Mike took it back to California and ran it again in at least one 2013 race. I haven't heard if he'll be running it again this year but I'd assume so.

I suppose all future center console sizing will be determined by the quantity of cupholders desired, and whether they're intended to be Big Gulp-compatible.

I suppose all future center console sizing will be determined by the quantity of cupholders desired, and whether they're intended to be Big Gulp-compatible.

I suppose all future center console sizing will be determined by the quantity of cupholders desired, and whether they're intended to be Big Gulp-compatible.

I suppose all future center console sizing will be determined by the quantity of cupholders desired, and whether they're intended to be Big Gulp-compatible.

I agree— I went to Petit LM at Road Atlanta in 2010 and felt it was one of the best US motorsports events I'd ever attended.

Picchio, you said "There's been a number of coronary event deaths..."

I also immediately thought of the Griffith, but of the earlier 1960s version.

Talk about burying the best part— I was pretty much tuned out after reading all the complaints from people whose brains had been hurt by bad words or thinking about genitals, so I almost missed the INSANE CONSPIRACY NUT theory at the end. Oh please, someone find the cable-access TV show this person almost certainly…

Definitely Checker. Seemed to be put together with less care than a Happy Meal, but they have much more awesomeness even after they are no longer cabs.

Ford and Volvo actually did some research on that a while ago— a 3-point belt as we're (now) used to, plus a second diagonal shoulder belt. Once fastened the shoulder belts made a big X across your chest. I guess those ideas got back-burnered in favor of more and improved air bags.

Yeah, I also fear that adding NASCAR stuff to NBC's portfolio will crowd out the non-NASCAR things I'm actually interested in.

Oops, that's what happens when the phone rings in the midst of typing my reply.

Nope, that's a different bearded Lemons Authority Figure, Judge Scott. He was the inventor of the Habitat for Dogmanity and many other innovative penalties.

Last September at MSR Houston, the Lemons race ran CCW one day, then CW the next. Rain made it less fun than it should have been, but it was a novel weekend anyway, and I'm glad they did it.

Send me or Mary a note (facebook, or I think you have my email) if you'd like to compare notes/likes/dislikes/prices about our respective 944 cage experiences. That may make the decision to drag it to Alvin clear one way or the other.

Apex built the cages for both of our 944s, Stef, so he's getting pretty well-practiced at it.

Nice writeup, Stef. I was hoping to hear about the aftermath. Sergio from the SHO team posted up a few pictures and was really bummed about the collision. Good luck with the new shell and we'll see you in September.

I'd bet he does read words and also has a memory longer than three years for those words.

We roamed all over the place during Grand-Am and judging from that weekend, the spectacle of the V8s through the whole complex of turns at 15 is going to be awesome.