Australia has been doing this for years, one round of their drift championship takes place at the Calder Park Thunderdome, famous for hosting an exhibition NASCAR event back in 1988.

Oh man, you’re in for a shock that NASCAR’s top-level series has been running on road courses practically since they started, on tracks such as:

Now I want a Pepsi....

Nope, I just don’t want someone on the Internet whom I’ve never met to think I’m making fun of their love life, because I’m not 12 and this isn’t an AOL chatroom.

Yeah? Well, you give love a bad name!

Additionally it was a Mk II that won LeMans first, it took until the third attempt and an evolution. Which is not to discredit their achievement in any way, just reciting history.

Just remember, Phil’s a Jets fan.

One sentence really bugs me:

Have you guys considered simulating the Warriors vs. Cavaliers in NBA Jam?

Red Bull Air Race from Chiba, Japan airs at RedBull.tv at 10:55 CDT tonight, keep forgetting they’re airing them live this year.

So, Baja 1000?

Indeed, 8 cores with 5MB less cache and a touch less clock for $60 can’t be beat, I bought two for a personal compute server build.

Rotating wheels would still have a massive aerodynamic effect regardless of how old the car is. I get what you’re saying though, keep it simple to show general trends.

Did they model rotating wheels and a moving ground plane in their CFD runs? Something about those velocity plots makes me think they didn’t.

So this is the sequel to Six Pack that shows what the kids are up to after Father Kenny Rogers passed away, right?

I dunno, this Citation looks rather nice.

Formula 5000 basically turned into non-stress-membered Chevy small-block powered Open Wheel cars, it’s literally what you’re talking about.

So, Formula 5000?