat Demonstratum", which roughly translates to "that which has been demonstrated". Mathematicians usually put QED at the end of proofs.

Jalopnik Gold, for the discriminating auto enthusiast.

More importantly, it's know as the THUNDERDOME

"Permanent" as in used solely for racing and not a street circuit. A bunch of the track is still there, anyway.

Brooklands! It was the 1st permanent track in the world, but it closed during WWII and never reopened.

This is from the upper deck, where the student section seats do have backrests. Lower level student section has no backrests because everyone stands for the whole game. In the upper deck, people don't stand as much.

Znamya, the USSR's plan to bring light to Siberia during the winter.

Here's another .gif of the stop from the onboard.

Poppycock, you say?

This is the oldest AotD that I could find. What do you notice? Top 10 list. What else do you notice? Hardibro. Except for very few occasions, AotDs have always been top 10 lists.

Delta Integrale

DONUTS!!

It is. I went every year when I was younger.

1991 Phoenix. The race got outdrawn by the Ostrich Festival, where they have Ostrich races.

Hi, George, you're full of shit. Sandy and Haiyan are fundamentally different storms. Sandy was the bizarro result of a large, but generally unremarkable, hurricane that got caught in a southeasterly jet caused by a giant ridge over Greenland. There was a midlatitude system that was also blocked by the giant ridge,…

It probably won't happen, at least not with the Martini logo attached to it. Alcohol advertising is banned in France, and I doubt Martini will sponsor a team only to have to remove all of their logos for the biggest race of the year.

Deltapeniswing!

Since Michael already took the London taxi, I'll go with the Checker.

Panoz GTR-1. They built 2 road-going versions for homologation.

Gold Coast 600