All of this. The FIA sanctions a dozen or so hill climbs a year in Europe and there are a ton more unsanctioned ones. This shit is HUGE in Europe and deserves some kind of TV coverage, probably moreso than stage rally, even.

Here's a fun (slightly off-topic) exercise: What separates NASCAR (and IndyCar, et. al.) drivers from players in the MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL and even the MLS?

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Man, Australians are the best.

There are some profoundly unhappy people about it. My understanding, from what I've pieced together from one (not-hard-to-find) source, is that (A) Jalopnik wasn't invited to anything and (B) the drawing was made based on an embargoed photograph that I don't think was issued widely. If you're asking this, you probably…

Nah, if you've ever been around amateur racing, you know the butthurt is much more evident there.

That was a thing for a couple years, but it folded pretty quickly.

I'm not sure how I stumbled upon it (honestly, I don't), but I found an eBay seller in Australia whose business was shooting male kangaroos where the 'roos are overpopulated. As a side business, he (or she) took the furry scrotums and turned them into coin purses, which he/she sold on eBay for like $10 under the eBay…

Cool-down laps? At LeMons Summit Point the year before that, #26 Alfa Milano was leading the race when it smoked a deer, breaking their windshield. Three Pedal Mafia's BOAT caught it on video, leading to the most ridiculous screen capture of all time:

The driveshaft sits awfully high, which makes the cabin completely cramped. To clear the driveshaft, it looks like the driver's feet are higher than their butts. Supposedly, anybody over 6' simply won't fit in the damn thing.

Agreed. If you can afford a Hellcat or a GT-R, you probably are in a position where you have something to lose by being arrested. If you're willing to mortgage your reputation and probably livelihood by street racing, then you probably have more money than brains and you deserve to lose that reputation/livelihood.

Henley Racing is also bringing two SpeedSource-built RX-8s from Grand Am (Dempsey's and Sahlen's old cars) to run in the same class with the MARC Focus/Mazda3. You know, these ones:

The idea is to sell a whole buttload of them to a start-up series or as trackday cars. Tubeframe with mostly off-the-shelf components; engines are 500-horsepower Ford Coyote crate motors.

Bathurst 12H site will have it in its entirety. Starts at 1:50 p.m. ET Saturday.

Air flows through the body, for sure. The sidepods exist solely to channel air through the body to exit cleanly in conjunction with the over- and around-the-body air to reduce drag.

Airflow is the entire point of this car. That's how Ben Bowlby rolls.

I was in a meeting once where a well-paid executive was making small talk, trying to explain that he had just started a gluten-free diet because it was "bad for you." The rest of the details were vague, but one of the not-so-timid proles in the room asked, "Oh, do you have Celica* disease?" He, of course, didn't know…

Last ChampCar race was 2007, last ALMS was 2006. At least they get a Super Special Stage for the Oregon Trail Rally. That's probably as close to a "pro" race as they get these days, no?

Maybe they just need a beer festival concurrently held on the grounds.